NASA Just Released This Amazing New Set of Up-Close Pluto Pictures
NASA released a new (and gorgeous) set of Pluto pictures from its recent New Horizons fly-by—and they’re our best look yet at some of the strange terrain of the erstwhile planet.Top image: Pluto...
View ArticleNational Geographic Is Now Owned by a Climate Change Denier
News broke yesterday afternoon that Australian media mogul and climate change denier Rupert Murdoch has purchased a majority stake in National Geographic, a magazine and scientific organization that...
View ArticleThree Gamers Who Can Do The Near-Impossible
A gamer who has to play his video games with one hand. Another who can win a fighting game with her eyes closed. And one more who can clear lines of Tetris using invisible pieces. Welcome to the first...
View ArticleElected Queens and Princess Senators: How the Politics of Star Wars Work
Greetings, my magnificent mail-minions! I’ve got a swell—dare I say it, keen group of questions in this week’s mailbags, but I want to try something. If you have a question for the postman, you can...
View ArticleWe Took Apart the American Horror Story: Hotel Trailer So You Wouldn't Have To
We now have the first American Horror Story: Hotel trailer actually showing its characters. And all of it is stylized with cuts and zooms to the point where you’re going to have to go through it frame...
View ArticleZack Snyder Admits Superhero Movies Could Be Heading For A Crash
A few weeks back, Steven Spielberg made headlines saying he thought superhero movies would eventually “go the way of the Western.” And now, the architect of DC, one of the biggest superhero movie...
View ArticleNot Even the Zombie Apocalypse Can Stop George R. R. Martin From Releasing Books
Whenever George R.R. Martin does anything that isn’t releasing the next A Song of Ice and Fire novel, some (typically crass) people tend to cry “he’ll be dead before he finishes!” But apparently Syfy’s...
View ArticleEven Lunar Rovers Require a Touch of Personalizing Flare
What is the most important part of any off-planet exploration vehicle? A nice dash of flare in the form of a raccoon tail dangling from the tailgate.The Apollo 15 astronauts Jim Irwin and Dave Scott...
View ArticleWhich Actor Would You Most Like to See Make a Successful Comeback?
There are some actors who used to get juicy roles all the time in amazing movies, but lately, they’ve seemed to either be relegated to tiny parts or below-the-radar films or dropped completely out of...
View ArticleGet a Load of the 'Foamy Eruption' Miss Vermont Will Demonstrate Tonight
Miss Vermont 2015 Alayna Westcom will be showing off a very special talent during the third night of the Miss America Pageant Thursday: science! Specifically, the scientific ability humans have to blow...
View ArticleBruce Campbell May Host a Horror-Themed Reality Series, and Here's Why That's...
If the idea of another nerdy reality competition TV series fills you with dread... well, that’s kind of what the upcoming series Bruce Campbell’s Horrified is going for. The good news is, obviously,...
View ArticleHalf Of The Joker's Torso Is The Creepiest Lawn Ornament Ever
There’s about a month and a half to go until the night of ghoulish glee that is Halloween—but why wait that long when you could be terrifying the living bejesus out of your neighbors right now with...
View ArticleOn Steven Universe, Lying to Your Mother is its Own Battle
Steven Universe made a triumphant return last night, back on a normal weekly format after recent scattered, concentrated releases of episodes. Despite the change in schedule, in “Nightmare Hospital”...
View ArticleWhere In Our Galaxy Are All The Aliens?
There may be billions of habitable worlds throughout the Milky Way, but where are the radio-blasting, starship-sailing aliens? Where are our cosmic Snapchat buddies? If they exist, they’re probably...
View Article10 Historical People Who Were Real-Life Magicians
If you think magic is just for Dungeons & Dragons players and Criss Angel, you’re sadly mistaken. Magic is totally real, and was totally practiced by totally real people who lived in history! Here...
View Article‘It Ended Up Being Cheap Softcore Porn’ And Other Game Store Horror Stories
Video game store horror stories are so plentiful I had to round up a whole new batch to share all the best ones readers sent in. There’s the typical stock of pre-order bullshit, but these stories span...
View ArticleToday's Best Deals: Cordless Vacuum, Electric Shavers, External Storage, and...
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 ArticleThough This Fish Can't Pee, It Can Be Used To Test For Doping, Because the...
This is a stickleback male guarding its nest. Notice the fact that it’s still alive? That fact is both a biological marvel unique among creatures, and a way to test if athletes have been taking...
View ArticleThe Best Ways To Celebrate Marty McFly's Arrival Next Month
It’s a huge year in the history of Back to the Future. It’s the 30th anniversary of the film’s 1985 release, as well as the year Marty McFly and Doc Brown travel to in Part II. That latter date,...
View ArticleJapan's Notorious "Boy A" Killer Now Has a Creepy Vanity Website
It was called “the grisliest murder in memory in Japan.” In 1997, a 14-year-old Kobe boy murdered 11-year-old Jun Hase and left his victim’s sawed-off head on the gate of a school, with a message...
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