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Gremlins returns… in a European Snickers commercial

It’s been a long time since the little green monsters of Gremlins have appeared anywhere — too long — so thanks to the Mars company for giving them a chance in their newest Snickers bar commercial, airing in the U.K. and France. And extra credit for using an old-school latex puppet instead of CG! Here’s…

io9 Rob Bricken

These new species of biofluorescent fish are beautifully strange

Biofluorescence is what happens when an animal absorbs light, then throws it back out in a different color. It’s one of the weirdest and most beautiful traits in the animal kingdom, but now we know it is not among the rarest. Scientists have just identified 180 new biofluorescent fish — and they look pretty amazing.…

io9 Ria Misra

The creature design in 47 Ronin was just mind-blowingly good

We weren’t crazy about 47 Ronin as a movie — but it had absolutely stunning creature design, based on Japanese mythological beasts and monsters. And now, concept art shop Framestore has released a ton of concept art showing their take on the Kirin, the dragon and others. Framestore (which has collaborated with io9 in the…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Why You Should Upload Yourself to a Supercomputer

We’re still decades — if not centuries — away from being able to transfer a mind to a supercomputer. It’s a fantastic future prospect that makes some people incredibly squeamish. But there are considerable benefits to living a digital life. Here’s why you should seriously consider uploading. As I’ve pointed out before, uploading is not…

io9 George Dvorsky

Disney Villain Perfume Line is Drop Dead Gorgeous

If Disney ever does get into the fancy perfumery business they had better use these brilliant little bottles for packaging. Gaston: a musky cologne with a hint of whisky, tobacco and stag fur. Ursula: a brine infused scent with a touch of sea grass. We could do this all day… These bottle mockups were created…

io9 Meredith Woerner

We need GMOs to feed a growing population

Now that many environmentalists are coming around to the idea that GMOs don’t have to be evil, we need a more nuanced view of how we want to use GMOs in agriculture. When is it a good idea to use GMOs, and when is it overkill? University of Guelph professor Evan Fraser suggests some ideas…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Watch OmniCorp Unveil Robocop at Its CES Keynote In 2027

Remember OmniCorp, the sinister mega-corporation that built Robocop and his unstable robo-cousins? With the advent of surveillance drones and mechanical police officers, that scenario doesn’t seem that far-fetched anymore. Which makes this video of OmniCorp introducing RoboCop at a CES keynote 13 years in the future even more fun. It must makes you wonder: If…

Movies Adam Clark Estes

10 Superhero Webcomics You Should Be Reading

While superheroes dominate print comics, they pop up less often across the webcomics landscape. But there are still plenty of great webcartoonists putting their own spin on superhumans, lampooning the superhero genre, paying tribute to it, and exploring what makes a person truly heroic. Strong Female Protagonist by Brennan Lee Mulligan and Molly Ostertag: Alison…

Books & Comics Lauren Davis

Will Your Novel Be a Best Seller? Ask This Super Accurate Algorithm

It’s tough for humans to predict how well a book will sell until after it’s published—it’s something of a gamble. But now, a new algorithmcan tell if a book will be a commercial success or not long before it hits the shelves—with a staggering 84 percent accuracy. A team of researchers from Stony Brook University,…

Books & Comics Jamie Condliffe

How to Understand Why an Awesome Book Cover Became Expensive Fine Art

Yesterday, we shared with you the news that Glenn Brown’s painting, which is very closely based on an Isaac Asimov book cover by Chris Foss, sold for $5.7 million at auction. Now, over at Scientific American’s Symbiartic blog, Glendon Mellow provides some essential context for this. Top image: Tony Roberts’ Double Star and Brown’s The…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Watch people walk, run and dance on a liquid that thinks it’s a solid

Non-Newtonian fluids are seriously strange — a mixture that takes on properties of both a fluid and a solid. Watch as people perform a number of physics-defying tricks on a 2,100 galloon pool of “oobleck.” The viscosity of non-Newtonian fluids change according to the amount of force applied to it and include everyday items like…

io9 George Dvorsky

First Look at The Mandarin short shows Trevor jailed but not defeated

Everyone’s favorite Marvel whipping boy is back! Trevor Slattery will be returning to our lives after his short but brilliant bit as The Mandarin in Iron Man 3, thanks to the new Marvel movie short”All Hail the King.” New details and images reveal the fate of dear old, drunk Trevor, and it’s not good. According…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Glitter & Mayhem is a glam rock space party terror anthology

Glitter & Mayhem is an anthology of fantasy, science-fiction, and horror that takes mythology to a nightclub, dusts it with glitter, gets it drunk, then takes it out onto the dance floor to grind the night away. It’s one of the more interesting anthology themes I’ve seen recently, even if it is a bit hard…

io9 Ed Grabianowski

Disney appoints a group to determine a new, official Star Wars canon

The Expanded Universe as we knew it will soon be no more. Disney has created a special committee whose job it will be to figure out what is and isn’t part of a complete Star Wars canon — meaning all the EU material created over the years will be judged, and either become official or…

io9 Rob Bricken

Here’s what the computer code on TV really means. (Hint: Not much.)

When our favorite TV and movie heroes find themselves in a technological jam, they’ll often pull up some source code to spot an incredible, unlikely solution. But what exactly does the code they’re looking at mean? Turns out, not so much. The Moviecode tumblr grabs instances of on-screen computer code and translates what we’re actually…

Movies Ria Misra

The long-running mystery of the Feynman Sprinkler

Richard Feynman left the world many legacies, including multiple books on physics, the atomic bomb, and some stellar bongo solos. He also left the world the mystery of the Feynman Sprinkler — proving that science doesn’t have to be impressive to be frustrating. To be fair, Feynman didn’t want it to be called the Feynman…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Zoe Saldana will star in the Rosemary’s Baby miniseries reboot

The more we hear about the Rosemary’s Baby miniseries remake, the more excited we get. And now that Zoe Saldana has been cast in the lead, we’re hooked. Just look at that talent behind this 4-hour feature. Deadline is reporting that Saldana will join director Agnieszka Holland (The Wire, Treme) in Paris for the newly…

Television Meredith Woerner

What are you working on?

It’s a show-and-tell thread today, people! What have you made (or are working on now) that you’d like to show us? Whether you’ve been designing a videogame, writing a short story, building a robot in your garage, cross-stitching nebulae on throw pillows, or something else entirely, tell us about it now in the comments. Pictures…

io9 Ria Misra

ILM creates and destroys future San Francisco in Star Trek 2 VFX reels

We may have possibly had a few issues with Star Trek Into Darkness, but I think we can all agree it looked pretty. Industrial Light and Magic just released two behind-the-VFX videos, including how they transformed a shot of pretty much nothing into the Enterprise crashing through a massive metropolis. And here’s the making of…

Movies Rob Bricken

Which character will be a new regular in Game of Thrones season 5?

The Twelfth Doctor’s not making the best impression on Clara! Will Bryan Singer direct X-Men: Apocalypse? See the first photos of Guillermo del Toro’s TV series The Strain, and watch a new RoboCop viral video set at CES 2027. Plus Robert Kirkman is teasing a hopeful end to season four of The Walking Dead. Spoilers…

Television Katharine Trendacosta

Gremlins returns… in a European Snickers commercial

These new species of biofluorescent fish are beautifully strange

The creature design in 47 Ronin was just mind-blowingly good

Why You Should Upload Yourself to a Supercomputer

Disney Villain Perfume Line is Drop Dead Gorgeous

We need GMOs to feed a growing population

Watch OmniCorp Unveil Robocop at Its CES Keynote In 2027

10 Superhero Webcomics You Should Be Reading

Will Your Novel Be a Best Seller? Ask This Super Accurate Algorithm

How to Understand Why an Awesome Book Cover Became Expensive Fine Art

Watch people walk, run and dance on a liquid that thinks it’s a solid

First Look at The Mandarin short shows Trevor jailed but not defeated

Glitter & Mayhem is a glam rock space party terror anthology

Disney appoints a group to determine a new, official Star Wars canon

Here’s what the computer code on TV really means. (Hint: Not much.)

The long-running mystery of the Feynman Sprinkler

Zoe Saldana will star in the Rosemary’s Baby miniseries reboot

What are you working on?

ILM creates and destroys future San Francisco in Star Trek 2 VFX reels

Which character will be a new regular in Game of Thrones season 5?

‘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

‘Supergirl’ Will Feature David Corenswet’s Superman in a Sort of Big Brother Role

Report: FDA Set to Unban RFK Jr.’s Favorite Peptides

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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Gremlins returns… in a European Snickers commercial

These new species of biofluorescent fish are beautifully strange

The creature design in 47 Ronin was just mind-blowingly good

Why You Should Upload Yourself to a Supercomputer

Disney Villain Perfume Line is Drop Dead Gorgeous

We need GMOs to feed a growing population

Watch OmniCorp Unveil Robocop at Its CES Keynote In 2027

10 Superhero Webcomics You Should Be Reading

Will Your Novel Be a Best Seller? Ask This Super Accurate Algorithm

How to Understand Why an Awesome Book Cover Became Expensive Fine Art

Watch people walk, run and dance on a liquid that thinks it’s a solid

First Look at The Mandarin short shows Trevor jailed but not defeated

​Glitter & Mayhem is a glam rock space party terror anthology

Disney appoints a group to determine a new, official Star Wars canon

Here’s what the computer code on TV really means. (Hint: Not much.)

The long-running mystery of the Feynman Sprinkler

Zoe Saldana will star in the Rosemary’s Baby miniseries reboot

What are you working on?

ILM creates and destroys future San Francisco in Star Trek 2 VFX reels

Which character will be a new regular in Game of Thrones season 5?

‘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

‘Supergirl’ Will Feature David Corenswet’s Superman in a Sort of Big Brother Role

Report: FDA Set to Unban RFK Jr.’s Favorite Peptides

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...

Glitter & Mayhem is a glam rock space party terror anthology