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The E.T. Anniversary Edition Blu-ray Packaging Is Completely Ridiculous and Awesome

It’s been 30 years since the world’s most loveable extra-terrestrial made its debut on the silver screen, and to celebrate the anniversary the film is being released on Blu-ray with what has to be some of the most over-the-top and brilliant re-packaging ever. It seems the film studios have finally found the perfect solution to…

Movies Andrew Liszewski

Every Single Preposterous Tom Hanks Face from the Cloud Atlas Trailer

You’ve seen the trailer for Cloud Atlas, but did you spot all the many faces of Tom Hanks? As David Mitchell’s novel jumps from century to century, so do the actors playing various characters throughout time. Especially Tom Hanks. Here is our collection of the many ways Tom Hanks appears in Cloud Atlas. https://gizmodo.com/first-6-minute-trailer-for-cloud-atlas-is-simply-stunni-5929189 Thanks…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Rare Batman Comics That Everyone Should Read

Batman has appeared in untold thousands of comic books over the decades. You could pretty much spend the rest of your life reading about Batman. But some of the coolest and most interesting Batman stories aren’t at your local bookstore, on the big shelf of hardcover and paperback collections. They’re only available in the mysterious…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders and Will Brooker

How to rescue a trio of bear cubs using a ladder, a truck, and a couple willing volunteers

Bears are smart. Like, a lot smarter than most people give them credit for. But that doesn’t mean they don’t still make mistakes — say, winding up trapped inside a massive trash can, for instance. Fear not, wee ursine triplets! Here come some daring humans to the rescue! https://gizmodo.com/study-proves-bears-can-count-as-well-as-primates-5918890 I’ve watched this a number of…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Futurama proves that hating Zoidberg is a sign of your basic humanity

It’s like someone wrote this episode of Futurama with a gun to their head, being forced to involve all the tertiary characters of the show in one giant explosion of Zoidberg hate. Which is my way of saying that this is one hell of a good episode. At the end of this half hour, you…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Does the African genome hold the secrets of a previously unknown species of hominid?

Researchers have just finished performing the most comprehensive genetic analysis of modern day Africans ever. And they’ve turned up some absolutely incredible results. Their findings suggest humans are more genetically diverse than we’d previously believed. But they also show that ancient humans may have interbred with an unknown species of hominin — what researchers surmise…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Genetically modified apples won’t turn brown when you slice them

Good news for people who like to take a bite out of an apple, and then just leaving it sitting on the kitchen counter for the rest of the day: A small Canadian company called Okanagan Specialty Fruits is developing a genetically engineered apple that won’t turn brown after it has been sliced or bruised.…

io9 George Dvorsky

10 Things We Want From a New Star Trek TV Show

Two things happened in the past week or so: Star Trek: The Next Generation’s first season came out in eye-popping high definition. And Roberto Orci said that talks about a new Star Trek TV show are “almost real.” https://gizmodo.com/star-trek-the-next-generation-is-brand-new-all-over-ag-5928504 https://gizmodo.com/new-star-trek-tv-show-could-be-an-animated-series-5927598 As legions of Trek fans, old and new, pore over the first year of TNG…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Brilliant new computer simulation shows how the Milky Way formed after the Big Bang

As surprising as this may sound, physicists and astronomers aren’t entirely sure how spiral galaxies like the Milky Way got their exact shape. Any attempts to generate a spiral galaxy from scratch resulted in a computer simulation that showed a giant ball with too many stars. But a new study to be published in the…

io9 George Dvorsky

How Autism is Changing the World for Everybody

There’s not much doubt that autism, along with Asperger Syndrome, is finally becoming accepted as a normal part of the human fabric. Even if some people still see autism as a condition that needs to be “treated,” it’s increasingly obvious that people on the autism spectrum are finding ways to succeed in our neurotypical-based society.…

io9 George Dvorsky

What a Trailer for 2001: A Space Odyssey Would Look Like Today

What if 2001: A Space Odyssey came out in 2012? Just how silly would the marketing campaign be? The folks at Film School Rejects have recut the trailer for Stanley Kubrick’s classic space movie, to appeal to modern audiences — and they kind of hit it out of the park. We’re almost 100% sure that…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Watching a YouTube video could help cure your vertigo

For a certain type of clinical vertigo, curing the disorder can be as straightforward as moving your head in a specific way — and thanks to YouTube, a lot more people are doing it. If you have benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV), you suffer from vertigo because the otoliths (small calcium crystals in your ear)…

io9 Tim Barribeau

What was the most common phrase in English 500 years ago?

With millions of books scanned and digitized by Google, a new type of linguistic analysis has become possible — as people are able to delve into hundreds of years and millions of books’ worth of data. Matjaž Perc of the University of Maribor, Slovenia has crunched the numbers, and analyzed the most commonly used words…

io9 Tim Barribeau

How to Make the World’s Most Flammable Jelly

With a few household ingredients and a couple of days, you can make a jelly that flames — although you shouldn’t try and eat it. With this fiery jelly from Hell, you can impress your friends and terrify all those who oppose you! Strap in for the best possible lesson in chemistry — the kind…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

No Ghosts in American Horror Story Season 2?

The premiere season of American Horror Story was lousy with horny ghosts. Spirits flocked the halls of the murder house, hungry for nubile bodies in fetishwear. But show creator Ryan Murphy will have none of that, in his brand new, totally rebooted season. This year’s American Horror Story is set in a different time, a…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Force Unleashed concept art is the coolest Star Wars art in ages

Stephen Chang worked on both Star Wars: The Force Unleashed and The Force Unleashed II, and he’s posted some pretty insane concept art over at his site, which Concept Art World collected into one gallery. Including Yoda on Dagobah, the Death Star under construction, and the Secret Apprentice wreaking havoc. Check out a few of…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Community‘s Anthony Russo reveals his vision for Captain America: The Winter Soldier!

Don Cheadle reveals the latest source of friction between Tony Stark and James Rhodes in Iron Man 3. Thor: The Dark World is going underground. A Total Recall clip showcases the movie’s best Schwarzenegger impression. Plus another Robocop casting update! Spoilers from here on out! Top image from Doctor Who. Iron Man 3 Don Cheadle…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

How Roku Could Beat Apple to Finally Cracking TV

The Roku is a hell of a media streamer: its only real competitor is the Apple TV, but it costs half as much. No brainer. And when News Corp and British Sky Broadcasting pony up $45 million to help Roku win the streaming race, the possibilities start to seem limitless. https://gizmodo.com/roku-2-same-old-but-still-good-same-old-5827779 Announcing the investment this…

Television Jamie Condliffe and Brian Barrett

First 6-minute trailer for Cloud Atlas is simply stunning [Now in HD!]

Behold the first beautiful trailer for the incredibly ambitious Cloud Atlas. Directed in teams by both Tom Tykwer and the Wachowskis, this big-screen adaptation of David Mitchell’s novel jumps from century to century, with the same actors playing different characters — but they’re all connected. Leap from the 1850s to the post-apocalyptic future. Update: Video…

io9 Meredith Woerner

R.I.P. Mary Tamm, Doctor Who‘s Original Romana

Mary Tamm only appeared on Doctor Who for one season, but she established the character of Romana — a member of the Doctor’s own race, who travels around with him on the quest for the Key to Time. And even though most people are more familiar with Tamm’s replacement in the role, Lalla Ward, it…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

The E.T. Anniversary Edition Blu-ray Packaging Is Completely Ridiculous and Awesome

Every Single Preposterous Tom Hanks Face from the Cloud Atlas Trailer

Rare Batman Comics That Everyone Should Read

How to rescue a trio of bear cubs using a ladder, a truck, and a couple willing volunteers

Futurama proves that hating Zoidberg is a sign of your basic humanity

Does the African genome hold the secrets of a previously unknown species of hominid?

Genetically modified apples won’t turn brown when you slice them

10 Things We Want From a New Star Trek TV Show

Brilliant new computer simulation shows how the Milky Way formed after the Big Bang

How Autism is Changing the World for Everybody

What a Trailer for 2001: A Space Odyssey Would Look Like Today

Watching a YouTube video could help cure your vertigo

What was the most common phrase in English 500 years ago?

How to Make the World’s Most Flammable Jelly

No Ghosts in American Horror Story Season 2?

Force Unleashed concept art is the coolest Star Wars art in ages

Community‘s Anthony Russo reveals his vision for Captain America: The Winter Soldier!

How Roku Could Beat Apple to Finally Cracking TV

First 6-minute trailer for Cloud Atlas is simply stunning [Now in HD!]

R.I.P. Mary Tamm, Doctor Who‘s Original Romana

Up to $1,550 Off on pCloud: Pay Once, Protect Data Forever for World Backup Day

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