Jerry Greenfield, the co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s, traveled to Portland where he unveiled a new flavor—“Food Fight Fudge Brownie”— to support Oregon’s ballot measure to impose mandatory GMO labeling. Ironic, given that Greenfield’s state, Vermont, has exempted dairy products from GMO labels.

The Very Best Cosplay From New York Comic-Con 2014

New York Comic-Con cosplayers, you did a hell of a job this weekend. This convention had some seriously legendary cosplay, along with a whole lotta Saga and Guardians of the Galaxy awesomeness. Here is a collection of the best of the best cosplay that we spied at NYCC. Top Image from Getty Images Photo by…

The Indelible Feud Over Who Invented Fingerprinting

Fingerprints have been used as a unique identifier for over 100 years — and chances are you’ve had your fingerprints inked or scanned recently. But who invented this process? Turns out that’s the subject of a massive feud — which helped provide useful insights that benefited all of us. Top image: Photo by Charlie Jane…

SNL Has Made The Perfect YA Movie, And It’s As Dumb As Rocks

“Written entirely from the comment section of a Hunger Games trailer.” Behold Saturday Night Live’s Group Hopper movie. Stuffed full of arbitrary rules and terrible names for every hero and villain, this may be our favorite YA movie ever.

This Propaganda Poster Showed Martian Technology Winning World War I

A 1917 poster by French artist Henri Montassier offers hope for a quick conclusion to the war through new technology. But, his image has little in common with the armored vehicles under development. Instead, he unveiled a weapon that bears an uncanny resemblance to the Martian war machines from The War of The Worlds. Under…

This Week’s TV: America’s Stabbiest Clown Attends A Children’s Party

As we settle into the fall TV season, two of our summer shows—The Knick and Manhattan—reach their seasons’ end. Plus, C-3PO and R2-D2 return to TV, and a familiar DC villain pops up on The Flash. Get all the details below! Tonight Gotham (8 PM, Fox) It’s not a good time to be a politician…

What’s The Greatest Scientific Visualization Ever?

Sometimes a picture (or a video, or even a GIF) can express a scientific concept more clearly and concisely than words. Today, we want to know about the most informative, and beautiful, scientific visualization you’ve ever seen. Image: 99 planetary nebulae (and one protoplanetary disk) in one picture / Judy Schmidt. Tell us about (and…

​Carol Is Queen Badass In A Stellar Walking Dead Season Premiere

We’ve been told that season 5 of The Walking Dead would be “devastating.” I’m genuinely terrified for what’s coming up this season, because despite the evil cannibal town, last night’s premiere was as happy an ending I’ve seen on TWD — and the only way it was devastating was devastatingly good. Also: holy shit Carol.…

A Video Of Last Week’s Lunar Eclipse, As Seen From Mercury

As millions of people observed the total lunar eclipse on October 8th, NASA’s MESSENGER probe was also watching from its orbit around Mercury. The spacecraft, 66 million miles from Earth, captured several images of the Moon as it passed behind Earth and into the planet’s shadow. This animation was constructed from 31 images taken two…

This Optical Illusion Fools Monkeys as Well as Humans

The Thatcher Effect is a well-known optical illusion, first tested with a picture of Margaret Thatcher. It’s glaringly obvious, but humans almost always fall for it. So, it seems, do monkeys. The Thatcher Effect The Thatcher Effect, or Thatcher Illusion, first made headlines back in 1980. Professor Peter Thompson took a picture of Margaret Thatcher…

The Next Bond Film Has Its Villains, and One of Them Might Be Drax

Filming on the 24th James Bond film is set to start in early December 2014, so it’s no surprise that we’re getting some pretty solid casting rumors right now. Two key Bond archetypes have reportedly been cast: the Bond girl and the henchman. Just one guess which one Dave Bautista is supposed to be. This…

Do We Already Know the Line-Up of the Suicide Squad Movie?

And there’s a surprising new rumor about the Justice League movie’s villain. Keanu Reeves reveals trippy scenes from Bill and Ted 3’s script. The X-Men live-action TV show might star Days of Future Past’s Quicksilver. And Daredevil casts a bunch of key roles. Spoilers now! Top image: Batman v. Superman Justice League/Suicide Squad Here are…

The Mortal Instruments will finish out life as a television series. The first film, based on the Cassandra Clare novel, fizzled in the box office and the sequels were cancelled. Now, Constantin Film has hired Helix showrunner Ed Decter to shepherd to project to TV. There’s no broadcaster yet. [The Hollywood Reporter]

On Resurrection: When You Just Can’t Keep Your Dick of a Brother Dead

You know when your useless bully of a brother keeps harassing you and then tries to make you eat the dinner you made him off the ground, so you shoot him a in the back? A bunch of times? And then, as you’re just getting to burying his body in the basement, he shows back…

The Just-Released Wytches Comic Book Is Becoming a Movie

That was pretty fast. After debuting at New York Comic Con, Wytches has been picked up by Brad Pitt’s production company Plan B. Keep an eye on Plan B, since they’ve picked up a fair number of genre projects since partnering with New Regency. Plan B’s producing team of Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner and Jeremy…

The Most Surprising Flash Easter Egg: An io9 Shout-Out

If you’ve seen the first episode of The Flash, then you know there’s a shot of a newspaper with a nod to the sister-show Arrow in it. What you did not notice was that the actual text of that article had nothing to do Oliver Queen. It was actually lifted from an io9 article. Warning,…

A Treasure Trove of Hollywood History On The Redesigned Oscars Website

Oscar fever is traditionally a seasonal affliction, but not anymore. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences just redesigned its website and added a veritable goldmine of archival clips and pics from its gigantic permanent collection that goes way beyond the awards themselves. The original site was built back in 2008, but only offered…

Your New Desktop Wallpaper: A Gorgeous Exploratory Soil Map of Kenya

I can’t get enough of this richly colored soil map of Kenya. So I made some wallpapers. I’ve always had a soft spot for maps. Geologic ones, especially. If you share my interest in colorful, informationally dense cartography, you’ll appreciate the original, hi-res version of this soil map. It’s one of the more striking maps…

Watch The First Four Minutes Of Tonight’s Walking Dead Season 5 Premier

AMC has released the first 4 minutes of tonight’s season opener of The Walking Dead. From the looks of it, this season’s going to hit the ground running, with intensity to burn. Holy crap, right? A few weeks back, we wondered aloud if the show would really have the guts to kill three characters in…

Listen to Foxes’ full cover of Don’t Stop Me Now from Doctor Who

Foxes’ jazzy cover of Queen’s Don’t Stop Me Now was one of many wonderful parts of last night’s fresh, exciting episode ofDoctor Who. The BBC have now released the full version of her cover, with a music video that looks ahead to the rest of Series 8… The video features footage from last night’s episode,…