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The cast of The Hunger Games reveals all. And do we already know The Walking Dead‘s big secret?

Get the lowdown on the first five episodes of season two of Game of Thrones. Dark Shadows is finally getting a trailer. There’s potentially some bad news for World War Z. Plus prepare for the return of Vampire Diaries and Secret Circle! Spoilers from here on out! Top image from The Hunger Games. X-Men: First…

Television Alasdair Wilkins

When played on Tesla coils, “Dueling Banjos” sounds even more ominous

In the 2072 remake of Deliverance, the vacationing clone of Ned Beatty will have his data cloud unlawful breached by a duo of mutant, retro-obsessed hackers who will demand that he “squeal like a Commodore 64.” Also Burt Reynolds will be reprising his role, as Burt Reynolds is more of an ideal than a man,…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

The Internet Finally Kills off Printed Encyclopaedia Britannicas

Encyclopaedia Britannica was the last word in in-home facts for nearly a quarter of a millennium, from 1766 to 2010. Now, it’s just one more casualty of the Digital Age along with classifieds and the Yellow Pages. Brittanica was the oldest continuously published, English-language encyclopedia in the world. It became widely popular during the 1950’s…

Books & Comics Andrew Tarantola

Gruesome shadow art transforms garbage and mummified rats into severed heads

Sculptors Tim Noble and Sue Webster use metal scraps, taxidermied animals, and other detritus to create immensely foreboding scenes hidden within unassuming silhouettes. For example, that sculpture at top — British Wildlife (2000) — consists of “88 taxidermy animals; 46 birds (35 varieties), 40 mammals (18 varieties), [and] 2 fish.” Another silhouette piece transforms synthetic…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Picture of the Day: March 13, 2012

SMILE TIME IS OVER | Newly released concept art from The Happytime Murders, a noir movie from Henson Studios, set in a world where puppets are second class citizens. And this scene apparently happens in a puppet sex shop. Via Bleeding Cool. Want to read today’s io9 stories a different way? Check out our blog…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Here’s what the weather on Mars would really look like

One would think that with barely 100th the atmosphere Earth has Mars would have pretty lame weather…if any. But it doesn’t take much to whip up a good storm. Just look at the monster sand dunes that the winds on Mars manage to create. If they can do that, it’s maybe less surprising that Mars’…

io9 Ron Miller

The best new scientific idea in years

Crowdfunding site Kickstarter has now successfully helped more than one project earn over $1 million, turning the traditional model of media production on its ear. What if we could do the same thing for science? With government spending for the sciences on the decline, entrepreneur Matt Salzberg saw an opportunity. He’d create a crowdfunding site…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Did this blogger just invent a new subgenre of science fiction?

Over at Livejournal, New Zealand blogger Stella Matutina writes about how much she’s been enjoying the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction lately. And then she comes up with an intriguing description of some of her favorite stories that she’s read in there: As I read the November/December 2011 issue, I began to think specifically…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

Can The Hunger Games really capture all of Katniss Everdeen?

A lot of the writing on the Internet about The Hunger Games is snark about its derivativeness (It’s Series 7 with kids! It’s the Minotaur with television! It’s Marathon Man meets The Long Walk plus a girl protagonist, minus Stephen King! It’s Battle Royale for people who hate subtitles!). But if The Hunger Games seems…

Movies Mikethegirl

When rats are as smart as humans

In a battle of wits, humans and rats are way more evenly matched than you’d think. While we obviously have an advantage in overall intelligence, our ability to read situations and make decisions is actually no better than a rat’s. In what has got to be great news for anyone who has ever tried and…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Shady scientists head up mission to clone woolly mammoths

When Russian and Japanese scientists announced last December that they had recovered bone marrow that would enable them to clone a woolly mammoth within five years, a lot of people called their 2017 deadline unrealistic. https://gizmodo.com/no-we-wont-be-able-to-clone-a-woolly-mammoth-in-the-ne-5865590 Now, Russian scientists have teamed up with South Korea’s Sooam Biotech Research Foundation — a non profit organization widely…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

First look at the brand-new Bella in Breaking Dawn: Part 2

Want to know what Bella looks like in the final chapter of the Twilight franchise? Spoilers! For those of you just tuning in, the last movie featured Edward ripping their half vampire, half human baby out of Bella’s body with his teeth. He had to turn Bella into a vampire to keep her alive. Breaking…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Researchers have created electricity generating “cyborg snails”

In The Matrix, the Machines farm humans for energy. Today, we do the exact same thing with tiny critters like cockroaches. Who would ever need such a tiny power source? The US Department of Defense. For years, the DOD has been looking for ways to equip small animals like insects and mollusks with battery-powered microcircuits…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Even a toddler is smarter than the smartest AI

Sure, when it comes to making calculations and accumulating knowledge, computers have long since left most of us in the dust. But for tasks involving even a little nuance and uncertainty, computers can’t even compete with your average preschooler. https://gizmodo.com/this-computer-program-is-smarter-than-96-percent-of-hum-5885904 Indeed, when it comes to raw learning ability, young children arguably have no equal. Their…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Skinless Vampire Sex Parties + Jay Baruchel = The Best Being Human Episode Yet!

After two episodes that were 99% supernatural jibber- jabber and vampire politics, Being Human finally returned to the dirty kiddie pool we prefer to splash about it. That is, watching people use their superpowers to get laid (or eat). Because let’s be honest, if you were a ghost with nothing better to do who could…

Television Meredith Woerner

Is this a picture of UFOs shooting laser beams at an airplane?

The UFO world has been buzzing about this picture, which the photographer says is an image of a UFO that flew close to a flight from England to Cyprus last month. Though the UFO report filed with MUFON promises video, I have yet to see any. We’re left wondering what the heck we’re seeing here…

io9 Annalee Newitz

The Most Disturbing Episode of Alcatraz By Far

All along, Alcatraz has felt like two very different shows — you’ve got the horrifying, brutal and often creeptastic flashbacks to late-Eisenhower prison madness. And then you’ve got the cozy present-day police procedural, with lingering mysteries. Last night, the balance tipped sharply towards the creepy brutality — and the result was probably the most memorable…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Has the housing crisis finally infected horror movies and television?

Over the past several months, we’ve seen the release of two high profile haunted house movies (Dream House, Woman in Black), and two indies (The Innkeepers, Silent House). Meanwhile, last season’s most talked-about new TV series, American Horror Story, was focused on an extremely haunted house in Los Angeles. Could it be that our anxieties…

Movies Annalee Newitz

How a dash of mercury can rip a jet plane apart

There are plenty of reasons why you don’t want to be around mercury under any circumstances. It’s toxic, and can lead to emotional and mental instability. On planes, it can lead to structural instability. As in, ripping them apart. But how? How does a plane, which is made to withstand being accelerated up to seven…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Watch David Lynch’s amazingly creepy 1991 PSA about New York’s rat infestation

Not all of David Lynch’s commercials had the caffeinated zest of his Japanese Twin Peaks coffee ads. In 1991, he collaborated with Eraserhead’s director of photography Frederick Elmes on this borderline apocalyptic anti-littering PSA for New York City. You can find much more of Lynch’s curious commerical work at Lynchnet. https://gizmodo.com/david-lynch-s-twin-peaks-georgia-coffee-ads-5534679 [Via Gothamist]

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

The cast of The Hunger Games reveals all. And do we already know The Walking Dead‘s big secret?

When played on Tesla coils, “Dueling Banjos” sounds even more ominous

The Internet Finally Kills off Printed Encyclopaedia Britannicas

Gruesome shadow art transforms garbage and mummified rats into severed heads

Picture of the Day: March 13, 2012

Here’s what the weather on Mars would really look like

The best new scientific idea in years

Did this blogger just invent a new subgenre of science fiction?

Can The Hunger Games really capture all of Katniss Everdeen?

When rats are as smart as humans

Shady scientists head up mission to clone woolly mammoths

First look at the brand-new Bella in Breaking Dawn: Part 2

Researchers have created electricity generating “cyborg snails”

Even a toddler is smarter than the smartest AI

Skinless Vampire Sex Parties + Jay Baruchel = The Best Being Human Episode Yet!

Is this a picture of UFOs shooting laser beams at an airplane?

The Most Disturbing Episode of Alcatraz By Far

Has the housing crisis finally infected horror movies and television?

How a dash of mercury can rip a jet plane apart

Watch David Lynch’s amazingly creepy 1991 PSA about New York’s rat infestation

‘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

The ‘Paradise’ Season 2 Finale Paved the Way for a Wildly Sci-Fi Season 3

A $1 Samsung Galaxy Smartphone Lands at Mint Mobile With Unlimited Data at 50% Off in a Clearance Push

Your Wimpy Workouts Aren’t Cutting It, Scientists Say

Anker Prime Power Bank Drops to an All-Time Low (200W, 20,100mAh, 3-Port) as Amazon Clears Out Remaining Spring Sale Stock

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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