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Sailor Moon grows up and joins a bōsōzoku biker gang

In Babs Tarr’s “Bōsōzoku Sailor Scouts” illustration, Sailor Moon and her fellow princesses get inked and become a candy-colored biker gang. Now we just need Tuxedo Mask in a leather coat and tails. Bōsōzoku Sailor Scouts [Babs Tarr via Betty Felon]

io9 Lauren Davis

The Centipede’s Dilemma: Why you forget how to do the most basic tasks

A whimsical rhyme written in the 1800s was named as the most psychological poem in the world. It proposed that, if a centipede had to think about how to move each of its legs, it would be immobilized. It was right. I know, because a similar thing happened to me. In 1871, a thirty-year-old woman…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Drop everything and watch this sweet and action-packed short anime

In the sweet 26-minute original anime Little Witch Academia, young Akko enrolls in magic school to be just like her idol, Shiny Chariot. But can she prove herself to the other witches in her class—and learn to believe in her own magic? Little Witch Academia was produced by Trigger, a young anime studio co-founded by…

io9 Lauren Davis

How to raise cloned children without totally screwing them up

We’ve been thoroughly enjoying Orphan Black, BBC America’s show about a young woman who discovers, to her shock, that she’s a clone. But what if, instead of being an orphan with no knowledge of her genetic heritage, Sarah was raised by loving parents? How might they try to ensure she grew up to be a…

io9 Lauren Davis

It’s always a love story on Doctor Who these days

Tonight’s “haunted house” episode of Doctor Who has a lot going for it, including some genuinely creepy moments and a companion rescuing the Doctor in a way we’ve never seen before. But it also exposes how the show’s over-reliance on romance as a storytelling engine is running into the law of diminishing returns. Spoilers! Towards…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Curious cameras made from stuffed armadillos and turtle shells

Cameras are usually the instruments of art creation, but in their Camera Collection, artists Taiyo Onorato and Nico Krebs turn cameras into objects of art themselves. They remove the devices from their usual metal and plastic shells, replacing them with unexpected, and sometimes natural, coverings. Onorato and Krebs’ series is an intriguing exploration of technology…

io9 Lauren Davis

Mockumentary from 2068 recalls the devastation caused by the Internet

Ever feel like you’re wasting your life looking at cat pictures on the Internet? In this short parody documentary, The Internet: A Warning From History, Brits in 2068 recall the tragedy that was constant Internet access, and the disaster that followed. [via Laughing Squid]

io9 Lauren Davis

Hemlock Grove has fantastic werewolves, but its story lacks bite

Yesterday, Netflix posted Hemlock Grove, its third original series, a supernatural murder mystery set in a town filled with gruesome secrets. But this bingeable 13-episode season isn’t a taut small-town thriller, nor a glorious horror soap; in fact, it’s sometimes downright boring. Spoilers ahead. Any good small-town melodrama needs its royal family, and in Hemlock…

Television Lauren Davis

The Oddest Soviet Ads From The Late 19th And Early 20th Century

Mad Men reintroduced us to the American advertising aesthetic of the 1960s, but they don’t hold a candle to the visual wonder (and occasional oddity) of early Soviet and pre-Soviet print ads. Here are a few of our favorite ways advertisers peddled soap, tobacco, gunpowder, and more. Pre-revolution tobacco and cigarette ads (via catsmob) Just…

io9 Vincze Miklós

Incredible kaleidoscope photographs of Portuguese Man O’ War Zooids

The Portuguese Man O’ War is a remarkable colonial organism, made up of various highly specialized organisms called zooids. Aaron Ansarov’s photographs capture the structures of these zooids and then mirror them, creating strange psychedelic images of these creatures. Ansarov collects Man O’ War that wash up on the beach and photographs them on a…

io9 Lauren Davis

Watch Star Wars: Episode IV Distilled Down to 60 Awesomely Animated Seconds

Want to watch A New Hope today? Want to watch it every day? Just can’t find the time? This awesome, animated, 60-second speedrun should help. From the folks who brought you high-speed versions of Back to the Future and The Matrix, this redux is waaaaay better than that special edition stuff. What’s your guess for…

Movies Eric Limer

Concept Art Writing Prompt: Blue Girl in the Chemist’s Lair

In his Blue Girl series of illustrations, artist Sungwon creates striking scenes focused on a single character, a girl all in blue. It’s left to us, the viewers, to imagine the story behind each individual scene. What can you come up with for this one? Sungwon has ten Blue Girl illustrations so far, some clearly…

io9 Lauren Davis

Rattlesnake heads can keep biting up to an hour after decapitation

Just because you’ve cut the head off a venomous snake, that doesn’t mean that the snake is done with you. One Santa Cruz homeowner learned that after he decapitated a rattlesnake that wandered into his garage and the head kept on going. National Geographic has a video of Thomas Scott cornering the snake and then…

io9 Lauren Davis

Watch the brutal weapon invented on last night’s Da Vinci’s Demons

The pilot episode of Da Vinci’s Demons gave us a ridiculous robotic bird and some crazy fireworks sex. This episode, however, we stepped back toward the technologically plausible when Leonardo devises a weapon to defend his beloved Florence. Last night’s episode was greatly improved by the introduction of Blake Ritson as Count Girolamo Riario, nephew…

Television Lauren Davis

Cuddle up with these sloths dressed as Disney Princesses

Because every day could use a little more sloth in it, artist Phillip Light drew a series of silly sketches of Disney Princesses reimagined as one of our favorite tree-dwelling mammals. But finding your one true love is so much harder when…Zzzzzzzzzzzz. Check out the full series of fuzzy princess portraits at Light’s Tumblr. Disney’s…

io9 Lauren Davis

Mother/daughter vampire duo has a bloody bond in new Byzantium trailer

We’ve seen more than our share of vampire romances, but the passionate relationship at the center of Neil Jordan’s Byzantium is not between lovers, but between a 200-year-old vampire and her bloodsucking mother. Much like the first trailer, this trailer explores the relationship between Eleanor (Saoirse Ronan) and her mother Clara (Gemma Arterton), but gives…

Trailers Lauren Davis

In a future with one last bookstore, a boy falls in love with reading

In a future not too far off from our own, books are a distant memory and even e-readers have fallen out of vogue. But when a young boy’s bright and noisy entertainment system fails in the short film The Last Bookshop, he discovers a quiet haven for stories and the man who loves them. As…

io9 Lauren Davis

Transformers long for Energon as they invade classic Guinness ads

As the ads say, “It’s a lovely day for some Guinness”—unless, of course, you’re an Energon-craving robot in disguise (or simply don’t like stout). To remedy the former oversight, artist Matt Kuphaldt has drawn Guinness-style ads touting the delights of a tall cube of Energon. Kuphaldt is obviously a great fan of the Transformers, and…

io9 Lauren Davis

Oyster pirates fight a supernatural battle for shellfish, Hergé-style

There’s more to Ben Towle’s freshly Eisner-nominated webcomic Oyster War than its visual homage to Hergé. It’s a funny but wonderfully restrained pulp adventure about a group of oyster pirates looking to pull a supernatural caper—and the crew of misfits battling them to save the seabeds. Commander Davidson Bulloch is a former Confederate submarine officer,…

io9 Lauren Davis

Tony’s suit comes in handy on date night in latest Iron Man 3 clip

We get a peek into Tony and Pepper’s dating life in the latest clip from Iron Man 3. One thing’s clear: when you’re dating a billionaire industrialist, superhero multi-tasker, you have to stay on your toes. [via Comic Book Movie]

Movies Lauren Davis

Sailor Moon grows up and joins a bōsōzoku biker gang

The Centipede’s Dilemma: Why you forget how to do the most basic tasks

Drop everything and watch this sweet and action-packed short anime

How to raise cloned children without totally screwing them up

It’s always a love story on Doctor Who these days

Curious cameras made from stuffed armadillos and turtle shells

Mockumentary from 2068 recalls the devastation caused by the Internet

Hemlock Grove has fantastic werewolves, but its story lacks bite

The Oddest Soviet Ads From The Late 19th And Early 20th Century

Incredible kaleidoscope photographs of Portuguese Man O’ War Zooids

Watch Star Wars: Episode IV Distilled Down to 60 Awesomely Animated Seconds

Concept Art Writing Prompt: Blue Girl in the Chemist’s Lair

Rattlesnake heads can keep biting up to an hour after decapitation

Watch the brutal weapon invented on last night’s Da Vinci’s Demons

Cuddle up with these sloths dressed as Disney Princesses

Mother/daughter vampire duo has a bloody bond in new Byzantium trailer

In a future with one last bookstore, a boy falls in love with reading

Transformers long for Energon as they invade classic Guinness ads

Oyster pirates fight a supernatural battle for shellfish, Hergé-style

Tony’s suit comes in handy on date night in latest Iron Man 3 clip

Roku’s 2025 Streaming Stick HD Is 40% Off to Compete With Amazon Fire TV Stick During Spring Sale

Epstein Victims Sue Google, Claim AI Mode Exposed Personal Information

‘Wicked Spot’ Is a Fun, Sapphic Rom-Com That Yeets a Witch Into the Magical World of Influencer Culture

Anthropic and OpenAI Just Gave Us a Glimpse Into the Future of Model Pricing

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Smart Glasses Now Have One of the Vision Pro’s Best Features

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Trump Drops $1B to Kill 2 Wind Farms, Then Watches a Bigger One Go Online

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

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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

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

Level Lock Pro Review: As Good as a Secret Smart Lock Gets

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