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Satellite Image of Clouds Over the Black Sea Will Take Your Breath Away

On January 8, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite captured an image of “clouds streets” over the Black Sea. Cloud streets are lines of cumulus clouds that run parallel to the wind. That is some beautiful wind. Image credit: NASA/Aqua-MODIS From NASA’s Eath Observatory description: Cloud streets are long parallel bands…

G.I. Joe 3 May Have Its Director. And Is Still Happening, Apparently

I kind of totally forgot that the live-action G.I. Joe movies were a thing that were happening. And now it looks like Paramount is gearing up for a third go at this, with another new director. Deadline is reporting that DJ Caruso, who is currently in the process of making The Disappointment Room with Kate…

This Robot Copies A Cuttlefish To Be A Better Swimmer

Underwater craft have come a long way since Bond drove that Lotus into the sea, but even today, they still have problems: conventional propeller-driver robots get tangled on underwater obstacles like seaweed and rope, and the noise confuses the cute little dolphins who use vibrations to navigate. That’s why this underwater drone uses fins to…

Keep track of your Lego store visits with this cool new passport

During the monthly mini build last week, Lego brand stores began to hand out this free new giveaway which should delight AFOL and child alike. This Lego store passport has a cover that mirrors an actual passport with gold embossed printing and a 2×4 brick on the front. Open the cover and it’s all very…

Shia LaBeouf and Maddie Ziegler video is even weirder without music

I didn’t think it was possible for that impossibly weird cage fighting nude shorts music video by Sia with Shia LaBeouf and Maddie Ziegler to get any weirder than it already was but if you remove out all the music from the video and replace it with sounds of what’s actually happening, boy, it’s a…

Astronauts Get Belated Christmas Presents, Mustard, and Clean Undies

After a perfect launch this weekend, the Dragon space capsule arrived at the International Space Station earlier today. The most-anticipated item? Mustard, as the station’s condiment supplies had run critically low. Top image: Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sam Cristoforetti preparing to capture the Dragon. Credit: NASA/Terry W. Virts The Dragon 1 kilometer out from the…

One truly terrifying love story

I don’t know what the hell I was expecting from a short titled He Took His Skin Off For Me, but I sure wasn’t expecting this. A love story that is a horror nightmare that is a metaphor of certain relationships. Or vice versa. All with with excellent 100-percent practical special effects. Hard to watch,…

This App Can Tell When You’re Being Snooped On

Terrified by the thought of identity-thieving cybercriminals, or over-zealous NSA agents snooping on your private data? Have a tinfoil hat for each DEFCON level? Then this app, which can (probably) tell you if you’re being spied on by the government or data thieves, is totally for you. SnoopSnitch is an app for Android devices that…

8chan, the online message board that brought you some of the nastiest shit on the internet (and Gamergate!) has had its domain seized by its Bahamas-based registrar. According to the takedown notice, “child abuse” content on the site is to blame. Guess the internet’s trolls will have to find a different bridge to hide under.…

New Avengers 2 trailer looks really disturbing (and cool)

This movie can’t come fast enough because each trailer unveils a new layer and just adds to the sure to be epic-ness of The Avengers 2: Age of Ultron. The latest trailer shows off some more action sequences and reveals a lot of infighting and gets quite tense thanks to every character giving their best…

Who Is Disrobing In the Newest Avengers: Age of Ultron Trailer?

Marvel’s dropped the latest Avengers: Age of Ultron trailer, and there’s a lot of great action going on, obviously. But here’s where I’m stumped: Who is that taking off their clothes at the :32 mark? We’ve also got the return of on-the-run Nick Fury, fresh from the end of Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Agents…

In Syfy’s Next Show, The U.S. Turns Greenland Into A Giant Prison

This is a fascinating — and super-topical — idea for a TV show. When the U.S. prison population gets too huge, we buy Greenland and turn it into a ginormous co-ed prison where people can supposedly win their freedom. That’s the premise of 51st State, a show in development now for Syfy. Top image: Inside…

The Big Lebowski says two fucks per minute—and six other movie factoids

Most of you have probably watched The Big Lebowski like a gajillion times and remember enough lines to re-create entire scenes by yourself but there still may be some tidbits that you don’t know about the cult classic. Like a kooky conspiracy theory that links The Dude with 9/11. CineFix tackles 7 things you didn’t…

See David Bowie transform over the years in one animated GIF

To celebrate David Bowie’s 68th birthday earlier this year, Artist Helen Green made this very fun illustration of David Bowie showing him change throughout the years in animated GIF form. Bowie has inhabited so many different hairstyles and faces and styles that he almost looks like a different person each time. You can see the…

An Oil Pipeline Is Suspended Above Alaska’s Melting Tundra

This beautiful photograph reveals an oil pipeline hugging the shore of an Alaskan lake. The lake waters are slowly merging with the melting tundra beneath the pipeline, creating dark fissures around puzzle pieces of land. Photo: Alaska ShoreZone On the NOAA Fisheries blog, Rich Press explains what you’re seeing: Thaw Lake, Prudhoe Bay August 5,…

See George Clooney In Peak Lovable Scamp Mode in Out of Sight 

Lovable scamp George Clooney was awarded the Cecil B. DeMille lifetime achievement award at last night’s Golden Globes for his prank-laden acting career. Clooney is perhaps the first person to receive a lifetime achievement award for portraying a lovable scamp in dozens of variations, but the man does know how to smirk ruefully. Some of…

A Haunting Animated Documentary About Rediscovery Of An Extinct Insect

Dryococelus australis, known as the Lord Howe Island stick insect or tree lobster was thought to be extinct by 1920, but in 2001, a small population of the species was rediscovered. This fantastic animated documentary traces that rediscovery and the species and the attempts to bring it back from the brink of extinction. Sticky was…

No, “Poor Man’s Copyright” Does Not Exist

It sounds almost too good to be true: Instead of going through all the paperwork and hassle of registering a copyright, all you have to do is send your work to yourself by mail to be protected. It’s called “poor man’s copyright” and there’s only one problem with the process. It doesn’t exist. In response…

Penny Dreadful Trailer Has A Lot Of New Monsters And One Big Twist

This new Penny Dreadful trailer will blow your mind. We’ve already spotted what we think is the Phantom of the Opera, but we were NOT ready for what popped up in the end. Things are getting crazy in sexy Victorian monster hump town. Penny Dreadful will return to Showtime on April 26th. So get your…

Star Wars Challenges Marvel And DC Heroes In Epic Mash-Up Trailer

This is not real. This is just an extremely well-made fan trailer by one Alex Luthor, for a movie doesn’t actually exist, nor will it ever. However, once you see Superman flying alongside the Millennium Falcon you will want it to be real more than you’ve ever wanted anything. So again: This is not real.…