Quite perhaps the most exciting movie panel at Comic - Con yesterday did n’t involve Spider - Man or Tintin . Legendary Pictures pass on a select few devotee a sneak peek of four long - awaited motion-picture show project , and we were there . Guillermo Del Toro babble out about his kaiju picture show Pacific Rim . Jeff Bridges talked about his supernatural film Seventh Son . Alex Proyas explicate why he chose Bradley Cooper to play Satan ....

When TV shows and flick do flashbacks , they face a dilemma : They can cast a younger role player that looks like their star , give easy recognition , OR they can just slap a wig on their thespian . They usually go with the latter , with … mixed results . Here are the undecomposed and regretful of flashback wigs . Seriously , using a wig to make a quality younger always looks wrong ....

Well , maybe he does — after all , part of writing a novel aslong - in - the - worksand expansive as The Winds of Winter , the latest novel in theSong of Ice and Fireseries that collapse usGame of Thrones , is going back and retool things . But if you were hoping authorGeorge R.R. Martin ’s latest updateon the Bible he hoped tostop updating us aboutwould hail with a sheeny unexampled number , then , bad newsworthiness ....

Baltimore get a bad rap . Yes , like most major cities , it has its job with crime , but it ’s also got a dazzling waterfront , a prosper arts and music panorama , almost three centuries of history , and literally century of dissimilar neighborhoods . Some of the earliestNational Register Historic Districtsare found in Baltimore , and close to a third of the metropolis ’s buildings are designated as historic in the registry — at 65,000 , they ’ve got more than any other American metropolis ....

Your holiday has just lead off and you ’re making the effort to the mountains or to the beach or to some other home that you ’ve been daydream about for months . You ’re quick to go , but before you could go more than a few miles , you have to head for the nearest passing – it ’s already prison term to buy accelerator pedal . Withgasoline pricesas explosive as they ’ve been in late years , this is n’t likely to be your favourite part of the slip ....

Is there anything more inviting than the drifting aroma of crescent roll as you stroll past a patisserie on a cold wintertime ’s morning ? We do n’t think so . A new study publish in theAmerican Journal of Physical Anthropologyhas now for the first meter establish that homo are n’t the only primates who fall for fragrances that promise delicious rewards . Thelemursenrolled in the research descend from theLemur Conservation Foundationin Florida ....

In the spring of 1993 , a singular mystery gripped Taos , New Mexico . occupier began reporting an unsettling noise that nobody could quite put their finger on , and so it became jazz as the Taos Hum . The phenomenon became so widely fuck that a workweek - prospicient study was direct to try and pinpoint the source of the phone , or if there even was one , but no obvious explanation arose ....

Every consumer electronics company has an R&D division always cooking up eldritch gadgets and technical school that will potentially help specify the future of the diligence . For the most part , these equipment are make to explore the practicality of an idea and go unobserved by the world-wide public , with only a feature article or two eventually find their fashion into consumer good . But that does n’t seem to be the face with Sony ....

In the chronicle of the medicine industry , there are some song that are pretty straightforward — think Color Me Badd ’s “ I Wanna Sex You Up , ” for example ( hey , we did n’t say they had to begoodsongs ) . And then you have something like The Beatles ’s “ I Am the Walrus . ” So it ’s hardly surprising that once you get beyond the title , there are some song lyrics that are either open to interpretation or just downright puzzling ....

Granola , a crunchy mix of oats , nut , and lure , has become a breakfast staple for many . Butwhat makes granola so special?This versatile food not only tastes great but also packs a punch in terms of nourishment . Whether sprinkle on yogurt , mix with Milk River , or eaten straight from the dish , granola offer up a satisfying crunch and a fusillade of energy ....

Plutonium hydridemight sound like something out of a sci - fi picture , but it ’s a real and enthralling compound . Did you knowthat atomic number 94 hydride is shape when plutonium reacts with hydrogen ? This chemical compound has some singular properties that make it stand out . For instance , it ’s extremely reactive and can ignite spontaneously in line . Why is this important?Because understanding these properties helpsscientistshandle and store Pu safely ....

I ’ll be the first to admit , it ’s hard to get psyched for a $ 30 keyboard . But the a la mode from Adesso , the FOLD-2000 , is hermetically sealed and capable to withstand a dip in a disinfectant bathtub . Yeah , it ’s designed for infirmary and clean room . I can foreknow another target market , though : backbreaking computer users who from time to time wish to down Wild Turkey while tantalise ....

A shy fanboy buy a weird foreign statuette that starts pull in all his wishes come rightful , including a supermodel day of the month , in The iDol . But everything comes at a price , and the doll ’s original owner is coming from outer space to look for it . The iDol look like another zany Japanese clowning like Squid Wrestler , but it has a surprising source ....