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Princeton Will Host A Symposium On Speculative Arts and Social Justice
Princeton University will be hosting a symposium on how speculative fictions can examine some of society’s most prevalant social problems in order to put help build a better world. Black To The Future...
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Polar Bears May Survive by Hunting Caribou as Arctic Ice Melts
Polar bears are the furry poster children for the impact of warming Arctic seas, but new research says they may be able adapt and survive the loss of Arctic sea ice by foraging on land.Typically, the...
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This is the Oldest Galaxy We've Found So Far
Astrophysicists at Caltech say they’ve detected the oldest, most distant galaxy known so far. It’s 13.2 billion years old — just over half a billion years younger than the universe itself — and the...
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In Space, Yesterday's Coffee is Today's Coffee
Do you still wish you could be an astronaut after watching the lung-flattening launches and bone-crunching landings? Has the eyeball-oscillating gimbal failed to dampen your spirits? What if we told...
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The Alternative Universe Of Soviet Arcade Games
When you walk into the Museum of Soviet Arcade Games in St. Petersburg, the first thing you’ll see is a series of gray, hard-edged soda machines from the early 1980s. If you choose the one in the...
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Astronomers Want to Watch Comets Slam Into Distant Planets
If a massive comet struck the Earth, the oceans would boil and the air would catch fire (don’t worry, this isn’t about to happen). But to alien astronomers studying our planet from afar, humanity’s...
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You Can Now Buy the Standards Manual Behind NASA's Lost Logo
You know it when you see it: The smooth, soaring typeface with two uncrossed A’s. NASA’s so-called “worm” logo is a beloved symbol of space exploration even decades after it was retired. Now, thanks to...
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I Ventured Near Dragon Con's Artists and now I Have No Money
Merely wandering through the Artists’s Alley and Art Show at Dragon Con was enough to clear my wallet of ugly dollar bills and fill my bag with awesome new art. If you’re in Atlanta, spend your last...
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The Best Labor Day Deals: Cheap HDTV, Popsicles, Game of Thrones, and More
Here are all of the best Labor Day 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...
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Cerberus Is a Hamster and Medusa Has a Bad Date in These Modern Myths
As a master’s graduate film, Alexandra Hetmerová decided to put the characters of Greek mythology in modern day predicaments. You will have sympathy for the monsters and villains the ancients used to...
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The Real Reason Netflix Won't Offer Offline Downloads
Offline downloads are perhaps the most often requested, “holy grail” feature of TV and movie streaming services, and while Netflix may be the leading provider, it’s Amazon and its Prime Instant Video...
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Magnetic Refrigeration is a Real Thing. Here's How it Works.
One day we might be able to make home refrigerators without any chemicals or industrial coolants. The main hope for this comes from a special property of metal and a quirk of entropy.We all played with...
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John Oliver Provides Helpful Back to School Rundown of Everything Students...
John Oliver briefly returned from Last Week Tonight’s summer vacation to provide a little back to school video, one that outlines everything students will not be taught in the upcoming year. Chief...
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Netflix Has Put Barry Sonnenfeld at the Helm of A Series of Unfortunate Events
It’s been ages since we heard about any forward motion on Netflix’s TV show version of A Series of Unfortunate Events, but now at least we know who will be in charge: Mark Hudis (showrunner of True...
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Please Let This Historical Murder Really Have Happened
I know it’s wrong to want someone to have been murdered—especially if that someone is a bishop—but hear me out. This is the best murder story that ever happened. Or, it would be, if it really...
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Everything We Know About Apple's iPhone Unveiling This Week
Another iPhone day is upon us, but this year, there’s a twist. While we can undoubtedly expect to see a new phone, we also expect a look at a very meaningful upgrade to the aging Apple TV. The latest...
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This Week's TV: Say Goodbye to Under the Dome and Hello to Z Nation!
What’s on this week? Season premieres of Continuum, Z Nation, Gravity Falls and From Dusk Till Dawn! The series finale of Under the Dome – and possibly Extant, too, I don’t know, it remains to be seen....
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Game of Thrones Casts Richard E. Grant, Officially Denudes the UK of All Its...
Whenever a familiar name pops up as being new to the Game of Thrones cast, it’s a shock. Mostly because we’d thought they’d run out of British actors we could easily identify a long time ago. This...
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Dragon Con Day 3: the Cosplay Keeps Getting Better and Better
Every day our photo galleries of the astonishing cosplay at Dragon Con in Atlanta just keeps getting longer with near-overwhelming creativity. Today we’re featuring the dystopian future of Mad Max, a...
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You've Heard of the Chicken of the Sea? Meet the Whale of the Air.
The oilbird, or guacharo, is not a morbidly obese bird. It’s called “the whale of the air” because like its larger, ocean-dwelling brethren, it contained oil—oil that was harvested yearly, and which...
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