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This spectacular image is the deepest view of the Universe ever captured

Astronomers working with the Hubble Space Telescope have just released the most detailed view of the early Universe ever captured. It’s called the eXtreme Deep Field, or XDF for short. The image combines over ten years’ worth of photographs by Hubble. It required 2-million seconds of exposure time to produce, and contains over 5,500 of…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

The Princess Bride cast reunites, and we melt into puddles

I’m not sure how we’re going to hold it together during this heartstring-yanking 25th anniversary of The Princess Bride. On October 2, Fox will be releasing a special Blu-ray with tales from cast members about such topics as André the Giant snoozing in hotel lobbies. Just the theme music from this movie makes me want…

io9 Meredith Woerner

The Pokémon Plot: How One Cartoon Inspired the Army to Dream Up a Seizure Gun

In 1998, a secret Army intelligence analysis suggested a new way to take out enemies: blast them with electromagnetic energy until their brains overload and they start to convulse. Amazingly, it was an idea inspired by a Pokemon episode. Application of “electromagnetic pulses” could force neurons to all fire at once, causing a “disruption of…

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Help Us Write the Second Chapter in This Tale of Stealing a Planet-Sized Spaceship

The io9 community and the Framestore art department are collaboratively writing a story – half in prose, and half in images. Now you can help that story continue. Last month, we posted original concept art developed by Framestore’s visual development department (see the images integrated into chapter one below). Your job was to post in…

io9 Annalee Newitz

How Game of Thrones Will Improve on its First Two Seasons. Plus Our First Look at The Hobbit‘s New Elf!

Check out new trailers for Cloud Atlas, Doctor Who, and Fringe. Robb Stark drops a tantalizing Game of Thrones hint. The Rock could be starring in a brand new monster-fighting epic. Plus Robopocalypse, Once Upon a Time, and more! Spoilers from here on out! Top image from Cloud Atlas. Looper Noah Segan, who previously worked…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Madness is worse than magic when it comes to distorting reality, on Warehouse 13

Last night’s Warehouse 13 episode featured something like five different storylines running concurrently, culminating in a single terrible — but not entirely surprising — revelation. And a shocking denouement. For all the artifacts on Warehouse 13 have the power to transform people and reshape the fabric of reality, the worst thing that can happen to…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

This is the greatest Star Wars-related magazine cover of all time

This honor goes to the October 1977 issue of Dirt Bike magazine, which had an authoritative Darth Vader looming large over his trusty dirt bike, “Droid.” The fact that such a pairing never made it to The Empire Strikes Back just reeks of wasted potential. This image comes to us courtesy of the Star Wars…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

The Remarkably Detailed Art of Taxidermy

The Hall of North American Mammals is one of the American Museum of Natural History’s most iconic exhibits, thanks to its stunningly presented animal models. In this brief but informative video, senior museum artist Stephen C. Quinn describes some of the lesser-known methods that taxidermists use in preparing these specimens for display. For instance: stuffing…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

How should healthcare providers respond when their patients say they’re waiting for a miracle?

Back in 2007, a survey found that 79% of Americans still believe in miracles. Of those surveyed, 60% of the public and 20% of trauma professionals believed patients in a permanent coma can be saved by a miracle. Taking these surprising figures into account, what are healthcare providers supposed to do when patients and families…

io9 George Dvorsky

Andy Serkis goes full-on Gollum while reading The Hobbit out loud

In celebration The Hobbit’s75 anniversary, Peter Jackson’s Gollum (and The Hobbit’s Second Unit Director) Andy Serkis popped by to terrify a bunch of children while reading from J.R.R.Tolkien’s works. It’s adorable and horrifying — but mostly super sweet to see such a massive actor commit 100% to such a crazy character for a bunch of…

io9 Meredith Woerner

For $1,200, two handguns sculpted out of dead cats’ bones

Who remembers that disgusting bone pistol from David Cronenberg’s eXistenZ ? If you’re in the market for something similar, New Zealand artist Bruce Mahalski and jeweler Vaune Mason are offering a duo of bone pistols for the starting price of $1,500 New Zealand Dollars (a smidge over $1,200 American dollars): Two bone dueling pistols (with spare…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

First grader with severe allergies uses his robot to attend school

We recently told you about telecommuting robots and how stay-at-home workers are increasingly using such devices to create a virtual presence at their remote workplaces. It now appears, however, that working professionals aren’t the only ones taking advantage of telepresence technologies: A six-year old boy with severe allergies from Seneca Falls, NY, is using a…

io9 George Dvorsky

Alphas: When someone says “I will be your father figure,” RUN AWAY

Last night’s Alphas started to pull into focus the conflict between Rosen and Stanton Parish over Danielle — they both want to be her dad, and neither of them really has her best interests at heart. It’s a fascinating take on the Professor X/Magneto thing the two men have going on, and I’m actually quite…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Why You Can’t Prove that Jello is Legally Brain-Dead

The line between life and death has been blurred by medicine for some time. When, exactly, a person stops being a mind and reverts to a bundle of random reflexes, is determined in a lot of ways, including an electroencephalogram. But you can’t make that determination only based on an electroencephalogram, because an EEG declares…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

See-through engine reveals the inner workings of rocket propulsion

Ever wondered what a blazing rocket looks like on the inside? In this wicked little video, workshop wizard Ben Krasnow describes how he designed a hybrid engine out of acrylic in order to observe the internal combustion of rocket propellant — from outside the rocket. Some damn fine handiwork, if you ask us — even…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Why Time Travel Stories Should Be Messy

This weekend belongs to time travel. We’re finally seeing the long-awaited release of Looper, the Terminator-inspired gangster movie. And Steven Moffat is writing what I’m guessing will be another timey-wimey episode of Doctor Who. So now’s a great moment to think about time travel, and what makes it especially cool. To a lot of people,…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Set photo reveals the Ark in Darren Aronofsky’s NOAH is filled with snakes

Time to rename Darren Aronofsky’s NOAH to Nightmare Boat. The first ever image from inside Noah’s Ark on Aronofsky’s movie about the time God said, “Fuck it, let’s flood the Earth and put two of every animal in a wooden ship,” is out. So what’s in Noah’s Ark? Just a crap load of snakes. So…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Grant Morrison writes about a blue pony in tomorrow’s comics

What’s in ye olde comic shoppe tomorrow? First off, we have Grant Morrison and Darick Robertson’s new miniseries for Image Comics, Happy, which promises some equine idiosyncrasies: Meet Nick Sax — a corrupt, intoxicated ex-cop turned hitman, adrift in a stinking twilight world of casual murder, soulless sex, eczema and betrayal. With a hit gone…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

This is what the world’s oceans would look like if the Earth didn’t spin

Many factors contribute to the global distribution of Earth’s oceans, but the strongest by far is the centrifugal force that results from our world spinning about its axis. This raises an interesting question: how might our planet’s water be apportioned if the world gradually stopped spinning altogether, thereby removing this centrifugal effect? Equipped with spacial…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

io9 Book Club Reminder: Meeting 10/2 to discuss John Scalzi’s Redshirts

The io9 Book Club meets every month to discuss a book, and then the author usually joins us for a chat. This month, we’re reading John Scalzi’s bestselling new novel Redshirts (we reviewed the book here). We’ll meet October 2nd to discuss the book. Watch for a post that day announcing the book club, and…

io9 Annalee Newitz

This spectacular image is the deepest view of the Universe ever captured

The Princess Bride cast reunites, and we melt into puddles

The Pokémon Plot: How One Cartoon Inspired the Army to Dream Up a Seizure Gun

Help Us Write the Second Chapter in This Tale of Stealing a Planet-Sized Spaceship

How Game of Thrones Will Improve on its First Two Seasons. Plus Our First Look at The Hobbit‘s New Elf!

Madness is worse than magic when it comes to distorting reality, on Warehouse 13

This is the greatest Star Wars-related magazine cover of all time

The Remarkably Detailed Art of Taxidermy

How should healthcare providers respond when their patients say they’re waiting for a miracle?

Andy Serkis goes full-on Gollum while reading The Hobbit out loud

For $1,200, two handguns sculpted out of dead cats’ bones

First grader with severe allergies uses his robot to attend school

Alphas: When someone says “I will be your father figure,” RUN AWAY

Why You Can’t Prove that Jello is Legally Brain-Dead

See-through engine reveals the inner workings of rocket propulsion

Why Time Travel Stories Should Be Messy

Set photo reveals the Ark in Darren Aronofsky’s NOAH is filled with snakes

Grant Morrison writes about a blue pony in tomorrow’s comics

This is what the world’s oceans would look like if the Earth didn’t spin

io9 Book Club Reminder: Meeting 10/2 to discuss John Scalzi’s Redshirts

National Film and Sound Archive of Australia Adds ‘Succulent Chinese Meal’ Guy

Feds Sniffing Around Polymarket After Suspicious Bets

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Don’t Get Too Attached to Any AI App

‘Paradise’ Writer Teases What’s Coming in Season 3 After That Huge Twist

Trump’s New White House App Is Mildly Concerning and Weird for a Lot of Reasons

Bloodsucking Ticks Can Survive Inside Your Home Longer Than You Might Think

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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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