Fox's Batman prequel TV series Gotham has officially chosen its lead actor. Ben McKenzie, best known for his roles in Southland and The O.C., has been cast as young James Gordon – before he was Gotham City's Police Commissioner, and before he met Batman.
French design studio Kerozen has released a fantastically gross typeface inspired by human flesh – and all the wrinkles, hair, moles, pores and oil (and eyeballs?) that come with it.
And I thought it was awesome, Please Marvel make this happen PLEASE.
The Seventh Continent is the perfect 150-second vacation for your brain. Shot by Enrico Sacchetti from a helicopter over Antarctica's Zucchelli Research Station, the video provides a brief but stunning glimpse at the continent's surprisingly diverse geography
Earlier this week, the World Photography Organisation unveiled the finalists for the 2014 Sony World Photography Awards. The images were selected from 139,544 submissions by photographers in 166 countries (the highest number of entries in the awards' seven-year history), and they are characteristically superb.
Starting with this gem right here.
Oliver Emberton, who writes about "understanding and getting the most from life," has penned a clever, illustrated strategy guide for this hot new RPG you may have heard about. It's called "Real Life" – and literally everyone is playing it.
This one does exactly what it says on the tin, folks. And yes, it is the best thing.
14 years ago, author and science historian George Dyson got a chance to meet with Bill Nye. Dyson's then-9-year-old daughter, Lauren Dyson, had some sound sartorial advice to offer her dad. (And a drawing of a horse, for good measure.)
Need a visual prompt for all the two-headed Hulk fan fiction you're addicted to? Thanks to this week's episode of Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H., you now have a good one.
A few pieces of wire and a couple props turn these old paperbacks into whimsical sculptures, giving them the opportunity to play characters from their own stories. The Hobbit grabs the One Ring; 1984 is spying on us; and the works of Sigmund Freud are ready to analyze your dreams.
ADHD continues its scientifically accurate rampage across the animation world, this time intent on destroying everything you enjoyed about Bedrock's most beloved inhabitants, the Flintstones. Please, no one tell the Creationists — they've had a rough enough week already
First responders have to work quickly when treating gun shot wounds. To help them, a U.S. company has developed a syringe that pumps expandable tablet-sized sponges into the wound, blocking it while the patient is being transported to ER.
The summoners had expected a glowing crack in the sky, or perhaps a whirlpool swirling in the bay. They did not expect the doorway to the other world to come with roots that would plunge into the foundations of New Atlantis, feeding on the shock and despair of its inhabitants.
It would appear that news of Kepler's demise has been greatly exaggerated. The planet-hunting space telescope, which suffered a major malfunction last May
Before dinosaurs walked the Earth, there was a meat-loving beast called Dimetrodon, which researchers just determined had the first known serrated "steak knife" teeth.
We had known Funko was planning a new toyline called Re:Action, and we knew it included Firefly, Buffy and other cult favorite franchises. What we didn't know is what would be released first. As it turns out? Sixty figures are coming in July, including toys from Goonies, Pulp Fiction and more!
John Scalzi's beloved novel Redshirts is heading over to FX to be adapted into a TV series! Wonderful.
The '80s weren't a great time for those living in the U.S.S.R., although those living in Moscow had it better than most. As the rest of the country dealt with bread and meat rations, those living in the capital had access to fruit (sometimes), soda (a treat) and could even see a movie (if you had the money). Here's a look at the "good life" offered by the Soviets during the '80s.
