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“The cosmos is all that is, or ever was, or ever will be.”

In 1980, Carl Sagan opened his series Cosmos with these words, capturing both the immensity and intimacy of the universe. Now, thirty four years later, Neil DeGrasse Tyson stands on the same seaside promontory Sagan used to open his program to introduce Cosmos to a new generation. The Ship of the Imagination For his series,…

Dan Harmon’s Dungeons & Dragons movie idea must be made

The premise isn’t too original, but the idea of casting Seth Rogen, Patton Oswalt and Will Ferrell is 100% wonderful. In an interview with What’s Trendingat SWSX, Dan Harmon lobbed an idea for a Dungeons & Dragons movies that we would totally watch, specifically for the middle-aged comics doing battle with dragons with nothing but…

The Only Time You’ll Ever Feel Bad For a Brown Recluse Spider

Meet Rabbit, the only brown recluse spider you’re ever going to feel sorry for. That’s because you’re watching her be restrained and milked for her super-strong silk. Oof. Rabbit is one of many spiders to be found in research laboratories at the University of Oxford’s Silk Group. But she is, according to researcher Sean Koebley,…

How to Avoid True Detective Spoilers on Twitter

Scared to look at Twitter because you missed True Detective last night? No problem. If you use TweetDeck, you can mute the show to live a blissful, spoiler-free day. It’s simple!. On the far left-hand side of your TweetDeck client, click the Settings icon. Click that, then select the Settings tab, then select Mute. Under…

This Week’s TV: Will Believe bring Alfonso Cuarón’s movie magic to TV?

The Gravity and Children of Men director brings is tale of a superpowered girl to television—will Believe reaffirm our faith in Cuarón or leave us with doubts? Plus, From Dusk Till Dawn is reborn as a TV series, Lady Sif teams up with Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and Cosmos takes us through the wonders of evolution.…

22 Incredible Images Show What the Future Looked Like 100 Years Ago

These amazing, almost 100-year old covers of the weekly French magazine Le Petite Journal are from the online collection of the french National Library. They show what were the most exciting innovations of the 1920s, and how people in Europe imagined the future of technology and science. The locomotion of tomorrow Image: Le Petit Journal…

For now, Resurrection‘s trappings are hiding its flaws

Last night, Resurrection premiered and valiantly tried to put its mark on the “loved ones back from the dead” idea. And, thanks to the cast and a commitment to a exploring these ideas in depth, it mostly succeeds. The episode begins with Jacob coming to in a field in China. He makes it to a…

NASA unveils a gorgeous new gallery of celestial images

To get you sufficiently pumped for the new Cosmos re-make, NASA has put together a stunning set of 43 cosmic images that are guaranteed to instill a sense of wonder and awe. Top image: The Carina Nebula (NASA/Hubble). Hosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson, the premier of the 13-episode series aired last night at 9:00 pm…

Facebook’s prolific I Fucking Love Science page—which has over 10 million likes—is reportedly making its way to TV with “a mix of live-action, animation and recreations that demonstrate the random manifestations of science that connects us.”

The Pale Blue’n’Red Dot Shows Where Plant Life Is Thriving

Forget the Pale Blue Dot: let’s throw some red in there, too. This false color image shows plant growth across the planet in red where usually you’d expect some green. Captured by NASA’s Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry, and Ranging (MESSENGER) spacecraft, the image was captured using the Mercury Dual Imaging System’s wide-angle camera. NASA…

Canadian student has “out of body experiences” whenever she wants

After attending a lecture on “out of body experiences,” a 24-year-old student from the University of Ottawa approached her professor saying, “I thought everybody could do that.” She can apparently do this at will — making her the first person with this condition to be studied. The resulting paper, which now appears in Frontiers in…

Let’s write some six-word scifi!

We love a good science fiction story, whether it comes to us in the form of 60,000 words or just six. The six-word stories you wrote us last time were wonderful and now we want to hear more. Either follow-up on one of your stories from last time — which ranged from a group of…

Nothing happened on The Walking Dead, and here’s why that’s awesome

The gang continues to be separated in The Walking Dead, and “Alone” continues to forgo major developments (barring one) in order to continue to focus on the characters. Not much happens, but it doesn’t happen so much better than TWD used to be. I’ll explain myself in a second. The episode focuses on two groups,…

Lasso Tricks in Super Slow-Mo Are Totally Mesmerizing

Learning to lasso is insanely difficult, but in this BBC video champion roper “Cowboy Craig” Ingram shows how it’s done in super slow-motion. It’s mesmerizing. The rope appears to defy some of the basic laws of physics, but it’s all down to years of practice and some experts flicks of the wrist. An amazing skill.…

The word game that reveals peoples’ anxiety and depression

Depression changes people’s feelings. It might also change their thoughts, or more specifically, it may make them pay more attention to these thoughts. Psychologists have noticed that a particular word game, a game that evokes the Stroop Effect, seems to have a peculiar impact on people with depression. The Stroop Effect is quite a well-known…

The North remembers in an all-new Game of Thrones season 4 trailer

So much good stuff in this new trailer, you guys. A Bolton family reunion! The Titan of Braavos! Jaime getting his groove pack! Unhappy Starks and Snows! Dragon play-time! And, as usual, Daenerys being a stone-cold badass! Oh, April 2nd can’t get here soon enough.

Sony and Panasonic’s New Optical Archival Discs Will Store Up to 1TB

Sony and Panasonic announced last year that they had plans to develop a new, high-capacity optical storage disc—and they weren’t lying. New details indicate that a new Archival Disc format will have a capacity of up to 1TB. Claiming that the Archival Disc format will be hardy—coping well with dust, temperature and humidity—Sony and Panasonic…

What character’s very name is a spoiler for Avengers: Age of Ultron?

Lena Headey discusses a huge, scary scene for Cersei in Game of Thrones. Terry Gilliam talks satirical ads and cell phones in Zero Theorem. And is a major villain returning to Doctor Who? Plus, a ton of news from Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Check out posters for Transcendence and Transformers 4. Spoilers now! Avengers:…

Hackers Claim Mt. Gox Still Has Investors’ Bitcoins

The Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox filed for bankruptcy protection last week admitting to an outstanding debt of around $63.6 million. Now, a team of hackers claims that the company still has investors’ bitcoins. Forbes reports that a group of hackers has uploaded files to prove the point—including a spreadsheet of more than a million trades,…

Neil Young’s New Pono Music Player Will Cost $400

Neil Young’s new music player, Pono, has been on the cards for some time. But now, there are finally some real details: from March 15th, you’ll be able to pre-order one on Kickstarter for $400. The big, bright triangular digital music player provides “studio master-quality digital music at the highest audio fidelity possible” according to…