The Nathaniel B. Palmer is an icebreaker operated by the US National Science Foundation. Cassandra Brooks, one of the 37 scientists the ship can accomodate for missions of up to 75 days and deep in the Antarctic winter, shot this timelapse video of the ship doing its stuff over a two month period while traveling…
Scenes from terrible, creepy, and outdated library books
At the awesome blog Awful Library Books, Michigan librarians Mary Kelly and Holly Hibner showcase old, bizarre books that probably shouldn't be in circulation. The blog contains many science, engineering, and computing texts. Here are some of the most lamentable.
Nic Cage is the most versatile actor on the planet. This website is…
At the blog "Nic Cage As Everyone," the former Nicholas Coppola plays every single role in the history of moving picture. He's so talented that he even plays real-life people! Here's the Cagemaster as some of your favorite scifi characters.
Hot Nerds Reading Comics: A Blog For Supes And Dreamboats
The best Tumblrs tend to do one shtick well. Hot Nerds Reading Comics does two shticks well - eye candy and capes. Baby, whisper sweet nothings at my Man-Thing. My issue of Man-Thing, that is. [via Warren Ellis' Twitter]
The Hilarious Lost Recaps Of Someone Who's Never Seen Lost
Even the most ardent Losties find the show inscrutable at times, but can you imagine what Season 6 looks like to someone who's never seen the show? The wonderfully bemused blog Never Seen Lost tries (and fails) to keep up.
Meet The Spock Cat!
Some spam-blogger decided to auto-generate a Star Trek page, and accidentally crafted a work of brilliance. First of all, instead of getting a picture of Spock, they pulled in someone's photo of a cat that has the most Spock-like expression you've ever seen. Also, there are quotes from Zachary Quinto and Chris Pine…
Terminator 4's Future Will Look Like Our World... But Different
The official Terminator Salvation blog posted a little interview with Visual Effects Supervisor Charles Gibson. The effects master talks loosely about making the Skynet-dominated world a reality: "This film plays in an altered but plausible version of our world. We're primarily concerned with bringing the Terminator…
Modify Your Body But Also Worry About the Planet
Warren Ellis has created a new biopunk blog called Grinding, spun out of his Doktor Sleepless comic. Mostly it's about body modification, but is also sprinkled with Ellis's traditional techno-urbanism and pretty picture obsessions. The best part is Ellis' introduction to the site, where he talks about a new breed of…
A Fresh Apocalypse Every Day
Do you feel like you're falling behind when it comes to the latest developments in post-apocalyptic pop culture? Now you never have to be out of the end-of-the-world loop again, thanks to the Quiet Earth blog, a fantastic compendium of all things apocalypse devoted to "making the post-apocalyptic genre mainstream." Hold …
