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South America's Atacama Desert gets less than a millimeter of rain a year, and some areas have probably never received rainfall. Yet there are rocks in the desert that seem to have been eroded by water. What's going on here? More »
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We know that ancient organisms crawled out of the sea onto land, not the other way round. We know that the earliest life predates the existence of true continents. But life might just have began on land after all...sort of. More »
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This blackspot tuskfish, found in Australia's Great Barrier Reef, held a clam in its mouth and smashed it against a rock to reach the food inside. This photo is the first incontrovertible proof that fish are capable of tool use. More »
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Here's a great video about superheroes from popular Spanish indie band Vetusta Morla. The title of the song is "Lo que te hace grande." More »
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Why are these metal bands convinced that the world is secretly ruled by extraterrestrials called reptoids who are breeding with humans in their hidden caves? More »
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Pink Floyd only wishes their weird excursions were as vivid and bizarre as this color-enhanced image of Saturn's moon Enceladus, with its famous plumes of spraying liquid backlit by the sun. Click the link for the high-res version. [NASA] More »
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Catharine Asaro's new book Diamond Star follows an interstellar rock star caught between three warring civilizations. In order to punch up her novel, and add a musical accompaniment, Asaro had to become a rock singer. More »
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Yesterday, we took a journey into the unknown, with fantastic images that could have been science-fiction book covers or rock album covers. Today, the unbelievable truth is revealed! More »
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Thor and his bitchin' hair-metal band practice their rawk anthem in a deserted country house, where something... evil lurks, in this awesome scene from Rock 'N' Roll Nightmare. I love the cup-vomiting rubber penis monster. More »
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Alice Cooper is about to make vampires more metal. The rocker joins Iggy Pop, Moby, and Malcolm McDowell in the upcoming horror comedy Suck. A cross-genre cast of musicians and a monster hunting, nyctophobic Malcolm McDowell star in this tale of a wannabe rock band who, after an encounter with a vampire, find that fame and immortality aren’t quite what they expected. More »
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Casting notices just went up for a fan-made movie about Megaman, the Japanese videogame character. Director Eddie Lebron (who's already made a Ghostbusters fan-movie) is willing to pay non-union actors to star in his Megaman epic. The storyline sounds pretty close to established lore: Dr. Light develops super-robots (including two friendly robots named Rock and Roll) but his colleague Dr. Wily steals some robots and tries to take over the world. So Rock volunteers to receive a "battle upgrade" and becomes Megaman. Fans seem desperate for a Hollywood Megaman movie, judging from the fan films already online and the fake Vin Diesel poster above. [Free Casting Call] More »
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