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Game Of Thrones Will Definitely Last At Least Another Three Years

Stan Lee drops hints about his Avengers 2 cameo. Guillermo del Toro talks about the chances of making a Hellboy 3 and Haunted Mansion. Constantine casts a female lead. Zachary Quinto mulls returning as Sylar for Heroes: Reborn. Plus, behind-the-scenes looks at Arrow and The Flash. Spoilers now! Top image: The Flash Amazing Spider-Man 3/Venom/Sinister…

Idiot Tries to Take Selfie While Running With the Bulls

This man may have survived the famous Pamplona Bull Run, but now the police are chasing after him too—because he took a selfie as he ran just inches ahead of the charging cattle. The Guardian reportsthat the bull runner is wanted because of new regulations, passed this year by the city of Pamplona, to clamp…

Redesigned Raspberry Pi: New Ports, More Power

A revised Raspberry Pi barebones computer launches today. The Raspberry Pi B+ is “the final evolution of the original Raspberry Pi,” according to its creators, but isn’t quite worthy of the “Raspberry Pi 2” moniker. Instead, the headline feature is an increased number of USB ports (with the DIY computer now housing four of the…

Airbus’ updated A330, the A330neo, gets an in-flight entertainment upgrade compared to its older sibling: 3D movies. Feeling queasy yet?

Witches of East End Makes a Convincing Argument for Nihilism

Whatever rules you think exist for an episode of television mean nothing to Witches of East End. There aren’t acts. Or narrative. Or anything that makes the episode stand on its own. But it’s not an avant garde experiment, either. It’s nothing at all. This episode is like television nihilism: everything that makes an episode…

Watch the Costa Concordia Being Refloated Now, Right Here

Removing the shipwrecked Costa Concordia from its resting spot off the coast of Giglio Island has been a slow project. But this morning, a team of engineers is finally refloating the sunken ship—and you can watch it happening right here. The efforts to refloat the ship started first thing this morning, and, as you’d expect,…

A Chinese Exec Living in Canada Hacked and Sold Secret Warplane Data

Attacks on U.S. networks come as little surprise these days, but the Department of Justice is now charging a Chinese executive living in Canada with stealing sensitive data about U.S. warplanes and selling it on. The Wall Street Journal reports that Su Bin employed hackers to obtain data about Boeing and Lockheed Martin warplanes—like the…

Adventure Tested: Mountain Hardwear Mtn. Speed 32 Sleeping Bag

Planning a fast and light cold weather adventure? The Mountain Hardwear Mtn Speed 32 employs a new type of nylon to become the lightest sleeping bag capable of keeping you warm in freezing weather. What’s It Supposed to Do? This is a down-filled sleeping bag designed for people who are traveling fast and light in…

Life of the Apes Revealed in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Concept Art

These are the work of the Aaron Sims Company’s artists, which gives you the chance to look at the faces of Koba, Caesar, Cornelia, and Maurice. The detail in the faces and eyes are particularly arresting. Here are the rest of the character concepts, with Cornelia’s leaf crown a particular stand out: They also released…

Amazing hail storm on a beach looks like the beginning of the Apocalypse

This video captured on a beach in Novosibirsk, Siberia, looks like a scene from a movie about the end of the world. People were enjoying a perfect sunny day—with temperatures of 99F (37C)—when bullet-sized hail started strafing the beach while everyone were running for their lives in panic. According to The Siberian Times, a woman’s…

Fanmade American Horror Story: Freakshow Promo Is a Perfect Match

Update: FX confirmed this was fanmade and not real. Although, it’s a dead-on attempt to match what this show has done for other seasons. Impressive in its own way. FX teased the next American Horror Story season tonight during the premiere of The Strain. And, as is usual for this show, it was eerie and…

French TV Promos Show Extreme Animal Athletes

These French TV identifications have some pretty excellent CGI combined with a good, simple idea. It’s basically the animal kingdom’s version of the X-Games. There are turtles skateboarding on their shells, skydiving elephants, and (a personal favorite) gymnast ostriches. [via Tastefully Offensive]

The Antlers: Hotel

Summer can’t be all wild beach parties and fireworks and Songs of the Summer. There’s dim-roomed sunburn agony and thunderstorm-brokered power outages too—and these moments deserve their own playlist, as well. Here’s one nominee: Hotel, an amazing, foggy track off of the Antler’s latest album, Familiars. Released in mid-June, Familiars is no fun-time summer jam…

San Diego Comic-Con Schedules Have Been Posted!

The entire San Diego Comic-Con program schedule is now live! Go check it out and break out your spreadsheets – the convention kicks off in less than two weeks. Those of you heading to Comic-Con this year (or even if you’re not) what panels are you most looking forward to? Sound off in the comments!

Orbital’s Cargo Run to the Space Station is Picture-Perfect

After a giggle-worthy moment earlier in the week, Sunday’s rocket launch was a complete success. Orbital Sciences Corporation is fulfilling their second cargo delivery mission, Orb-2, carrying food and scientific equipment to the International Space Station. Launch of the Antares rocket and Cygnus cargo capsule for the Orb-2 mission on Sunday, July 13, 2014. Photo…

How NASA Uses the Full Moon to Calibrate Its Earth-Gazing Satellite

The full moon—like yesterday’s glorious event—is a great show for us here on Earth. But for NASA, it also plays a critical role in keeping its Landsat 8 satellite working properly. How? By using the moon exactly like a photographer uses a light meter. Landsat 8 is all about Earth: It’s designed to image our…

Behind-The-Scenes Footage Of Buffy Stunts Is the Ultimate Time Suck

So this is fun: Professional stunt coordinator Jeff Pruitt has a bunch of behind-the-scenes “home videos” on his YouTube channel from his time working on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It’s the kind of stockpile that has a way of devouring your evening whole. Lots of appearances here by the cast and crew, including Sophia Crawford,…

A Simple Eye Test Could Accurately Detect Alzheimer’s

Current tests for Alzheimer’s include expensive tests using brain PET or MRI imaging. But two studies have shown that a simple eye test can detect Alzheimer’s accurately at very early stages—just by looking at subjects’ retinas. As you probably already know, Alzheimer’s causes the loss of neurons and synapses in the brain and the accumulation…

An Oxford Rocket Scientist Has Designed A Better Saucepan

The “Flare” Pan is a saucepan designed by University of Oxford engineer Thomas Povey that borrows design aspects from jet and rocket engines to burn hotter and more quickly than a conventional pan would over the same flame. It also looks pretty space age-y, which we can obviously get behind. The story goes that Povey,…

What’s the Best Book You’ve Ever Read About Space Travel?

Last week my co-worker Eric Limer recommended The Martian, a book about an astronaut struggling to survive after being stranded on Mars. It’s been way too long since I read a book about interplanetary exploration, and it’s fantastic to be back. The Martian isn’t just great because of its compelling storyline—it’s great because it deals…