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CW readies a sexy Alice in Wonderland TV series, Wunderland

The CW is adding yet another fairy tale series to their list of new shows. First, it was the Beauty and the Beast reboot, then a Sleepy Hollow series, and now an Alice in Wonderland show tragically named Wunderland. The Hollywood Reporter notes that director McG (who has a long track record with successful television…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Is the notorious drug Thalidomide making a comeback?

Thalidomide has just about the worst reputation of any drug on the planet. After all, its widespread use led to birth defects in tens of thousands of children in the 1950s and 1960s. And yet, you may be surprised to know it’s still being used to treat certain diseases. And now, a new study suggests…

io9 Tim Barribeau

How soon before mass-produced 3D printed leather?

Things have been very hush-hush over at Modern Meadow since it was disclosed in August that the company had received funding from PayPal cofounder Peter Thiel’s foundation to 3-D bioprint meat and leather. But in an exclusive interview with Txchnologist, company cofounder and CEO Andras Forgacs has broken the silence and revealed some details about…

io9 Michael Keller - Txchnologist

The New Science of Drug Testing: The Sewers Never Lie

Scientists are dipping into city sewers in search of drugs. Why? The same reason people on parole take urine tests instead of surveys. You can always lie on a questionnaire; outwitting your toilet, on the other hand, can be a bit more challenging. The technique, known as sewer epidemiology, was recently used to compare illicit…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

This insane footage of a volcano is like staring into the jaws of Hell

Good gravy, is this a harrowing video. To capture close-up footage of this lava lake on the Pacific island of Vanuatu, Geoff Mackley and his colleagues had to brave excruciating heat and some rather precarious-looking abseiling. Here’s his description of this mind-blowing footage, which offers the scenic views of a James Bond villain’s veranada: Geoff…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Paul Thomas Anderson’s Scientology-inspired movie is a weird love story

In Paul Thomas Anderson’s Scientology-inspired movie The Master, Philip Seymour Hoffman plays a self-help guru who’s in the process of turning his therapeutic practice into a full-fledged spiritual movement. The Master shows us how Hoffman’s character creates the mythology that underpins his new faith, even as it explores the confounding love between Hoffman’s character and…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Thank God Dinosaurs Died Out Before Smartphones Happened

Taking a self-portrait might be the least of a T-Rex’s smartphone-wrangling problems, but it would definitely be the funniest. Although I’m sad we’ll never know what dinosaur duck-face looks like. [TwentyTwoWords via TDW]

Books & Comics Brian Barrett

Could Ethan Hawke’s horror flick Sinister be the first scary movie of the year?

The horror movie Sinister has been creeping under the radar thus far, but a recent crop of good buzz and excellent word of mouth has our spidey senses tingling. Could this be the first good horror movie of the year? Some folks are calling it the new Insidious, which scared us pretty hard. Here’s the…

io9 Meredith Woerner

New Hobbit trailer shows off Bilbo and Gollum’s contest of wits

Behold the latest trailer for The Hobbit! It’s brimming with new scenes, most notably Bilbo Baggins’ riddle olympiad with Gollum. That anthropomorphic sack of unpleasant sure does drive a hard bargain. (I’m secretly praying that “The Precious” is rebooted to be Hat FM.) The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey hits theaters December 14.

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Downtown L.A. Intersection Renamed Ray Bradbury Square

Los Angeles is honoring a local literary hero Ray Bradbury, by creating Ray Bradbury Square at Fifth and Flower in downtown L.A. This is half a dozen blocks away from Clifton’s Cafeteria, where Bradbury was a regular, and a stone’s throw from the Central Public Library, where Bradbury wrote on the public typewriters. After the…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Good morning, here is your recommended daily allowance of Ewok terror

Have you ever imagined what would happen if the Ewoks sang The Cranberries? Certainly, such a universal musing is shared by all members of the human race, but Alex Kropinak has actually gone so far as to render this tableau in this blissfully stupid animation. Not going to lie, on my fifth re-watch here. Hat…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Could another Avenger show up in Thor: The Dark World!?

James Gunn confirms he’s directing (and writing) Guardians of the Galaxy. Chris Evans drops story hints for the Captain America sequel. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes might have lost its director. Bill Paxton will once again play an ass-kicking space marine! Spoilers from here on out! Top image from Doctor Who. Thor: The…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

What if Portal was a 1980s animated movie?

I’m getting a strong Don Bluth vibe from this cartoon short by Chelsea GR, whose test animation uses dialogue from Portal 2 and transforms the game’s always yapping A.I. into humanoids. Here’s the original scene, and for similar Portal-mation, here’s the game by way of John K. [Via I♥C] https://gizmodo.com/what-if-portal-was-a-ren-stimpy-inspired-saturday-mor-5917094

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

Few TV shows could get away with being as cornball as Warehouse 13

Last night’s Warehouse 13 was short on the silly humor the show has made its wheelhouse lately — although there was a bit of fun with Pete was boxing — and instead long on the kind of sentimentality that would feel like ridiculous overkill on most TV shows. And yet, on Warehouse 13, it more…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

In 1971, Duke University professors wrote a wank-friendly medical textbook

In 1971, three medical professors at the Duke University School of Medicine collaborated on The Anatomical Basis of Medical Practice, an anatomy textbook that included cheeky prose, some macho dudes, and more nubile female nudes who’d fit right in pin-up magazines. In the book’s foreword, the authors justified their decision as such: Perhaps we should…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Did you just take a vitamin C tablet, or a hit of ecstasy?

Above, New Scientist’s Graham Lawton describes his experience as a test subject in a groundbreaking study on MDMA, the recreational drug commonly known as ecstasy. The research is being led by David Nutt, a former chief drug advisor to the UK who was dismissed from his position in 2009 after criticizing the government’s classification of…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Should we build a supercomputer on the moon?

NASA currently controls its deep space missions through a network of huge satellite dishes in California, Spain and Australia known as the Deep Space Network (DSN). Even the Voyager 1 probe relies on these channels to beam data back to Earth as it careers away into space. But traffic on the network is growing fast,…

io9 Hal Hodson - New Scientist

Haunting video pitch for a Halloween remake, from the storyboard artist behind all of Marvel’s recent films

Gunning for a directorial job on the Halloween remake, artist Federico D’Alessandro created this completely captivating video pitch. D’Alessandro is Head Storyboard Artist and Animatics Supervisor for Marvel’s The Avengers, Thor, Captain America and much more, and he’s brought his expertise to bear here. The results are amazing. Talking to Slashfilm, D’Alessandro explains that the…

io9 Meredith Woerner

In comic stores tomorrow, it’s ghosts and gem princesses

Here’s a rundown of the first issues hitting stores this Wednesday. First off, there’s Sword of Sorcery, a reboot of Amethyst: Princess of Gem World by Jem creator Christy Marx (interview here). The synopsis: https://gizmodo.com/this-september-the-creator-of-jem-will-write-dc-comics-5916819 Amy Winston leads a strange life on the road with her mother. She’s about to learn why it’s all been…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

Why are some animals translucent? And how exactly does biological transparency work?

Transparency is an intriguing physical trait found throughout the animal kingdom, and in oceanic species, especially; as pointed out in this excellent overview of transparent animals by Scientific American’s Sönke Johnsen, “almost all open ocean animals not otherwise protected by teeth, toxins, speed or small size have some degree of invisibility.” While being partially or…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

CW readies a sexy Alice in Wonderland TV series, Wunderland

Is the notorious drug Thalidomide making a comeback?

How soon before mass-produced 3D printed leather?

The New Science of Drug Testing: The Sewers Never Lie

This insane footage of a volcano is like staring into the jaws of Hell

Paul Thomas Anderson’s Scientology-inspired movie is a weird love story

Thank God Dinosaurs Died Out Before Smartphones Happened

Could Ethan Hawke’s horror flick Sinister be the first scary movie of the year?

New Hobbit trailer shows off Bilbo and Gollum’s contest of wits

Downtown L.A. Intersection Renamed Ray Bradbury Square

Good morning, here is your recommended daily allowance of Ewok terror

Could another Avenger show up in Thor: The Dark World!?

What if Portal was a 1980s animated movie?

Few TV shows could get away with being as cornball as Warehouse 13

In 1971, Duke University professors wrote a wank-friendly medical textbook

Did you just take a vitamin C tablet, or a hit of ecstasy?

Should we build a supercomputer on the moon?

Haunting video pitch for a Halloween remake, from the storyboard artist behind all of Marvel’s recent films

In comic stores tomorrow, it’s ghosts and gem princesses

Why are some animals translucent? And how exactly does biological transparency work?

Trump Posts Concept Art of His Presidential Library, and It’s AI Slop

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‘Fallout’ Season 2 Was a Hit Despite That Unsatisfying Release Strategy Change

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You Too Will Learn to Fear the XenoFrog

Amazon Echo Dot Sees Its Last Price Drop in the Spring Sale, Final Hours Tick Down Ahead of an Uncertain Prime Day

Artemis 2 by the Numbers: Breaking Down NASA’s Big Return to the Moon

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