One of the neat Easter eggs in Star Trek Into Darkness is a set of models on Admiral Marcus' desk, depicting the entire history of flight, from the Wright Brothers up to the U.S.S. Kelvin. And those models are available for sale from Quantum Mechanix, and we've got the exclusive high-res photos.

It’s getting tougher and tougher to recap Defiance, and I love it. This is because the show is getting continually better at using the plot to develop its characters, making it hard to summarize, but really, really good to watch.

In celebration of misunderstood big bads we give you "The Adoration of Elphie." The Wicked Witch of the West has never looked more beautiful!

Researchers from the University of Manitoba have shown that birds can either be very good at flying or swimming, but not both. And they’ve been studying a very awkward seabird to prove it.

What's the illustrious Chris Hadfield – former commander of the International Space Station – been up to since departing low-Earth orbit? Re-adapting to gravity, for one (Hadfield: "my body was quite happy in space without gravity") and participating in this fantastic press conference, his first since he returned to…

High school chemistry class. Open flames on the ceiling. Fire sprinkler system. You can guess what happens next.

"Wind Map" is a stunning interactive datavisualization that presents wind patterns across the continental U.S. in real time. Picture above is what it looked like last night at 10:59 CDT, in the aftermath of yesterday's devastating Oklahoma tornado.