The astronaut spies a bathing giant
Upon reaching the source of the distress call, Commander Jameson realized that it was a mistake to build the escape pod in the shape of a rubber ducky. Painting by Michal Lisowski.
Baby Cthulhu sculpture will drive the world to adorable madness
Baby Cthulhu doesn't wait dreaming. He's bright-eyed, curly-tentacled, and ready for your squeeing worship.
Charming animated short about a naturalist and a giant salamander
Malcolm Navel, the protagonist of Nate Milton's short film Tank, is a young amateur naturalist with an impressive collection of critters. One day, after encountering a giant salamander, he discovers a mystical connection between one of his tanks and the world outside.
Scout Leaders Topple 145 Million Year old Rock Formation
Ah Americans, we have so much to be proud of. Killing sacred white moose
How Batman helped a cartoonist through a violent childhood trauma
Dean Trippe's comic Something Terrible is a deeply personal account of his experiences following a childhood trauma, and how the fictional heroes he grew up admiring helped him cope with those experiences even as an adult.
Bruce Campbell Confirms Army of Darkness 2
While speaking at Wizard World Nashville Comic Con, Bruce Campbell confirmed that there will be an Army of Darkness 2 and he will be in it.
Crowdfund more Bee and PuppyCat episodes and Myst's successor
Want to see more episodes of Bee and PuppyCat? You can help make a series happen by pledging a few dollars toward its crowdfunding campaign. You can also back a new game from the makers of Myst and Riven, and a nonfiction book about the bizarre adventures of well-traveled corpses.
Marilyn Manson is loaning his creepy voice to Once Upon a Time
Rocker Marilyn Manson is joining the cast of Once Upon a Time—in voice, if not body. And he's lending his growl to a character we've already met.
A tree grows inside this cylindrical transparent house
The inhabitants of this architectural concept by Masov Aibek might have to sacrifice a great deal of privacy in this towering windowed house, but they'd get to commune with both the nature outside and the tree growing through the middle of their home.
24 things you missed from Doctor Who's 50th Anniversary trailer
Last night's amazing trailer
This cheeky map shows what each country leads the world in
Every country is Number One when it comes to something, and this map from webcomic Doghouse Diaries just what all those somethings are.
Cosplayer reenacts RoboCop scene in her cardboard costume
This year, Comic Book Girl 19 built a remarkable cardboard RoboCop suit
Horror-themed ads invite you to visit haunted hotels—If you dare
Looking for a haunted vacation destination this October? This series of wonderfully creepy ads channels horror movie posters to promise a spooky stay in America's haunted hotels.
Follow six medical students as they dissect a human cadaver
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's four-part series The Course of Their Lives is a fascinating and deeply affecting exploration of the dissection of human cadavers. The articles follow six students at the Medical College of Wisconsin through their gross anatomy course, as well as two people who have donated their bodies…
How the Alphon became an outdated physics concept
What's an alphon? Nothing whatsoever. But at one time, they might have been the thing that provide the basic building block of all chemistry. Let's look at the science that might have been.
Tom Hiddleston does Samuel L. Jackson as Motherf*cking Loki
Tom Hiddleston's impression of Owen Wilson playing Loki
9 Weird and Unreliable Ways to Avoid Burying Someone Alive
How can you be sure that someone is really, truly dead? Before the age of modern medicine, it was much more difficult for physicians to confirm that someone had died, and researchers developed all sorts of tests for telling living people apart from corpses. Many of these tests were pretty odd, and a good number simply didn't work.
Science fiction and fantasy duke it out in an apocalyptic battle
In the final battle of genres, the wizards face off against the cyborgs while dragons dodge blasts fired by sentient aerial drones. Danil Shunkov's piece asks: which genre would win?
How Haven's Troubles turn people into true monsters
The theme of this week's episode of Haven is how love—of people and power—can turn ordinary people into monsters. But if our actions can make monsters of Haven's major characters, can inaction make monsters of them as well?
Gotham and Metropolis football jerseys for Batman vs. Superman
It looks like Batman and Superman won't be the only ones facing off in the Man of Steel sequel. Gotham City University and Metropolis State University will also have a showdown—on the football field.
Legend of Korra finally reveals whose Avatar Korra and Aang are
This week's hour-long Legend of Korra takes a break from our regular cast of characters to tell a different legend: that of Wan, the first Avatar. It reveals a bit more about the nature of the Avatar universe and just whose Avatar Korra and her predecessors are.
You Can Visit this Real-Life Ghost Town from 'The Walking Dead'
49 miles south of Atlanta is the sleepy town of Grantville. A rural southern town virtually abandoned after its cotton mill closed. Now, it's pretty much a ghost town. However, this ruined wasteland is seeing new life as a major filming location for deliciously-macabre soap opera, The Walking Dead...and you're invited …
Concept Art Writing Prompt: Meeting the Grim Reaper on the Road
What happens when you meet Death on the road? Maybe you give him directions, or maybe you ask for his help.
It took four miles of yarn to turn this tree into a knit squid
In downtown San Mateo, Calif., an unsuspecting tree has been yarn bombed, transforming it into a great blue squid.
Original Empire Strikes Back trailer showed only McQuarrie's art
Last week, Lucasfilm rereleased the original Star Wars teaser trailer
Disney princesses dress up as their favorite heroines
The Disney princesses get into the Halloween spirit in a series of pictures by Isaiah K Stephens. Stephens dresses each lady up as a battle-ready heroine.
Good god, this life-sized unicorn cake is filled with rainbows
If you're going to make an absurdly large cake shaped like a unicorn, this is the right way to do it.
