Doctor Who's Eighth Doctor Is Finally Getting The Figure He Deserves
Paul McGann’s Eighth Doctor has long been left in the shadows by Doctor Who (on TV at least)—it took him 17 years to show up again after his first appearance in 1996, which gave him a cool new outfit...
View ArticleExplore Pluto in Three Dimensions
Get ready to tease your eyes while exploring the mountains, plains, and craters of Pluto in new three-dimensional images of the strange little world.Stereopairs are classically two images taken of the...
View ArticleThe Way That Mushrooms Bring the Rain Will Astound You
If you’re still lukewarm on the idea of parachuting in a bunch of beavers to California to end the drought, here’s another option: mushrooms. In forests across the world, Earth’s decomposers are...
View ArticleWhich Epic Book Series Would Benefit From Being Shortened and Combined?
Everybody loves to dive into a pile of books that spin out an epic, immersive storyline. There’s nothing more satisfying than a trilogy or series with deep worldbuilding. But some book series could...
View ArticleSorry, Hair Club—We Can Finally 3D-Print Hair
Could this be the ‘killer app’ for 3D printers that finally makes them a must-have device for every home? Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University’s Human-Computer Interaction Institute have found a...
View ArticleThe Level That Proves How Special Alan Wake Was
Horror games have one simple purpose: scaring you. They’re fueled by long moments of tension which erupt in a brief explosion of fright, before it recedes and the terror sets in again. My favorite...
View ArticleWow, This Poster Of The Death Star Blueprints Is Insane
The first Death Star blueprints are some of the most important items in the history of Star Wars. It was those plans, inside R2-D2, that brought Luke Skywalker out of obscurity and ultimately ushered...
View ArticleScott Kelly Breaks Single-Spaceflight Duration Record for American Astronauts
Today, Scott Kelly breaks NASA’s record for longest single spaceflight of an American astronaut, surpassing the previous record of 215 days held by Michael Lopez-Alegria. Kelly is currently on a...
View ArticleNBC Is Trying to Make the New True Blood
True Blood bit its last throat in 2014, but NBC is hoping it can duplicate HBO’s mega-success by adapting another fantasy series from works by author Charlaine Harris, called Midnight, Texas. It’s...
View ArticleCosmic Rays Could Help Unlock the Secrets of the Pyramids
There’s a long and colorful history of people trying to unlock the secret of how the Egyptian pyramids were built—and possibly find hidden rooms and corridors, for good measure. And now, a new...
View ArticleOn American Horror Story, the Hotel Cortez Hosts the Craziest Dinner Party Ever
It’s Halloween at the Hotel Cortez, and the “Mount Rushmore of murder” gathers for Mr. March’s annual soiree. The exclusive guest list has a new name this year: John Lowe, who soon rather regrets his...
View ArticleThis is Why Cat Sex Seems Kinda Brutal
Cat sex videos are all the same. The tom mounts the female, she arches her back and moves her tail aside–a response called lordosis, by the way–and the two of them get down to the act. But soon...
View ArticleNewly Declassified Photos Show The Crewed USAF Spy Spacecraft That Almost Was
On October 22, 2015 the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) declassified and released 282 rarely or never before seen images and 825 confidential records (a total of 20,681 pages) about the so called...
View ArticleThe Bones/Sleepy Hollow Crossover You Never Wanted Led to a Halloween You...
This week, “Dead Men Tell No Tales” as Sleepy Hollow crossed over with Bones! It’s as odd as it sounds, and ran into some forensic snoozology, but it had Halloween charm and the most satisfying wrap of...
View ArticleGet One of The Most Acclaimed Space Books In Recent Years For Just $1.99
The self-published novel A Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers got nominated for the Golden Tentacle Award for best SF debut, and got tons of praise from some of science fiction’s most...
View ArticleThis Feature Film Is Billing an Android as One of Its Stars
Most robots don’t have IMDb pages. Geminoid F isn’t most robots.The creepily real-looking, dark-haired, female android is receiving star billing in Sayonara, a feature-length film that premieres in...
View ArticleWatch the Trailer for a Documentary About the Star Wars Actors Whose Faces...
There have been Star Wars documentaries on almost everything. The history, the fans, the merchandise and more. But a new one, Elstree 1976, takes a different spin. It focuses on actors who played what...
View ArticleA Brief History of Evil Children in Horror Movies
In celebration of Halloween, we took a shallow dive into the horror subgenre of evil-child horror movies. Weird-kid cinema stretches back at least to 1956’s The Bad Seed, and has experienced a...
View Article5 Crime Victims Who Survived and Helped Nail Their Attackers
Not every encounter with a serial killer ends in death, just like not every kidnapping victim dies in captivity. Today, we take a look at five people who not only survived their violent ordeals—but...
View ArticleWatch Orson Welles's Ludicrously Insincere Apology for Scaring the Crap Out...
On this very night in 1938, Orson Welles’s production of the H. G. Wells classic, The War of the Worlds, convinced many unwary radio listeners that a Martian invasion was underway. The next day, Welles...
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