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This Animal Can Go Over a Decade Without Food

This is the olm. It’s a blind cave salamander. Endangered in the wild, it is sometimes regarded as a pet, sometimes as a research subject—and sometimes as something to keep in the fridge for a decade. The olm is one of those creepy, near-eyeless things that lives in the waters of caves. At least, it…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Our First Look at Agents of SHIELD‘s Melinda May In Her Very Own Comic

We’ve known for a while that Agents of SHIELD’s premiere ass-kicker Melinda May would be getting a one-shot comic book as part of SHIELD’s 50th birthday bash. But now we’ve got a first look at the comic, as well as the reveal that the issue will give us the Marvel Comic Universe’s very own take…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

One Chart Showing Why the Global Drought Is Only Going to Get Worse

The world is dry and getting drier. So when should we expect relief to finally land? Possibly not at all, according to this chart. The Food and Agriculture Organization’s stats department recently took a look at how the world’s water use has changed over the last century—and found that we’re using seven times as much…

io9 Ria Misra

This Place May Have the Tallest People in the World

These are the majestic Dinaric Alps. They’re not a country—they’re a region that spans multiple countries. This region, according to one study, is home to a concentrated population of the tallest people on Earth. The Dinaric Alps cover Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, but they stretch down into northern Albania, and all the way up…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

It’s Official: Supergirl Will Never Cross Over With The Flash Or Arrow

Universal’s Creature from the Black Lagoon gets a writer. Spider-Man may have two different costumes in Civil War. Legends of Tomorrow can’t use comics character Booster Gold. Plus, Chloe Bennet teases Skye’s transformation on Agents of SHIELD—and could we get a Hannibal movie? Spoilers Now! Captain America: Civil War Both Comicbook.com and Heroic Hollywood are…

Television James Whitbrook

Japan’s New Godzilla Is Going to Be a Special Effects First

Earlier this year, welearned that Japan’s resurrection of the Godzilla franchise would be in the hands Shinji Higuchi, who will be co-directing with Hideaki Anno. Higuchi’s already promising to use some brand new technology from his upcoming Attack on Titan live-action movie for Toho Studio’s Godzilla. In a recent AP article, the new “hybrid” was…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta

Post-Apocalyptic Animated Comedy Cassius and Clay Is Headed to FXX

Cassius and Clay, from Adam Reed (Archer) and Megan Ganz (Modern Family, Community), has been added to FXX’s 2016 slate, where it will be paired with Archer. The cartoon will follow Cassius (Caitlin Olson) and Clay (Lake Bell) as bandits in the American South following the apocalypse. This project has a stupidly exciting voice cast:…

Television Katharine Trendacosta

Photographer Captures the True Beauty and Destructive Power of Wildfires

Photographer Stuart Palley has spent years taking photos of California’s wildfires, visiting over fifty fires for his Terra Flama project. Palley has made sure to complete U.S. Forest Service’s Introduction to Wildland Fire Behavior class — which taught him how to stay safe. Below are a few more of his photos from Palley’s Instagram. More…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta

Rejoice! Person of Interest Is Bringing Back Shaw For Most of Season 5

Well, the best show on CBS just got even better: When Sarah Shahi left the show in the middle of season four it was for an unspecified period of maternity leave. But she’ll be back as a regular for season five — which may very well be the show’s last. Shahi told TV Line, “I…

Television Katharine Trendacosta

The Seahorse Dragon Was the Faerie World’s Most Prized Designer Steed

The biosculpting wizards had joined insect to insect to mold a creature as nimble in the air as it was trotting across a mossy branch. The they topped each beast with a brightly colored seahorse head, the better to bridle them. Concept art by Max Kostenko. Kostenko is an illustrator and character designer who works…

io9 Lauren Davis

Third Sci-Fi Novel Coming From Ready Player One Author Ernie Cline

Author Ernie Cline is having a good summer. He released his second novel, Armada, and found out none other than Steven Spielberg is adapting his first novel, Ready Player One, for the big screen. Now he’s signed a massive deal to write a third novel. Multiple outlets confirm Cline has signed a seven-figure deal to…

Books & Comics Germain Lussier

These Two Data Designers Are the Coolest, Geekiest Pen Pals Ever

You can’t fit much information about yourself on a postcard… if you insist on writing it out in words like a weakling. Giorgia Lupi and Stefanie Prosavec, two friends on separate continents who both work in data-driven design, have a more efficient method. For their project Dear Data, Lupi and Prosavec have spent the past…

io9 Shaenon K. Garrity

What Japanese Manga Artists Wish You’d Ask Them

If you’re a manga fan, chances are you’ve read or listened to more than one disappointing interview with a manga artist. These are the geniuses behind the artistic universes you dream about and the characters you clutch to your breast in body-pillow form… and when some American reporter asks, “What inspired you to create this?”…

Books & Comics Shaenon K. Garrity

This Spider Spins a Web as Long as Two City Buses

This is why I’m never setting foot in Madagascar. The island contains a small spider—nothing remarkable to look at. The spider spins webs that span entire lakes. Those webs are stronger than any other form of spider silk. The Darwin’s Bark spider, Caerostris darwini, was only known to people outside Madagascar in 2009. That was…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

New Anthology Has Women Fighting Lovecraft’s Horrors. It’s About Time.

H.P. Lovecraft was maybe not the most woman-friendly writer out there. His works teem oleaginously with many things, but not prominent female characters (although Shub-Niggurath, Black Goat and Mother of a Thousand Young, remains an inspiring role model for evil girls everywhere). But change is coming to the mythos: She Walks in Shadows, an upcoming…

Books & Comics Shaenon K. Garrity

Edge of Tomorrow Writer Explains Why a Sequel Would Improve on the Original

The original Edge of Tomorrow is wonderful. A funny, exciting and inventive story from beginning to end. Its biggest problem is that no one really saw it. Financially, it was a disappointment, but the film’s writer thinks he has some ideas on how to change that. In a new interview, Christopher McQuarrie, who wrote Edge…

Movies Germain Lussier

The Greatest Manga That Made Children “Scream and Weep”

Last week we posted this great article on how the specter of atomic war hangs over manga from Astro Boy to Akira. Now Jonathan Clements, author of The Anime Encyclopedia, has written an equally thoughtful piece focusing on Barefoot Gen, the granddaddy of them all (unless you happen to have read Osamu Tezuka’s even earlier…

Books & Comics Shaenon K. Garrity

A Startup Just Raised $120 Million to Make Gene Editing Medications

Editas Medicine hopes to use CRISPR—a revolutionary new gene-editing technology—to treat conditions such as sickle-cell anemia, cancer, and cystic fibrosis. As MIT Technology Review reports, the influx of capital “reflects a surge of interest in CRISPR,” a powerful gene cutting-and-pasting tool that’s poised to revolutionize medicine. Editas, founded by a number of gene-editing pioneers, can…

io9 George Dvorsky

Finally, an Episode of Masters of Sex That Really Works

Finally, an episode with stories that reflect back on past seasons and incorporate the science that helped make Bill Masters and Gini Johnson interesting enough people in real life to fuel a historical drama about their lives. In fact, most of Bill Masters’ actions in this episode only make sense when you consider his past.…

Television Diane Kelly

There’s Not Nearly Enough Pouches In This Deadpool & Cable Comic Announcement

Deadpool and Cable are scions of the ‘90s comic aesthetic—ridiculously muscular action heroes covered head to toe in enough pouches to carry the firepower of a small country. So when they team up, it should be Pouch City, Population: 2. Sadly, this is not the case in our first look at Deadpool & Cable: Split…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

This Animal Can Go Over a Decade Without Food

Our First Look at Agents of SHIELD‘s Melinda May In Her Very Own Comic

One Chart Showing Why the Global Drought Is Only Going to Get Worse

This Place May Have the Tallest People in the World

It’s Official: Supergirl Will Never Cross Over With The Flash Or Arrow

Japan’s New Godzilla Is Going to Be a Special Effects First

Post-Apocalyptic Animated Comedy Cassius and Clay Is Headed to FXX

Photographer Captures the True Beauty and Destructive Power of Wildfires

Rejoice! Person of Interest Is Bringing Back Shaw For Most of Season 5

The Seahorse Dragon Was the Faerie World’s Most Prized Designer Steed

Third Sci-Fi Novel Coming From Ready Player One Author Ernie Cline

These Two Data Designers Are the Coolest, Geekiest Pen Pals Ever

What Japanese Manga Artists Wish You’d Ask Them

This Spider Spins a Web as Long as Two City Buses

New Anthology Has Women Fighting Lovecraft’s Horrors. It’s About Time.

Edge of Tomorrow Writer Explains Why a Sequel Would Improve on the Original

The Greatest Manga That Made Children “Scream and Weep”

A Startup Just Raised $120 Million to Make Gene Editing Medications

Finally, an Episode of Masters of Sex That Really Works

There’s Not Nearly Enough Pouches In This Deadpool & Cable Comic Announcement

National Film and Sound Archive of Australia Adds ‘Succulent Chinese Meal’ Guy

Feds Sniffing Around Polymarket After Suspicious Bets

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

Don’t Get Too Attached to Any AI App

‘Paradise’ Writer Teases What’s Coming in Season 3 After That Huge Twist

Trump’s New White House App Is Mildly Concerning and Weird for a Lot of Reasons

Bloodsucking Ticks Can Survive Inside Your Home Longer Than You Might Think

The Best New Toys of March 2026

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

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

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

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

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Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

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