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Does this Fringe Comic-Con video contain a clue about what happened to Peter?

Charlie Jane Anders — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 09:30:00 PDT

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Ever since the end of Fringe season three, we've been wondering what's up with Peter Bishop. Does this video which played at the show's Comic-Con panel give a hint? More »

Neill Blomkamp is looking for a few good bioengineers for his movie Elysium

Meredith Woerner — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 10:16:01 PDT

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Very little is known about Neill Blomkamp's new picture Elysium but a pack of clever Comic-Conners just unveiled his latest viral for the scifi flick starring Jodie Foster, Matt Damon, and Sharlto Copley. Watch the viral ad for folks who want to play God! More »

Man hands ape an AK-47. Hilarity and/or death ensues!

Meredith Woerner — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 13:20:01 PDT

Here's an exclusive first look at the latest Planet of the Apes viral video. It's a pretty fantastic "uncovered scientific study" of a chimp shooting an AK-47 at a pack of idiotic dudes. Never give a monkey a loaded gun! More »

The scientific reason why the honey badger doesn't have to give a s**t

Kristen Philipkoski — Wed, 25 May 2011 12:40:00 PDT

This National Geographic honey badger video, with a hilarious voiceover from "Randall," went viral a few months ago. Seriously, though, why can the honey badger wake up from a cobra bite and be on his merry way? And why can it get stung repeatedly by a swarm of bees and "not give a shit?" More »

When a viral video is more awesome than the movie it's promoting

Annalee Newitz — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 08:00:00 PDT

This short, stark video of a strange creature washed up on the beach at Bournemouth was released last month on YouTube. Just check it out. You will be consumed with curiosity and want to know more about WTF is happening. More »

Is there a time traveler in this video from 1928?

Annalee Newitz — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 19:26:24 PDT

Could this woman in the background at a Charlie Chaplin movie premiere in 1928 be a time traveler barking into a cell phone that's on the cross-temporal 12G network? More »

Hyperintelligent Ants Stage A Protest Of Insecticides

Annalee Newitz — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 11:39:59 PDT

Crazy Brazilian pranksters managed to get a colony of real ants to carry tiny protest signs in a demonstration against the insecticide Baygon. Need I say that I welcome our new insect overlords? More »

A Realtime Recreation of the Plane Crash in Lost

Annalee Newitz — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:00:19 PST

A detail-oriented fan has recreated all the events surrounding the plane crash that inaugurated the hallucinatory castaway series Lost. And they've done it 24-style, with those ticking numbers, which looks seriously cool. And actually explains a lot! [via SciFi Wire] More »

Weirdly Glorious Venture Bros. Cosplay With The Monarch and Dr. Mrs. The Monarch

Annalee Newitz — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:40:00 PST

Have you ever wondered what would happen if you had a live-action version of Venture Bros., crossed with a cheesy 1970s-era romance starring arch villains The Monarch and Dr. Mrs. Monarch (AKA Dr. Girlfriend)? Of course you have. More »

Before It Was Syfy . . . A Cool Set of Viral Videos From 1999

Annalee Newitz — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 09:30:00 PDT

http://noneinc.com/Y3K/Back in 1999, the SciFi Channel (as it was called back then) did a series of funny viral videos for Y2K which purported to be messages from Y3K that our descendants had sent us from the future. You can find them on a seemingly forgotten part of the Syfy website. Some of the messages from the future include: More »

Beware Google's Surveillance Death-Ray

charliejane — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 06:20:23 PST

What happens when Google street view is no longer content with showing incredibly detailed pictures of the outside of your house? This hilarious science fiction video by the Vacationeers follows Google's omni-cam to its most invasive extreme... and of course they posted it on YouTube. More »