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The Muppets Mayhem Offers a Lightweight but Entertaining Peek Behind the Music

Jim Henson's Muppet Show house band finally gets the spotlight—shared with a lot of cameos—in a new Disney+ series.

The Muppets’ Electric Mayhem Series Isn’t Skimping on the Mayhem

Wait, is that Weird Al Yankovic playing God in the faux Disney+ musical documentary?

The Muppets Mayhem Teases Its Unique Rock n’ Roll Adventure

The musical Disney+ series still doesn't have a premiere date, but it does have some first-look images.

Dungeons & Dragons Designs Different Druid Developments, Just Like the Movie

The character class and their Wildshape transforming ability are getting rejiggered for the better.

The Muppets Mayhem Will Answer Just How a Muppet Gets In a Hot Tub (and More)

The people behind the Muppet's latest Disney+ show talk Electric Mayhem, Cheech & Chong, and what to expect from the show.

Tom Veitch, One of the Vanguards of Star Wars‘ Expanded Universe, Has Died

Veitch wrote Dark Empire and Tales of the Jedi for Dark Horse in the early 1990s, redefining the franchise.

Ancient Penis Worms Commandeered Shells for Self-Defense, Fossils Show

Paleontologists were surprised by the discovery of 500-million-year-old fossils that reveal penis worms inside shells.

Muppets Haunted Mansion Is a Perfect Puppet Balancing Act

Disney's work with the Muppets has been a little up and down, but Haunted Mansion feels much more in step with the Muppet's best hits.

Animals Emerged 350 Million Years Earlier Than Previously Thought, Fossil Discovery Suggests

Tube-like impressions found in Canadian rocks are further evidence that sponges were the first animals on Earth.

Frozen in Siberian Permafrost for 24,000 Years, Microscopic Animal Comes Back to Life

The ancient creature began eating and even reproducing after it was pulled out of the ice.

This Worm Has 100 Butts

In Greek mythology, the hydra is a creature with many heads. In Norse mythology, Odin rides Sleipnir—a horse with many legs. And in the warm, coastal waters of Australia lives Ramisyllis multicaudata, the worm with many butts. The creature is shaped somewhat like a tree, with a single head and a body that branches over…

Everything Is Going Wrong for North Atlantic Right Whales This Year [Updated]

North Atlantic right whales are living the plot of a science fiction story: They are not having any babies. With the end of the winter calving season just around the corner, so far zero newborns have been spotted. With fewer than 450 of the whales remaining, and around 100 breeding females, this reproductive drought is…

Giant Sea Monster Washes On Shore Because World Is Ending

While many of us envisioned the world going out in a wicked blaze of glory, sadly, that doesn’t seem to be the way things will go. Instead, we have to settle for Ted Cruz, the other horsemen of the apocalypse, and this massive beast that just washed up on the shore of Indonesia’s Maluku province.…

New Software Lets You See the World Through Animal Eyes

If you’ve ever wondered what it might be like to see the world as a lizzard or a bumble bee or some other animal, you’re in luck: a new peice of open access software allows you to see how other creatures see the world. Humans can only see the visible spectrum, but many animals see…

If you needed any more reasons to sign up for Firefly Watch, check out the stunning time lapse video of male firefly courtship displaysfilmed in the Great Smoky Mountains last year, now up at the New York Times as part of their Summer of Science. Contact the author at [email protected].

This Week’s TV: An Alabama Town Tries To Make Syfy’s Next Original Film

How will new superhero show The Flash stack up against Arrow? Plus, a new docuseries follows a small town making a zombie movie that could air on Syfy—if they finish it in time. American Horror Story: Freak Show debuts, and Supernatural, The Originals, and The Walking Dead return! Tonight Gotham (8 PM, Fox) Someone is…

This beautiful newly-discovered species is about to disappear soon

“Just described ‘microjewel’ snail in extinction danger,” announces NewScientist. Every time I see a headline like that and I look a the picture, it really makes me sad. Just admire that beautiful, delicate little beast. Which secrets will this soon-to-be-gone species take away with it? Because that’s the quid here. Even if you’re a cold…

When, exactly, will we get new Red Dwarf episodes?

Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige puts to rest casting rumors for Ant-Man and Guardians of the Galaxy and also hints at the new Marvel characters getting movies. And there are new images from Sleepy Hollow, Being Human, and American Horror Story. Spoilers now! Top image: Sleepy Hollow. Ant-Man Marvel Studios head, Kevin Feige, shot down…

Migaloo, perhaps the world’s only white humpback whale, has been spotted off the coast of Australia!

Everyone, say hello to Migaloo. That’s what people call the white humpback whale pictured up top. When he was first spotted back in 1991, Migaloo (which is Aboriginal for “white fella”) was the first all-white humpback researchers had ever seen. (And according to his website, he remains the only documented white humpback whale in the…

Can You Turn Cheap, Shitty Beer Into Good Beer?

You know what’s great about cheap, shitty beer? The cheap part. The end. Sure, it’s fun to be nostalgic about the first beer you ever drank or whatever, but if someone leaves a bunch of crappy beer in my fridge, I just want to use some kind of magic spell to turn it into something…