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Mirror Mirror: Better Than Its Awful Trailers, But Still Garbage

We’ve all seen the campy trailers for Mirror Mirror, featuring Julia Roberts as the Evil Queen. The TV spots, in particular, have looked kind of embarrassing, full of “little people” pot shots and dated gags. But the actual movie? Is surprisingly fun, even if none of the characters is developed beyond the hemlines of their…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Lilli the calf is probably the most adorable six-legged creature you’ve ever seen

Everyone, this is Lilli. Lilli has six — count them — six legs. You can actually see her two little extra limbs dangling just so from her left side. She wears them well, don’t you think? Lilli’s condition is called polymelia, “poly” and “melia” being Greek for “many” and “limb,” respectively. Polymelia occurs when one…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

First Look at Loki’s Army In The Avengers?

Check out this newly released TV spot for The Avengers. Apart from giving us more of the awesome Tony Stark/Loki confrontation where Tony says that he has a Hulk, it also shows us our first proper look at Loki’s army. Spoilers ahead… Check out a screencap below. These don’t look like Frost Giants to me,…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

What if Cake Was More Rational?

Sick of looking at an iced cake and wondering what could be inside? I-cakes, one of the innovative products designed by artist Marti Guixé, are for you. The inside is delicious cake. The outside is a pie chart indicating what ingredients are inside. Isn’t food terribly inefficient? What’s inside a cake, pie, or covered pastry?…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

The Origins and Evolution of the Strategy Board Game RISK

A game combining luck, strategy, and diplomacy, RISK brings together friends for a maniacal six hour adventure, where just setting up the game and strategically placing armies can take up to an hour. The fragile alliances that you make and break over the course of a game are key to the game’s popularity — along…

io9 Keith Veronese

Two leaders of “Faster-Than-Light” Neutrino Team Resign

On the morning of September 22, 2011, OPERA spokesperson Antonio Ereditato announced to the world that members of the OPERA experiment had observed neutrinos traveling faster than the speed of light. The next day, experimental coordinator Dario Autiero presented the team’s findings at an internationally broadcasted presentation. Today, it is being reported that Ereditato and…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

A Treasure Trove of Cosplay from the Swinging 1970s [NSFW]

Science fiction and fantasy cosplay has changed a lot in the last 35 years. Back in the late 1970s, there weren’t very many rules, if any. And there certainly was nothing like a separate costuming fandom. There were also an awful lot of naked people (which eventually resulted in the only rule I ever remember…

io9 Ron Miller

This Ukrainian salt mine is like a tourist resort for morlocks

Or a spring break destination for CHUDs. In the Ukrainian town of Soledar, an unused salt mine 300 meters underground has become a tourist attraction thanks to its ornate passageways. A church, soccer arena, and sanitarium have been carved out of the salt, giving the mine the veneer of the Mines of Moria with high…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

So where did life on comets come from in the first place?

There’s an increasing body of evidence that suggests organic molecules that formed the origin of life on Earth got their start on meteors — but then how did the organic compounds get there to begin with? https://gizmodo.com/more-evidence-that-life-first-came-from-comets-5895604 Top image: Michael Jacger According to research published in Science Express, it may all go back to ice,…

io9 Tim Barribeau

10 Deadly Enemies that Humans Turned Into Servants

We hear a lot, in science fiction, about things that now serve us but will soon kill us. Like robots. But what about the reverse — things that used to kill us in droves, but now serve us? Predatory animals, microbes, and the elements themselves — they all held dominion over us. Once. Celebrate the…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

And now, Robocop watching a woman take a shower

In this deleted scene from the Robocop 2 workprint, our metal hero gives a bathing police office a spot inspection. I realize this scene is supposed to mournfully symbolize Robocop’s lost humanity, but nonetheless — it is Robocop peeping with impunity. That’s odd behavior for him, even in a historical context. And here are some…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

New Evidence that Our Insecticides are Killing Off the Bees

We’ve all heard that bee populations are dwindling. Far less clear, however, is what’s actually causing the slump. Now, two studies have provided some of the most compelling evidence to date that a popular class of insecticides may be contributing strongly to the collapse. Scientists call the mysterious wasting-away of the the world’s bee populations…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

The First Transhumans, or Why Doc Savage Lost His Superpowers

Transhumanism is a popular movement to convert ordinary humans into superhumans, using technology. For 20 years, transhumanism has been a favored topic of futurists, who see it as a possible salvation for humanity. But we’ve already seen one attempt at transhumanism, and it failed – badly. The Victorians and New Athleticism The British took great…

io9 Jess Nevins

You Can’t Handle The Hottest Doctor Who Fashions of 1984

In 1984, author Joy Gammon penned The Doctor Who Pattern Book, an unheralded treasure trove of Time Lord fashion. In this out-of-print tome, Gannon lays out how to transform otherwise normal fabrics into duds that put the “ill” in “Gallifrey.” No place in time or space has witnessed this much sartorial thunder tucked between two…

Television Cyriaque Lamar

Mimicking butterfly wings could boost hydrogen fuel production

Chinese researchers have turned to the light absorbing properties of butterfly wings to significantly increase the efficiency of solar hydrogen cells, using biomimetics to copy the nanostructure that allows for incredible light and heat absorption. Butterflies are known to use heat from the sun to warm themselves beyond what their bodies can provide, and this…

io9 Tim Barribeau

Get the hell out of my room, mythological cats!

To whom(eow) it may concern, This is a sternly worded letter to all of you felines of myth, lore, legend, and urban legend who slink into my bedroom at night and clap your magical sphincters in my face while I sleep, like so many dirty castanets. I reiterate myself once again — leave my room,…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Touch No Longer The Worst Show on Television

After last week’s disaster, Touch really had nowhere to go but up. And yesterday’s episode was a definite improvement, reining in the hokey coincidences and hinting at a way to turn its themes of interconnectivity into a mildly interesting show. I’m not here to bury Touch, but I’m not exactly here to praise it either.…

Television Alasdair Wilkins

Tons More Hints to Get You Ready for the Return of Game of Thrones!

James Cameron hints at the long-term future of Avatar. The cast of Farscape creator Rockne S. O’Bannon’s new science fiction Western takes shape. ABC reveals all about its two fantastical pilots. Plus videos for Cabin in the Woods, Battleship, and Skyfall! It’s spoilers all the way down! Top image from Game of Thrones. Man of…

Television Alasdair Wilkins

Why Online Reviews Make Shopping Impossible

Remember back when every time you went shopping you didn’t bring the entire internet with you to weigh in? Those were good times! But now, good luck buying something as simple as an folding chair; there’s a better than decent chance that it agitated Amazon reviewer oswego13’s sciatic nerve. You don’t know what that means,…

Books & Comics Brian Barrett

Check Out the Official Lego Avengers Movie Poster

Given my life-long love affair with Lego and my life-long love affair with the Avengers—Avengers #159 was the first comic book I remember buying as a little kid—it’s no surprise that I get wet just by looking at this poster. https://gizmodo.com/this-secret-underground-facility-guards-all-lego-sets-e-5018990 I really can’t wait for this movie to come out—along with all the new…

Movies Jesus Diaz

Mirror Mirror: Better Than Its Awful Trailers, But Still Garbage

Lilli the calf is probably the most adorable six-legged creature you’ve ever seen

First Look at Loki’s Army In The Avengers?

What if Cake Was More Rational?

The Origins and Evolution of the Strategy Board Game RISK

Two leaders of “Faster-Than-Light” Neutrino Team Resign

A Treasure Trove of Cosplay from the Swinging 1970s [NSFW]

This Ukrainian salt mine is like a tourist resort for morlocks

So where did life on comets come from in the first place?

10 Deadly Enemies that Humans Turned Into Servants

And now, Robocop watching a woman take a shower

New Evidence that Our Insecticides are Killing Off the Bees

The First Transhumans, or Why Doc Savage Lost His Superpowers

You Can’t Handle The Hottest Doctor Who Fashions of 1984

Mimicking butterfly wings could boost hydrogen fuel production

Get the hell out of my room, mythological cats!

Touch No Longer The Worst Show on Television

Tons More Hints to Get You Ready for the Return of Game of Thrones!

Why Online Reviews Make Shopping Impossible

Check Out the Official Lego Avengers Movie Poster

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

The Best New Toys of March 2026

Judge Denies Liking LinkedIn Post Critical of Elon Musk But Reassigns His Cases Anyway

Amazon Slashes 50% Off Keurig K-Cup Pod Coffee Maker, Now a Budget Alternative to Breville and Nespresso Espresso Machines

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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

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