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This four-legged Chinese chicken = the real face-hugger from Alien

Goodness, this is difficult to look at. Last week, a shopper in the Chinese city of Changsha bought this frozen chicken from the supermarket, only to discover that the skinless fowl possessed four delightfully mutated legs. According to a university professor consulted by the website China Buzz, the chicken is otherwise edible — until it…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

The 10 Best Retorts in Science Fiction and Fantasy

A properly-delivered snappy line can be so good that it’s worth whatever hardship prompted it in the first place. Usually it’s the line you think of two weeks after being insulted. In science fiction and fantasy, with the benefit of a script, it’s delivered right on time, and in every imaginable situation. Take a look…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

A light-projected ghost tiger runs rampant through Paris

In case there weren’t enough spectral big cats barreling through the world’s metropolises, French design firm created Le3 this absolutely sublime projection of a tiger loose in the avenues. Woe to be ailurophobic in the City of Lights! [Via Laughing Squid]

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Flag Designs for Earth & The Solar System in 2020 and Beyond

Redittor thefrek has designed a kick-ass series of flags for the Solar System and its planets. But flags, as we all know, change over time. So he’s also created possible revisions for those flags reaching as far as 800 years into the future. Below you’ll find thefrek’s concept designs for “Earth/Solar flags throughout the future,”…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

The Hunger Games Will Ruin You

The Hunger Games movie will punch you in the gut. The saga of Katniss, teenage dystopian gladiator, turns out to be just as addictive in movie form as it was in the books. The combination of insane spectacle and surprisingly brutal violence makes this movie exhilarating, and a little exhausting, to watch. You can’t help…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Hey Email, Keep Quiet and Carry On

Unless you live in a bunker underground waiting for an alien attack or the impact of the granddaddy of all meteors, life is noisy. Roaring car engines, honking car horns, blabbering people, barking dogs—it can all be pretty overwhelming. And with 294 billion emails flying around every day, even checking your email can feel like…

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Are we on the verge of a thermal battery revolution?

Are finally we on the cusp of economically viable thermal batteries — devices to store and transmit heat? A perspective article published in this week’s Science seems to think so, and it could mean a major change for the way we think about heating and cooling. Anyone who’s lived in a climate that suffers from…

io9 Tim Barribeau

A fantastic full frontal shot of The Amazing Spider-Man‘s Lizard

We’ve seen plenty of shots of Dr. Curt Connors (played by Rhys Ifans) in human form, but now get an entire eyeful of The Lizard. Behold the scales, arms, and gigantic muscles on The Amazing Spider-Man’s main antagonist in this character poster. Trends International is selling this slinky reptile character poster of Dr. Curt Connors’…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Could you really survive the apocalypse by eating freeze-dried food?

Is it really a good idea to store freeze dried food for a long-term survival situation? It may be an attractive proposition for the survivalist in you, but you probably didn’t bargain on what exactly the process of freeze drying involves — and its price. How to Carry a Ton of Food on Your Back…

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The Princess Bride‘s bizarrely NSFW cover from the 1970s

Chances are you’re familiar with The Princess Bride movie, but way fewer people have read author William Goldman’s book. Let me just say that it takes a strikingly different tone than the movie. Instead of a kindly grandfather narrating the story to his sick grandson, the book is framed by a writer editing and rewriting…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

These are the places in America where alcohol is still banned

The year was 1933. America’s fourteen-year experiment in sobriety was over; the federally mandated ban on the sale and manufacture of alcohol had been lifted. All across the U.S., people welcomed the repeal of prohibition with open arms and flowing taps. Or rather, most of them did. Meet the counties where America’s “noble experiment” never…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Sweatbox, the insane, behind-the-scenes documentary Disney doesn’t want you to see

Watch a Disney production originally spearheaded by the mighty Roger Allers (right off of Lion King fame) with a soundtrack by Sting and the voice talents of Eartha Kitt, David Spade, and John Goodman crumble into the wasted opportunity comedy The Emperor’s New Groove. The documentary Sweatbox was filmed by Sting’s wife Trudie Styler and…

io9 Meredith Woerner

If there’s no Will Smith song in Men in Black 3, I will kill myself

And I’ve already devised the mechanism of my demise. I will first draw a bubble bath and sidle in completely naked. Via remote sensor, the rising water levels will activate a television across the room, which will begin playing the episode of Fresh Prince of Bel-Air where Will invites Bel Biv Devoe to secretly film…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Stan Lee reveals the secrets of all his upcoming Marvel cameos. Plus more big clues for Fringe and Supernatural!

Danai Gurira discusses playing Michonne on The Walking Dead. Rupert Sanders reveals an intriguing dwarf-related hint about Snow White and the Huntsman. Seth Grahame-Smith talks Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter and Dark Shadows. Plus Battleship and Wrath of the Titans videos! It’s spoilers all the way down! Top image from Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. The Avengers…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Picture of the Day: March 22, 2012

WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT | Amazing nature art by New York based artist George Boorujy, whose exhibition “Blood Memory” runs at New York’s P-P-O-W Gallery until April 14. Via Lines and Colors. Want to read today’s io9 stories a different way? Check out our blog view. Or visit Observation Deck, our general discussion forum.

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What it’s like to swim with the jellies in remote Jellyfish Lake

A few years ago, filmmakers trying to capture the vanishing beauty of ocean reefs took on an epic project. They would do underwater filming in digital 3D, often trekking to extremely remote locations to bring you insanely gorgeous visuals of subterranean worlds currently threatened by ocean acidification. That’s why they made The Last Reef —…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Stop pretending that social media will democratize the world

Are you sick of hearing tech pundits trumpeting that the democratic successes of Arab Spring can be attributed in large part to Twitter, Facebook, and other social media? Maybe you’re a little suspicious of the idea that social media is freedom’s greatest ally, especially given that Facebook is being used increasingly for workplace surveillance. If…

io9 Annalee Newitz

We Wish You a Turtle Christmas, and other proof that Michael Bay’s not the first to crap on the Ninja Turtles

The internet hasn’t reacted all that keenly to producer Michael Bay’s shitstorm-unleashing revelation that the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will be space aliens in his upcoming film. https://gizmodo.com/wait-michael-bays-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-might-n-5894310 In fact, Bay’s wholesale revision of the Ninja Turtles’ origins has invoked the ire of Michelangelo voice actor Robbie Rist (who claimed that Bay is “sodomizing” the…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Ask nicely and this baby sea otter will deign to let you groom her luxurious coat

Face it. You are not worthy of grooming this obscenely adorable baby sea otter. But Cayucos (that’s her name) is a kind and loving sea otter, and she will allow you to groom her if you absolutely insist upon it. All jokes aside, sea otter pups like Cayucos here actually have to be groomed by…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

How cooking turned humans into an invasive species

How did humans become the swarming, world-spanning species that we are today? A lot of reasons, sure, but one of them may very well have been the invention of cooking. This everyday scientific discipline changed the world – and may change it still more. Food innovation is considered many things: a basic necessity, an art,…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

This four-legged Chinese chicken = the real face-hugger from Alien

The 10 Best Retorts in Science Fiction and Fantasy

A light-projected ghost tiger runs rampant through Paris

Flag Designs for Earth & The Solar System in 2020 and Beyond

The Hunger Games Will Ruin You

Hey Email, Keep Quiet and Carry On

Are we on the verge of a thermal battery revolution?

A fantastic full frontal shot of The Amazing Spider-Man‘s Lizard

Could you really survive the apocalypse by eating freeze-dried food?

The Princess Bride‘s bizarrely NSFW cover from the 1970s

These are the places in America where alcohol is still banned

Sweatbox, the insane, behind-the-scenes documentary Disney doesn’t want you to see

If there’s no Will Smith song in Men in Black 3, I will kill myself

Stan Lee reveals the secrets of all his upcoming Marvel cameos. Plus more big clues for Fringe and Supernatural!

Picture of the Day: March 22, 2012

What it’s like to swim with the jellies in remote Jellyfish Lake

Stop pretending that social media will democratize the world

We Wish You a Turtle Christmas, and other proof that Michael Bay’s not the first to crap on the Ninja Turtles

Ask nicely and this baby sea otter will deign to let you groom her luxurious coat

How cooking turned humans into an invasive species

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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MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

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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

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

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