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The Best New Webcomics of 2013

All year long, cartoonists have been giving away beautiful, funny, and heartbreaking pieces of webcomic goodness for free online. From goofy girl warriors to time-traveling artists to emotionally and physically intimate pieces, here are our favorite new webcomics from 2013. Top image from Mother Ship Blues. Some of these comics are ongoing comics, and some…

Books & Comics Lauren Davis

Vin Diesel confirms Guardians of the Galaxy role by posing with Groot

Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn put to rest any remaining questions surrounding Vin Diesel’s role by posting this picture of Diesel with the tree-like Groot on Facebook. Soon we’ll find out how many ways Diesel can say, “I am Groot!” It’s not exactly a surprise that Diesel is voicing Groot (there is even…

Movies Lauren Davis

Even robots hate going to the dentist

The android squirmed in the chair as Dr. Rockwell drilled in the fresh tooth. The dentist shook his head as he exchanged the drill tool for the water flosser. “If I detach your jaw for the procedure,” he told the robot, “you’ll never learn to stop using your mouth to open oil drums.” Concept art…

io9 Lauren Davis

The Science Behind the Quest to Bake the Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookie

Serious Eats Chief Creative Officer J. Kenji Lopez-Alt baked 1,536 cookies in his quest to find his personal perfect chocolate chip cookie, and he has been kind enough to share the results of his baking experiments in a fascinating longread that explains the chemistry behind these classic cookies. Seriously, if you have any interest in…

io9 Lauren Davis

Learn about kitty aspect ratio drift in An Engineer’s Guide to Cats 2.0

Five years ago, Paul and T.J. delighted the Internet with An Engineer’s Guide to Cats, a deadpan examination of the art and science of cats. Now the pair are back, measuring feline-borne crotch pressure, checking kitty aspect ratio, and applying more corporal cuddling—this time aided by autotune. [via Neatorama]

io9 Lauren Davis

Watch the cute first conversation between a human and a robot in space

Kirobo became the first talking robot in space when it arrived on the International Space Station earlier this year. In this video, we can see the adorable artificial astronaut undertake its mission through a conversation with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata. https://observationdeck.kinja.com/the-japanese-have-launched-a-talking-robot-into-space-1016078546 This conversation is part of the Kibo Robot Project, which…

io9 Lauren Davis

The Empire casts its shadow over new Star Wars Rebels concept art

The architecture of the Galactic Empire dominates the skyline of a city on the Outer Rim planet Lothal in this new concept art from the upcoming animated series Star Wars Rebels. Star Wars Rebels takes place around the year 5 BBY between the events of Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope. Lothal’s capital…

io9 Lauren Davis

Concept Art Writing Prompt: A Cottage Sits Outside the Underwater City

This week’s Concept Art Writing Prompt takes us under the sea, where a small cottage sits in shadow near a bright and bubbly city. What stories happen in this underwater divide? This landscape was created by Sam Nielson and is titled “Grandfather’s House” (via r/ImaginarySeascapes). Nielson includes his own bit of flash fiction with the…

io9 Lauren Davis

Last night’s Nikita was one of the best hours of TV I’ve seen in ages

How do you follow up one of the weirdest cliffhangers in television history? With an episode chock full of jaw-dropping moments and one terrible shock. They could have called this “The Last Temptation of Nikita.” This show is going out on an amazing high note. Spoilers ahead… Parts of last night’s Nikita felt like a…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

What word originated in the year of your birth?

The Oxford English Dictionary has a fun little web toy that lets you see a word that was first used during the year of your birth. What’s your birthday word? Head over to the OED blog, pick the year of your birth, and see which word was also birthed that year. Then hunt around the…

io9 Lauren Davis

More than 700 pieces of gingerbread transformed into Optimus Prime

This edible Optimus Prime is made of 700-800 individual pieces of gingerbread. And it doesn’t just look impressive—it also won its maker, artist Caroline Eriksson, a huge cash prize. redditor downvotedagain posted Eriksson’s sweet Transformer, explaining the 3D and compositing artist is a friend of a friend and that she was entering Optimus Prime—which took…

io9 Lauren Davis

Concept art from an imagined dark and gritty NeverEnding Story reboot

The NeverEnding Story doesn’t need a darker reboot in the least, but Nicolas Francoeur‘s concept art, imagining a more “mature” version of the classic films, are still quite lovely. Let’s just hope they don’t give film executives any ideas. Concept Art World has more images from the series, including Francoeur’s remakes of Gmork, Rock Biter…

Movies Lauren Davis

JK Rowling is collaborating on a play about Harry Potter pre-Hogwarts

Harry Potter is getting a prequel, but it’s not a book or movie about the Marauders at Hogwarts or the rise of Voldemort. Instead, it’s a stage show about Harry Potter’s life before he received that precious acceptance letter. The stage play is being helmed by producers Colin Callender and Sonia Friedman, and Rowling will…

io9 Lauren Davis

Gorgeous NASA video shows the sun at different wavelengths

The sun takes on a jewel-like quality in this video from NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio, which converts light at various wavelengths that are invisible to the human eye into images that humans can see. Watch as various features on the sun’s surface appear and disappear depending on the wavelength range. This video is based on…

io9 Lauren Davis

A scholarly zombie is forced to aid a princess of thieves in her quest

Sette Frummagem and Duane Adelier are an unlikely pair of traveling companions. She is the young daughter of the head of a criminal family, quick with a lie or a boast, eager to liberate money from its rightful owner, and oddly gifted with a lion’s tail and a nose that can sniff out things that…

io9 Lauren Davis

Anna Paquin’s Rogue has been cut from X-Men: Days of Future Past

X-Men: Days of Future Past reunites many of the cast members from the earlier X-Men film trilogy, but one previously announced character will be absent: Anna Paquin’s Rogue, whose scene ended up on the cutting room floor. Days of Future Past director Bryan Singer told EW that the decision to cut Rogue from the film…

Movies Lauren Davis

Jeff gets a visit from Santa Dean in this animated Community promo

Community may not be getting a claymation Christmas special this year, but it does get a bit of animated holiday cheer in this ad for the new season, in which Dean Pelton crashes Jeff’s lonely Christmas with a costume and a willing reindeer. This promo’s a bit heavy on the new season’s scheduling, but it…

Trailers Lauren Davis

The Animated Ghosts of Christmas Past and Present

This weekend in the world of cartoons, a lot of shows are still off, but we are greeted by the once-in-a-year joy of holiday specials! My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic is the sole new bit of regularly scheduled animated joy this week, but a new Robot Chicken special airs to fill the void. We…

Television Keith Veronese

Watch the first urgent spacewalk to repair the ISS cooling system now

Astronauts Mike Hopkins and Rick Mastracchio are currently on the first of three scheduled urgent spacewalks to repair the cooling system on the International Space Station. You can watch the event live online thanks to NASA TV. Hopkins and Mastracchio are replacing the faulty pump module in the cooling system over the course of their…

io9 Lauren Davis

Several Random Things You Didn’t Know About Walking With Dinosaurs 3D

They took an educational BBC series about dinosaurs and turned it into a goofy kids’ movie. To be honest, I expected Walking With Dinosaurs to be a lot worse than it actually was. The actual movie is lovely to look at, but dumb as bricks. And full of surprises — including Saved by the Bell-style…

Movies Meredith Woerner

The Best New Webcomics of 2013

Vin Diesel confirms Guardians of the Galaxy role by posing with Groot

Even robots hate going to the dentist

The Science Behind the Quest to Bake the Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookie

Learn about kitty aspect ratio drift in An Engineer’s Guide to Cats 2.0

Watch the cute first conversation between a human and a robot in space

The Empire casts its shadow over new Star Wars Rebels concept art

Concept Art Writing Prompt: A Cottage Sits Outside the Underwater City

Last night’s Nikita was one of the best hours of TV I’ve seen in ages

What word originated in the year of your birth?

More than 700 pieces of gingerbread transformed into Optimus Prime

Concept art from an imagined dark and gritty NeverEnding Story reboot

JK Rowling is collaborating on a play about Harry Potter pre-Hogwarts

Gorgeous NASA video shows the sun at different wavelengths

A scholarly zombie is forced to aid a princess of thieves in her quest

Anna Paquin’s Rogue has been cut from X-Men: Days of Future Past

Jeff gets a visit from Santa Dean in this animated Community promo

The Animated Ghosts of Christmas Past and Present

Watch the first urgent spacewalk to repair the ISS cooling system now

Several Random Things You Didn’t Know About Walking With Dinosaurs 3D

Apple Offers Rare Olive Branch to Liquid Glass Haters

Mamdani Lifts NYC TikTok Ban for City Employees, but with Some Unusual Restrictions

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

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