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December 8th 2023

10 Sci-Fi Movies to Watch on Paramount+ (That Aren’t Star Trek)

While the studio is known for its giant franchises, its streamer also holds some other titles worth blasting off for.

Movies Cheryl Eddy

May 11th 2023

Deep Impact Is More Than Just the Other 1998 Asteroid Movie

Elijah Wood, Morgan Freeman, Robert Duvall, and Téa Leoni star in the disaster drama, which just turned 25.

Movies Germain Lussier

December 27th 2022

This Asteroid Impact Simulator Lets You Destroy the World

A web app from Neal.Fun is a choose-your-own-adventure for planetary annihilation

Space & Spaceflight Kevin Hurler

January 12th 2022

Michael Bay Wanted Everyone to Be Horny For Ben Affleck in Armageddon

Is it any surprise Bay was more concerned with how oiled Affleck's torso was than the movie's plot?

Movies Rob Bricken

November 16th 2021

15 Weird and Wonderful Things to Watch This Holiday Season

Including Merry Little Batman , Hawkeye , Wellington Paranormal , and far too many elves.

Movies Rob Bricken

November 9th 2021

Updates From Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Supergirl, and More

Plus, it looks like the next John Wick film has found its title.

io9 James Whitbrook & Gordon Jackson

September 8th 2021

The Don’t Look Up Trailer Is Full of Countless Stars and a Problematic Comet

Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence headline the apocalyptic comedy.

Trailers Rob Bricken

September 2nd 2021

Moonfall Looks Like Roland Emmerich’s Loudest, Dumbest Disaster Movie Yet

The director of Independence Day and 2012 has apparently decided to outdo Michael Bay's Armageddon .

Trailers Rob Bricken

June 4th 2020

9 Ex-streamly Radical ’90s Genre Movies You Can Watch Right Now on HBO Max

HBO Max has been met with a collective shrug so far, but not all is lost for the new streamer: turns out it’s got a decent enough selection of genre movies from the 1990s. Random? Yes! Full of clumsy early CGI, heavy-handed themes, and corny theme songs? Also yes! Here are nine (including two horror-franchise…

Movies Cheryl Eddy

February 14th 2020

10 Great Sci-Fi Movies to Watch When You’re Sick

When I was a boy, A Clockwork Orange made me vomit. I was in the ninth grade. I was just starting to get heavily into movies, and one day I got sick at school. The nurse said I should go home, so my mom picked me up and we decided to stop at the video…

Movies Germain Lussier

June 28th 2019

Remember 1998, When the World (Almost) Ended Twice?

Disaster movie fans were living their best lives in 1998, specifically the two-month span of 1998 that delivered two earnest epics about what might happen if a rogue celestial object suddenly threatened our planet: Deep Impact and Armageddon. Despite the déjà vu, both films were massive box-office hits. But how do they hold up 21…

Movies Cheryl Eddy

October 20th 2018

Trump: What We Really Need Right Now Is a Lot More Nukes

The U.S. has had a brief respite from nuclear apocalypticism after that brief period when Donald Trump seemed pretty likely to start a war with North Korea via Twitter. But this being Trump, the power of the U.S. nuclear arsenal has never seemed very far from his mind, and on Saturday he announced the country…

Privacy & Security Tom McKay

October 2nd 2018

We Regret to Inform You the Large Hadron Collider Will Not Annihilate Earth

There’s a tired, much-debunked doomsday theory pushed by British physicist Martin Rees that powerful particle colliders have the potential to destroy Earth. They don’t. However, since the story has once again turned up as a top Google News hit, we will deign to debunk it once more. No. The Large Hadron Collider does not pose…

Physics & Chemistry Ryan F. Mandelbaum

August 24th 2018

Evidence Shows Earth’s Magnetic Field Once Flipped Quickly

A new study analyzing rock formations from 107,000 to 91,000 years ago has revealed something troubling: a strangely quick reversal of the Earth’s magnetic field in fairly recent history. The team of researchers from China, Taiwan, and Australia analyzed a stalagmite, a rock that slowly grows up from the floors of caves, in order to…

Earth Science Ryan F. Mandelbaum

April 30th 2018

The Earth’s Magnetic Poles Are Not About to Flip, and Here’s Why

Despite recent panic surrounding the potential reversal of our planet’s magnetic poles, new evidence suggests it’s probably not the impending doom it sounds like. Implausible as it sounds, public worry about the poles flipping seems to be ever-present, typically backed by real evidence of the Earth’s magnetic field weakening. These outbreaks of concern almost always…

Physics & Chemistry Ryan F. Mandelbaum

March 16th 2018

Russian Scientists Are Devising a Plan to Nuke Asteroids

You may have thought, “Hey, if we’re threatened by an incoming asteroid, we should just nuke it!” You’re not alone: a team of Russian scientists are working on a plot to do so, by detonating miniature asteroids in a lab. In fact, several groups of researchers are now toying with the idea of asteroid nuking…

Space & Spaceflight Ryan F. Mandelbaum

January 10th 2018

The Biggest Scifi Movie Milestones of 2018

There are a lot of amazing new movies coming in 2018, but there’s also a long list of classic, iconic films that will be celebrating significant anniversaries this year. Here are the biggest science fiction, fantasy, and genre movie milestones happening in 2018. (You should probably be prepared to feel old.) 50-Year Anniversaries (Films Released…

Movies Germain Lussier

December 4th 2017

The 7 All-Time Worst Dudes in Outer Space

Between the alien monsters, the crazed androids, and the malfunctioning ships, space is already totally scary before you start factoring in humans and all their potential awfulness. And yet, there’s something about space that seems to attract a lot of assholes. Case in point: All seven of these guys. 7) Lt. Zander Barcalow, Starship Troopers Planet Earth…

Movies Cheryl Eddy

November 16th 2017

I Give Up, I Like Nibiru Doomsday Stories Now

A planet whole solar system is going to destroy the Earth during September October, uh, any time now, if the usual doomsday conspiracy people are to be believed. And if you’re hoping to survive this calamity, you should probably know what’s going on. A few months ago, I wrote that you should stop wasting my…

Tech News Ryan F. Mandelbaum

October 4th 2017

Yellowstone Supervolcano Is Experiencing Its Longest Earthquake Swarm on Record (But Calm Down)

Do not lose sleep tonight, the world will not end as the result of some enormous supervolcano eruption in Yellowstone National Park any time soon. But there is a whole lot of other interesting stuff going on there—so maybe it’s worth losing sleep by getting excited about science. Nerd. A swarm of earthquakes rumbling since…

Tech News Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Armageddon

10 Sci-Fi Movies to Watch on Paramount+ (That Aren’t Star Trek)

Deep Impact Is More Than Just the Other 1998 Asteroid Movie

This Asteroid Impact Simulator Lets You Destroy the World

Michael Bay Wanted Everyone to Be Horny For Ben Affleck in Armageddon

15 Weird and Wonderful Things to Watch This Holiday Season

Updates From Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Supergirl, and More

The Don’t Look Up Trailer Is Full of Countless Stars and a Problematic Comet

Moonfall Looks Like Roland Emmerich’s Loudest, Dumbest Disaster Movie Yet

9 Ex-streamly Radical ’90s Genre Movies You Can Watch Right Now on HBO Max

10 Great Sci-Fi Movies to Watch When You’re Sick

Remember 1998, When the World (Almost) Ended Twice?

Trump: What We Really Need Right Now Is a Lot More Nukes

We Regret to Inform You the Large Hadron Collider Will Not Annihilate Earth

Evidence Shows Earth’s Magnetic Field Once Flipped Quickly

The Earth’s Magnetic Poles Are Not About to Flip, and Here’s Why

Russian Scientists Are Devising a Plan to Nuke Asteroids

The Biggest Scifi Movie Milestones of 2018

The 7 All-Time Worst Dudes in Outer Space

I Give Up, I Like Nibiru Doomsday Stories Now

Yellowstone Supervolcano Is Experiencing Its Longest Earthquake Swarm on Record (But Calm Down)

Getting Stuck Inside a Glitching Robotaxi Is a Whole New Thing to Be Scared of

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NASA’s Artemis 2 Mission Blasts Off

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