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In This Week's Comics, A Captain America Story Seven Years In The Making
It’s a relatively quiet week in comics—which makes it the perfect time for us to finally get our hands on Captain America: White, a comic that’s been in the works since 2008. But that’s not all for...
View ArticleGawker Bernie Sanders in the Lake of Fire and Brimstone | Jalopnik The Ten...
Gawker Bernie Sanders in the Lake of Fire and Brimstone | Jalopnik The Ten Easiest Modern Cars To Work On | Kotaku Bitch Planet Gives Patriarchy a Feminist Middle Finger | Lifehacker No, I Can’t “Just...
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Don't Have Sex With Robots, Say Ethicists
Robot ethicists have launched the Campaign Against Sex Robots, seeking a ban on the development of robotic sexytimes.The reality of pleasure bots is fast approaching. Mechanical toys for sexual...
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Evolution and Climate Change to Be Taught in Alabama Classrooms
Starting next year, students in Alabama will be required to learn about evolution and climate change—a move that upends the state’s decade-old science standards. As reported in the Associated Press,...
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Breaking Up Mulder and Scully Is a Dumb Idea That Will Make The New X-Files...
Mulder and Scully on The X-Files are the couple who literally made “shipping” a thing, and they finally got together after years of romantic tension. But now, the new X-Files revival, airing next year,...
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Bad Religion's Greg Graffin On Our Next Evolutionary Challenge: Moving Past...
Last week, I spoke with one of my punk rock and science heroes, Bad Religion vocalist / evolutionary biologist Greg Graffin, about his new book, Population Wars, which drops today. And he told me why...
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How Scientists Use Hidden "Camera Traps" to Get Incredible Cameos of Animals...
By now you’ve probably heard of camera traps, and if you haven’t, you’re definitely familiar with the photos they take. Camera traps are small cameras hidden inside sturdy boxes that a researcher or...
View ArticleThis Video Shows You How a Coffee Stain Resembles an Avalanche
The Coffee Ring Effect is a well-known phenomenon. A puddle of coffee leaves behind a dark ring, instead of a uniform brown stain. This video explains why— and how this phenomenon resembles what...
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Revel In This Surreal Short Where Flowers Are Coming For Us All
Anthophobia is one of those shorts that manages to create a whole world in just a few shots and very little dialogue. There’s a revolution coming, and we are on the wrong side of it.Everything director...
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The Many, Maddeningly Convoluted Lives Of Hawkgirl
Comics are infamous for their sometimes convoluted plots: perhaps none more so than DC’s “Hawk” Heroes. We’ve already covered the fluctuating origins of Hawkman, but with his superhero partner Hawkgirl...
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Why Captain Kirk Is Still One of the Greatest Space Heroes Of All Time
James T. Kirk owes a lot to his space opera forebears, characters like Buck Rogers, Flash Gordon and the Lensmen: He wears a cool uniform, has a fancy ray gun strapped to his hip, flies the fastest...
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This Isn't a Picture of a Log.
That’s just what the wasps want you to think.What we actually have here is an Epinona wasp’s nest built in the tree canopy of the Amazon rainforest. Not content to merely attack anyone who gets too...
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7 Moments in the Bible When Jesus Acted Very Un-Jesus-Like
When it comes to weirdness, Jesus Christ has nothing on his old man. While Yahweh was looking for excuses to drunkenly wrestle Moses, Jesus was usually preaching about love, tolerance and forgiveness....
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Don't Hold Your Breath For That Pacific Rim Sequel
Fans who’ve been polishing their Jaeger waiting for the sequel to Guillermo del Toro’s 2013 film, Pacific Rim, may want to slow down. It seems the sequel, which was set for a 2017 release date, has...
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Today's Best Deals: Travel Router, Yonanas, Fossil Sale, and More
Here are the best of today’s deals. Get every great deal every day on Kinja Deals, follow us on Facebook and Twitter to never miss a deal, join us on Kinja Gear to read about great products, and on...
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My Clock is Not a Bomb, and Other Tales of Threat-Free Tinkering
Today’s edition of Irrational Fear is Squishing Science left me pondering: What projects have you been working on that would get you hassled by the wire-fearful? And could you actually build a clock...
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Close Calls: Three Times When Humanity Barely Escaped Extinction
Today it looks like humans will have to launch themselves into space to get enough room for our collective population, but we weren’t always so robust a species. There are three times in history during...
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These Beautiful Special Book Collections Will Part You From Your Money
If anyone else is like me—a compulsive book buyer with not enough shelf space—the discovery of the Juniper Books’ gorgeous book covers is going to be both wonderful and painful.The top image is for the...
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At Last, Zoo Claws Its Way to an Appropriately Silly and Insane Finish
Zoo ends with an episode titled “The Great Big Hill of Hope,” but dares to suggest that “hope” will spring from an irritatingly catchy 1990s pop song. However, there are baboons, survivalist goons, a...
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Destiny: The Taken King Kicks Ass So Far
When Destiny first launched, it was a half-baked, punishing game with the barest hint of a story, delivered through crummy dialogue and repetitive missions that tasked you with shooting endless waves...
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