As if the timelines for these X-Men-related movies wasn’t confusing enough, The Wrap’s claiming that Ryan Reynolds has shot a scene as Deadpool for the upcoming Logan. Read more… Source: io9
One day scientists could use technology like gene drive to engineer away pests like mosquitoes. IMAGE: Getty Images Of all the potentially apocalyptic technologies scientists have come up with in recent years, the gene drive is easily one of the…
Segment of the larger image of snow in the Sahara NASA It snowed on December 19 in the Sahara Desert, and NASA’s Landsat 7 satellite was there (or rather, hundreds of miles overhead) to see it. The photo comes from…
All across the video game galaxy, players are gathering to memorialize Carrie Fisher, who died yesterday following a massive heart attack. Read more… Source: io9
Andrew Burton/Getty Images A 27-year-old has raised $10 million for an unusual hedge fund – with support of venture capitalists like Andreessen Horowitz and Union Square Ventures. The 27-year-old in question is Olaf Carlson-Wee, and he’s launching a strategy that invests in…
Do you honestly think that George Lucas, recently retired and immensely wealthy, would spend his time contributing to a DC CW TV series? Of course not. Now, do you think Legends of Tomorrow might do an episode where its time-traveling…
An Ebola vaccine has proven to be 100 percent effective during test trials in Guinea. The shot has yet to be approved by a regulator, but Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, has already committed $5 million so a stockpile of 300,000…
College Humor’s “How to Make a Human Pot Pie” has a very simple conceit: what would a cooking show in the land of Jack and the Beanstalk-style giants look like? It’s also a masterclass in how easy it is to…
Shutterstock This went viral last year and has resurfaced over the last couple days. Honestly, you have to respect the savagery here. This man-with-a-death-wish threw all his ex-girlfriends on a group chat to wish them Merry Christmas. The result is…
Image: Loren Kerns via Flickr Usually, the only thing I can tell from another person’s breath is whether they’re drunk (or the last time they’ve brushed their teeth). But an international team of scientists has created a system that can…