Really, the headline says it all. What more do you need? Matt Smith takes his clothes off during the BBC's "Children in Need" special — and then shows off the first footage from the next Doctor Who adventure, "The Doctor, The Widow And The Wardrobe." Full of explosions and Narnia-inspired zaniness. Good times!
(Actually, the strip tease is a bit more complex than it first...
I'm young and dumb and partake in all kinds of illicit activities. It's part of growing up, right? But after seeing these pictures of what happens to a normal person if they kept living an unhealthy lifestyle? I'm now scared for my future. More »
Stop farming. Stop building cities. Stop expanding your empire with your allies. Cease adventuring. You can now play Mafia Wars 2 , which just went live on Facebook. Play it at this link . More »
Pulsars are the lighthouses of the universe; from here on Earth, the waves of electromagnetic radiation emitted by these incredibly dense neutron stars as they whirl rapidly about their axes resemble rhythmic pulses of light. More »
A year plus after the whole late night kerfuffle, everyone's back to not caring at all about late night. During this past premiere week (when all the shows are new and sparkly) both Jay Leno and David Letterman's ratings bombed.
In the all-important young people demo, Letterman lost 270,000 viewers from last year while Leno lost 200,000. Overall, Letterman lost a whopping 560,000 viewers, with ...
Jeff Bezos broke about a dozen legs yesterday . His presentation announcing Amazon's new Kindle lineup was entertaining, memorable and most of all, convincing. He sold it. And in doing so, made it pretty clear that he's our next Steve Jobs. More »
On the Norwegian archipelago of Spitsbergen you can find Pyramiden , an abandoned mining town that's been almost entirely uninhabited since 1998. Founded in 1910, his town of 1,000 was a model Soviet outpost. That is, until the fall of Communism made it a less desirable place to live. Here's a recent news report from Russia Today, and you can see tourist footage of the town here .
Spanish designer Fansieto has created this t-shirt homage to Winterfell's most redundantly bleak weatherman. Ned's verdict? Pretty much everywhere, it's going to be cold, until you can no longer remember what warm once felt like. Tip of the hat to Dr. Morris!
Our worst fears have been confirmed: Doctor Who 's next season won't start airing until the fall of 2012, meaning there'll be around a nine-month gap between the upcoming Christmas special and the next installments. This has been rumored for a while, ever since a BBC higher-up hinted the show wouldn't air as usual next year.
So how many episodes will we actually get in 2012? Fans are still sp...
There's still a lot we don't know about the first human colonization of the Americas, particularly the exact timing, but we do know that it took tens of thousands of years for humans to make it from Alaska to Chile. More »
Are you an unhinged billionaire? Are you a sucker for impulse buys? Do you sit around wondering if the fellow née Nicolas Kim Coppola is an immortal Confederate soldier who feasts on human blood? Then have I got an eBay purchase for you, pilgrim! More »
Grant Theft Auto IV . Red Dead Redemption . L.A. Noire . For the last few years every console game from Rockstar Games has been a big deal, creatively and commercially. Next up: Max Payne 3 , whose debut trailer hit today and you can see right here. More »
It's the end of the summer. And in Silicon Valley, it's the end of an era. The garage days are over. It's time to move on. The future belongs to the dorm. More »