TV Shows get cancelled. It happens. There are a lot of reasons they decide to swing that axe, but at the end of the day, nothing lasts forever. Even with the Simpson’s seemingly unending parade of seasons, that too will one day end. So with last week’s news that Terra Nova has been cancelled, a [...]
The intention of this project is to stress the importance of advancing the space frontier and is focused on igniting scientific curiosity in the general public. [Scrunchthethird]
> We all love looking at great photos of cosplayers, but what we see is just the end result of a long and rigorous process. Resident cosplayer Meredith / Ana Aesthetic takes us behind the scenes of a typical day in front of the camera, and offers up some tips to those looking to delve [...]
By J David Osborne Contributing Writer, [GAS] On the phone, director Andrew Stanton comes off as wildly enthusiastic for his soon-to-be-released adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ 1912 classic, John Carter. Burroughs wrote eleven of the Carter books, starting with A Princess of Mars, upon which this upcoming film is based. The books are written in [...]
The world is definitely catching on at how sexy us geeks are. Science is the future; we’re the ones who are going to build the robot that’s going to kick your robot’s ass. It’s time for the spotlight to swivel over to the scientists who are changing the world, and are going to change the [...]
Since we know how you guys love good cosplay, here are a series of video compiling some of the best costumes from Katsucon 2012. Kudos to youtuber Acksonl for the great work he did on those. If this still isn’t enough for you, we also have a great picture gallery of the event right here. [...]
By R. S. Guest Blogger Share It’s safe to say that we now live in a geek’s world. One only has to look at the way gadgets and the Internet dominate every aspect of modern existence. Geeks are essential to the normal functioning of billions of lives daily. Without them, civilization as we know it [...]
Anna Fischer, one of our favorite photographers here at [GAS], has recently attended Katsucon 2012 and has captured some fabulous pictures of various cosplayer at the event, and as usual, they do not disappoint! Check ‘em out in the picture gallery below! [Source: Anna Fischer (CC)]
Photographer David Ngo attented Megacon 2012 in Orlando, FL last weekend and took plenty of photographs of cosplayers during the three-day event. Here is a selection of our favorites. Many thanks to David for allowing us to post those! Enjoy! [David Ngo]
A baked clay cylinder from two and half millennia ago could very well be one of the most influential objects of the last few millennia. Written in Babylonian cuneiform script, the “Cyrus Cylinder” originally recounts how Cyrus, the king of the Persians, invaded, destroyed, and liberated Babylon. This the region we now call the Middle [...]
Share Last month we posted an infographic pitching geeks against nerds and giving the basics on what made each group different. It went viral in a BIG way. Since a lot of you thought that the “geek” featured on the infographic looked a little more like a hipster, we thought you’d appreciate this one comparing [...]
I am out and I get a call on my cell from a dear friend of mine. He just informs me that he is setting aside the rest of his day to build his new Lego Super Star Destroyer. My first reaction? “You bought this massive Lego Star Destroyer with your very own hard earned [...]