Italian animator Rino Stefano Tabliafierro breathes subtle (and not-so-subtle) life into dozens of classical paintings in his captivating short, Beauty . [ Fair warning: here be nudity, sex, violence and death. Sometimes all at once.] Read more…
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Watch Classical Paintings Come Alive, in Beauty
In 1988, two fans of Star Trek: The Next Generation broke onto the Paramount lot and wandered through the Enterprise sets, filming a homemade documentary as they went along. They also caused a little accidental mayhem along the way. Read more…
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Two fans broke onto Star Trek: TNG sets to film their own documentary
Just when you think that sex ed in high school and posters at clinics have covered all the times it is necessary to use protection, the human body (and various microbes) throw yet another horrifying sex scenario at you. We now suspect that people can get sexually transmitted food poisoning. Read more…
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There is such a thing as sexually transmitted food poisoning
How distorting are map projections? Here’s what four commonly used systems of projection do to a human head. Read more…
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This is how map projections warp your understanding of geography
In an alternate universe, the feature-length adaptation of Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! isn’t a live-action film starring Jim Carrey but a CG animated film, with Jack Nicholson voicing the Grinch and designs by Bloom County cartoonist Berkeley Breathed. Read more…
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Berkeley Breathed’s concept art for a Grinch movie with Jack Nicholson
The Expanded Universe as we knew it will soon be no more. Disney has created a special committee whose job it will be to figure out what is and isn’t part of a complete Star Wars canon — meaning all the EU material created over the years will be judged, and either become official or deemed invalid. Read more…
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Disney appoints a group to determine a new, official Star Wars canon
New Zealand’s Antarctic Heritage Trust has announced an exciting find: 22 never-before-seen cellulose nitrate negatives discovered inside Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s last expedition base at Cape Evans on Ross Island in Antarctica. Read more…
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100-year-old negatives from the Ross Sea Party found in Antarctica
How the heck did they come up with some of the crazy monsters in Dungeons & Dragons ? There are a lot of weird, memorable monsters that GMs can use to strike fear into the heart of players — and the inspiration behind them is way different than what you probably expect. Read more…
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The Surprising Inspiration for Dungeons & Dragons’ Weirdest Monsters
Cubli is a clever little cube that uses reaction wheels to jump, balance and “walk” across stationary and dynamic surfaces alike. It reminds us a lot of MIT’s M-Blocks, only bigger , and… well… more balance-y. Read more…
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Meet Cubli, a motorized box that balances perfectly on ONE CORNER
Remember that super-realistic telemarketing chatbot who denies she’s a robot ? Turns out “Samantha West” may not a robot after all — but the real story is just as bizarre. Read more…
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Robot-denying telemarketing robot may not actually be a robot