The casting of the next 007 is a contentious issue for cinephiles around the world, especially for those in Bond’s native United Kingdom. He’s among the most iconic fictional people to ever be fictionalized—Bond fans are more protective of him and his legacy than perhaps any other fervent fan group is of their precious heroes (save, maybe, One Directioners).
Stephen Colbert was put on Earth to interview people like Donald Trump.
American political personality Bill O’Reilly once famously said, “Tide goes in, tide goes out—never a miscommunication. You can’t explain that.” While he probably can’t explain that, scientists can: The tides are formed by gravitational forces exerted unevenly on the Earth by the moon (video).
The former set designer for a number of soft-core pornographic films has won the world’s highest honor for television acting. The road that led him there was long and strange, and, quite likely, has a lot to do with his current success.
It’s impossible to get a real sense of the size of the solar system by staring at pictures of planets on a page or a screen. Unlike most illustrations in astronomy books, Jupiter is not within arm’s reach of Earth, creepily hovering over our shoulder. (This is what Jupiter looks like from Earth—it’s just a dot in the sky.)
Apple was the talk of the town last week when it announced a long-awaited upgrade to its streaming media and gaming device, the Apple TV. Among its new features are an App Store (for the first time ever), universal voice search (with Siri integration), and a redesigned remote (with an emphasis on gaming). It was a much-needed refresh for a device that most tech pundits had considered to be outdated and sluggish compared to two of its competitors: Amazon Fire TV and Roku.
What is the legacy of Steve Jobs?
There are a lot of things the world does better than the US: Literacy, life expectancy, general happiness, and, of course, soccer. You can now add Netflix to that list.
In a move that will result in no shortage of movie quotes, NBC announced today (Sept. 14) that Arnold Schwarzenegger will be the new host of reality TV show The Celebrity Apprentice, replacing businessman and now US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
Your odds of becoming an astronaut today are slim, no matter where you are in the world. Astronaut selection rates from the world’s public and private space agencies range from 4% down to a tiny fraction of a percent. So if you’re reading this, chances are you’ll never go to outer space (unless we start colonizing the solar system much faster than expected).
Two years after floating up through the stratosphere, then coming back to land in the middle of the Arizona desert, a GoPro camera has been found and returned to its owners—with some unbelievable footage.
Remember when Pluto was this strange, faraway planet (or dwarf planet, depending on when you grew up) that science textbooks knew very little about? It wasn’t that long ago that we didn’t know things like its true color, composition, or really much of anything about its topography. Well, that’s all changing fast.
Elon Musk: Space visionary. Energy innovator. Galactic supervillain?
Twenty-two years after it launched its first TV product, Apple officially announced the new Apple TV—the first truly significant upgrade to the media player in years.
If there was any doubt that Stephen Colbert would bring his unique brand of basic cable weirdness to American broadcast TV, banish it.
The most interesting rivalry in sports may have its biggest match yet tonight, when the Williams sisters face off for the 27th time in a US Open quarterfinal match in New York. The younger Williams—Serena, the world’s #1 ranked player and one of the most dominant athletes in any sport, ever—is in pursuit of her first calendar Grand Slam (winning all four major tournaments in a year) after winning this year’s Australian Open, French Open, and Wimbledon final. A US Open win would give her a 22nd career Grand Slam title, tying her with Steffi Graf for the second most all time.
England may have its next big tourist attraction. Archaeologists have discovered a massive monument of stones buried in the ground just three kilometers (1.8 miles) from the famous Stonehenge site. Researchers believe that it’s older than Stonehenge and was used as a “ritual arena” of some sort.
Imagine an army of tumbling, twirling, gyrating robots exploring faraway icy bodies. Do they look anything like this?
If this were the creation of some space-obsessed civilian, it would probably be written off as ludicrous. But it’s anything but.
Tonight, Sept. 2, the season finale of the year’s best TV show will air. It won’t be on the perennially prestigious HBO or AMC. Instead, it’ll air on USA Network, a cable channel with a middling reputation, previously known best for the glossy legal drama Suits. But USA is living in Mr. Robot‘s world now, and so should the rest of us.
Ask and ye shall receive. American streaming service Hulu announced today that it will now offer users a $12-per-month ad-free subscription—$4 more than a normal Hulu subscription, which includes commercials during shows. The Wall Street Journal first reported (paywall) that the company was exploring this option back in July.
Some said American football on the internet would never happen. The NFL and the major broadcast TV networks have one of the strongest business relationships in the world, and neither party would do anything to jeopardize that. Well, it appears that’s changing, perhaps faster than anyone thought.
If you missed Jupiter’s collision with Venus back in June, now’s your chance to see another spectacular celestial sight—and this one should be much easier to spot. On Sept. 27, Earthlings will be treated to a “supermoon lunar eclipse,” a rare confluence of events that last occurred in 1982 and has been seen only five times since 1900.
Man first stepped foot on the moon in 1969. Seventy years later, in 2039, humans will colonize Mars.
