We know a lot about the history of life on Earth, but how it began is still one of our greatest scientific mysteries. One hypothesis is that life actually originated on another planet, and many scientists today take the idea quite seriously.
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We spoke to six designers who worked on Prometheus, and delved into the untold mysteries of this film's creation. Here are 10 things you absolutely did not know about the design of Prometheus - plus some exclusive concept art.
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Some traits get passed down because they help animals stay alive. Some traits get passed down because they enhance fertility. And some traits get passed down because they just make creatures more sexually attractive.
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The ladies featured in Jeffrey M. de Guzman's steampunk portraits don't need special powers to fly. After all, their alternate history has already devised that most coveted of technological devices: the jetpack.
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Bibi and Poldi's relationship makes most human marriages look like mere flings. The 115-year-old Giant Tortoises have been together since they were young, eventually growing up to become a bonded pair.
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We often tend to think that the best era for trash culture was sometime in the middle of the Twentieth Century. An era where there were a lot of 25 cent paperbacks with gun-toting lesbians on their covers, plus drive-in movies, stag films, cheap comics and weird burlesque shows.
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Astronomers working with the Kepler spacecraft have announced new evidence suggesting that there are far more potentially habitable planets in our galaxy than we had believed.
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Seriously. Just kick back, relax, and enjoy the show - because chances are you've never seen steel like this. What you're watching is a close-up, super slow motion look at different pieces of steel being whittled away by a variety of high-precision metalworking tools.
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Have you ever thought to yourself, "Gee, didn't The Boys From Brazil really lack catchy disco numbers?" Well, you're in luck, you hypothetical (and presumably insane) alternate history enthusiast!
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Medieval art can sometimes surprise you, with its rich colors and expressive subjects. But sometimes, you're also caught off guard by the shock of noticing the presence of a guy in a spaceship in a painting of the crucifixion.
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While answering questions at the junket for The Amazing Spider-Man, Martin Sheen was questioned about his role as The Illusive Man in the video game series Mass Effect.
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Here's a story that could put you off calamari for a while. According to a scientific paper from the Journal of Parasitology, a 63-year-old Korean woman "experienced severe pain in her oral cavity immediately after eating a portion of parboiled squid along with its internal organs."
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Given Disney's affiliation with Marvel Comics, there's scant chance we'll ever see a Pixar Justice League film happen. But if the tides ever someday magically turned, these concept sketches by artist Daniel Araya would be a great place to start.
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Voyager 1 has been steadily working its way out of the solar system, and it now appears to have entered into a completely new region of space.
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There's one hell of a dragon egg hidden in Game of Thrones season one. Turns out one of the many heads on a spike decorating King's Landing belonged to ex-president George Bush.
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Could aliens have created life on Earth?
10 Things You Didn't Know About the Making of Prometheus
What human traits were evolved only for sexual attractiveness?
Gorgeous Portraits of Steampunk's Jetpack-Wearing Superwomen
After 115 years together, tortoise couple calls it quits
Are we living in the Golden Age of Trash Culture right now?
A Game-Changer in the Search for Alien Life: "All stars have planets"
Watching steel sliced in slow motion is weirdly hypnotic
Your brain cannot handle Hitlar, a movie about Hitler's evil Pakistani gangster son
Why are there spaceships in Medieval art?
How to work for Mass Effect: fix Martin Sheen's computer
Cooked squid inseminates woman's "tongue, cheek and gums"
What if Pixar made a Justice League movie?
NASA says the Voyager 1 spacecraft has entered into an unprecedented region of space
George W. Bush's decapitated head appeared on Game of Thrones
