Marvel has a knack for casting actors who are not only great for their roles, but also insanely charming promoters of the films. (more…)

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Veronica Belmont and Tom Merritt discuss a controversy that has science fiction stars going supernova. Read the rest

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Christopher Eccleston is one of the best (and most underrated) Doctors in Doctor Who history. Read the rest

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A remarkably brilliant young lady, Sydney Smoot, stood in front of the Hernando County School Board to speak out against The Florida Standards Assessment Test and standardized testing in general. Read the rest

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These Dorkly comics by JHall capture four big highlights from this week’s Game Of Thrones season 5 premiere. (Caution: There are light spoilers ahead.) Read the rest

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“Blank On Blank” animates rarely-heard interviews with famous figures. Their latest video features Dolly Parton, discussing growing up in poverty with 11 siblings in Tennessee—she didn’t use a flush toilet until she was around eight years old). Read the rest

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"Buzzfeed compared me to a certain Caucasian rapper, and Pop Hangover declared me the 'Cutest Weightlifter,'" she says. Not cool. Read the rest

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A group of scientists onboard the Exploration Vessel (E/V) Nautilus were using a remote operate vehicle to film some underwater footage when a sperm whale just happened to swim by their camera. Read the rest

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They paid nearly $1000 each for 44,000 iPads loaded with an incomplete educational curriculum they hadn't even seen. Read the rest

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If technical descriptions of how they achieved the amazing graphical feat flew over your head, this pictorial explanation makes clearer just how insane this thing is.

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The proposed lawn-embedded RF barriers could interfere with radio telescopes. Wired's Davey Alba says the fight over 6240-6740 MHz is heading for the rough.

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One way to trick your 'gamer' friends into listening to better music is to get them started on remixes of video game songs done by cool people. Laura has posted about that hot Hitmane remix of Juicy J with Saria's Song, and today I give you Torahhorse taking a crack at Dark Souls' "Great Gray Wolf Sif." Read the rest

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Most people don't often think about video game fashionyou mean a plaid shirt and a Zelda triforce tee, right? but Offworld contributor Gita Jackson has a delightful eye for clothing detail, like the zombie-spattered denim of Resident Evil's Claire Redfield.

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Paolo Soleri's Arcology: The City in the Image of Man is a techo-hippie dream of deep mid-century modern futurism. Read the rest

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Can two designers come up with the exact same idea, entirely by accident? Read the rest

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Over at Cool Tools we interviewed my good friend John Edgar Park, who is one of the most interesting people I know.

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From the wonderful mind of GIF artist Vince McKelvie, the tool allows you to paint with selections of an image like a paintbrush. Read the rest

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“No sane person would do what I am doing,” he says. Yep. Read the rest

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A team of scientists from the U.S. and Russia have documented the longest migration of a mammal ever recorded: a round-trip trek of nearly 14,000 miles by a whale identified as a critically endangered species. Read the rest

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Like Jason's beloved Hot Rod, the Crazy Cube is an inexpensive and easy trick you can keep in your pocket and pester your friends with.

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