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10 Crazy-Ass Adventures You Never Knew Indiana Jones Went On

Like Star Wars, the Indiana Jones franchise has an extensive expanded universe. But unlike Star Wars, all of the adventures focus on a single, extremely surly university professor. https://gizmodo.com/the-weirdest-stories-from-the-star-wars-expanded-univer-5809073 When you factor in all the comics, novels, roleplaying game campaigns, television spin-offs, choose-your-own-adventures, and pinball machines, it becomes abundantly apparent that Indiana Jones never has…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Two more Tattooine-like planets discovered orbiting double suns

Back in September, NASA’s planet-hunting satellite Kepler made one of its most dramatic discoveries when it spotted a planet orbiting two stars. But was this a one-of-a-kind cosmic freak, or are there lots of these strange planets? Now we know. Kepler-34b and Kepler-35b are two new examples of so-called circumbinary planets, joining the previously discovered…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

All The Science Fiction and Fantasy Books We’re Dying to Read in 2012

Science fiction and fantasy books are bigger than ever. A Dance With Dragons and Stephen King’s time-travel saga rule the bestseller lists. Literary authors all flock to write about zombies, apocalypses and time travel. And by all indications, 2012 is going to be an even greater year for genre books. Here are 25 books we…

io9 Kelly Faircloth

First beautiful look at the Blu-Ray version of Star Trek: The Next Generation

It’s about damn time! The first ever clip for the high definition, Blu-ray release of Star Trek: The Next Generation is finally out, showcasing a brilliant new universe of crystal-clear aliens and an unfiltered Picard. It looks absolutely lovely, as you can see from this clip of the two-part series premiere, “Encounter at Farpoint.” To…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Who wants to see a mostly naked, grotesquely jacked Darth Vader?

Who knew Darth Vader was secretly hiding a twisted mound of quivering muscles under his cape? Behold Anakin Skywalker, spread-eagle and plenty disrobed. This veiny rendition of the Sith Lord is brought to you by Deviant Artist Ornia. You’re welcome, internet. (Click on the image to embiggen!)

io9 Meredith Woerner

This is HiRISE, the most powerful camera we’ve ever sent to another planet

The University of Arizona’s High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera is an incredible piece of equipment. Currently circling the Red Planet aboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, the instrument is capable of capturing photographs of the Martian surface at unprecedented resolution, averaging about 25 centimeters per pixel. In the five and a half years that…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Cairo’s City of the Dead, a slum where 500,000 people live among tombs

Almost 20 million people live in the Cairo metropolitan area, and housing is tight, even in the suburbs. In a neighborhood known as al-Arafa, residents have moved into a necropolis dating back to 600 A.D. In this City of the Dead, there is limited electricity and sanitation, and the deceased take up residency among the…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Read a real-life medical report on three cases of Haitian zombies

Zombies may seem like the purview of AMC dramas nowadays, but in 1997, English medical journal The Lancet published an intriguing set of case studies detailing three reports of zombification in Haiti. What caused the dead to walk in these instances? Well, let’s just say reality is far less lurid than George Romero flicks. Here…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

What secrets lie in this mysterious mask from Prometheus?

In our trailer breakdown of Ridley Scott’s Prometheus, we spied the head of that lovable space jockey whose carcass popped up in the original Alien. Now new images showing what appears to be a space jockey mask have surfaced. But wait, there’s a twist! https://gizmodo.com/frame-by-frame-breakdown-of-the-prometheus-trailer-who-5870560 Here’s the shot from the trailer. As you can see,…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Why is the 5th Edition of Dungeons & Dragons a big deal?

Yesterday, roleplaying game publisher Wizards of the Coast announced the development of a new edition of D&D. This revision comes less than four years after the release of the last edition of the stalwart RPG. For years, D&D players have drawn battle lines over which edition of the game they prefer, and Wizards is now…

io9 Ed Grabianowski

Insane Spanish pizza ad includes a screaming god, a severed penis (NSFW)

For a promotional reel, Spanish production house Sofa Experience created a fake commercial for a fake consumable known as Pizza Boomerang, which was forged by the gods and can lop off waggling members. Words can barely do this video justice. Chorizo will save your life. [Via Copyranter]

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Find out what’s ahead for The River, Fringe, and Supernatural!

Man of Steel adds a longtime comic book character, plus new set photos reveal Kevin Costner as Pa Kent. Riddick 3 finds its villain. Oz the Great and Powerful is really paying homage to the original Wizard of Oz movie! Spoilers from here on out! Top image from The Hunger Games. Man of Steel West…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

The Joy of Books: This Video Will Make You Wonder Why You Own a Kindle

Books are wonderful, wonderful things. I love my Kindle, I really do. But this video makes me realise just how much I love the hard copy: the crack of a spine, the smell of the paper, the turn of the page. My Kindle doesn’t do those things: it just runs out of battery. OK, so…

Books & Comics Jamie Condliffe

Picture of the Day: January 10, 2012

LET’S BLOW THIS THING AND GO HOME | Detail from new Halo 4 concept art, via GamePur. Want to read today’s io9 stories a different way? Check out our blog view. Or visit Observation Deck, our general discussion forum.

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

How To Build the Best Lego X-Wing Ever

Rejoice, fellow Lego nerds, because Mike Psiaki just sent me the instructions and a part list for the best Lego X-Wing model ever created. Yes, my friends, now you can build your own. https://gizmodo.com/this-is-the-best-lego-x-wing-model-ever-5862041 A while back you wrote a piece about my Lego x-wing model. I figured it might be of interest that I…

Movies Jesus Diaz

It’s probably just a coincidence that Battle Royale is finally coming to DVD in March

It’s probably just a coincidence that Kinju Fukusaku’s Battle Royale is finally getting a fancy U.S. release on DVD and Blu-ray on March 20. It can’t possibly have something to do with some other movie about teen death games, coming out around the same time, can it? No, of course not. In any case, whatever…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Siberia was an unlikely haven for wildlife in the last Ice Age

Siberia enjoys a well-deserved reputation as one of the coldest places on Earth. But the last time the planet got really cold, Siberia apparently didn’t go along for the ride, providing animals a warm oasis from the Ice Age. That’s the finding of Eva Bellemain of the University of Oslo, who recently presented her analysis…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Could John Carter be the year’s first big flop?

Disney’s top marketing executive, MT Carney, has quit — right in the middle of the big publicity build-up for the lavish adventure movie John Carter. And meanwhile, there are tons of reports that Carter’s budget has skyrocketed way higher than expected. This all adds up to one thing: Could John Carter be a Mars-sized bomb?…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Doomsday clock moves one minute closer to our planet’s complete destruction

Back in January 2010, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists announced that they were moving their “Doomsday Clock” from five to six minutes to midnight, a sign of cautious optimism and renewed hope for Earth’s nuclear safety. http://io9.com/5448431/armageddon-slightly-delayed-say-keepers-of-the-doomsday-clock Yeah, about that… This symbolic clock was introduced back in 1947 as a way for atomic scientists…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

First Details from the Pilot Script of Lev Grossman’s The Magicians

Lev Grossman’s The Magicians brought an emotional weight, and a pleasurable snarkiness, to the age-old story of magical people discovering their powers. And The Magician King expanded Grossman’s world-building themes by adding a second protagonist. But how on Earth would you go about translating it to the television screen? https://gizmodo.com/in-the-magician-king-lev-grossmans-magical-over-achiev-5833260 Fox entrusted the daunting task…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

10 Crazy-Ass Adventures You Never Knew Indiana Jones Went On

Two more Tattooine-like planets discovered orbiting double suns

All The Science Fiction and Fantasy Books We’re Dying to Read in 2012

First beautiful look at the Blu-Ray version of Star Trek: The Next Generation

Who wants to see a mostly naked, grotesquely jacked Darth Vader?

This is HiRISE, the most powerful camera we’ve ever sent to another planet

Cairo’s City of the Dead, a slum where 500,000 people live among tombs

Read a real-life medical report on three cases of Haitian zombies

What secrets lie in this mysterious mask from Prometheus?

Why is the 5th Edition of Dungeons & Dragons a big deal?

Insane Spanish pizza ad includes a screaming god, a severed penis (NSFW)

Find out what’s ahead for The River, Fringe, and Supernatural!

The Joy of Books: This Video Will Make You Wonder Why You Own a Kindle

Picture of the Day: January 10, 2012

How To Build the Best Lego X-Wing Ever

It’s probably just a coincidence that Battle Royale is finally coming to DVD in March

Siberia was an unlikely haven for wildlife in the last Ice Age

Could John Carter be the year’s first big flop?

Doomsday clock moves one minute closer to our planet’s complete destruction

First Details from the Pilot Script of Lev Grossman’s The Magicians

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How to Watch Artemis 2, NASA’s First Crewed Mission to the Moon in 54 Years

KitchenAid 4.5-Quart Stand Mixer Is Back at Its Lowest Price, a Last-Minute Spring Sale Deal Outside Amazon Prime Day

‘Pizza Movie’ Has a Hilariously Grisly New Way to Say ‘This Is Your Brain on Drugs’ (Exclusive)

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