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Cassini's Second Grand Finale Dive Might Be Outshining the First One
Cassini’s six-month-long Grand Finale mission has become the unofficial nerd Super Bowl: each time the NASA-led spacecraft drops a new batch of raw images, we jump to our computers and frantically scroll through to find the best. (Actually, we never leave our computers, because we are nerds.) But in any case, the raw…
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You Can Now Go On Your Own Doctor Who Adventure, Through the Magic of Skype
Weird interactive chat bots are becoming all the rage these days, but not all of them let you go on an adventure in time and space with Peter Capaldi just by signing on to Skype, do they?
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Today's Best Deals: May The Fourth Sales, Anker PowerCore, Dutch Oven, and More
Star Wars collectibles, your favorite USB battery pack, and a heavy duty dutch oven lead off Thursday’s best deals.
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The Midwest Looks Absolutely Drenched in This New Image From Space
Several states across the American Midwest are experiencing intensive flooding in the wake of unusually vigorous storm system that passed through earlier in the week. Images taken from above and on the ground show the extent of the record-breaking floods, which now threaten areas downstream.
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Star Wars Characters Sing Smash Mouth's 'All Star' and It's Annoyingly Good
You can blame Jimmy Fallon’s Tonight Show for all those “lol you’ve gotta watch this!” emails from your mom that you constantly have to delete. But we begrudgingly have to admit that aliens, Jedis, droids, and Sith singing Smash Mouth’s “All Star” is shockingly well done.
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This Amazon Sale on Darth Vader Comics Is Impressive. Most Impressive.
If The Hallway Scene rekindled your Darth Vader love affair, all four volumes of his new comic series are on sale on Kindle today. The first three volumes will only set you back $5 each, while the fourth is marked down to $10. Once you purchase, you’ll be able to read them on basically any device via Comixology.
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We Might Know One of the Pivotal General Leia Scenes in Star Wars: The Last Jedi
There’s another new update on the troubled Crow reboot. Get a look at Seth Rogen’s Last Starfighter-esque new comedy for Hulu. The Gears of War movie has a writer. Plus, what’s to come on Lucifer and Gotham, a new snifter of Wonder Woman footage, and another new song from the Once Upon a Time musical episode. Spoilers!
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May the Force Be With You, Always, With Amazon's Star Wars Memorabilia Sale
Never tell me the odds that Amazon would host an incredible sale on signed Star Wars memorabilia to celebrate May the Fourth. Everything from a Kenny Baker/R2D2 photo all the way up to a Dark Horse comics and glossy photos signed by all the big names (Jar Jar Binks, notwithstanding) is there. These prices will set…
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A Mysterious Box Causes Curiosity and Chaos in This Clever Stop-Motion Short
Stop-motion animator Kevin Parry now works at Laika, where he helped make Kubo and the Two Strings and The Boxtrolls. The film that got him the gig: student film The Arctic Circle. Guided by silent movie-style titles, it observes a man whose solitary life takes a sudden turn when he makes a strange discovery.
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See Summer in Zootopia Through the Eyes of the Film's Director
Last year offered several stellar animated films. But in my mind, of all the Oscar-nominated animated films in 2016, the rightful winner took the prize: Zootopia.
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All the Secrets Unlocked by the Dark Tower Trailer
We got the first Dark Tower trailer today and it was a lot. So we, of course, picked it apart to figure out what we could about this seemingly complicated movie.
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Finally, You Can Be Possessed by The Thing in Board Game Form
You never really thought of it, but John Carpenter’s The Thing lends itself really well to a board game. One person has been consumed and while they try to fool everyone, everyone else is trying to figure out who’s the monster.
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The New Jean Grey Comic Wants to Show She's More Than Just an X-Man, Love Interest, or Phoenix Host
Jean Grey is one of those comic book characters that people either unabashedly love or despise with a burning passion. She’s been the focal point of some of Marvel’s most convoluted, retcon-packed storylines and after over 50 years of saving the world, she’s finally getting a chance to be a three-dimensional person in…
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The Struggle Is Surreal For a Student Who Can't Stay Awake in This Animated Short
We’ve all been there—midway through a boring lesson or meeting, maybe after a late night or not enough caffeine, the simple task of staying awake becomes a mighty struggle. Seoro Oh’s Afternoon Class, about a student’s failing efforts to just keep his eyes open, has a lot of weird fun with this scenario.
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What the Hell Is This Space Council Mike Pence Is Going to Lead?
When considering vice president Mike Pence, one might be inclined to recall that time he voted against recognizing Pi Day, or his alleged tendency to refer to his wife as “mother.” In his latest ascension within the Trump administration, Pence—who is ostensibly a creationist—will be given the responsibility of leading…
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Captain America Is No Longer a Supervillain, He's a Monster
The road Marvel Comics has taken to Secret Empire has seen Steve Rogers turn from sleeper agent to full-on supervillain. But Secret Empire #1, out today, goes well beyond that: it makes Captain America complicit in horrors so extreme it’s hard to see how the character can ever return to being the hero he once was.
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How Two New Rogue One Novels Expand the Star Wars Canon
Two Rogue One prequel books are on the shelves: the Jyn Erso-focused Rebel Rising and the Baze Malbus and Chirrut Îmwe-starring Guardians of the Whills. As you would expect, both books drop a fair bit of new canon knowledge and help flesh out Rogue One. Here’s everything you need to know.
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Meatloaf and Vincent D’Onofrio Are Co-Starring in a Syfy Show Called Ghost Wars
And, really, do you need to know anything else?
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Everything the Defenders Trailer Tells Us About What's Going on in Marvel's New York
We got a good look at Netflix and Marvel’s Defenders today. As usual, we’ve broken down the trailer and examined every scene, comparing it to what we know for certain and what we’ve heard rumored. Join us, won’t you?
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The Flash Has Finally Revealed Its Big Villain: Its Own Formula
After months of speculation, The Flash finally unmasked its latest villain, a big bad speedster, and gasp! It’s someone Barry Allen already knows. Stop me if you’ve heard this one before, which you most definitely have if you’ve watched the past two seasons of The Flash, because yes, we’re doing this thing again.
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