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10 Reasons Why Le Guin’s Earthsea Books Can Still Change Your Life

We live in a time of riches, as far as fantasy book series go — tons of sprawling sagas are being told, by authors with a huge diversity of styles. But if you want a life-changing visit to a fantasy world, you can’t do any better than Ursula K. Le Guin’s Earthsea. Here are ten…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

An optical illusion is making dentists drill holes that are too big

There’s an optical illusion where a small, enclosed area appears larger when surrounded by a larger area. This visual anomaly, called the Delboef illusion, is making the holes that dentists cut in preparation for fillings appear smaller than they really are. This illusion was first documented by Franz Joseph Delboeuf, a Belgian philosopher and expert…

io9 George Dvorsky

Tom Hiddleston takes us inside the complicated mind of Loki

Not only is actor Tom Hiddleston a charming impressionist, Comic-Con god, and Joss Whedon’s secret soft-spot, but he’s also an incredibly thoughtful person to chat deeply with about the inner workings of the God of Mischief, Loki, and his new mindset in Thor: the Dark World, premiering this Friday. Which we did. Swoon! https://gizmodo.com/tom-hiddleston-does-samuel-l-jackson-as-motherf-cking-1448579198 https://gizmodo.com/watch-comic-cons-marvel-cinematic-universe-panel-in-al-858257830…

Movies Meredith Woerner

The crazy device that shows fruit flies have free will

Do we have free will? If we don’t, we’re one step down the metaphysical ladder from fruit flies. Yes, people have determined that fruit flies have free will. And yes, the experimental fly chamber they created to find this out is really freaking weird. How would you devise a “free will” chamber? If you were…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Half of last night’s Agents of SHIELD was its best episode yet

If you turned off Agents of SHIELD halfway through “F.Z.Z.T.”, I don’t blame you. The first half was spent watching this supposedly super-important team investigate the deaths of three volunteer firefighters (a good thing to do, but not exactly the highest stakes). But if you did turn it off, you missed the good part of…

Television Rob Bricken

First Catching Fire clip gives us hope for a better Gale in the movies

Check out the very first clip from The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, showcasing the fiery love between Gale and Katniss. Suck it, Peeta. Hey, maybe this movie won’t totally throw the character of Gale Hawthorne under the bus. If you’ve read the books (spoiler alert) then you know the author makes it damn near impossible…

Movies Meredith Woerner

How Will The Walking Dead Finally End?

Greetings, folks! It’s your friendly neighborhood post-apocalyptic fake mailman here, and I have to tell you, my mailbag is full to bursting! It’s really heavy! It may actually get me killed, because I move really slowly while carrying it! But my imminent, easily avoidable death is worth it, as long as I get to keep…

io9 Rob Bricken

And now, an elk on a trampoline

An inquisitive young elk living in the forests near Evergreen, Colorado, recently wandered onto a trampoline. But then it couldn’t get off the damn thing. Shenanigans ensued. The video was captured by Greg Chase, who noticed the elk after sitting down for a morning cup of coffee with his wife. “[A]ll of a sudden he…

io9 George Dvorsky

Which Fictional Characters Would Make the Worst Friends?

Some of the characters we meet in books or TV are folks we can easily imagine hanging out with for an afternoon. But then there are those we’re grateful are stuck safely behind the fourth wall. Which fictional characters do you think would make the worst friends? Will it be Sherlock Holmes (Pro: He would…

io9 Ria Misra

Finally, a Star Wars Special Edition where Jar Jar Binks dies

The Phantom Editor has doctored a deleted scene from The Phantom Menace to give Star Wars fans an early holiday gift — a gift that will keep on giving every time we watch it. Thank you, Phantom Editor. I feel so bad I didn’t get you anything! [Updated to include the original creator.] Here’s the…

io9 Rob Bricken

All the planets discovered by Kepler to date

On Monday, NASA’s Kepler mission added 833 worlds to its growing list of candidate planets, bringing the total tally to 3,538. Now, two recently released visualizations depict every. Single. One of them. The first, featured up top, is the most recent installment in Kepler scientist Daniel Fabrycky’s Kepler Orrery videos. Fabrycky writes: This shows the…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Who’s the latest DC Comics character to get a show on the CW?

There’s casting news for Game of Thrones and Supernatural, hints of exactly when in 2015 Star Wars: Episode VII will be released, and Chris Pratt talking about Vin Diesel as Groot. Plus, does a BBC book hint how, exactly, John Hurt’s character fits into “The Day of the Doctor”? Star Wars Dutch Disney exec Dennis…

Television Katharine Trendacosta

Welcome to the Home of the Crystal Gems

One of the stunning backgrounds from Cartoon Network’s new show Steven Universe, which started its television run last night. Steven Universe was created by Rebecca Sugar, but there is, of course, a whole team behind the production. The backgrounds were created under the direction of Kevin Dart, designed by Steven Sugar, Emily Walus, and Sam…

Television Lauren Davis

Comment of the Day: Six Little Words Edition

Today, we clung tight to the jobs that robots could never take away from us, counted all the ways Marvel is not adhering to the strict theological conception of Thor, and wrote over 1300 (!) very, very short stories. In response to this post asking you for six-word science fiction tales, there were stories that…

io9 Ria Misra

Tintin-inspired wedding invitation features a slew of fictional guests

Marvel comic book artist Paolo Rivera channels Tintin creator Hergé for his geeky wedding invitation, which packs the aisles with his and his wife’s favorite fictional characters. See if you can identify them all. Since Rivera grew up as a huge Ninja Turtles fan and his wife is named April, Raphael plays the groom with…

io9 Lauren Davis

Watch Jurassic Park recreated in a real-life Brooklyn park

Improv Everywhere decided to recreate Jurassic Park in Brooklyn. Hilarity and packs of children chasing dinosaurs ensued.

Movies Meredith Woerner

Do you want to be in the new Star Wars movie?

Who wants to be in Star Wars: Episode VII? Allegedly, the most highly anticipated movie of the internet people is holding open auditions. The BBC is reporting that the next Star Wars movie is holding an open casting calls for two lead roles. Auditions are being held in Ireland, London, Dublin and Glasgow. According to…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Bruce Campbell calls Bruce Campbell a liar regarding Army of Darkness 2

Oh, for @#$%’s sake. Bruce Campbell has told everyone that despite the recent rumors about a long-awaited sequel to Army of Darkness, you shouldn’t believe them. What makes this a bit obnoxious is that the person who started this most recent batch of rumors was Bruce Campbell. http://observationdeck.io9.com/bruce-campbell-confirms-army-of-darkness-2-1448684840/@laurendavis Despite recently confirming that Army of Darkness…

Movies Rob Bricken

Neil Gaiman is writing a Doctor Who ebook—and you can read an excerpt

Neil Gaiman is writing one more adventure for the Eleventh Doctor, this time in ebook form. His ebook story Doctor Who: Nothing O’Clock will follow the Doctor and Amy Pond to the year 1984, when they’ll face a newly created monster. The Guardian has a two-page excerpt of the story, which comes out on November…

Books & Comics Lauren Davis

The end of two Marvel universes begins in This Week’s Comics

The end may be nigh! As the Utimates face off against the original Galactus in Cataclysm, the fate of the regular Marvel universe is in the hands of its third-most unlikely hero, Longshot! Plus: Girls’ Jonathan Luna returns, the ladies join the battle with Red Sonja, and a queen arrives in My Little Pony, all…

Books & Comics Rob Bricken

10 Reasons Why Le Guin’s Earthsea Books Can Still Change Your Life

An optical illusion is making dentists drill holes that are too big

Tom Hiddleston takes us inside the complicated mind of Loki

The crazy device that shows fruit flies have free will

Half of last night’s Agents of SHIELD was its best episode yet

First Catching Fire clip gives us hope for a better Gale in the movies

How Will The Walking Dead Finally End?

And now, an elk on a trampoline

Which Fictional Characters Would Make the Worst Friends?

Finally, a Star Wars Special Edition where Jar Jar Binks dies

All the planets discovered by Kepler to date

Who’s the latest DC Comics character to get a show on the CW?

Welcome to the Home of the Crystal Gems

Comment of the Day: Six Little Words Edition

Tintin-inspired wedding invitation features a slew of fictional guests

Watch Jurassic Park recreated in a real-life Brooklyn park

Do you want to be in the new Star Wars movie?

Bruce Campbell calls Bruce Campbell a liar regarding Army of Darkness 2

Neil Gaiman is writing a Doctor Who ebook—and you can read an excerpt

The end of two Marvel universes begins in This Week’s Comics

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