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Every zombie headshot ever assembled into one glorious supercut

There’s not really much else to say. Screen Junkies found every single zombie headshot in the entirety of movies and television, and created one 120-second video of nothing but exploding zombie heads. It’s simply enchanting. Notice any they missed?

io9 Rob Bricken

Pixar’s latest short will make you believe your whole city is alive

If you see Monsters University this weekend, you’ll be treated to Pixar’s newest short: The Blue Umbrella. It’s love story between two umbrellas who meet on a rainy evening, with a supporting cast of all the faces you see in the city’s inanimate architecture and fixtures. A few years ago, Blue Umbrella director Saschka Unseld…

io9 Lauren Davis

With Current Budget, NASA Will Never Get to Mars

At today’s House hearing for the NASA Authorization Act of 2013, witness Thomas Young was asked how long it would take the Agency to put a human on Mars with its current budget. His response was unambiguous: “Never.” Prepared statements from Young (former executive VP of Lockheed Martin) and co-witness Steven Squyres (Principle Investigator of…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Here’s the Dream Team That Should Be Making the Dark Tower TV Show

A warning: Today’s “Postal Apocalypse” contains so much profanity. I’m sorry about that. Not sorry enough to, you know, take out all those curse words or anything, but I do apologize if it makes anyone uncomfortable. What has me riled up? Read the first letter and see… [MILD MAN OF STEEL SPOILERS] Leanne C.: Although…

io9 Rob Bricken

This is what happens when you play with fire in space

The simple flame is an extraordinarily complex phenomenon, one that involves thousands of chemical reactions. But fire also plays off the effects of gravity. So what happens when you take that gravity away? As a recent experiment aboard the ISS has shown, you get a very strange flame, indeed. We’ve talked about flames in space…

io9 George Dvorsky

Modern life moves way too fast, and we all take our pleasures sadly

Today’s XKCD centers on the human tendency to reflect on the past through an idyllic lens (or look toward the future through a foreboding, misanthropic one). It’s fantastic. Every day brings with it a new batch of innovation that helps us read faster, communicate quicker, assimilate information more efficiently, and travel more speedily than ever.…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Vin Diesel tells us why Riddick is one big game of Dungeons & Dragons

Just how many hells did Vin Diesel have to crawl through to make a third Riddick movie a reality? And what sort of future epics about Riddick does Diesel plan to make? Here’s part two of our report on our visit to the Riddick set, focusing on our interview with the legendary Furyan himself. There…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

Here’s the first smash-happy trailer for Hulk and the Agents of SMASH

Do you like smashing things? Do you like the word “smash” being repeated over and over? Well, then you have a fair to middling chance of enjoying Marvel’s new Hulk and the Agents of SMASH cartoon. Well, at least until you remember it’s also a “reality show” where the five Hulks live in one house…

Trailers Rob Bricken

Holy crap, did the Enterprise just fly past the moon?

Romanian photographer Maximilian Teodorescu recently captured this dramatic photo of the International Space Station (ISS) as it drifted across the surface of the Moon. But looking at it a bit closer, you could be forgiven for thinking it was the starship Enterprise. Top image: Maximilian Teodorescu via Spaceweather. And indeed, the photo recently caught the…

io9 George Dvorsky

The Man of Steel Easter Egg That May Set Up the Sequel

Anthony Mackie reveals his approach to his Captain America: The Winter Soldier character, while Idris Elba says Heimdall the Gatekeeper has a story in Thor: The Dark World. Pacific Rim screenwriter Travis Beacham explains how the tie-in graphic novel fits in. Plus hints about Under The Dome from the show’s stars. Spoilers now! Top image…

Television Alasdair Wilkins

Maybe those Doctor Who missing episodes rumors are true after all?

Holy crap. The rumor that a startling 90 episodes of lost Doctor Who material had been recovered seemed too good to be true. So we weren’t entirely surprised when it was shot down. But now, the world’s biggest expert on missing episodes is saying it’s true after all. Could our dreams be real? A bit…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

The Lego Movie Trailer Is Here And It Sure Is Quippy

In summer 2012 the news broke that a feature-length Lego movie was actually happening and slated for 2014 release. And it’s all true! The first trailer shows Lego figures and indicates a chosen-one-saves-the-world-type plot. Plus a lot of superhero mentions. https://gizmodo.com/a-lego-movie-is-happening-movie-stars-sign-up-to-play-5938720 There are piles of bricks and falling bricks and Lego build references everywhere. And…

Movies Lily Hay Newman

Could The LEGO Movie be the greatest film of all time?

No clue when we’ll see a big-screen Justice League movie — but we’re seeing Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman on the big screen next year. Along with one of the Mutant Ninja Turtles and some NBA All Stars. Check out this astounding trailer! The LEGO Movie has pretty much everybody in it, and it’s directed…

Trailers Charlie Jane Anders

Warehouse 13 still has the ability to punch you in the gut

Last night’s episode of Warehouse 13 seemed like a nice, friendly pair of artifact-hunts, in the suburbs and in New York City. Until it turned kind of dark and a little bit weird, as this show proved that it still has the ability to knock you upside the head. There were a few intense, startling…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

This Floating Fortress is Also a Farm

When you’re well-defended, there is time to put aside the sword and blaster for the pleasures of agrarian life. That is how the tiered Cold Fort, built from a bio-tower at the center of a forbidding ring of waterfalls, became the green city of Mist. Its fruits and shaded walkways were as legendary as its…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Morgan Freeman joins Luc Besson’s “superpowered drug mule” movie Lucy

Morgan Freeman could be joining Scarlett Johansson, who’s playing a drug mule who gains new superpowers in Luc Besson’s (The Fifth Element) new movie Lucy. Scarjo’s new found superpowers include telekinesis and the ability to disregard pain and emotion through force of will. The Wrap is reporting that Freeman is in talks to play a…

io9 Meredith Woerner

What’s Jor-El thinking during Man of Steel‘s Kryptonian Civil War?

Now you can find out. We’ve got an exclusive excerpt from the new novelization of The Man of Steel, by veteran media tie-in author Greg Cox. Get a look inside Jor-El’s head as he outwits General Zod’s goons and prepares to send his only son to another planet. Man of Steel: The Official Movie Novelization…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

These Cthulhu-esque photos will change the way you look at stink bugs

The head ornamentation of a Kaiju looks downright tame next to that of a shield bug. https://gizmodo.com/pacific-rim-concept-art-includes-our-best-look-at-the-g-510182416 Photographer Francis Prior calls this gorgeous macro image “Surface of Mars,” no doubt in reference to the borderline-geological – and totally otherworldly – appearance of its subject’s striking head morphology. The textures on the head of this stink…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Giant Optical Illusions That Transform Buildings and Cities

No, this building isn’t being ripped open with giant actuators. It’s an architectural optical illusion, created by artists using projectors. Here are some of the most astonishing examples of this city-scale art form, from around the world. Promotion of the movie “The Tourist” on the Praetorian Building, Dallas, 2010 Prague Astronomical Clock (or Prague Orloj),…

io9 Vincze Miklós

Huge Lego Wizard of Oz Build Includes a Motorized Tornado

At last weekend’s Brickworld 2013 in Chicago, one Lego build stood out above all else, a 3D diorama that showcased virtually every major scene from 1939’s The Wizard of Oz. The detail is incredible—and it features a tornado! The team of 12 builders hailed from VirtuaLUG (Virtual Lego User Group) and three countries. They each…

Movies Tatiana Danger

Every zombie headshot ever assembled into one glorious supercut

Pixar’s latest short will make you believe your whole city is alive

With Current Budget, NASA Will Never Get to Mars

Here’s the Dream Team That Should Be Making the Dark Tower TV Show

This is what happens when you play with fire in space

Modern life moves way too fast, and we all take our pleasures sadly

Vin Diesel tells us why Riddick is one big game of Dungeons & Dragons

Here’s the first smash-happy trailer for Hulk and the Agents of SMASH

Holy crap, did the Enterprise just fly past the moon?

The Man of Steel Easter Egg That May Set Up the Sequel

Maybe those Doctor Who missing episodes rumors are true after all?

The Lego Movie Trailer Is Here And It Sure Is Quippy

Could The LEGO Movie be the greatest film of all time?

Warehouse 13 still has the ability to punch you in the gut

This Floating Fortress is Also a Farm

Morgan Freeman joins Luc Besson’s “superpowered drug mule” movie Lucy

What’s Jor-El thinking during Man of Steel‘s Kryptonian Civil War?

These Cthulhu-esque photos will change the way you look at stink bugs

Giant Optical Illusions That Transform Buildings and Cities

Huge Lego Wizard of Oz Build Includes a Motorized Tornado

HBO’s Boss Has Yet to Be Approached About Partnering on ‘Doctor Who’

AI Agent Runs the ‘I’m Being Censored’ Playbook After Getting Banned from Wikipedia

‘Scream 7’ Comes Home With Deleted Scenes We Hope Will Improve the Movie

A QR Code Too Small to See Hints at a New, Non-Annoying Use for the Format

Andy Weir Apologizes After ‘Star Trek’ Comment Backlash

Scientists Discover Hidden Behavior in Water That Helps Explain Why Ice Floats

The ‘Paradise’ Season 2 Finale Paved the Way for a Wildly Sci-Fi Season 3

A $1 Samsung Galaxy Smartphone Lands at Mint Mobile With Unlimited Data at 50% Off in a Clearance Push

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

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

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