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Sense8 Is Much Better Than This Season Two Trailer, Just FYI
Sense8 can be a very good show—it’s got unbridled optimism and a daring willingness to play with big ideas. It’s kind of like some really smart people got together and wrote a scifi show after ripping on a bong for 12 hours straight. But Sense8's big ideas sometimes get in the way of the gaggle of genuinely great…
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A Freakishly Big Asteroid Is About to Zoom by Earth
Over the years, asteroids have gotten bad rap, probably because of that terrible Michael Bay movie or incessant stream of hyperbolic articles written about them. The truth is, asteroids are just hunks of rock hurling through space that aren’t actively seeking to destroy the human race. Later this month, one such…
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Master & Dynamic MW60: Finally Make A Connection With Bluetooth Headphones
Stunning design aside, Master & Dynamic’s MW60s provide a rock solid connection up to 100 feet away, a 16-hour battery, and great sound.
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Netflix Has Just the Right Director Adapting The Haunting of Hill House Into a Horror Series
Mike Flanagan has got to be one of the busiest horror directors working today. On the heels of Hush, Before I Wake, and Ouija: Origin of Evil, he just wrapped Stephen King adaptation Gerald’s Game for Netflix. Now, he’s got another Netflix literary adaptation in the works. And yep, it’s more horror.
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Mulder and Scully Are Returning in a Brand New X-Files Audio Book
Fans hoping for a little more Mulder and Scully to go along with the recent TV return are in luck. Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny lead a laundry list of X-Files cast members who are lending their voices to a brand new audio book.
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All the Comic Connections, Plot Details, and Amazing Hats in the Thor: Ragnarok Trailer
Thor: Ragnarok’s teaser trailer, while clearly focusing on the first part of the movie, had a lot of great and important bits in it. A lot of them are related to the various comics connections this movie is pulling together to make one, big, delightful spectacle.
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Bone More to Save Your Species, Maybe!
Boning is one of the most important actions in the evolutionary game. Who we bone ultimately decides what traits get passed on to the next generation, and whether we continue along as one species with a diverse set of traits, or if isolation of certain traits eventually turns us into multiple species. But what if we…
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We Have Some Real Details About What's Coming in Doctor Who's Tenth Season
The tenth—and Peter Capaldi’s final—season of Doctor Who begins next weekend, and despite a couple of trailers and an introduction to the new companion, we don’t actually know all that much about it. Outgoing showrunner Steven Moffat is more than happy to oblige with a few new details however.
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New Up-Close Image of Jupiter's Stormy Clouds is Mind-Blowing
NASA’s Juno spacecraft has sent back the most mesmerizing images from Jupiter. The pictures are so good they’ve created a community of citizen scientists who enhance the orbiter’s raw images and make them into literal works of art. While the colorized images are always spectacular, this time, citizen scientist Roman…
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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Sweeps the UK's Version of the Tonys
Much like Broadway does with the Tonys in the U.S, the Society of London Theatre issues Olivier Awards to recognize the United Kingdom’s best theatrical productions. This year, they pretty much all went to Harry Potter: The Next Generation.
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Today's Best Deals: Anker Easter Sale, Wake-Up Lights, Remington Trimmer, and More
Anker’s Easter sale, a trimmer to give yourself a haircut, and Philips’ Wake-Up lights lead off Monday’s best deals from around the web.
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Thor Loses More Than Just His Hammer in the First Trailer for Thor: Ragnarok
Thor’s latest villain—Hela, the Goddess of Death—is already proving to be his biggest rival yet in our first look at the next Thor movie. Mjolnir is gone, Asgard is sundered, and most shockingly of all: the God of Thunder’s been given a haircut.
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DC's Movie Universe May Make 2019 the Year of the Batman
Plus more rumors about the future of DC’s movieverse beyond the Bat-Family. Joe Manganiello wants to make his own Dungeons & Dragons movie. Plus, new details about Supreme Leader Snoke in The Last Jedi. Spoilers now!
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Happy Inception Day to Blade Runner Replicant Leon Kowalski
It’s April 10, 2017, and you know what that means. Yes, it’s the 276th anniversary of the Battle of Mollwitz (everybody knows that), but it also happens to be Leon Kowalski’s birthday. Well, Leon’s inception day to be precise. Who’s Leon Kowalski? He’s a replicant from the classic 1982 sci-fi film Blade Runner.
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Video Channels They Live to Criticize Pepsi Ad
The now-removed Kendall Jenner Pepsi ad has had its share of parodies over the past week, including one from the latest episode of Saturday Night Live, but the best one so far has to be the clip that added a touch of eerily relevant science fiction, thanks to a pair of They Live sunglasses.
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Lemmings in HoloLens Adds New Dimension to Animal Suicide
One of the most exciting things about HoloLens is that no one is entirely sure what to do with it. It’s a game-changing device that’s bound to bring some revolutionary new applications. So far, developers have been getting the hang of it by adapting old ideas to interact with the real world. Now, some fine folks have…
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Mexican Church Pairs Jesus and The Avengers for Easter
A church in Mexico is promoting some of its upcoming Easter celebrations with a bit of flair: putting Jesus Christ side-by-side with Iron Man and Captain America. Wait, does this make Jesus an honorary Avenger?
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Blacksmiths Use Fire to Make 'Ice,' Ned Stark's Killer Sword from Game of Thrones
The Man at Arms crew is at it again, taking on one of the coolest (and most challenging) swords in modern-day fantasy: Ice from Game of Thrones.
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Video Game Maker Sparks Outrage With Trademark of 'Cyberpunk'
Video game fans have been anticipating the latest franchise from CD Projekt Red, Cyberpunk 2077, for years. But only recently did it come to light that the makers of The Witcher franchise had trademarked the term “Cyberpunk” and this week some fans cried foul. Now, the developer is insisting that everything is ok and…
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Sunday's Best Deals: Mission Activewear, Rosetta Stone, Anova Sous-Vide, and More
Discounted Mission Activewear, a Rosetta Stone Gold Box, a fantastic deal on an Anova sous-vide circulator, and more of Sunday’s best deals.
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