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James Cameron’s Thoughts About VFX Will Change How You Look at Movies

Few people have been as influential in the realm of digital effects as James Cameron. Seemingly with every film he releases, Cameron pioneers something new in the field. And while he may get the credit, he’s not the one doing the work. He’s not a true master of visual effects. Masters of FX is a…

Movies Germain Lussier

These DC Superhero Cafes Will Feed You Bat-Waffles

And Superman pancakes. Malaysia has two licensed DC Super Hero Cafes, with a third scheduled to open in Singapore next month. The casual dining joints, run by a company that owns a chain of DC retail stores across Asia, feature flashy comic-book theming and signature superhero dishes and drinks. It seems Batman’s domination of the…

Books & Comics Shaenon K. Garrity

On This Week’s Zoo, the Team Faces Down a Mob of Rampaging Rats Hungry For Human Flesh

Rats rats rats raaaats! Furry ones … and human ones too! There was all kinds of squealing on this week’s excellently creepy-crawly episode of Zoo, the network television show that’s actually a B-movie from the 1970s in disguise. Spoilers ahoy… Since we missed last week’s recap, here’s a summary of episode seven, “Sleuths,” in photo…

Television Cheryl Eddy

This Is the Curiosity Rover’s Newest Selfie—and There’s Something Unusual About It

The Curiosity rover has snapped a brand new self-portrait and, like any good newbie selfie-taker, it’s figuring out its best angles—not only to show itself off, but also to show us something new about the Martian landscape it lives on. This newest selfie was made, like the others, by stitching together panoramic shots from the…

io9 Ria Misra

Please Stop Saying It Follows Is a Horror Movie About STDs. It’s Not.

It Follows is rightly credited as being one of the scariest horror movies in recent years. It’s also frequently described as a film about an STD that turns supernatural. And I completely disagree with that description. Warning: Spoilers for the entire movie. Most people, including Cheryl Eddy, who did the fantastic review of It Follows…

Movies Esther Inglis-Arkell

This is the First Salamander Ever Found Preserved in Amber

Paleontologists working in the Caribbean have uncovered the first-ever salamander preserved in amber. It’s a discovery that’s shedding light not just on salamander evolution, but the ancient geology of the Caribbean itself. “I was shocked when I first saw it in amber,” noted George Poinar, Jr., a professor emeritus in the Orgeon State University College…

io9 George Dvorsky

Fall TV Preview: All The New And Returning Shows To Start Obsessing About

Fall movies? Fall movies are nothing. (Well, except maybe that The Force Awakens one. I have a good feeling about it). Everyone knows we’re currently living in the Golden Age of television, and the 45 or so TV shows in this guide prove it. Mark your calendar and make sure your remote has fresh batteries.…

io9 Rob Bricken

In This Webcomic, Dr. Jekyll Tries to Make Mad Science a Respectable Profession

After perfecting his secret formula, Dr. Henry Jekyll’s life doesn’t fall apart in the webcomic The Glass Scientists—at least not right away. Rather, he travels the streets of London, rescuing poor mad scientists from angry mobs so that he can give the profession a public relations makeover. Actually, in Sabrina Cotugno’s webcomic, Jekyll prefers to…

Books & Comics Lauren Davis

The Fantastic Four Won’t Even Have A Home In Marvel’s “All-New” Universe

The Fantastic Four have been through a lot lately. Their comic got cancelled. They’ve seemingly gone their own separate ways in Marvel’s upcoming continuity reboot. Their movie really, really sucked. Like, really sucked! Anything else would be just kicking them while they’re down. So let’s get kicking! Yes, the Baxter Building, the on-and-off home of…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

Television Is Picking Up The Science Fiction Baton That Movies Dropped

Even just a few years ago, it seemed like science fiction was an endangered species on television. But now, there’s a new wave of smart, ambitious science fiction coming to the small screen. And meanwhile, a lot of original SF has flopped at the movies. The Daily Beast talked to a lot of people in…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Han Solo Has Become an Urban Legend in Star Wars: The Force Awakens

For years, fans have imagined what Han Solo, Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia have been up to after Return of the Jedi. And even with Star Wars: The Force Awakens opening in just four months, we still don’t know. Director J.J. Abrams has offered up a tiny tease, though, specifically about Han Solo. There is…

Movies Germain Lussier

NASA Put a Model F-18 in a Water Tunnel—And It Looked Spectacular

This isn’t a computer-generated image. It’s an actual picture of what happened when NASA decided to test the air flow around an F-18 by putting a model plane, and a lot of dye, in a water tunnel. These images were created at the Dryden Flight Research Center, back in 1985. Specifically, they were created in…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

What Color is a Mirror?

Popular answers to this question included “silver,” “white,” “whatever color it’s reflecting,” and “no color at all.” But most mirrors are actually very faintly green. Yes, green. I love this question, because it reveals how a little bit of knowledge can, paradoxically, muddy our understanding of the world. What do I mean by that? Consider…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Good Lord, Scientists Have Discovered Skydiving Spiders in the Jungles of South America

As if arachnophobes didn’t already have enough to worry about, biologists working in Panama and Peru have discovered a nocturnal hunting spider capable of steering while in free fall—an unprecedented adaptation in tree-dwelling spiders that’s offering fresh insights into the evolution of flight. The spider, which belongs to the genus Selenops, joins a very small…

io9 George Dvorsky

The 5 Most Ridiculously Sexist Superhero Names in Comics

We’re in the midst of a superheroine Golden Age. When even Squirrel-Girl can score her own comic book, and it’s awesome, you know times are (relatively) good for super-ladies. But it doesn’t hurt to look back on the bad old days… the days when no one at Marvel or DC seemed to know what to…

Books & Comics Shaenon K. Garrity

How America’s Most Useless Crop Also Became Its Most Commonly Grown One

Contrary to what you may think (and what your food labels may suggest) corn is not the most grown crop in America. The most grown crop is something no one is eating, no one is asking for, and no one is quite sure what to do with. It’s your lawn. Top image: Satellite imagery of…

io9 Ria Misra

Everything In The Witch Trailer Is So Creepy, It May Ruin Your Day

I woke up this morning, made some coffee, watched the trailer for Sundance smash-hit horror film The Witch, and now I completely regret that decision. There’s no amount of coffee that can make one truly ready to see goats unnaturally standing on their hind legs or squirting blood from their udders. Directed by first-timer Robert…

Trailers Germain Lussier

Say Hello to the Red Widow, Marvel’s Mysterious New Super Spy

Moviegoers are already familiar with Natasha Romanoff, a.k.a. the Black Widow, the superspy and member of Earth’s mightiest heroes. Meanwhile in the comics, Natasha is about to get some unexpected company. Enter the Red Widow! The real identity of the Red Widow is currently being kept under wraps, but we do know that this younger…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

These Previously Unseen Photos Bear Witness to the Carnage of World War II

History website Argunners has published a series of previously unseen photos recently uncovered from the archives of an American four-star general who served in Europe during the Second World War. The images show a war-torn Europe as American forces move towards Berlin. These photos were uncovered in the archives of Brigadier General Charles Day Palmer.…

io9 George Dvorsky

Matt Damon Has a Surprise for NASA in New Trailer for The Martian

The second trailer for Ridley Scott’s The Martian is here and it’s surprisingly action-packed for being a story about a man stranded by himself on another planet. If you had any doubts about the necessity of seeing this when it hits theaters on October 2, I believe this will put them to bed. Which is…

Trailers Rob Bricken

James Cameron’s Thoughts About VFX Will Change How You Look at Movies

These DC Superhero Cafes Will Feed You Bat-Waffles

On This Week’s Zoo, the Team Faces Down a Mob of Rampaging Rats Hungry For Human Flesh

This Is the Curiosity Rover’s Newest Selfie—and There’s Something Unusual About It

Please Stop Saying It Follows Is a Horror Movie About STDs. It’s Not.

This is the First Salamander Ever Found Preserved in Amber

Fall TV Preview: All The New And Returning Shows To Start Obsessing About

In This Webcomic, Dr. Jekyll Tries to Make Mad Science a Respectable Profession

The Fantastic Four Won’t Even Have A Home In Marvel’s “All-New” Universe

Television Is Picking Up The Science Fiction Baton That Movies Dropped

Han Solo Has Become an Urban Legend in Star Wars: The Force Awakens

NASA Put a Model F-18 in a Water Tunnel—And It Looked Spectacular

What Color is a Mirror?

Good Lord, Scientists Have Discovered Skydiving Spiders in the Jungles of South America

The 5 Most Ridiculously Sexist Superhero Names in Comics

How America’s Most Useless Crop Also Became Its Most Commonly Grown One

Everything In The Witch Trailer Is So Creepy, It May Ruin Your Day

Say Hello to the Red Widow, Marvel’s Mysterious New Super Spy

These Previously Unseen Photos Bear Witness to the Carnage of World War II

Matt Damon Has a Surprise for NASA in New Trailer for The Martian

Forget Shokz, Anker Pushes Soundcore AeroClip Open-Ear Earbuds to an All-Time Low in the Final Hours of Amazon’s Spring Sale

Google Pixel 10 Pro Gets Cleared Out at a Record Low, Now Even Cheaper Than AirPods Pro With Trade-In

Meta’s Two New Smart Glasses Are Slimmer and More Like Regular Glasses

JBL Boombox 3 Speaker at 40% Off Is Now Even Cheaper Than Renewed Units on Amazon

Elizabeth Olsen Promises She Knows Nothing About Her Marvel Future

NASA Rover Finds Glowing, Ruby-Like Crystals on Mars for the First Time

Anker Prime Docking Station Hits Its Lowest Price as Amazon’s Spring Sale Winds Down (14 Ports With 160W Output)

Google TV Streamer 4K Drops to an All-Time Low, Final Hours in Amazon Spring Sale to Turn Any TV Smart on a Budget

AirPods Max 2 Review: Still Ridiculously Expensive and Ridiculously Nice

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

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Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

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