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Batman Rocks Out To Dethklok In Animated Music Video—And It’s So Metal

How do you pump up the testosterone on a song by Metalocalypse’s Dethklok? Make Batman the lead singer and send him rocking with his iron buns and his backup band—made up of Red Hood, Nightwing, and Robin on the drums. This video might not be terribly safe for work depending on how your work feels…

io9 Lauren Davis

Why the Pigeonhole Principle Is One of Math’s Most Powerful Ideas

The Pigeonhole Principle is a really simple concept, discovered all the way back in the 1800s. It has explained everything from the amount of hair on people’s heads to fundamental principles of computing. Here’s how it works. The Pigeonhole Principle Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet was a man with a lot of names and a lot…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Brandon Routh Rejoins The DC Universe As The Atom In Arrow

A new DC superhero joins the Arrow-verse, but he’s going to be played by a familiar face. Superman Returns’ Brandon Routh will don the labcoat of scientist Ray Palmer, better known as the superhero called The Atom, for the show’s upcoming third season. Deadline has the announcement and an interesting detail: He will play Ray…

io9 Rob Bricken

The Leftovers‘ Characters Are All Too Enigmatic For Us To Care About

If the second episode of post-Rapturish drama The Leftovers proved anything, it’s that things happen on this show because they happen—with little other explanation. When it comes to the show’s more mystical elements, that’s all well and good, but when it comes to the characters, it’s a huge, glaring problem. Ostensibly, The Leftovers is a…

io9 Lauren Davis

That Time a Newspaper Published a Guide to Hunting Dinosaurs

What would happen if the gargantuan creatures of Earth’s prehistoric past came back to life? And, more important, how would they provide good sport for hunters? That was the subject of a front-page article appearing in the May 6, 1896 edition of The Columbus Journal. In a prescient nod to Jurassic Park, the unnamed author…

io9 Mark Strauss

Wasp Nest Fuses With Recliner To Become A Terrifying Throne Of Pain

Half-easy chair, half-yellow jacket nest, this mesmerizing recliner was discovered by a bee removal company the town of Hobe Sound, Florida. How long could you sit atop the Throne of Wasps? Discovered by Wayne’s Bees, this massive yellow jacket home must have been left undisturbed for a very long time to grow to this magnitude.…

io9 Meredith Woerner

10 Villains And Evil Organizations That Badly Need P.R. Makeovers

It’s never been a better time to evil. But there’s one cardinal rule to being a successful bad guy and that’s to pretend you aren’t evil. No one is going to support a group named the Murder Society, but if you call yourselves the Action Society? Then you’re in business! Here are 10 villains who…

io9 Rob Bricken

The Bacteria That Got Spread Throughout The US By Military Testing

Have you ever heard of serratia marcescens bacteria? Today they are a cause of hospital infections. In the 1960s, they were secretly sprayed across Washington, San Francisco, and New York. In 1977, a few unsavory facts came to light about the bacteria. Apparently, about 10 years earlier, the Special Operations Division of the Army’s Chemical…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Your First Look At Half Wild, The Sequel To Sally Green’s Half Bad

We found Half Bad by Sally Green dangerously addictive , with its story of Nathan a boy who’s the spawn of a white witch mother and a black witch father. Now here’s an exclusive peek at the cover to the sequel, Half Wild. And Green will be here at 10 AM PST to answer your…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

This Week’s TV: Halle Berry Is Having Rosemary’s Space Baby!

We’ve got two big TV premieres this week: Halle Berry gets mysterious pregnant on a solo space mission in Extant and Guillermo del Toro brings his vampire contagion to TV with The Strain. Plus, Hemlock Grove, Mythbusters, and Masters of Sex are all back for their fresh new seasons. Summer TV is in full swing!…

Television Lauren Davis

First Walking Dead Season 5 Look Reveals… Uh… Zombies Still Exist

Okay, the “first look” from season five of The Walking Dead, which aired during last night’s special episode of Talking Dead, was kind of a let-down. But if you were worried that suddenly zombies were somehow no longer threats, this brief clip of Carol and Tyreese avoiding them should quell your fears, I guess.

io9 Rob Bricken

The Soundtracks Behind Your Favorite Books

Books have typically missed out on getting the soundtrack treatment that movies have. But more books than ever are getting their own soundtracks now, and that’s a good thing. Today, we want you to create a soundtrack to go along with a book of your choice, whether an old classic or a new favorite. You…

io9 Ria Misra

The Military Has Hired Hollywood To Help Build An Actual Iron Man Suit

Since Tony Stark is unavailable to advise the military on its robotic exoskeleton project, officials have turned to the next best thing: the special effects team that made the Iron Man costume. “It’s daunting,” says Lindsay MacGowan, co-founder of Legacy Effects, “because somebody’s life eventually is in your hands.” The Wall Street Journal reports that…

io9 Mark Strauss

The Secret Messages That Fooled The Inquisition

Giovanni della Porta was an Italian polymath and scientist back in the 1500s, when agents of the Inquisition were locking people up, including his friends. When he needed to get messages to them, he came up with an ingenious solution that involves writing secret codes inside an egg. della Porta came up with a method…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Game Of Thrones Wine Is Coming

Now you too can get drunk on wine with Cersei and Tyrion Lannister because there’s about to be an (unofficial) Game of Thrones wine collection released. Sadly, none of them are named “The God of Tits and Wine.” Common Ventures has put together the Wines of Westeros, a non-affiliated wine collection inspired by the GoT…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Man With Giant Claw Rescues Bear With Milk Can On Its Head

While this Wisconsin lumberjack’s decision to assist the bear with the claw of a timber forwarder, rather than a call to the state’s Department of Natural Resources, was probably ill-advised, it appears the procedure went off without a hitch. In other news: I know people always say it, but, good grief, bears are fast. [Vern…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Watch Engineers Test Their New Martian Dropship

Inspired by the Skycrane that NASA devised to safely land Curiosity on the surface of Mars, the European Space Agency has unveiled its own version of the rover-on-a-rope concept: the Dropter. An engineering team spent eight months developing the quadcopter dropship, which is designed to deliver rovers to their target landing sites while avoiding rock…

io9 Mark Strauss

Producer Says A GI Joe/Transformers Movie Is “A Possibility,” But…

But don’t get too excited. Lorenzo di Bonaventura, producer of both the Transformers and GI Joe movie franchises, has announced that a crossover movie between the two franchises is something they might do in the future, but for now it’s not even something being discussed. Here’s how di Bonaventura replied when Total Film asked him…

io9 Rob Bricken

Will Arrow Crossover With Batman v. Superman? And New Star Wars Actors!

Frank Cottrell Boyce, author of Millions, talks about his Doctor Who episode. Gotham’s executive producers describe their version of Batman’s origins. Maisie Williams explains how Arya Stark is like Darth Vader. Plus, what will Paramount have to do to get Michael Bay to make another Transfomers? Top image: Arrow Star Wars Add two more names…

Television Katharine Trendacosta

We Would Rather Do Anything Than Sit And Think for 15 Minutes

A series of studies, published in the most recent issue of Science, had students ranking sitting in silence and thinking below almost everything else, including self-administering electric shocks. In “Just think: The challenges of the disengaged mind,” researchers attempted to answer the questions of “Do people choose to put themselves in default mode by disengaging…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta

Batman Rocks Out To Dethklok In Animated Music Video—And It’s So Metal

Why the Pigeonhole Principle Is One of Math’s Most Powerful Ideas

Brandon Routh Rejoins The DC Universe As The Atom In Arrow

The Leftovers‘ Characters Are All Too Enigmatic For Us To Care About

That Time a Newspaper Published a Guide to Hunting Dinosaurs

Wasp Nest Fuses With Recliner To Become A Terrifying Throne Of Pain

10 Villains And Evil Organizations That Badly Need P.R. Makeovers

The Bacteria That Got Spread Throughout The US By Military Testing

Your First Look At Half Wild, The Sequel To Sally Green’s Half Bad

This Week’s TV: Halle Berry Is Having Rosemary’s Space Baby!

First Walking Dead Season 5 Look Reveals… Uh… Zombies Still Exist

The Soundtracks Behind Your Favorite Books

The Military Has Hired Hollywood To Help Build An Actual Iron Man Suit

The Secret Messages That Fooled The Inquisition

Game Of Thrones Wine Is Coming

Man With Giant Claw Rescues Bear With Milk Can On Its Head

Watch Engineers Test Their New Martian Dropship

Producer Says A GI Joe/Transformers Movie Is “A Possibility,” But…

Will Arrow Crossover With Batman v. Superman? And New Star Wars Actors!

We Would Rather Do Anything Than Sit And Think for 15 Minutes

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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Batman Rocks Out To Dethklok In Animated Music Video—And It’s So Metal

Why the Pigeonhole Principle Is One of Math’s Most Powerful Ideas

Brandon Routh Rejoins The DC Universe As The Atom In Arrow

The Leftovers‘ Characters Are All Too Enigmatic For Us To Care About

That Time a Newspaper Published a Guide to Hunting Dinosaurs

Wasp Nest Fuses With Recliner To Become A Terrifying Throne Of Pain

​10 Villains And Evil Organizations That Badly Need P.R. Makeovers

The Bacteria That Got Spread Throughout The US By Military Testing

Your First Look At Half Wild, The Sequel To Sally Green’s Half Bad

This Week’s TV: Halle Berry Is Having Rosemary’s Space Baby!

First Walking Dead Season 5 Look Reveals… Uh… Zombies Still Exist

The Soundtracks Behind Your Favorite Books

The Military Has Hired Hollywood To Help Build An Actual Iron Man Suit

​The Secret Messages That Fooled The Inquisition

Game Of Thrones Wine Is Coming

Man With Giant Claw Rescues Bear With Milk Can On Its Head

Watch Engineers Test Their New Martian Dropship

Producer Says A GI Joe/Transformers Movie Is “A Possibility,” But…

Will Arrow Crossover With Batman v. Superman? And New Star Wars Actors!

We Would Rather Do Anything Than Sit And Think for 15 Minutes

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

Let us help find what you are looking for...

10 Villains And Evil Organizations That Badly Need P.R. Makeovers

The Secret Messages That Fooled The Inquisition