Mars Has Belts of Frozen Water Ice Glaciers
Mars has belts of ice water glaciers hidden by a thick layer of dust at its central latitudes in both the southern and northern hemispheres, scientists at the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen found.
“We have looked at radar measurements spanning ten years back in time to see how thick the ice is and how it behaves,” explains Nanna Bjørnholt Karlsson, a postdoc at the Centre for Ice and Climate at the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen. “A glacier is after all a big chunk of ice and it flows and gets a form that tells us something about how soft it is. We then compared this with how glaciers on Earth behave and from that we have been able to make models for the ice flow.”
Physicist: Furious 7’s Skyscraper Car Stunt ‘Plausible’
Furious 7's outrageous double-skyscraper jump could be doable, according to a physics professor.
Speaking with Vulture, Pierce College professor Lee Loveridge says the stunt involving the $3.4 million Lykan Hypersport - of which there are only seven in existence - jumping from one skyscraper to another could feasibly happen.
“To be honest, that is probably the most plausible stunt in the whole movie,” Loveridge said.
The scene takes place in the Etihad Towers in Abu Dhabi, a complex that includes five skyscraper towers with the tallest measuring 1,002 feet in height and the shortest at 714 feet. Dom (Vin Diesel) and Brian (Paul Walker) jump the supercar from what appears to be Etihad Tower 2 and land the car in Etihad Tower 3. They then proceed to jump it from Tower 3 into Etihad Tower 4 or 5 at a distance of about 150 feet between each tower, according to the Vulture breakdown.
Ken Levine Talks Characters and Relationships in His Next Game
BioShock Creator Ken Levine recently opened up about his upcoming untitled game, emphasizing the importance of an interesting main character.
"The whole system that I came up with and that we’re developing is based upon the fact that to make an interesting character, you have to have a character who has a bunch of passions, wants, and needs," Levine told Game Informer. "The player now has the ability to facilitate those wants or needs or go against those wants or needs or ignore those wants or needs."
First Trailer for Sinister 2 Revealed
The Boogeyman is back in the first full-length trailer for the upcoming horror sequel, Sinister 2.
Taking place after the events in the first film, Sinister 2 revolves around a mother and her 9-year-old twins, "who find themselves in a rural house marked for death." Shannyn Sossamon (Wayward Pines) stars, while James Ransone, who played the sheriff's deputy in Sinister, will reprise his character in the sequel.
Recently, Focus Features released a brand-new, creepy poster for the film, as well as a teaser.
Sinister 2 is directed by Ciaran Foy (Citadel) and penned by Scott Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill, who also wrote Sinister. It's currently slated to hit U.S. theaters on August 21.
Ant-Man: Check Out the First Photo of Yellowjacket
The first photo of Yellowjacket, the villain in Peyton Reed's upcoming Ant-Man movie, has been revealed.
Earlier this year, Marvel released a slew of new images from the film, including some concept art that showed what Corey Stoll would be wearing as Darren Cross/Yellowjacket. Cross' outfit is far more advanced than the one worn by Scott Lang/Ant-Man (Paul Rudd), as shown in their first big encounter.
“Hank Pym’s Ant-Man suit doesn’t have a single weapon,” Reed told Entertainment Weekly, “whereas Yellowjacket is armed with plasma cannons.”
Ori and the Blind Forest Profitable After First Week
Moon Studios CEO Thomas Mahler has revealed that the studio’s debut game Ori and the Blind Forest became profitable after its first week on sale.
“Business-wise, Ori was already profitable a week after release and Microsoft is super happy,” wrote Mahler in a post on NeoGAF.
Moon Studios, an independent, distributed developer with staff located around the world, began work on Ori and the Blind Forest back in 2011 in cooperation with Microsoft Games Studios.
Mahler also noted that, while the team is focusing on an upcoming patch for Ori and the Blind Forest, there are five small to large potential projects the team has “in the oven” at the moment.
Suicide Squad: Check Out a Green-Haired Jared Leto
To perhaps make up for the absence of Jared Leto in yesterday's cast photo, Suicide Squad director David Ayer has tweeted out our first glimpse of the actor with the Joker's green hair.
While he's still without make-up, this is the most Joker-esque we've seen Leto; it helps that he's striking the iconic pose from Alan Moore and Brian Bolland's Killing Joke cover.
via Twitter
Flash Movie Now Has Two Talented Writers
Writer-director partners Phil Lord and Christopher Miller are reportedly developing a big-screen story for The Flash.
According to Deadline, Warner Bros. has hired Lord and Miller to write a story treatment for a movie based on the popular DC character, proving the rumour we reported on earlier this week.
The film is expected to be separate from the CW TV series The Flash, but it's yet to be determined whether Lord and Miller will direct The Flash movie (or write the screenplay, for that matter).
New Black Ops 3 Zombies and Story Details Revealed
A hidden paragraph in the source code of the official Call of Duty website offers new details about Black Ops III.
We're posting the full paragraph below (spotted by Charlie Intel), but these are the details you need to know:
- Zombies mode is coming back. This isn't a huge surprise, considering both previous Black Ops games included the undead. Still, it's an excellent additional mode that gives players something to do aside from multiplayer.
Why the Deus Ex Sequel Makes us so Happy
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The announcement of Deus Ex: Mankind Divided has the Unlocked crew standing as Fankind United. Yes, we're excited. We break down the newly revealed new-gen sequel, including where we think it's heading and how we prefer to brush up on the last game. Plus: Quantum Break gets officially moved to 2016 (called it!), former Xbox executive Don Mattrick escapes his first post-Xbox job on a golden parachute, Phil Spencer would like to see Banjo in Super Smash Bros. (plus: who we think should make a new Banjo game on Xbox), and more! And be sure to check out the full video episode on your big screen via the IGN Xbox One app!