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Robb Stark cast as Prince Charming in Cinderella because OBVIOUSLY

Perfect, just perfect. Disney has just announced that Richard Madden, owner of the Robb Stark perm and ruler of our hearts, will be their Prince in the Kenneth Branagh-directed live-action Cinderella. This is just perfect. He joins Cate Blanchett as the evil stepmother and Lily James as Cinderella. Still no word on who will play…

Crowdfund This: The Manos: The Hands of Fate puppet musical on DVD!

You probably haven’t seen Manos: The Hands of Felt, a theatrical puppet musical based on one of the most legendarily awful films ever made — it’s been performed around the U.S., but not often and not everywhere. But you have a chance to fix this egregious error by crowdfunding an official DVD release! This isn’t…

B&O H6 Headphones Are So Beautiful and Fancy They’ll Fool Your Brain

I thought I could never feel this way again: Oh hello, headphones! You cost $400, but I don’t care because you are so delicate and lovely and wonderful and beautiful. It turns out I’m not as jaded as I thought. You can’t help but admire the design of the new H6 headphones from B&O Play,…

This Lego Mashup of Volkswagen and Star Wars Works Surprisingly Well

Well, it was only a matter of time before someone mashed up an icon of German engineering with an icon of the Galactic Empire. Semiotically speaking, there’s something hilariously appropriate about this hack by Craig Callum, a Denmark-based LEGO design lead who gets to dream up new sets for a living. On the top, we’ve…

Get a close-up view of Doctor Who‘s brand new TARDIS control panels!

Knobs, buttons, levers and switches — get an intensely close look at the control panel of the latest TARDIS. What button does what? Which window is for communication? Is there a method to the Doctor’s TARDIS console-thwapping madness? Thanks to Doctor Who Magazine, we have a collection of amazing images from inside the 11th Doctor’s…

Who’s the most obsolete superhero of them all?

Superheroes have been around since the 1930s, and they’ve changed a lot in that time. Some of them have evolved and improved, while others have been stuck in the past. But which superhero is the most obsolete and in need of permanent retirement? Vote for your selection below — and please include an image to…

How Neil Gaiman did away with the “clanky clanky steampunk” Cybermen

This Saturday, renowned author Neil Gaiman returns to Doctor Who, with a brand new mission: make the Cyberman actually terrifying again. We talked to Gaiman, along with some other reporters, and he explained how he became the new Cyber-controller. Spoilers ahead… So we took part on a conference call with Gaiman and some other reporters,…

DIY Cleaning Products? All You Need Is This Bottle

There’s so much brain-melting, fish-mutating crap in the products we use every day to clean things. Natural products tend to be pretty expensive, but not if you make them yourself with this clever cleaning bottle. It’s $10 and it has everything you need—bottle, nozzle, lemon juicer, cloth, and a booklet of recipes for your own…

Michael Bay’s TMNT features Megan Fox on a trampoline, obviously

First the good news; Megan Fox, who plays April O’Neil in the Michael Bay-produced Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie, was seen wearing April’s iconic yellow on set! Sure, it was only a jacket, and Megan Fox looks nothing like any April otherwise, and… sorry. That’s not good news. I was just trying to brace you.…

Chilling poster for Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity sets up a space nightmare

Here’s another look at Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity, showing the stark deadliness of outer space. The premise is simple: “Astronauts attempt to return to earth after debris crashes into their space shuttle, leaving them drifting alone in space.” But the actual action is horrifying. Which is even evident in this simple, but stunning new poster showcasing…

FBI Documents Suggest That Feds Read Your Emails Without a Warrant

New documents from the FBI and U.S. Attorneys’ offices paint a troubling picture of the government’s email surveillance practices. Not only does the FBI claim it can read emails and other electronic communications without a warrant—even after a federal appeals court ruled that doing so violates the Fourth Amendment—but the documents strongly suggest that different…

John Scalzi, Lois McMaster Bujold and Kim Stanley Robinson are just some of those whose novels are honored by this year’s list of Locus Award Finalists.

Weed-Stashing Grinder Watch: It’s Always Dank O’Clock

Dude, ok, follow me on this—it’s a watch that tells time and holds your herb at the same time. You’ll be like the James Bond of blunts. These ingenious Grindrite watches from Vaporite feature a functional removable watch face with a bezel release that reveals either a small, smell-proof stash space—big enough for a few…

Behold, The Madonnas of Science

Currently on display at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art: the work of artist Chris Shaw, who re-imagines historical depictions of the Virgin Mary swaddling not wee baby Jesus, but an atom inspired by the discovery of the Higgs Boson, an armillary sphere, and a red, writhing squid. Bonus: admission is free. Boing Boing’s…

How Slot Machines Use Psychology and Design to Keep You Coming Back

Anyone who has ever walked into a casino has felt the lure of the slot machine. The bright lights, inviting little stools, and the promise of hitting the elusive jackpot are ever-present. It’s hard to avoid, no matter what logic tells you about the terrible odds. This Cool Hunting video shows just how involved the…

How much does antimatter weigh?

Antimatter is mysterious, dangerous, and rare. In fiction, it’s at the core of Isaac Asimov’s positronic brains, the engines on the Enterprise, and the bomb in Dan Brown’s Angels and Demons. But in the real world, antimatter is fairly mundane stuff. If the entire universe turned into antimatter, we’d barely notice. Or would we? Top…

Check out this excellent in depth exploration of the world of “ridesharing” and Lyft, the AirBnB of taxi services. Turns out it’s not all wine and roses when people stop being polite and start being livery cabs.

Jurassic Park 4 delayed. Here’s why that’s a good thing.

Hold on to your butts — Jurassic Park 4 has been pushed back… way back. But here’s why that’s a good thing. A collection of suspicious tweets have been popping up from members of the JP4 crew. Ain’t It Cool News screencapped a number of these messages from Digital Asset Manager Todd Smoyer and another…

This Pioneer Turntable Really Grooves

Featuring direct drive and an auto-return tone arm, the Pioneer PL-4 remains a popular turntable sought after by collectors and audiophiles alike more than three decades after its introduction. And after watching this slick piece of retro-futurism from Light & Hevvy, mixing vintage-style shots with Mario Moretti’s “In Love With Nebula,” is there any wonder…

Dear Apple, Let’s Talk About Photos

We’ve been managing our photos together for almost a decade now. Things were nice and simple at the start and we both knew what to expect from each other—I pulled my photos off my camera on the computer, imported them into iPhoto and arranged them. Life was good. But then you came and gave me…