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Fly with eagles in these breathtaking bird-cam videos

We can only dream of soaring above the clouds, the way so many birds do. They swoop over our heads, taunting us with the freedom we’ll never have. But at least there are tons of bird-cam videos, which give you a birds-eye view of the world below. Some of these videos come from cameras attached…

io9 Vincze Miklós

This is what love looks like in the future

Oni Press’ new graphic novel A Boy and a Girl is, as you might have surmised, about a boy and a girl falling in love. But there’s a catch: The girl is actually a lifelike robot, whose assignment to to live secretly among humans is ending. We’re proud to present this 13-page preview of the…

Books & Comics Rob Bricken

This trailer for Mike Carey’s Girl With All the Gifts will chill you

We’ve been waiting far, far too long for a new book from Mike Carey, author of the Felix Castor books and also writer of such great comics as The Unwritten, Lucifer and My Faith in Frankie. So rejoice in the book trailer for his new book, The Girl With All the Gifts. The Girl With…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

A girl is a monster’s best friend, in the haunting Girl & It trailer

Check out the full-length trailer for Girl & It, a lovely 40-minute animated short by United Arab Emirates film-maker Mohammad Fikree. A prince goes into the wilderness to hunt a horned beast and win his throne… but discovers that a mysterious girl is the beast’s friend. According to a new interview in The National, Fikree…

Trailers Charlie Jane Anders

Dear Clive Barker, please give Hellraiser to this guy immediately

Clive Barker has been hired to pen a new Hellraiser movie. But this might a shame, because British-born, LA-based director Mike Le Han has created this short video for a theoretical Hellraiser reboot, and it’s amazing — and horrifying. A lot of it is due to Paul Gerrard, the concept artist and production designer (who…

Movies Rob Bricken

It’s a Dad, Dad, Dad, Dad World on Sleepy Hollow

As if a new episode of Sleepy Hollow weren’t gift enough, this week’s outing is the Christmas episode: our gifts are hilarious vocabulary words and too-modern holiday traditions. And Ichabod’s gift is some daddy issues, a huge golem out to kill a pile of witches, and some truly terrible news. Spoilers ahead… We’ll get to…

io9 Genevieve Valentine

Almost Human is barely tolerable

Our two favorite murder-cops are back the beat, this time dealing with The Wacky Witness They Must Protect and The Evil Genius Manipulating Things from a Cell. And somehow, the show is getting stupider. Let me first admit that I am still furious at the show for last week’s debaclewhere our hero — and to…

Television Rob Bricken

Why Did This Skull Explode?

How did this happen? And why? I say “exploded,” but it’s obvious that this skull has not been blown to smithereens. Rather, it has been carefully disarticulated and spread asunder, its constituent parts mounted in such a way that they maintain their relative positions in space, even if they are not actually touching. Like an…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

9 Creepy Patents That Will Make You Lose Faith in Humanity

Patents celebrate the human spirit of innovation, and new patents are a constant source of inspiration. But sometimes you come across some patents that seem a little… evil. Here are nine real-life patents that will make you despair about the human race. Top image: US Patent and Trade Office 1) Your Social Media Doppelgänger Yeah,…

io9 Ria Misra

Author Charles Stross is here today, answering your questions!

In November, the io9 book club read Charles Stross’ novel Neptune’s Brood. Today from 12:00-1:00 PDT, Stross is here to answer your questions! Ask him about Neptune’s Brood, economic science fiction, or any of his other incredible series and books. Image via ChiCon Just jump into comments and ask questions, and Stross will get to…

Books & Comics Annalee Newitz

First ever Godzilla trailer is a fantastic spectacle of destruction

Here it is — the first real look at Gareth Edwards’ Godzilla reboot, featuring a crapload of destruction, and starring Bryan Cranston. The premise is simple (and classic): “A giant radioactive monster called Godzilla appears to wreak destruction on mankind.” Get ready to scream. Godzilla will hit theaters on May 16th 2014.

Trailers Meredith Woerner

First Impressions: Helix is Syfy’s best new show in years

Syfy’s hottest new show in 2014 is the mysterious Arctic thriller Helix. And now we’ve seen the first episode, and we can honestly say this series could very well be the next Lost (before it went downhill). Here’s our spoiler-free review of the pilot. Set in a mysterious private research center in the Arctic, the…

Television Meredith Woerner

These are the oldest human footprints ever found in North America

Around 10,500 years ago, a hunter-gatherer walked through the mineral-rich sediment of the Chihuahuan Desert. The resulting footprints, locked in stone for millennia, have now been confirmed as the oldest human prints ever found in North America — shattering the previous record by 5,000 years. The footprints, one left and one right, were discovered many…

io9 George Dvorsky

Now you can feel like Stephen Fry is in your kitchen, doing science

On a recent episode of QI, Stephen Fry made a very special “ice tower” device. You can make it as well. Here’s how. It looks pretty impressive, but this trick is nothing more than “hot ice.” It’s been making the rounds in kitchen science for a while. It’s perfectly safe, but takes some preparation and…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

A Cybernetic Implant That Repairs Brain Damage

There may be an answer for people suffering from traumatic brain injuries. It’s a device called a brain-machine-brain interface — and it has the potential to revolutionize the way brain damage is treated in humans. As it stands, there is no effective way to treat damage and improve function after someone experiences a traumatic brain…

io9 George Dvorsky

What if Tim Burton created Doctor Who?

This 15-year-old artist has now given us a fever, and the only cure is a stop-motion Tim Burton-inspired Doctor Who episode. Australian artist Michael Kenny, has created a world where well-dressed, skinny Time Lords have been transformed into spooky, jagged-jawed Burton creations. And it works magnificently! Check out his collection of Doctor Who art. Thank…

Television Meredith Woerner

Scientists claim they’ve discovered the coldest place on Earth

Analyses of global surface temperature maps have allowed researchers at the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) to pinpoint the absolute coldest place on Earth – and you won’t believe how freakishly frigid it gets. What is the coldest place on Earth? Scientists say it’s a place so cold that ordinary mercury or alcohol…

io9 Nancy Atkinson – Universe Today

What is your favorite book to give as a gift?

Sometimes the enjoyment of a book is in the chance to escape all alone into an entirely different world, and then, sometimes, half the fun is sharing it with all the other readers in your life. Today, we want to know what is your favorite book to gift to others. Maybe it’s a childhood favorite…

Books & Comics Ria Misra

These new legs will help Robonaut climb outside the space station

Robonaut 2 — the robot voted most likely to be NASA’s first astromech droid — has just been fitted with its first pair of prototype legs. Once perfected, the appendages will provide it with the mobility needed to help with tasks both inside and outside the space station. A legless version of R2 has been…

io9 George Dvorsky

The Voices in Ryan Reynolds’ head command him to kill

Ryan Reynolds has been in a bit of a slump lately, but color us greatly intrigued by his newest film, The Voices. Directed by Marjane Satrapi, the author of the acclaimed graphic novel Persepolis, The Voices stars Reynolds as a man who falls in love with his co-worker… and then accidentally kills her. At which…

Movies Rob Bricken

Fly with eagles in these breathtaking bird-cam videos

This is what love looks like in the future

This trailer for Mike Carey’s Girl With All the Gifts will chill you

A girl is a monster’s best friend, in the haunting Girl & It trailer

Dear Clive Barker, please give Hellraiser to this guy immediately