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The Best Free, Online Short Stories from February and March

Those of suffering through unseasonably cold weather in the Northern hemisphere have one consolation (just one!): staying inside wrapped up in a warm blanket is the best way to get some reading done. And if your tastes run to bite-sized fiction, then I have some tasty treats for you. Illustration is a detail of a…

io9 K. Tempest Bradford

First official image for Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Marvel has just revealed the very first official image for the Captain America sequel. Cue Chris Evans’ earnest face! The first image looks like some sort of photo shoot at S.H.I.E.L.D. Also new: the first logline to Captain America 2, which reveals a little plot: Captain America: The Winter Soldier will pick-up where Marvel’s The…

Movies Meredith Woerner

10 Movie Taglines That Were Straight-Up Lies (And What They Should Have Been)

We all know that trailers and posters aren’t strictly truthful. They’re designed to get people to see the movie, not provide an accurate representation of what you’ll see when you do. But some go a little further than just gentle manipulation. Here are 10 movies whose taglines were just a straight-up lie, and what the…

Movies Katharine Trendacosta

Marvel Is Giving Away 700 Free Comics to Everyone Again

Hey, look, free stuff! Marvel is taking another shot at giving away more than 700 #1 issues of its comics through its digital service. That’s thousands of dollars of comics, for free. This time around, Marvel’s sending out invites to the downloads in batches—think heats in swimming or track meets—to cut down on overloading their…

Books & Comics Kyle Wagner

Fill in the blank: A gaggle of geese, a pride of lions, a ________ of whale sharks

Researchers are trying to come up with a collective noun to describe whale sharks, afteran unprecedented “aggregation” of the fishes was recently discovered in Yucatan. Everyone agrees “aggregation” is probably the most boring way possible to describe any group of animals. For instance: why call it an aggregation of ferrets when you can call it…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

This Week’s TV: The writer of The Dark Knight creates the most unlikely superhero

This week’s television includes another fantastically bizarre premise: eco-terrorists create a black hole that threatens to swallow the ENTIRE PLANET. Also, the guy who reinvented Batman and Superman for the big screen creates a super-weird superhero show. And meet the scientists who want to bring the mammoths back. Check out clips and details for all…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Blake’s got a personal vendetta in SyFy’s Blake’s 7

Syfy’s been pretty mum on their reimagining of the BBC’s gritty ’80s scifi series Blake’s 7, but now we know 1) it’s still on the way, and 2) this time it’s personal, because Blake has a dead wife. Plus, Casino Royale’s Martin Campbell is still on board to direct the pilot. Here’s the new, detail-packed…

Television Rob Bricken

Will Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy be set in the year 2045?

While Marvel readies to shoot their next superhero movie Guardians of the Galaxy over in England, new details are slowly starting to leak out from that prep, including one very big piece of news. Could the alien adventure epic be set 32 years into the future? A call for futuristic bikes for an unnamed Marvel…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Every subway system in North America, connected

Here with your daily dose of infrastructure porn is XKCD’s Randall Munroe, who’s gone and rounded up all of North America’s various subway systems and combined them into one big interconnected map. (Not to be confused withthis metro-inspired map of U.S. highways, which depicts America’s Route and Interstate systems in the form of a criss-crossing…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

An Ode to Felicity Smoak, the Coolest Character on Arrow

Arrow is the greatest superhero show in ages, and it’s only getting better. There are a lot of characters to obsess about on this show including the Bruce Wayne-esque Oliver Queen — but Odd Duck author Cecil Castellucci explains why she’s obsessed with Felicity Smoak, the show’s glamorous computer genius. Recently, I got Hulu on…

Television Cecil Castellucci

PETMAN is the Terminator’s less violent kid brother

Looks like BigDog finally has a robotic counterpart to take him out for a walk. Actually, Boston Dynamics’s PETMAN has been under development for a while now, but this is our first opportunity to see him decked out in full battle gear. The DoD funded Boston Dynamics says the humanoid robot is being used to…

io9 George Dvorsky

This life-size E.T. puppet is the creepiest thing that has ever existed

Do you like E.T. ? Do you enjoy aliens who try to abduct young children and look like scrotums? Do you hate yourself with the passion of a thousand dying suns? Then you might want to order yourself NECA’s new 1:1-scale E.T. replica! This puppet stands nearly three feet tall, can be pre-ordered for $250, and…

io9 Rob Bricken

How Hollywood Is Making Texting Look Dramatic

We all increasingly rely on non-verbal forms of communication—email, IM, texting—to let people know what’s going on in our lives. That’s great for us, but it’s causing headaches in Hollywood when it comes to creating drama. The problem is that TV and film have to remain topical to keep our attention, but it’s difficult to…

Television Jamie Condliffe

Every language needs its, like, filler words

Um, like, god, I mean, you know? Everyone’s speech is plagued with filler words and phrases. The problem with trying to eliminate verbal filler is the more you concentrate on it, the less you concentrate on what you actually want to communicate. There’s nothing more likely to bring out “um,” “uh,” or the dreaded “like”…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

How dark will the Governor (and Carl) get on The Walking Dead? Plus Intriguing Man of Steel hints!

The Avatar sequels will feature underwater performance capture, because why the hell wouldn’t they? At least one Doctor definitely won’t appear in Doctor Who’s 50th anniversary special. Godzilla adds another acclaimed actress to its already overqualified cast. Wang Xueqi explains his role in Iron Man 3, while Hugh Jackman is excited to play Wolverine for…

Television Alasdair Wilkins

The clones are piling up (and wielding knives) on Orphan Black

Well, we’ve settled into the second week of Orphan Black, although “settled” isn’t really the right word. Although this week’s episode doesn’t have quite the frenetic, con-a-moment pacing of the pilot, everything is still crazy (and crazy fun to watch) in Sarah’s life as she tries to retrieve Beth’s money and assure her daughter that…

Television Lauren Davis

Monkeys are the most stressed when they’re stuck in the middle

Sociological studies have found that middle managers tend to be more stressed than either their bosses or their underlings. That phenomenon might well be true of all primates, as macaques display heightened stress levels when they are in the middle of their social hierarchy. Researchers at the University of Liverpool and the University of Manchester…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

NASA plans to send humans to an asteroid by 2021

Although NASA hasn’t made any official announcements, Senator Bill Nelson and an anonymous White House official have both made public America’s plans for its next phase of human space exploration. The ambitious proposal calls for a probe to capture a small asteroid in 2019 and bring it near the Moon. Astronauts would then explore the…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Concept art for the Hulk-vs.-Insect-Men movie that never was and Billy Crudup as the green guy

Artist Benton Jew has worked on not one but three Hulk movie projects: Ang Lee’s Hulk, Louis Leterrier’s The Incredible Hulk, and a never-made film that with a script by Jonathan Hensleigh. Jew has shared artwork he created for those projects, including a mockup of Billy Crudup as Ang Lee’s hulk. Hensleigh’s script had Bruce…

io9 Lauren Davis

8 Abandoned Antarctic Whaling Stations and Bases that are Still Amazing

The Antarctic region has been home to numerous fishing villages, whaling stations, scientific bases, and way stations for exploration. Many of these facilities have since been abandoned, left to the snow and ice. But they still serve as remarkable time capsules to the industries and expeditions of their times. Whaling station and British base, Whalers…

io9 Vincze Miklós

The Best Free, Online Short Stories from February and March

First official image for Captain America: The Winter Soldier

10 Movie Taglines That Were Straight-Up Lies (And What They Should Have Been)

Marvel Is Giving Away 700 Free Comics to Everyone Again

Fill in the blank: A gaggle of geese, a pride of lions, a ________ of whale sharks

This Week’s TV: The writer of The Dark Knight creates the most unlikely superhero

Blake’s got a personal vendetta in SyFy’s Blake’s 7

Will Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy be set in the year 2045?

Every subway system in North America, connected

An Ode to Felicity Smoak, the Coolest Character on Arrow

PETMAN is the Terminator’s less violent kid brother

This life-size E.T. puppet is the creepiest thing that has ever existed

How Hollywood Is Making Texting Look Dramatic

Every language needs its, like, filler words

How dark will the Governor (and Carl) get on The Walking Dead? Plus Intriguing Man of Steel hints!

The clones are piling up (and wielding knives) on Orphan Black

Monkeys are the most stressed when they’re stuck in the middle

NASA plans to send humans to an asteroid by 2021

Concept art for the Hulk-vs.-Insect-Men movie that never was and Billy Crudup as the green guy

8 Abandoned Antarctic Whaling Stations and Bases that are Still Amazing

Elon Musk’s Lawyer Claims Jury’s 420 ‘Joke’ Proves He Didn’t Receive a Fair Trial

‘Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice’ Is a Genre Blending Delight

Leaked Anthropic Model Presents ‘Unprecedented Cybersecurity Risks,’ Much to Pentagon’s Pleasure

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Lego Is Leaning Into Your Marvel Memories With a New Helicarrier Set

Toshiba’s 65-inch Smart Fire TV Now Matches 43-Inch Pricing After 44% Drop on Amazon

Kash Patel’s Email Account Hacked, Iran-Linked Group Takes Credit

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

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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

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

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