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Universal Rebooting Wolfman One More Time?

Just over a year ago, Joe Johnston’s remake of The Wolfman starring Benicio Del Toro came out, to pretty crummy reviews. But Universal refuses to give up on the classic monster movies, so they’re giving Wolfman one more chance. Universal owns the rights to all of the classic black and white monsters — including Dracula,…

Movies Meredith Woerner

June Books Bring Space Opera, Angry Robots, and a Zombie Coming-of-Age Story!

Looking for something to stick in the beach bag? This month brings new novels by Jacqueline Carey and Laurell K. Hamilton, plus zombies, vampires, robots, and some levitating kids. Robopocalypse, Daniel H. Wilson (Doubleday) Anyone who’s ever tried programming a coffee maker knows it’s merely a matter of time before the machines rise against us.…

Books & Comics Kelly Faircloth

Now You Can Enjoy Radioactive Oats For Breakfast

Medical patients going in for medical images of “gastric emptying” (when your stomach empties its contents into your intestines) have previously been stuck undergoing a rather uncomfortable ritual. First there’s the fasting, and then there’s having to eat an egg sandwich for breakfast — an egg sandwich laced with radioactive markers that track how fast…

io9 Tim Barribeau

10 Scientist Rock Stars

There’s a widely acknowledged link between music and math. But the connection between the two is even more pronounced when you look at the number of musicians with ties to the scientific world. Here are ten people who are at the top of their game both musically and academically. 1. Brian May Brian May is…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta

Strange new class of ultra-bright supernova discovered

A new class of supernova has been discovered, with six examples of it seen so far. Powered by a mysterious source, they’re brighter and longer-lived than the novae we know now. The Palomar Transient Factory uses the telescopes at the Palomar Observatory to scan the skies, looking for flashes of light. The flashes could be…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

The stag who wore a greatcoat had some peculiar opinions

They say that monsters never call another creature “monster.” After a lifetime of being told that one is uncanny, the word becomes tiresome. Why pass the insult along to one’s brothers? But the question should really be “why not?” Phineas J. Hartley Esq., the stag who wore a pocket watch tangled like bunting in his…

io9 Annalee Newitz

The world’s smallest 3D printer

Behold the world’s smallest 3D printer. About the size of a milk carton and weighing only 3.3 lbs, this breakthrough brings us that much closer to a reality of DIY 3D printing production. A multi-disciplinary team of chemical researchers and mechanical engineers at the Vienna University of Technology collaborated on the prototype. High-tech 3D printers…

io9 Kirstin Butler

How the diving bell spider uses physics to breathe underwater

Diving bell spiders spin ‘bubbles’ of web that not only let them live under water, but serve as gills that take in oxygen from the water. Now two biologists have measured what makes these bubbles fail, and how often the spiders need to surface. Just when you thought it was safe to go back in…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

First official look from Walking Dead season 2 reveals a zombie makeover!

The first official image from the second season of Walking Dead is out, showing off some new undead make up tricks. While the zombies look impressively gruesome, we’re wondering if the new yellow-eyed look is the first of many changes? In a press release sent out from AMC, Executive Writer/Producer Frank Darabont had this to…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Lots more videos for Torchwood: Miracle Day and True Blood. Plus Roland Emmerich is now blowing up Asteroids!

Anne Hathaway is taking her fights for The Dark Knight Rises just a little too seriously. John Barrowman discusses a Doctor Who return. What’s going on with Zombieland 2? Plus awesome new posters for Harry Potter, Conan, and Super 8! Spoilers from here on out! Top image from Conan. The Dark Knight Rises This news…

Television Alasdair Wilkins

io9 Roundup: June 8, 2011

POST-APOCALYPTIC SPLENDOR | “His City” concept art by Dennis Chan shows a city reclaimed by nature. More here. https://gizmodo.com/is-being-left-handed-actually-a-form-of-cognitive-impai-5809813 Is being left-handed actually a form of cognitive impairment? That’s the finding of a new study examining the link between cognitive ability and handedness. Lefties score consistently lower on aptitude tests than righties, and left-handedness is…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Thwarting thieves with polymers and rainbows

Like pickpocketing, counterfeiting money may soon be a crime of the past. Researchers at the University of Sheffield have created a “colorless pigment” that creates rainbows and prevents replicability for use on money, passports, and other stuff you don’t want copied. http://gawker.com/5778304/pickpockets-mourn-the-end-of-an-era Here’s how the magical fraud-fighting rainbows are created: pigment-free polymer materials are combined…

io9 Kirstin Butler

The skeleton of a rare Malaysian dragon – discovered at last!

Could it be that we finally have proof that dragons once roamed through Asia? Nope. But we do have proof that a talented sculptor, working with chicken bones and his imagination, was able to create a gorgeous dragon skeleton that looks as if it was snatched from a nineteenth century circus sideshow. Over at Mad…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Hula hoops and fish grenades: two contenders for the worst ninja fight ever

You may know Hong Kong legend Godfrey Ho from any one of his 100 or so grade-Z movies, such as 1988’s cyborgs-versus-Chinese-vampires classic Robo Vampire. But as bad/astounding as Robo Vampire was, it may not be Ho’s most ludicrous film. https://gizmodo.com/fake-robocop-vs-hopping-vampires-in-robo-vampire-348811 These clips from 1986’s Ninja Fantasy definitely give Vampire a run for its money.…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

Is being left-handed actually a form of cognitive impairment?

That’s the finding of a new study examining the link between cognitive ability and handedness. Lefties score consistently lower on aptitude tests than righties, and left-handedness is cognitively equivalent to being born prematurely. Yeah…this one’s going to be controversial. Flinders University professor Mike Nicholls – who is himself left-handed, for whatever that’s worth – led…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Doggelgänger facial recognition software matches you with your puppy lookalike

No need to search the world over for your other puppy half. Doggelgänger uses facial recognition software to pair you up with the puppy that already shares your handsome features! The website, which was created in New Zealand, is pretty self explanatory. Upload a picture of yourself, and find out what you look like in…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Artist draws his way through Lovecraft’s creature catalog

Illustrator Mike Bukowski has taken on the maddening task of drawing every creature that appears in HP Lovecraft’s cosmic horror stories — from the squishiest Elder Thing to the lowliest Deep One. Bukowski explains that he fell in love with Lovecraft’s writings at an early age, and he credits the writer’s descriptions of unearthly horrors…

io9 Lauren Davis

Internet War I is about to begin

After the Chinese hacker attacks on Google, we’re all ready for the first Internet War to begin. But how would such a war really start? One guy has a mesmerizingly crazy idea . . . Over at Forbes, tech writer Mark Gibbs predicts the internet world will go to war after the civil liberties non-profit…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Romance Between Clairvoyants: Doomed to Fail?

Can a relationship between two people who see the future ever work out? Especially if they see the future in very different ways? My novelette “Six Months, Three Days,” up now at Tor.com, explores this idea. Judy can see a host of possible futures and choose among them, but then she goes on a date…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

The films of Hayao Miyazaki à la Lego

You’re looking at the oeuvre of Studio Ghibli bigwig Hayao Miyazaki sculpted entirely out of plastic bricks. This fantastic tableau was built by Iain Heath for BrickCon 2010. Check out everything from Nausicaä to Princess Mononoke in Lego. Here’s what Heath had to say about this ambitious endeavor: Here finally is the finished product, presented…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

Universal Rebooting Wolfman One More Time?

June Books Bring Space Opera, Angry Robots, and a Zombie Coming-of-Age Story!

Now You Can Enjoy Radioactive Oats For Breakfast

10 Scientist Rock Stars

Strange new class of ultra-bright supernova discovered

The stag who wore a greatcoat had some peculiar opinions

The world’s smallest 3D printer

How the diving bell spider uses physics to breathe underwater

First official look from Walking Dead season 2 reveals a zombie makeover!

Lots more videos for Torchwood: Miracle Day and True Blood. Plus Roland Emmerich is now blowing up Asteroids!

io9 Roundup: June 8, 2011

Thwarting thieves with polymers and rainbows

The skeleton of a rare Malaysian dragon – discovered at last!

Hula hoops and fish grenades: two contenders for the worst ninja fight ever

Is being left-handed actually a form of cognitive impairment?

Doggelgänger facial recognition software matches you with your puppy lookalike

Artist draws his way through Lovecraft’s creature catalog

Internet War I is about to begin

Romance Between Clairvoyants: Doomed to Fail?

The films of Hayao Miyazaki à la Lego

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Forget Amazon Fire TV Soundbar, Samsung B-Series Soundbar With Built-In Subwoofer Still Under $100 for Post-Spring Sale

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