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The Wildly Inappropriate Scene You Must Watch From Penny Dreadful

As we head for the season endgame, Penny Dreadful is determined to drop the portents and start surprising us. And with Vanessa gone, everything shatters. There’s one scene, in particular, that’s jaw-droppingly nuts. And we made a clip for you! Spoilers ahead… Last season, John Logan spent the third act ratcheting up the tension and…

Television Genevieve Valentine

These Ants Took Over The World, And We Just Noticed

We know ants form large colonies. In 2002, we realized one specific kind of ant formed supercolonies. And then, in 2010, we learned that they had formed a global colony— and that, without even know it, we had helped them do it. The Argentine Ant It’s not surprising that Argentine ants are a successful invasive…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

See How Drone Warfare Could Get Much, Much Scarier In The Future

We’re already sending machines to kill people — but what happens when those machines can walk and talk? And when we put our own minds into them, so we can control them as if they were our own bodies? That’s the nightmarish future in this excerpt from Christopher Golden’s Tin Men. A low, tinny alarm…

io9 Christopher Golden

The 10 Craziest Punishments In Hell

Not every religion has a version of hell, but if they do, it’s generally not a nice place. It’s where the evil and unjust go to suffer, and the worse they are, the more elaborate their punishments can be. Here are 10 awful (but extremely creative) ways to spend the afterlife. 1) Flaming Wheel In…

io9 Rob Bricken

About That Ultramarathon You’ve Been Meaning To Run

A recently conducted study concludes that that when extreme athletes (like ultramarathoners) overextend themselves, their guts can leak microbes into their blood stream, “poisoning” their blood and triggering a harmful inflammatory immune response. Scientific American’s Christopher Intagliata has more details. Contact the author at [email protected].

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Come With Me If You Want To See Some Insane Terminator Concept Art!

One of the things we’ve always wanted from a Terminator movie is a longer, more insane look at the future war between humans and Skynet. And now, it looks like it’s on. Check out some exclusive concept art of the weapons of the future war for survival — including the Violet Cleaver and the Reaper.…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

What Makes Water Wet?

Why is water wet? It’s not just a question to boggle the minds of the kid scientists you encounter: It’s a question of chemistry. Nautilus recently posed just that question to Richard Saykally, a University of California, Berkeley chemistry professor who specializes in water, and here is how he explained what is going on: When…

io9 Ria Misra

Final Mission: Impossible 5 Trailer Is Low On Gun-Flutes, High On Crazy

There’s been a running theme with the trailers for Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation trailers: they’re kind of ridiculous (in the best way), right down to flutes that are also guns. Sadly, the movie’s final trailer does not return to the wonderful gun flute, but it keeps the crazy action. Huzzah! The final trailer is in…

Trailers James Whitbrook

True Detective Returns With A Pitch-Black Shot Of California Noir

True Detective returns with a completely new setting, cast, and case, as well as a grittier, bleaker tone. In episode one, “The Western Book of the Dead,” we miss the loopy Rust Cohle, as well as the first season’s instantly compelling murder mystery. But we’re intrigued by its neo-noir sprawl so far. Spoilers follow! First…

Television Cheryl Eddy

Which Book Have You Owned The Longest?

People have been sounding the death knell of paper-and-binding style books for awhile now, but the fact remains: you can’t beat them for longevity. So which book have you had in your own personal collection for the longest? Tell us what the book is, where you got it, if you still read it, and what…

Books & Comics Ria Misra

Watch Some Blood Cells Turn Into “Ghosts” And Others Explode

We know that cells maintain their water content through osmosis. Now we can see what happens when someone deliberately screws around with osmosis. Some cells explode. Others turn into “ghosts.” Osmosis is a very useful phenomenon. You start with a semi-permeable membrane, like a cell wall. When solutes — we use table salt in high…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

We Know A Lot More About The New Characters In Game Of Thrones Season 6

Are we three years from a new Indiana Jones? Kenneth Branagh may return for Thor: Ragnarok. A crazy new Star Wars rumor hints that everything we thought we knew about the second Anthologies film may actually be about a new TV series. Plus Ant-Man pictures, Wolverine in X-Men Apocalypse, and more. Spoilers! Thor: Ragnarok A…

Television James Whitbrook

Scientists Found a Baby Hidden In a 350-Year-Old Swedish Bishop’s Coffin

The body of Bishop Peder Winstrup, laid to rest at the cathedral in Lund almost 350 years ago, has revealed more than ever before. Scientists were hoping to use modern science to learn from an unusually well-preserved body, but they found a hidden child under the bishop’s feet. A CT scan revealed a small child…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta

John Oliver Explains Why the Internet Sucks For Women

“Congratulations on your white penis — because if you have one of those, you probably have a very different experience of the internet,” explained Jon Oliver on last night’s Last Week Tonight. And in this 15-minute video, he explains why that’s the case. With his usual combination of brutal honestly and biting satire, he explores…

Television Jamie Condliffe

When It First Came Out, Jaws Got Savaged By the L.A. Times

Jaws turned forty this weekend, which led L.A. Times’ Hero Complex to dig up the paper’s original review. Charles Champlin … wasn’t a fan. “Exploitative,” “broad and obvious” are only a few of his choice words. Go read the whole thing here. And say hello to an old friend while you’re there. Contact the author…

Movies Katharine Trendacosta

Princesses As Velociraptors Wins. All Other Princesses Go Home.

This is it. This is the high point of all reinventions of Disney princesses. No one else can compete. Laura Cooper of the webcomic XP is the creator of Velociprincesses, an epic take on two of the greatest childhood obsessions: princesses and dinosaurs. Here they are, enjoy coming up with the rest of the lyrics…

io9 Lauren Davis and Katharine Trendacosta

This Song Made Up Of Jean-Luc Picard’s Words Is Weirdly Mesmerizing

Is it the beat? The flow? The way it actually rhymes? Whatever it is, Eclectic Method’s latest remix is somehow impossible to stop listening to. [via Tastefully Offensive] Contact the author at [email protected].

io9 Katharine Trendacosta

Dione Looks Stunning In The Latest Picture From Cassini

NASA has released a new image sent back by the Cassini Spacecraft of Saturn’s moon Dione, and it’s a beauty: Cassini passed by the moon last week at a distance of 321 miles. It’s not the last we’ll see of the moon: the spacecraft is scheduled to make its final flyby in August, and we’ll…

io9 Andrew Liptak

Join Us For The Return Of True Detective!

HBO’s True Detective returns tonight with an all new cast and story. We all have questions: will there be weird philosophizing? Will Colin Ferrell’s mustache be the villain? Will it be as good as the first season? We’ll see tonight: weigh in on the comments with your thoughts and comments tonight! True Detective returns tonight,…

io9 Andrew Liptak

Dark Matter Wonders How Much An Unremembered Past Really Matters

With the second episode, Dark Matter does two things: finishes up the story of the miners and asks a lot of questions about who the crew of the Raza are. The second part is much more interesting than the first. Spoilers… Episode two picks up pretty much where episode one leaves off, with the revelation…

Television Katharine Trendacosta

The Wildly Inappropriate Scene You Must Watch From Penny Dreadful

These Ants Took Over The World, And We Just Noticed

See How Drone Warfare Could Get Much, Much Scarier In The Future

The 10 Craziest Punishments In Hell

About That Ultramarathon You’ve Been Meaning To Run

Come With Me If You Want To See Some Insane Terminator Concept Art!

What Makes Water Wet?

Final Mission: Impossible 5 Trailer Is Low On Gun-Flutes, High On Crazy

True Detective Returns With A Pitch-Black Shot Of California Noir

Which Book Have You Owned The Longest?

Watch Some Blood Cells Turn Into “Ghosts” And Others Explode

We Know A Lot More About The New Characters In Game Of Thrones Season 6

Scientists Found a Baby Hidden In a 350-Year-Old Swedish Bishop’s Coffin

John Oliver Explains Why the Internet Sucks For Women

When It First Came Out, Jaws Got Savaged By the L.A. Times

Princesses As Velociraptors Wins. All Other Princesses Go Home.

This Song Made Up Of Jean-Luc Picard’s Words Is Weirdly Mesmerizing

Dione Looks Stunning In The Latest Picture From Cassini

Join Us For The Return Of True Detective!

Dark Matter Wonders How Much An Unremembered Past Really Matters

Tesla Goes Ahead and Admits Its Robotaxis Are Sometimes Fully Human-Controlled

School Forced to Replace Toilets After Kids Flush Vapes

‘Scream 7’ Just Won’t Stop Making Money as ‘Scream 8’ Gets Started

The Curtain Has Closed on Meta’s Movie Rating-Inspired Content Filters

Good News! You Can Finally Change That Ridiculous Gmail Address

ExpressVPN Just Launched ExpressAI: Your Prompts Are Now Invisible

VR Just Took Another Massive Body Blow

The Best Gadgets of March 2026

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

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

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