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When black holes shoot their jets directly at Earth

Blazars are a special kind of black hole – the kind with jets that are pointing right towards us! They’re white hot and heading our way, but the only way we can spot them is with cool infrared telescopes. Take a look at the black holes that blaze. The Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE,…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

The most beautiful toxins in the world

Seen from above, these tailing ponds look like shimmering, blue jewels. They flow cross the barren Utah landscape, full of byproducts from industrial processes and mining. A tailing pond is basically an outdoor toxic liquid holding tank, and environmentalists have argued that they are destroying ecosystems. Over at Environmental Graffiti, Simone Pruess has put together…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Could book publishing suffer the same fate as the comic book industry?

As Amazon.com’s dominance grows, we’re only just starting to see the shape of how different the publishing industry is going to look in another five or ten years. And web developer Baldur Bjarnason has a scary thought: if the e-book revolution and the rise of Amazon succeed in chipping away at the web of bookstores…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Batman and Darth Vader invade art history, in these absolutely deranged paintings

Painter Hillary White takes classic works of art and throws in familiar characters like Boba Fett, xenomorphs, and Skeletor. The ensuing pieces delight, induce fright, and resemble yard sale kitsch sold in the seventh circle of the underworld. For example, that’s a Sith Lord guest-starring in Italian Baroque painter Domenico Zampieri’s famed 17th-century fresco “Virgin…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

A list of unused titles for Dr. Strangelove, lifted from Stanley Kubrick’s notebooks

From the notebooks of Stanley Kubrick comes this most excellent list of movie titles that never saw the light of day, but were evidently considered for the film that Kubrick would eventually name Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. There are plenty of mentions of Dr. Strangelove, bombs,…

Movies Robbie Gonzalez

Tupac Shakur came back from the dead as a hologram at Coachella

Given that we live in an era when Japanese pop groups build synthetic singers using preexisting members’ facial features, this shouldn’t be all that surprising. At the Coachella Music Festival last night, Tupac Shakur — who has been dead for almost 15 years — was resurrected by means of an unnervingly realistic hologram. The rapper…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Malaysia Is the World Leader In Theater Comfort Technology

The movie theaters in my neighborhood offer sticky floors, the over-powering smell of stale popcorn, and overpriced snacks. But in Malaysia, they offer uber-comfortable beanbag seating—a moviegoing innovation greater than talkies, air conditioning, and cup holders. This photo was taken at Malaysia’s TGV Cinemas which includes the Beanieplex theater where all of the traditional folding…

Movies Andrew Liszewski

The Motherlode of Spoilers for Avengers, Robocop and Prometheus!

There are tons of rumors about the mysterious extra scene that The Avengers allegedly filmed after its world premiere. Plus there are massive Robocop casting rumors! Noomi Rapace tells you everything you need to know about her Prometheus hero. Check out new photos for Dark Knight Rises, Amazing Spider-Man, Dark Shadows, Total Recall, and more.…

Television Alasdair Wilkins

Is this my husband, or an alien? Crazy short film shows one creepy family interrogation

We’ve got one excellent short film for your viewing pleasure, it’s a great little twisty tale about alien shapeshifters, and why they can’t be trusted. Also check out this Zombie Support Group! Chameleon Based on a story by science fiction author Colin Harvey and starring James C. Burns, watch this creepy little 5-minute scifi short,…

Trailers Meredith Woerner

io9 Roundup: April 15, 2012

SUPER BEST BATWOMAN FOREVER | Artist PixelKitties decided Lauren Faust’s Super Best Friends Forever could use a little more Kate Kane. She even drew up a short Batwoman/Batgirl comic. Via The Uniblog. Why were 10 dead bodies found in Benjamin Franklin’s basement? https://gizmodo.com/why-were-10-dead-bodies-found-in-benjamin-franklins-bas-5901948 In 1998, a group called the Friends of Benjamin Franklin House began…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Doctor Who Night Shoot, via WENN.com

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io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Grimm finds the dark magic in fairy tales, finally

It only took about 17 episodes, but last night’s Grimm finally delivered on the squirming underbelly of fairy tale crime this series has been promising forever. For the first time, ever, I actually cared about Hank and Sgt. Wu. And I didn’t need a CG Anteater creature to carry the disposable storyline. This week Grimm…

Television Meredith Woerner

The Mathematical Proof that got a Physicist out of a Traffic Ticket

Dmitri Krioukov, a UC San Diego physicist, was recently given a ticket for running a stop sign. He went to court to argue the ticket, armed with a scientific paper that mathematically demonstrated that he really had stopped. He won. Krioukov has since posted the entire paper, rather immodestly called “The Proof of Innocence”, on…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Baby Chewbacca isn’t too cute to rip your arm off (but he’s really cute)

Look at baby Chewbacca. So young, so innocent. He has yet to grip his first hydrospanner or be driven insane by the horrors of his first Life Day. I just want to scratch him under the chin, and hope my fingers come back still attached to my hand. Concept artist Salvador Ramirez Madriz is responsible…

io9 Lauren Davis

Whatever happened to the iceberg that sank the Titanic?

Exactly one hundred years ago today, an ocean liner struck a block of ice and sank in the North Atlantic. The story of the ocean liner has been told hundreds of times. This story is about the block of ice. The photos you see up top and down on the left are quite possibly the…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Still-life photos of rotting food are strangely beautiful

Klaus Pichler draws attention to food waste with his photo series One Third, which juxtaposes the lovely staging of traditional still-life photography with disgusting mold and rot. Based on the UN statistic that one-third of the world’s food goes to waste, Pichler’s series asks us to confront our personal food waste with these compelling photos.…

io9 Lauren Davis

Adventure Time‘s Marceline gets her own comic spin-off

Now that comic-consuming audiences have been wolfing down the print awesomeness of Adventure Time’s Jake and Finn, it’s time for Marceline to get her own comic book. And the further adventures of the vampire rocker girl will be written and illustrated by a webcomics superstar. Boom! Studios has announced that Marceline the Vampire Queen is…

Books & Comics Lauren Davis

Cycle-skates were the Rollerblades of the 1920s

Long before inline skates sent foolhardy novices careening into traffic, cycle-skating was the hip way to get around. Just strap them on, find a couple of skiing poles, and you’re good to go. Expect to see these puppies locked up next to the penny-farthing bicycles at your next trip to the coffee shop. [via The…

io9 Lauren Davis

Ray Bradbury on how Disneyland humanized robots

Ray Bradbury is a self-professed “Disney nut” and, in 1965, found himself dismayed by an article in the Nation decrying Disneyland as vulgar entertainment. In response, he penned a love letter to Disneyland, defending Walt Disney as a man on the cutting edge of making robots seem human. Bradbury wrote this piece, “The Machine-Tooled Happyland,”…

io9 Lauren Davis

Photos of daily life in the US government’s secret atomic city

In 1942, the US government acquired the town of Oak Ridge in eastern Tennessee. From then on, Oak Ridge was just like any other town — except for the fences, the guards, and the top-secret uranium separating facility. As part of the Manhattan Project, the United States Army Corps of Engineers acquired the town, swiftly…

io9 Lauren Davis

When black holes shoot their jets directly at Earth

The most beautiful toxins in the world

Could book publishing suffer the same fate as the comic book industry?

Batman and Darth Vader invade art history, in these absolutely deranged paintings

A list of unused titles for Dr. Strangelove, lifted from Stanley Kubrick’s notebooks

Tupac Shakur came back from the dead as a hologram at Coachella

Malaysia Is the World Leader In Theater Comfort Technology

The Motherlode of Spoilers for Avengers, Robocop and Prometheus!

Is this my husband, or an alien? Crazy short film shows one creepy family interrogation

io9 Roundup: April 15, 2012

Doctor Who Night Shoot, via WENN.com

Grimm finds the dark magic in fairy tales, finally

The Mathematical Proof that got a Physicist out of a Traffic Ticket

Baby Chewbacca isn’t too cute to rip your arm off (but he’s really cute)

Whatever happened to the iceberg that sank the Titanic?

Still-life photos of rotting food are strangely beautiful

Adventure Time‘s Marceline gets her own comic spin-off

Cycle-skates were the Rollerblades of the 1920s

Ray Bradbury on how Disneyland humanized robots

Photos of daily life in the US government’s secret atomic city

Instagram Tests Letting You Lurk to Your Heart’s Content—for a Price

Popular Sweetener Found in Protein Bars Tied to Stroke, Blood Clot Risk

HBO’s Boss Has Yet to Be Approached About Partnering on ‘Doctor Who’

AI Agent Runs the ‘I’m Being Censored’ Playbook After Getting Banned from Wikipedia

‘Scream 7’ Comes Home With Deleted Scenes We Hope Will Improve the Movie

A QR Code Too Small to See Hints at a New, Non-Annoying Use for the Format

Andy Weir Apologizes After ‘Star Trek’ Comment Backlash

Scientists Discover Hidden Behavior in Water That Helps Explain Why Ice Floats

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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