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7 Great Books That Show How Terrifying an Environmental Apocalypse Could Be
A world ravaged by climate change is hard to imagine—but that world could be in our future, unless we do a better job of imagining it now. So we’re lucky that some of our most talented authors have...
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See the Beautiful, Poetic Artwork by the Ladies of Disney Animation
Disney is well known for its on-screen Princesses but this weekend, it will celebrate the talented women behind the scenes with a new book and several pieces of art.Lovely: The Ladies of Animation is...
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A Spoken Word Artist Argues With Himself Over Whether or Not Space Travel Is...
Today’s installment in the Royal Institution’s beautifully designed online Advent calendar, which is themed “A Place Called Space,” features spoken word artist Mark Grist throwing down with a cranky...
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You Can Barely Even See Yellowstone's Largest Glacier Anymore
Lyell Glacier was Yellowstone National Park’s largest glacier. In 1883, park officials took a photograph of the ice giant. This year, NASA’s climate team recreated that photo with the glacier in its...
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How Two Environmental Changes Took Down the Most Powerful League in Medieval...
Environmental change is big news these days, as is speculation on how that change will reorder, and possibly reshape, the world powers. It has happened before: one of the great powers of medieval...
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Second Attempt to Launch Cygnus to the Space Station Scrubbed by Wind [UPDATED]
After getting rained out yesterday, it’s time to start preparing for the next launch window for the Cygnus spacecraft. If it succeeds, this will be the first launch for the cargo tug since the previous...
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The Irresistible Beauty Of Xenoblade Chronicles X
The huge new Wii U JRPG Xenoblade Chronicles X seems like it wants about 80 hours of my life. I’ve given it 18 so far, and I’m going to give it some more.I’m not really a JRPG guy, mind you. I love the...
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The Deadliest Kisses In All of Science Fiction and Fantasy
The holidays are almost upon us, which means one thing: lots of weird superstitions involving sprigs of vegetation and mandatory kissing. Which is weird. But it could be worse—those kisses could...
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Chris Pratt and Dave Bautista Screentesting for Guardians of the Galaxy Is...
Marvel’s Phase 2 box set truly is a trove laden with treasures. Earlier today we got to see Loki live out his fantasies in a deleted scene from Thor: The Dark World—but this time, we turn to the...
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A Turkish Court Has To Decide If Gollum Is Good or Evil
Is Gollum a good guy or a bad guy? It’s a complicated question. At times, the former Hobbit is nothing but pure venom. Other times, he’s kind, sweet and caring. Plus he can change between the two in an...
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Which Classic Character Did Not Need a Goddamn Childhood Trauma Added To...
It’s Screenwriting 101. When you’re taking a beloved character, who’s lasted decades or even centuries with a simple, streamlined origin, the first thing you do is add something terrible to his or her...
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Carrie Fisher Has The Best Response To The Slave Leia Merchandise Controversy
Recently, the Star Wars fanbase took time off from freaking out about The Force Awakens to freak out over a rumored ban on merchandise depicting Princess Leia’s “Slave” outfit from Return of the Jedi....
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Marvel May Have Just Scored An Ideal Director For Black Panther
Several months ago, director Ryan Coogler was rumored to be up for Marvel’s Black Panther movie. It didn’t pan out. Now though, after the success of his latest film Creed, it seems like he’s actually...
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Disney Was Somehow Shocked that Michael Jackson Grabbed His Crotch in Captain EO
Captain EO has been a Disney park staple since 1986, the height of Michael Jackson’s post-Thriller fame—but the Francis Ford Coppola-directed, George Lucas-produced short will shut down December 6 to...
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Thanos Is Scarier Than Ever In This Exclusive Mondo Poster Reveal
The collectable poster, music, and toy company Mondo is teaming up with Marvel Comics for an officially licensed gallery show. It’s called Snikt Bamf Thwip: A Celebration Of Marvel Comics, and we’ve...
View ArticleThe Folks Behind the Sword & Laser Podcast Are Publishing Science Fiction...
Sword & Laser is a great podcast about science fiction and fantasy from Veronica Belmont and Tom Merritt—and now, it’s also a line of science fiction and fantasy books!They’ve just announced their...
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These Are the Best Pluto Images New Horizons Captured
NASA has just received the first batch of the sharpest images of Pluto captured during the July flyby—and they’re incredible. Are you ready to go cross-country skiing and ice climbing three billion...
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Where are the stylish Joan Watson and dapper Sherlock Holmes this week?
Where are the stylish Joan Watson and dapper Sherlock Holmes this week? Taking a belated holiday! Elementary will resume with “The Games Underfoot” on December 10th with a recap on Friday.Will next...
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An awesome movie trailer of all the awesome movies that came out in 2015
Was 2015 a good year for movies? Sure, there were a lot of duds like Tomorrowland and embarrassments like Pixels and money printing franchises that weren’t nearly as awesome as the movies that came...
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The Long Lost 1929 Science Fiction Movie That Predicted the Second World War
The science fiction movie High Treason was considered one of the most important films of its time, up there with Metropolis. It was also the first full-length “talkie” made in Britain, although it was...
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