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Space Battleship Yamato, Frozen For $13, Destiny, iTunes Credit

Space Battleship Yamato hits blu-ray April 29th, and you can pre-order for just $10. For those not keeping score, that’s really, really cheap for a new release blu-ray. [Amazon] Frozen | $13! Whatever platform you plan to play Destiny on, you can snag $10 Newegg credit by per-ordering today. | PS4 | One | PS3…

io9 Shane Roberts

We Rank Every Insane Moment in Dancing with the Stars‘ Disney Special!

Last night, Dancing With the Stars went full Disney. Unfortunately there was no Fox and the Hound contemporary dance, but they did make time for Ariel to shake her mermaid-shell bra around for the kiddies. So we’ve ranked all the Disney dances from best to worst! Beauty and the Beast – “Be Our Guest” During…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Channing Tatum Is Definitely Talking With Fox To Play X-Men’s Gambit

Only last week, X-Men movie producer Lauren Schuler Donner mentioned that she’d like to make a solo Gambit movie, among others. Now we have confirmation that Channing Tatum has already meet with Fox for the role. Here’s what Tatum told MTV at their Music Awards ceremony: I met with Lauren Shuler Donner. And I would…

Movies Rob Bricken

For the Most Enjoyable Weight Loss Ever, Head to the Equator

Ever wonder what the easiest way to lose weight is? Here’s the one simple trick you need. Go to the equator. There, the planet is trying to throw you into space so much that you weigh less than you do anywhere else. If you need confirmation that you are on a big, whirling space rock…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

New Evidence Suggests Pluto Has An Ocean Beneath Its Surface

Astronomers believe that Pluto and its moon were the result of two massive objects slamming into each other. The resulting gravitational dynamic may have warmed the interior of Pluto, creating an ocean comprised of liquid water. Remarkably, this underground sea could still be there. The idea that Pluto has an ocean underneath its icy surface…

io9 George Dvorsky

Holy Crap, This Stop-Motion Film Was Made By Animating Drops Of Water

Stop-motion animation already requires saintly amounts of patience, but it’s especially tricky when you’re working with a medium as messy as water. In the making-of video below (folks who don’t speak Portuguese should turn on the translation captions), animator Rodrigo EBA! explains how he put Cachoeira together—and it wasn’t easy. He was hoping to use…

io9 Lauren Davis

A Tragic Short Film About the Worst Crime You’ve Never Imagined

In this short film, based on a story by science fiction author Ken MacLeod, a young man can’t believe his father is guilty of a crime that destroyed history. When you learn what the crime is, you’ll find yourself in a fascinating thought experiment about the future. Scattered was written and directed by Joshua Bregman…

io9 Annalee Newitz

10 Big-Budget Movies That It’s Hard To Believe Someone Greenlit

Movie-making is a high-stakes, all-in, kind of deal. You have to bet big to win big, most of the time. And when a movie tanks, it’s easy to point fingers — but a lot of flops probably did seem like a good idea. But not all of them. Here are 10 big-budget movies that it’s…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Wizards Can Ride Starships in These Excellently Crunchy RPGs

Two RPGs that throw off the shackles of the “rules light” trend give players customizable spellcasting systems and the ability to design starships. Combine O.L.D. and N.E.W. RPGs and you can have both. O.L.D. and N.E.W. are mutually compatible tabletop RPGs designed by Russ Morrissey, owner of EN World. The game system is touted as…

io9 Ed Grabianowski

Will Alaska’s Biggest Sled Dog Race Continue Without Snow?

The Iditarod, a 900-mile sled dog race across Alaska, goes on no matter what the weather, which can range from whiteout blizzards to hazardously frosty temps. But what happens when the racers show up and the snows don’t? This year, we found out. Top image: Iditarod dogs 2009, in snowier times / Frank Kovalchek. When…

io9 Ria Misra

This Avengers Assemble Episode Was A Crime Against All Marvel Fans

Lots of Marvel fans lamented the loss of the late, great Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes cartoon, but we understood when Marvel chose to replace it with a new cartoon, Avengers Assemble, that hewed more closely to the cinematic universe. And it sucks. Sometimes it’s just not very good, and sometimes, it’s so bad I have…

io9 Rob Bricken

NBC’s Rosemary’s Baby Trailer Updates A Classic, Keeps The Haircut

No one will ever be able to top the 1968 horror classic Rosemary’s Baby, but the NBC TV movie starring Zoe Saldana as the lead and Jason Isaacs as coven leader Roman Castevet, doesn’t look all that bad. Behold! The premiere is May 11th, and while we’re pretty sure no one will be able to…

Trailers Meredith Woerner

Saturn May Have Just Spawned A New Moon

New images acquired by Cassini show a bright clump orbiting Saturn at the outermost edge of its outer ring. Astronomers say it could be a brand new moon in the process of being born. The images show a 745-mile-long (1,200 km) and 6-mile-wide (10 km) arc of icy material traveling along the edge of the…

io9 George Dvorsky

“Creationist Cosmos” Reveals The Truths Regular Cosmos Won’t Tell You

Still upset that Neil deGrasse Tyson isn’t spending an equal amount of time on his show Cosmos discussing how science may be fake? Then Funny or Die’s “Creationist Cosmos” may be the show you’re looking for. That’s Veep’s Timothy Simons as the host/Creationist Baptist Church of Alabama Community Outreach Leader, doing an outstanding job. [Via…

io9 Rob Bricken

Meet The Retro Robot Band From The Fabulous ’50s

The Trio Fantastique — made up of guitarist Wink, drummer Blink and saxophonist Nod — was the creation of a Belgian engineer with the Scifi name of Zenon Specht. The robot band was a feature of Antwerp’s Robot Club, but also appeared in fairs and made a tour of department stores in Paris and Lens,…

io9 Ron Miller

A Map Of Every Earthquake Over The Last Century

This map takes every quake from the last century and plots them out to give a sense of the incredible scope — and the power — of earthquakes. The map is the work of Nathan Yau at FlowingData. Using USGS stats, Yau plotted 72,000 earthquakes topping magnitudes of 5.0 scale from the last century, each…

io9 Ria Misra

Heartbreaking Video Shows A Male Monkey Comforting His Dying Partner

Scientists working in Brazil recently witnessed a heartbreaking scene involving a female marmoset who sustained a mortal head injury after accidentally falling from a tree. They then watched in amazement as her partner of three-and-a-half years climbed down to comfort her as she lay dying. For primatologists, this is a truly rare occurrence. Prior to…

io9 George Dvorsky

Star Trek Movies To Tour With Live Orchestras Playing Their Music

No matter your feelings on nu-Trek, this is very cool — for a limited time, Star Trek and Star Trek Into Darkness will have a limited re-release in which the scores for both films will be played live by an accompanying orchestra. Unfortunately, the tour is extremely limited, although one of the showings just happens…

Movies Rob Bricken

The Stinky Twin Study We’ve All Been Waiting For

Do you smell like your twin? One study actually went to the trouble of finding out. The study looked to see if non-cohabitating twins have the same body odor. Does genetics play a role in how we smell? The study got sets of twins who lived separately from one another to sweat themselves up and…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Do We Already Know The Villain Of The Walking Dead Season 6?

Benedict Cumberbatch bows out of not one, but two major franchises. On the other hand, Harrison Ford’s totally on board a Blade Runner sequel, and Paul Bettany talks playing the Vision in Avengers: Age of Ultron. And tons of information about Warehouse 13’s final season. Spoilers now! Top image: The Walking Dead Star Wars Benedict…

Television Katharine Trendacosta

Space Battleship Yamato, Frozen For $13, Destiny, iTunes Credit

We Rank Every Insane Moment in Dancing with the Stars‘ Disney Special!

Channing Tatum Is Definitely Talking With Fox To Play X-Men’s Gambit

For the Most Enjoyable Weight Loss Ever, Head to the Equator

New Evidence Suggests Pluto Has An Ocean Beneath Its Surface

Holy Crap, This Stop-Motion Film Was Made By Animating Drops Of Water

A Tragic Short Film About the Worst Crime You’ve Never Imagined

10 Big-Budget Movies That It’s Hard To Believe Someone Greenlit

Wizards Can Ride Starships in These Excellently Crunchy RPGs

Will Alaska’s Biggest Sled Dog Race Continue Without Snow?

This Avengers Assemble Episode Was A Crime Against All Marvel Fans

NBC’s Rosemary’s Baby Trailer Updates A Classic, Keeps The Haircut

Saturn May Have Just Spawned A New Moon

“Creationist Cosmos” Reveals The Truths Regular Cosmos Won’t Tell You

Meet The Retro Robot Band From The Fabulous ’50s

A Map Of Every Earthquake Over The Last Century

Heartbreaking Video Shows A Male Monkey Comforting His Dying Partner

Star Trek Movies To Tour With Live Orchestras Playing Their Music

The Stinky Twin Study We’ve All Been Waiting For

Do We Already Know The Villain Of The Walking Dead Season 6?

Source Code for Anthropic’s Claude Code Leaks at the Exact Wrong Time

SpaceX Starlink Satellite Malfunctions, Breaks Apart in Orbit

‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ Stinks

‘Scream 4’ Is Back, and on Tape

Iran Threatens to Attack U.S. Tech Companies Starting April 1

Amazon Clears Out Netflix-Licensed Nebula Capsule 3 Mini Projector at 32% Off, Dolby Audio Home Theater for Less

Anker 160W Laptop Charger Briefly Returns to Black Friday Pricing in a Last-Minute Amazon Spring Sale Deal

The New ‘Backrooms’ Trailer Is Packed Full of Endless Dread

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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