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Rumor: Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman Outfit Will Include Pants And A Jacket

As usual, locate your local salt dealer. Actually, you should just buy a salt lick, because as Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice ramps up, the rumors are only going to pick up. The newest one? Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman outfit will be based on her 2010, pre-New 52 redesign, introduced in comic issue #600.…

Movies Rob Bricken

Have Scientists Solved The Mystery Of Phantom Limb Pain?

Nearly all amputees feel their missing limb as if it still existed, and many experience chronic phantom limb pain. The going theory is that this pain is triggered by the brain. But scientists have now located and blocked these sensations in the body itself — a finding that upends conventional thinking. According to the popular…

io9 George Dvorsky

What’s In Store For Your Favorite Game Of Thrones Characters Next Year?

Game of Thrones is taking a week off — but that doesn’t mean we can’t geek out about it. Now that we’re getting towards the end of season four, we’re starting to get a sense of what the show is going to do with its major characters in season five… and how HBO will adapt…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Pink Floyd’s New Video Gives Spaceflight The Soundtrack It Deserves

For years, there have been rumors that Pink Floyd’s song, “Echoes,” was written to synchronize with 2001: A Space Odyssey. The band denies this, but no matter—because they’ve just released an amazing new video, featuring time-lapse footage from the International Space Station, set to their instrumental “Marooned.” The video was produced as part of the…

io9 Mark Strauss

10 Books That Could Change the Way You Understand Modern Cities

We have just entered the Urban Age, when the majority of the world’s population lives in cities. Most of us may live in the metropolis, but these miracles of engineering and cultural productivity are almost impossible to understand. These ten books will help you untangle the mysteries of today’s city life. 1. The Death and…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Help Build Hollywood’s Science Fiction Museum

From the folks who saved the Star Trek TNG Touring Bridge from destruction comes another bold project. They want to construct a gigantic, multi-floored science fiction-themed museum in Los Angeles, and we think that’s a GREAT idea! The non-profit company called the New Starship Foundation, has a great idea for a Hollywood Sci-Fi Museum, and…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Surreal Photos Of Disembodied Android Faces Are Horrifying

London-based photographer Luisa Whitton devoted several months to documenting the efforts of scientists who are striving to create robots that are nearly indistinguishable from humans. The results are as fascinating as they are unsettling. Whitton says that the goal of her project, titled What About the Heart?, is to “subvert the traditional formula of portraiture…

io9 Mark Strauss

Stephen Hawking’s Formula For England’s World Cup Success

Physicist Stephen Hawking has temporarily set aside his work on black holes and existential threats in favor of something far more elusive: Trying to figure out the conditions under which the English soccer squad could actually win a World Cup — something they haven’t done since 1966. https://gizmodo.com/stephen-hawking-says-there-are-no-black-holes-1508408816 https://gizmodo.com/stephen-hawking-says-a-i-could-be-our-worst-mistake-in-1570963874 In an exclusive report for Paddy…

io9 George Dvorsky

The John Carter Sequel We’re Never Getting Would’ve Been “Awesome”

Just in case you’re forgotten how sad it is that Disney’s first John Carter movie bombed — thanks to a horrific ad campaign more than any fault of the movie’s own — star Taylor Kitsch told Variety “the second script was fucking awesome.” Sigh. Kitsch was interviewed because of his recent appearance on HBO’s The…

Movies Rob Bricken

X-Men Everything, Name-Your-Price Ebooks, Keyboard from the Future

If you’re still fired up after seeing Days of Future Past (or you want to snag an $8 movie credit so you can go see it), here’s an huge list of X-Men deals for you. If you have any inkling that you might want that Collector’s Edition Blu-ray, be sure to order it now while…

io9 Shep McAllister

Everything You Never Knew About The Making Of Escape From New York

How did Escape From New York become one of the greatest cult movies of all time? It was sheer luck that this film even got made — and a similar amount of luck was involved in Kurt Russell surviving the filming. Here are all the weirdest secrets, and wildest adventures, from the making of John…

Movies Ryan Plummer

CNN Needlessly Terrifies Thousands By Publishing Asteroid Hoax

Earlier this week — and for a period of nearly 24 hours — a CNN iReport falsely claimed that a newly discovered asteroid has a nearly 50% chance of hitting the Earth in 2041. The story received more than 230,000 hits and 23,000 media shares before it was finally taken down. Ah, such are the…

io9 George Dvorsky

Selective Perception Is What Makes People Fight About TV

Selective perception describes the phenomenon of only seeing what we want to see. This bias is most glaring when a large group of people see the same events – like a television show. Have you ever been standing next to a friend, saw a fight happen in real time, and then turned to each other…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

The Pentagon Wants to Tackle Climate Change — But Congress Forbids It

As rising sea levels begin to engulf naval bases and extreme weather exacerbates conflicts worldwide, the military has sounded the alarm that climate change poses a long-term threat to U.S. security. The GOP response? It passed legislation that blocks funding for any Pentagon program that tackles climate change. Just prior to Memorial Day weekend, the…

io9 Mark Strauss

See The Merry Afterlife From Guillermo Del Toro’s Day Of The Dead Movie

The afterlife looks like a candy-coated party in Guillermo del Toro’s upcoming animated film The Book of Life, inspired by the Day of the Dead. These new images from the film introduce us to the main characters and give us a sense of the wacky land of the dead. USA Today debuted these images from…

Movies Lauren Davis

Mondo Predator Poster Exclusive Pits The Alien Warrior Against A Snake

To celebrate Mondo’s upcoming gallery show with artist Ken Taylor, we are debuting his amazing Predator poster! It’s the Predator and a giant freaking snake—what’s not to love? Ken Taylor (whose 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea poster is absolutely to die for) will be hosting a show at the Mondo Gallery in Austin, Texas on…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Everything In The First Teaser For The Strain Is Terrifying

Guillermo del Toro and FX have finally released a trailer for The Strain that lasts more than five seconds, and… hoo boy. Contagious diseases, death, undeath, a demonic version of the spice from Dune, Giger-esque architecture, demon bugs… and is that a Dementor at the end?! We can’t wait for this show to finally premiere…

Television Rob Bricken

How Disney Built Maleficent’s Expansive Fantasy Kingdom

One thing Disney’s Maleficent has going for it is a vast fantasy land constructed in a whole new Disney-verse called the Moors. And they got the world building expert, Robert Stromberg (Avatar, Life of Pi) to create it. Take a look into the creation of Maleficent’s kingdom in our exclusive interview with the director. Why…

Movies Meredith Woerner

An Animated Map Of The Last 160 Years Of Carbon Emissions Worldwide

Just how does the carbon dioxide pollution of today compare with that of the past? Not very well, as this animated map of where and when carbon emissions have increased across the globe since 1850 reveals. The map is the work of Slate’s Eric Holthaus and Chris Kirk, who used the recent update to the…

io9 Ria Misra

Could You Get Drunk By Drinking The Blood Of A Drunk Person?

There’s a common trope in vampire stories where a vampire gets drunk by drinking the blood of someone who is wasted. But could a real human being get drunk in the same way? That’s the latest question that xkcd‘s Randall Munroe tackles in his What If? series. The short answer is no—in part because the…

Books & Comics Lauren Davis

Rumor: Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman Outfit Will Include Pants And A Jacket

Have Scientists Solved The Mystery Of Phantom Limb Pain?

What’s In Store For Your Favorite Game Of Thrones Characters Next Year?

Pink Floyd’s New Video Gives Spaceflight The Soundtrack It Deserves

10 Books That Could Change the Way You Understand Modern Cities

Help Build Hollywood’s Science Fiction Museum

Surreal Photos Of Disembodied Android Faces Are Horrifying

Stephen Hawking’s Formula For England’s World Cup Success

The John Carter Sequel We’re Never Getting Would’ve Been “Awesome”

X-Men Everything, Name-Your-Price Ebooks, Keyboard from the Future

Everything You Never Knew About The Making Of Escape From New York

CNN Needlessly Terrifies Thousands By Publishing Asteroid Hoax

Selective Perception Is What Makes People Fight About TV

The Pentagon Wants to Tackle Climate Change — But Congress Forbids It

See The Merry Afterlife From Guillermo Del Toro’s Day Of The Dead Movie

Mondo Predator Poster Exclusive Pits The Alien Warrior Against A Snake

Everything In The First Teaser For The Strain Is Terrifying

How Disney Built Maleficent’s Expansive Fantasy Kingdom

An Animated Map Of The Last 160 Years Of Carbon Emissions Worldwide

Could You Get Drunk By Drinking The Blood Of A Drunk Person?

National Film and Sound Archive of Australia Adds ‘Succulent Chinese Meal’ Guy

Feds Sniffing Around Polymarket After Suspicious Bets

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Don’t Get Too Attached to Any AI App

‘Paradise’ Writer Teases What’s Coming in Season 3 After That Huge Twist

Trump’s New White House App Is Mildly Concerning and Weird for a Lot of Reasons

Bloodsucking Ticks Can Survive Inside Your Home Longer Than You Might Think

The Best New Toys of March 2026

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MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

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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

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

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