Top 10 Greatest Giant Robots Of All Time

Ah, Giant Robots. Who doesn’t love giant mechanical creations stomping around and kicking butt? Over the years there have been many badass robots and mechs that have wormed their way into our hearts, but some are just especially great. So here are our picks for the 10 greatest giant robots, ranked. A note going in:…

io9 Newsstand: The Best Stories from the Week of March 15 – 21

This week’s stories are all adaptations and retellings of one kind or another. They all prove that knowing the story doesn’t mean you know the story. Andromache and the Dragon by Brittany Pladek | Ideomancer The dragon stood on the shore. “For every day, I will consume one of your desires,” she told them. “You…

This Viral Photo Of Yesterday’s Eclipse From Space Is Fake. Duh.

Thousands of people were duped into thinking this image — supposedly taken from the International Space Station — was real.

Insurgent Is Like Two Hours Of Someone Else’s Terrible Therapy Session

There was always something ugly at the heart of the wish-fulfillment in the Divergent series — everybody except me is one dimensional, because I’m special! But where the first movie managed to turn this into a weirdly sweet adventure about trying fit in, the sequel just goes full-on narcissistic. And dreary. Spoilers ahead… Divergent and…

Reminder! We’re holding our first ever Video Remix Contest! Make your own mash-up, remix, spoof or Sweded version of the Avengers: Age of Ultron trailer, and post it here. We’ll post the best ones on Monday.

Preacher’s Arseface Has Been Cast

While we’re still waiting for AMC to announce who will play title character Jesse Custer for their TV adaptation of the comic Preacher (along with his vampire pal Cassidy) a very strange side character with an extremely messed-up backstory has been revealed. Behold, Arseface. AMC has announced that fresh-faced newcomer Ian Colletti will play Eugene…

Sony To Make 300-Style Romeo & Juliet Movie Because Life Is Still Pain

When you think of the greatest romance stories of all time, there are only two that are incontestably at the top: William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, and, of course, Frank Miller’s historical war fantasy 300. Which is no doubt why Sony plans to combine the two love epics in a single movie. Via The Hollywood…

Thor Is Selling More Comics As A Woman

When Marvel announced that Mjolnir and the mantle of God of Thunder would pass to a woman last year, there were grumbles from certain idiots circles that the character was doomed. But the new Thor run isn’t just selling well: It’s actually outselling the last male Thor run. According to sales information from Comichron, the…

It took $100,000 worth of Lego to recreate Jurassic Park with bricks

You have to be a monster to hate a movie like Jurassic Park, but it turns out there are fans so devoted to the film that they’ll spend weeks and weeks painstakingly creating their own stop-motion version of the blockbuster using $100,000 worth of Lego—and some digital wizardry in post-production. The father and daughter team…

The Creatures You’re Inhaling Right Now That You Don’t Know About

Every day you move through an ecology without noticing it. The air above us and, regrettably, the air we breathe in, contains creatures and potential creatures that form their own particular system of life. You may be surprised to discover all the living creatures you inhale with every breath, and how they’re controlling your world.…

This Piranha Feeding Frenzy Is The Stuff Of Nightmares

Whoa. This new video showing piranhas being fed in a Brazilian river is absolutely horrifying. As terrifying as this video appears, piranhas are rarely dangerous to humans. But as University of Nevada biology professor Zeb Hogan explains in National Geographic, they can be dangerous if they’re trapped in a backwater without food. And as demonstrated…

It’s Friday And We Are Throwing You A GIF Party!

No need to imagine it, this GIF party is real and happening right now! What have you been up to this week? Tell us about the things you did, the plans you made, and the life updates you’re dying to share with the digital world all through some interpretive GIFing.

These Ants Are Satan’s Gardeners

The rainforests are known for the marvelous range of life that they support, but certain areas of them seem to have been annexed by some demonic force for its exclusive use. And they have been — it’s just a different demonic force than most people expected. In the midst of fantastic biological diversity, Devil’s gardens…

The First Live-Action Attack On Titan Trailer Is A Giant Tease

There’s been a verrrry small glimpse of footage released (during a Japanese talk show), but now the first real teaser for the much-anticipated live-action movie of the hit manga and anime is here, and wow. At the beginning, I was afraid this video was going to use animation to show all the cool things, like…

Does The New Daredevil Teaser Hint At Matt Murdock’s Red Costume?

Oscar Isaac talks about Poe Dameron’s future after Episode VII. Who could Watchmen’s Jackie Earle Haley play in Suicide Squad? Watch a new Poltergeist teaser. Plus more hints for how Caity Lotz could appear in the new Arrow spinoff. And teasers for what’s to come on iZombie, Arrow, and more. To Me, My Spoilers! Top…

The Monkey Roars! NASA just released this beautiful mosaic image of part of the Monkey Head Nebula, showing a cloud made up of ultraviolet light hitting cooler hydrogen gas. This image is partly visible light and partly infrared, which shows interstellar dust particles heated by radiation from the stars in the middle.

How To Watch Friday’s Total Solar Eclipse

Do you live inside the swath of red depicted in this map? If so, you’re one of the few people on Earth able to directly witness Friday’s total solar eclipse. For everyone else, your best bet is to watch online. Head over to Slooh.com to watch live, beginning at 1:30 AM PDT/4:30 AM EDT/8:30 UTC.…

Houdini Is Scully And Doyle Is Mulder In A New Victorian X-Files Show

Yep, it’s official: the creators of The Librarian and House are joining forces for a 10-episode series about “the unlikely real-life friendship between Sherlock Holmes author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and illusionist Harry Houdini.” And the two iconic figures will be solving crimes of the supernatural variety. Deadline has the scoop: In Houdini And Doyle,…

On Supernatural, Sam And Dean’s Main Critic Becomes Their  #1 Fan

The character of Cole had a lot of potential on Supernatural: someone with a reason to hate Dean (who killed Cole’s father.) Someone who hadn’t drunk the hunter Kool-Aid. He could have provided an interesting critique of the Winchesters — but as of last night’s episode, Cole is totally on the Sam-and-Dean fan bandwagon. In…

Concept Art Writing Prompt: Waking Up To The Apocalypse

There’s nothing like waking up in the morning and getting a face full of monster. This week’s Concept Art Writing Prompt, by David Velásquez, would make a great illustration for a story — you just have to write it first. If this illustration, which Velásquez made for a Darksiders-themed art contest, inspires you to write…