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Behold! A Much Better Look At Avengers 2‘s Vision In The Robot Flesh

You may have seen him tucked away in the corner of the Comic-Con posters, or the fuzzy promo image from this weekend. But now we have a giant, full-body shot of Paul Bettany’s look as the Vision in Avengers: Age of Ultron. Check him out in all of his android glory! Update: Thanks to intrepid…

Movies Rob Bricken

TiVo Mega: A DVR That Stores 3 Years of Video (For $5,000)

So much TV, so little time to watch it. So why not stockpile, say, three years of the stuff using TiVo’s new Mega DVR? You’ll just need a spare $5,000 to enjoy its capabilities. Not so much a set-top-box, more a server, this thing packs a full 24 terabytes of hard-drive space. According to TiVo,…

Television Jamie Condliffe

This May Be The Longest Con In Pseudoscience

Over the years, a lot of people have claimed to have invented a perpetual motion machine. John Keely was one of them. Obviously, he hadn’t invented any such thing, but here’s how he managed to string people along for over 25 years. Meet John Keely John Keely didn’t die a rich man, but he did…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

American Horror Story Trailer Shows Off Its Famous Freaks

American Horror Story may be a disturbing collection of absurd metaphorical stabs at societal issues, but one thing it will always have going for it is star power. And now you can see Kathy Bates, Angela Bassett, Sarah Paulson, and Jessica Lange go full freak in this latest trailer. This will be nuts.

Television Meredith Woerner

Evidence For Icy Plate Tectonics Found On Europa

A recent geological survey of Europa revealed that a massive 20,000 square-kilometer portion of the surface was missing. To explain it, a research team is now proposing that Europa’s ice shell has a brittle, mobile, plate-like system above convecting warmer ice. Above: False-color image of Europa’s trailing northern hemisphere, where subduction zones are hypothesized to…

io9 George Dvorsky

What’s Your Legacy To The Future?

We think a lot about what we collectively are leaving to the future, both the good (an accounting of landing on the moon and a national park system) and the bad (a depleted ozone and the Pacific garbage patch). But what’s your personal legacy to the future? Maybe your legacy is some bit of knowledge…

io9 Ria Misra

Witches of East End Is Just a Horror Movie Now

There are creatures stalking the night. There are ritual murders. But mostly? There’s sex, followed by disaster. Spoilers… Hey everyone! Remember during the season premiere when we all thought Wendy was going to hook up with the EMT immediately? And all of you mocked me for thinking it would take as long as four episodes…

Television Katharine Trendacosta

Warner Bros. Officially Wants A Supergirl TV Series From The Arrow Guy

We heard the rumor, but now it’s official — Warner Bros. TV has greenlit a Supergirl to be executive produced by Arrow mastermind Greg Berlanti and Ali Adler, who made No Ordinary Family with him. I’d say this make the odds of Supergirl joining Arrow and The Flash on The CW not insignificant. Of course,…

Television Rob Bricken

This Test Proves That Language Forces Your Brain To Create Simulations

Ever heard of “fictive motion”? It’s used in sentences like “The road runs along the coast” or “Bad times are approaching.” You may think it’s just a pretty turn of phrase, but it’s really a way to force your brain into a simulation, and this test proves it. Fictive motion, attributing motion to objects that…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Did Norman Reedus Just Give Away A Huge Walking Dead Spoiler?

Contrary to earlier reports, turns out a major character will be in season 5 of Game of Thrones after all. More Star Wars rumors hint at Leia’s new role. Once Upon a Time gives a major character a mother. The new American Horror Story is the scariest. And Constantine adds another comic book hero. Spoilers…

Television Katharine Trendacosta

Claire’s Future Knowledge Finally Becomes a Real Problem on Outlander

This week’s episode was surprisingly slow — the first half could have been called “The exciting world of Highland rent payment.” Then the audience and Claire remembered a bit of history that’s going to be a disaster for her current party. And then we got a cliffhanger. So, before I launch into the recap as…

Television Katharine Trendacosta

Drunk Museum Review: Why You Shouldn’t Drink And Fly A Pterosaur

Tonight we’re introducing a new feature: Drunk Museum Reviews. We love museums. We love drinking. Why not combine the two for the best weekend plans there are? This week: alcohol laws, the American Museum of Natural History, and me drunk-flying a pterosaur to its doom. I decided to start with a museum that I’ve been…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta

No Iron Man 4, Says Robert Downey Jr.

We all kind of knew this, but Robert Downey Jr. confirmed to Variety that there are no plans for an Iron Man 4. So whatever dates are still left unclaimed on Marvel’s schedule, none of them are going to be taken up with another RDJ solo flick. Here’s what he said when he was asked…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta

Marvel At The Truly Awesome Sight (And Sound) Of A Volcanic Blast

Check out this fantastic footage of Papua New Guinea’s Mount Tavurvur ejecting untold heaps of lava, rock, and ash hundreds of meters into the air. Between the striking burst of clouds above the volcano and the jarring boom of the delayed shockwave, this is one of the most dramatic eruption videos we’ve ever seen. The…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Three Things To Keep In Mind About The Big Jack The Ripper ‘Reveal’

According to a WORLD EXCLUSIVE at The Daily Mail, the mystery of Jack the Ripper’s identity has been solved by businessman Russell Edwards and forensic expert Jari Louhelainen using DNA evidence. The alleged culprit? A 23-year old Polish barber and longtimer Ripper-suspect Aaron Kosminski. You can read the lengthy, two-part piece (the first part written…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

io9 ‘Shop Contest: Dreadnoughtus Edition

Dreadnoughtus is a newly discovered genus of supermassive titanosaurian dinosaur. At 65 tons, it possesses the largest reliably calculable mass of any known land animal. This dinosaur was clearly a badass (a status attested by its very name); but that got us thinking: What would make it even MORE badass? What if Dreadnoughtus – whose…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Test Footage From The Early 80s Stars A Very Different Roger Rabbit

Here’s a newly released video of footage and concept art from an early go at Who Framed Roger Rabbit?. Created between 1981 and 1983, these characterizations of the Rabbits look quite a bit different from the ones audiences saw in 1988 – not to mention a Roger voiced by Paul Reubens (aka Pee-wee Herman). At…

Movies Robbie Gonzalez

This Fish Spits Light

Ever seen a fish make underwater fireworks? You have now. Except this translucent cardinalfish isn’t actually the one generating the light. Hit the jump for an explanation from Jason Goldman.

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

A County-By-County Map Of NFL Allegiance

Facebook’s Data Science team has released its 2014 NFL American Fandom Map, to mark the beginning of the NFL season. The map uses Facebook “likes” to determine the most popular NFL team in every U.S. county. The result is “one of the most comprehensive samples of sports fanship ever collected.” Even if you’re not a…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

This Chemist’s Story Should Become a Movie

James Marsh is an ordinary chemist, just keeping his head down and doing his job. But when he sees a murderer go free, he has to do something crazy. Something like . . . chemistry. It’s possible that John Bodle committed the world’s most useful murder. He put arsenic in his grandfather’s coffee. He wasn’t…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Behold! A Much Better Look At Avengers 2‘s Vision In The Robot Flesh

TiVo Mega: A DVR That Stores 3 Years of Video (For $5,000)

This May Be The Longest Con In Pseudoscience

American Horror Story Trailer Shows Off Its Famous Freaks

Evidence For Icy Plate Tectonics Found On Europa

What’s Your Legacy To The Future?

Witches of East End Is Just a Horror Movie Now

Warner Bros. Officially Wants A Supergirl TV Series From The Arrow Guy

This Test Proves That Language Forces Your Brain To Create Simulations

Did Norman Reedus Just Give Away A Huge Walking Dead Spoiler?

Claire’s Future Knowledge Finally Becomes a Real Problem on Outlander

Drunk Museum Review: Why You Shouldn’t Drink And Fly A Pterosaur

No Iron Man 4, Says Robert Downey Jr.

Marvel At The Truly Awesome Sight (And Sound) Of A Volcanic Blast

Three Things To Keep In Mind About The Big Jack The Ripper ‘Reveal’

io9 ‘Shop Contest: Dreadnoughtus Edition

Test Footage From The Early 80s Stars A Very Different Roger Rabbit

This Fish Spits Light

A County-By-County Map Of NFL Allegiance

This Chemist’s Story Should Become a Movie

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

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

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