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Listen To This Teenage ‘Hyperpolyglot’ Speak 20 Different Languages

Timothy Doner began studying foreign languages intensely at the age of thirteen. Today, Doner, still a teenager, can speak more than twenty languages, making him one of the world’s most famous polyglots – but equally impressive is his mature perspective on the subject of his linguistic fame. In the video featured here, Doner demonstrates varying…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Your Body, the Machine… Literally

Once upon a time it was quite popular to depict the human body in terms of machinery. The idea was that all of the functions and organs of the body could be equated on a one-to-one basis with machinery and technology: the eyes were cameras, the lungs bellows, the arms derricks, etc. The result was…

io9 Ron Miller

Giant, Worm-Slurping Leech Filmed For The First Time

For the first time, filmmakers in the forests of Borneo’s Mount Kinabalu have documented the so-repulsive-it’s-captivating behavior of a large, red, worm-guzzling predator. While it remains unclassified by science, the animal is known to the area’s tribespeople, fittingly, as the “Giant Red Leech.” Allow me to introduce this brief but unsettling clip, recently captured by…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Is There Such A Thing As Volcano Season?

This morning’s eruption at Mount Ontake in Japan is the latest in a recent spate of volcanic blasts to have threatened lives and forced evacuations. The timing and global distribution of these recent eruptions raise an intriguing question: Is there such a thing as a season for volcanic eruptions? https://gizmodo.com/japanese-volcano-violently-erupts-sending-hikers-racin-1639819074 Above: A spire of steam…

io9 Robin Wylie – The Conversation

Star Wars Is About So Much More Than The Jedi

Star Wars owes it to fans to move past its love affair with the Jedi order. Here’s why. https://gizmodo.com/star-wars-needs-to-get-over-the-jedi-1639503706

Movies Robbie Gonzalez

Japanese Volcano Violently Erupts, Sending Hikers Racing To Safety

Mount Ontake violently erupted without warning Saturday morning in Japan. Unbelievably, hikers not only survived, but recorded the pyroclastic flows racing towards them. Here’s the science of what happened. Top image: Mount Ontake eruption at 11:53 am on September 27, 2014. Credit: AP Photo/Yomiuri Shimbun/Toshihiko Kawaguchi https://gizmodo.com/violent-eruption-traps-hikers-at-mount-ontake-japan-1639813357

io9 Mika McKinnon

Creepy Idea For A TV Show: Doctor Battles “Demonic Contagion”

We’re pretty sick of supernatural medical dramas, but the new show that NBC just gave a green light sounds pretty different. In Maidenhead, a scientist goes to a Connecticut suburb to examine a teen girl, only to find that demonic influence is an epidemic spreading like wildfire. https://gizmodo.com/10-weird-tv-show-ideas-that-the-networks-keep-trying-ov-1634038465 It doesn’t hurt that the pilot of…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

This Bizarre “Aragonite Flower” Grows from the Damp Ceilings of Caves

It looks like an alien flower, but this spiny tentacle is actually a geological formation. The most awe-inspiring specimens are found in Brazil’s limestone cave Caverna da Torrinha. This photograph was taken by Coen Wubbels, and you can see more of his incredible shots inside the Brazilian caves where these rock formations are found over…

io9 Annalee Newitz

A Simple Chart to Help You Understand How Birds Evolved from Dinosaurs

The more evidence we gather about the evolution of birds, the more likely it seems that they evolved from dinosaurs. But when, exactly, did birds split from their awe-inspiring cousins? A new discovery will help you imagine what it was like to live during the age of birds and dinosaurs. As Brian Switek explains over…

io9 Annalee Newitz

How Days Of Future Past Pulled Off Those Amazing Quicksilver VFX

One of the coolest special effects in X-Men: Days of Future Past was the Quicksilver “frozen time” effect where the character is moving so quickly that everything around him seems to move in super slow-motion. In this video, director Bryan Singer explains how they achieved the effect. Unfortunately, this video doesn’t go into quite as…

io9 Lauren Davis

Four New, Unfinished Clone Wars Episodes Have Been Released Online!

Star Wars: The Clone Wars ended before its time—and with many of its story lines unfinished. The show’s team has revealed four unfinished, previously unaired episodes, and discussed how some Clone Wars stories and characters are being revisited in other media. In the video above, the team talks about the leacy of Clone Wars and…

Television Lauren Davis

The Inherent Problem In Telling A Story About Gotham City Before Batman

Today we poked a bit of fun at the often silly way that the Gotham pilot introduced familiar Batman heroes and villains. But it led some of you to ask: If Jim Gordon succeeds in dealing with Gotham’s criminals, why does the city need Batman? https://gizmodo.com/15-other-ridiculous-ways-we-could-meet-new-batman-chara-1639555355 Commenter JackRabbitSlim323 lays out the issue: And so we…

Television Lauren Davis

Why Twisted Fairy Tales Are The Kind We Deserve

Fairy tales are more popular ever, inspiring hit movies, huge TV shows, and a flood of books. But aren’t fairy tales also kind of… regressive? They always feature princesses in trouble, and the dashing princess who rescue them, right? Wrong. Poison author Sarah Pinborough argues that fairy tales should be subversive. Top image: Annie Leibovitz…

io9 Sarah Pinborough

Classic Science Fiction Book Covers from Hungary Are Mind-Blowing

We love these incredible Hungarian interpretations of classic science fiction novel covers. Jules Verne: From Earth to the Moon, 1956/1961 H. G. Wells: The First Men in the Moon, 1957 Isaac Asimov: Foundation, Second Foundation, and Foundation and Empire, 1971/1973 Stanislav Lem: Solaris, 1977 Aldoux Huxley: Brave New World, 1982 Ray Bradbury: The Martian Chronicles,…

io9 Vincze Miklós

First Babadook Trailer Makes This Horror Movie Look Almost Too Intense

Seriously, most horror movies just look amusing or kind of thrilling… but The Babadook, the movie everybody’s been buzzing about since Sundance, actually looks like it might freak me out a little too much. Something about really powerful scares, and a really intense personal story. We showed you a teaser trailer and a brief clip…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Daniel Radcliffe Looks Like Hell In These New Horns Stills

No pun intended. But let me assure you you’ve never seen the former Harry Potter looking quite like this. For those who haven’t read Joe Hill’s novel of the same name, some of these pictures may be spoilers, so check them out on your own recognizance, okay? Okay, so that last one isn’t from Horns.…

io9 Rob Bricken

Which Movie Or TV Show Had Such Bad VFX, It Threw You Out Of The Story?

It’s amazing what technical wizardry (and millions of dollars) can bring to life on screen these days. CG and practical effects can show stuff that would have been impossible even a few years ago. But when it fails… it fails hard. Which movie or TV show distracted you fatally with its lackluster effects? Please include…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

What Big Finish Doctor Who Audios Should Absolutely Everyone Listen To?

During the long era when Doctor Who was off the air, the show was kept alive partly by books — and partly by audio adventures, most of them released by Big Finish. At this point, though, there are hundreds of them out there. So which ones are absolutely essential? I’ll be honest — I’ve listened…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Marvel And The Jack Kirby Estate Have Reached A Settlement

Days before the Supreme Court went into conference to discuss the rights of Jack “The King of Comics” Kirby’s estate over a significant portion of Marvel Comics most popular superheroes, Marvel and Kirby’s heirs have announced they’ve reached a settlement. This, my friends, is unequivocally good news. The terms of the deal are unknown, but…

Books & Comics Rob Bricken

The Khans of Tarkir Battle Over Dragon Bones in the Latest Magic Set

In Magic: the Gathering’s latest expansion, Khans of Tarkir, five clans are at war in a landscape littered with the bones of now extinct dragons and stalked by a solemn vampire seeking clues to a greater mystery. Here is some of the gorgeous art from the new cards. Tarkir is the home plane of Sarkhan…

io9 Ed Grabianowski

Listen To This Teenage ‘Hyperpolyglot’ Speak 20 Different Languages

Your Body, the Machine… Literally

Giant, Worm-Slurping Leech Filmed For The First Time

Is There Such A Thing As Volcano Season?

Star Wars Is About So Much More Than The Jedi

Japanese Volcano Violently Erupts, Sending Hikers Racing To Safety

Creepy Idea For A TV Show: Doctor Battles “Demonic Contagion”

This Bizarre “Aragonite Flower” Grows from the Damp Ceilings of Caves

A Simple Chart to Help You Understand How Birds Evolved from Dinosaurs

How Days Of Future Past Pulled Off Those Amazing Quicksilver VFX

Four New, Unfinished Clone Wars Episodes Have Been Released Online!

The Inherent Problem In Telling A Story About Gotham City Before Batman

Why Twisted Fairy Tales Are The Kind We Deserve

Classic Science Fiction Book Covers from Hungary Are Mind-Blowing

First Babadook Trailer Makes This Horror Movie Look Almost Too Intense

Daniel Radcliffe Looks Like Hell In These New Horns Stills

Which Movie Or TV Show Had Such Bad VFX, It Threw You Out Of The Story?

What Big Finish Doctor Who Audios Should Absolutely Everyone Listen To?

Marvel And The Jack Kirby Estate Have Reached A Settlement

The Khans of Tarkir Battle Over Dragon Bones in the Latest Magic Set

The New ‘Masters of the Universe’ Trailer Brings Eternia to Life

AirPods Max 2 Review: Still Ridiculously Expensive and Ridiculously Nice

UGREEN Bluetooth Tracker 4-Pack Now Just $7 Each With iOS and Android Support, While AirTag Stays at Full Price

Trump Posts Concept Art of His Presidential Library, and It’s AI Slop

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‘Fallout’ Season 2 Was a Hit Despite That Unsatisfying Release Strategy Change

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