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Continuum Actually Managed to Have a Pretty Sweet Ending
The final episode of Continuum doesn’t air on Syfy until tonight—so if you haven’t seen it yet, please skip the rest of this recap and just know that there actually is a decent ending in store for you....
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Rejoice Researchers: Court Rules That Google Books Is Not Infringement
Google’s been embroiled in a battle with writers and the Authors Guild over whether or not the company’s book scanning project infringed on their copyright. Today the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals held...
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Ann Leckie's Picks for the 10 Best Science Fiction Books Include Some Big...
Publishers Weekly asked Ancillary Mercy author Ann Leckie to name her picks for the 10 best science fiction novels. And there are some consensus choices in there—but also a few out-of-left-field...
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Lamar Odom's "Natural" Erection Supplement Probably Contained Actual Viagra
Lamar Odom came off life support and regained consciousness today after collapsing while visiting a brothel in Nevada. The apparent culprit(s), according to the Nye County sheriff: cocaine combined...
View ArticleAkeela Is Tired Of All This Precog Nonsense in a Clip From Monday's Minority...
Akeela is fast becoming a standout character on Fox’s Minority Report. And in Monday’s episode—which also guest-stars Reed Diamond from Dollhouse and Agents of SHIELD—she discovers the downside of...
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This Crazy Patchwork of Restraints Ultimately Led to Modern Pressurized...
1962: This isn’t a demented experiment from some wacky fictional mad scientist. Instead, it’s actual serious research by NASA that led to pressurized spacesuits.Robert St. John is the lucky victim, er,...
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Steam's Latest Hit Is A Tough-As-Nails Mars Base Building Game
I’ve been playing Planetbase for a couple hours now, and I feel like I’m only scratching the surface.Planetbase is a new outer space base-building game that just hit Steam, and it’s been in the...
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SyFy's Defiance Can't Defy Cancellation
SyFy’s big transmedia flagship show Defiance won’t be returning for a fourth season, according to Variety. The cancellation of the show comes just days after Dominion was also cancelled. Defiance was...
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You Probably Don't Have Enough Patience To Build This Kinetic Hummingbird
Derek Hugger is a sculptor, but instead of working in an inanimate medium like clay or marble, his creations are marvels of kinetic engineering made from gears, cams, and a complex assortment of moving...
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This House With A Star Trek Theater Can Be Yours For $1.2 Million
Are you a Star Trek Fan? Do you have $1.2 million dollars? Are you in the market for a new home? Do you have the urge to move to Texas? If you answered Yes to any of those questions, this could be the...
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Saturday's Best Deals: $5 Lightning Cables and Smartphone Mounts, Eneloops,...
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...
View ArticleThe Avengers Assemble In This Cosplay Video From New York Comic Con
New York Comic Con is behind us, but this fantastic cosplay video will let you relive the glorious mix of costumes that go along with it. We really dig Sneaky Zebra’s cosplay videos - they’re energetic...
View ArticleWatch The 1939 World's Fair Come To Life In This Documentary
The 1939 World’s Fair was an incredible event that showcased the ‘World of Tomorrow’. Now, director Amanda Murray has brought the event to life with a new documentary. Featuring interviews from...
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Fires in Indonesia are Emitting More Carbon Than All Americans Combined
The United States may be the second largest carbon emitter on the planet, but it’s got a new rival: Forest fires. Indonesia is in the midst of a devastating fire season, one that’s kicking up more...
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Two New Cases Of Ebola Have Surfaced In Guinea
Just weeks before it would be declared Ebola-free, the World Health Organization confirmed that two new cases of the disease have surfaced in Guinea, showing that the outbreak lingers in the West...
View ArticleClassic literary characters such as Sherlock Holmes have faced intense...
Classic literary characters such as Sherlock Holmes have faced intense copyright battles, but now, another character is being claimed: Buck Rogers. With a potential film in the works, the estate of one...
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Father Of The Space Shuttle, George Mueller, Dies At Age 97
George Mueller, the NASA administrator who helped steer the agency during the 1960s and was known as the ‘father of the space shuttle’, died earlier this week at the age of 97. Mueller joined NASA in...
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Aliens or Not, We've Still Got A Lot To Learn From NASA's Kepler Mission
This week, the internet worked itself into a frenzy over the possibility that we’ve found an alien megastructure. But whether or not there’s a Dyson sphere buried in the Kepler data, the discovery of a...
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'After The War' Story Contest Seeks To Imagine Post-War Futures
Writing a story about the aftermath of warfare in the future? The Atlantic Council might want to see it: they’re running a contest called ‘After The War’. The think tank has been running a really...
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The Man Who Designed The Chemex Coffeemaker Also Designed This Bonkers Car
Ever seen a Chemex coffee maker? It’s a lovely thing. Looks like an hourglass made from scientific glassware. It’s in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, even. Ever wonder how the person who...
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