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Light pollution is making your hamsters sick

New research shows that constant exposure to low light levels compromises the immune system of the nocturnal Siberian hamster. Scientists say this shows the unexpected impact human expansion and light pollution have on nocturnal animals. Translation: All those city lights are killing your tiny, cuddly friends.

io9 Tim Barribeau

Read an excerpt from teen environmental angst satire “Destroy All Cars”

Blake Nelson’s new young adult novel Destroy All Cars is about a high schooler named James who wants to destroy anti-environmental corporate culture – and maybe ask some girls out. It’s funny and engaging – check out this excerpt. Published last year by Scholastic, the book is now out in paperback. From Destroy All Cars…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Debbie Gibson and Tiffany teach us how to bitch-slap a Mega Python, a Gatoroid and a pop princess

Pop starlets Debbie Gibson and Tiffany explain to us how to murder the monsters from their Syfy original movie Mega Python Versus Gatoroid. Plus new cat-fight clips! This week, we were lucky enough to catch an early screening of Mega Python vs. Gatoroid. And it was sensational. Debbie and Tiffany engage in the catfight we’ve…

io9 Meredith Woerner

The Explosive Space Vistas of David Fuhrer

Swiss artist David Fuhrer creates weirdly shaped planets and strange environments — and then fills them with spaceships and fighters in power armor. His concept art wallpapers are ready made to rule your desktop. Here are a few of Fuhrer’s awesome wallpapers — check out more of his work at the link. [Microbot via Cool…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

The Most Cunning Trap of All

If man is the most dangerous game, surely whatever the device is that entraps him without fail must be particularly evil. Satanic, even. Something to be abolished immediately, in all its forms. Something like this. [Buttersafe via The High Definite]

Books & Comics Brian Barrett

Are you faking ADHD to get drugs? Doctors are on to you!

Have you been faking ADHD to get Adderall? The charade is over! Here’s how your intrepid physician sniffs out ADHD fakers who are just in it for the drugs. Image by Adam Lynch It seems like it should be easy to fake ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) to get a prescription for Adderall, or more…

io9 Lillian Fritz-Laylin and Meredith Carpenter

Angst and the Undead: The CW greenlights a zombie drama

Two networks are following in The Walking Dead’s footsteps. The CW is developing The Awakening, a show about two sisters dealing with their relationship and a zombie apocalypse. And NBC’s developing a show from McG’s production company, Zombies vs. Vampires.

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Scientists make next-generation computers with gold and DNA

Researchers have fabricated a lattice out of gold and virus fragments. It could make your computer much faster. And turn it into a biological machine. Optical computing technology, a growing field in the tech sector, involves computers that send data using beams of light. In order to expand the capabilities of optical computing, engineers are…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Axe Cop — the Live Action Movie!

You’ve seen our exclusive Axe Cop cover, the webcomic written by 6-year-old Malachai Nicolle and drawn by his 29-year-old illustrator brother Ethan — now watch the fan made film. Let’s chop their heads off! https://gizmodo.com/in-this-exclusive-artwork-axe-cop-and-conan-the-barbar-5743206 The film, created by Peter Muehlenberg, solidifies Axe Cop’s status as the new internet sensation. Also, as you can see…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Robert De Niro’s Complete List of Weird Apocalypses

Last night 30 Rock prepared for the apocalypse, by filming a preemptive “fill in your disaster here” benefit. Robert De Niro had the pleasure of listing off how it might all end. Fingers crossed for Bird Apocalypse! It’s little gems like this and starting the episode off with a, “It doesn’t matter how long you’ve…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Why Burroughs’ Naked Lunch is a science fiction classic

People worship Burroughs’ Naked Lunch, but don’t give it its props as a science fiction classic, argues Rudy Rucker on his blog. Rucker, whose new novel about Alan Turing includes Burroughs as a character, describes Naked Lunch as “Transreal SF.” Transreal SF, which Rucker has talked about before in various forums, is “a form of…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

The Rite is your new midnite movie cheesefest

Haven’t you always wanted to see Anthony Hopkins grab a hot young priest and call him “kissy lips”? To see this thespian master hurl frogs around while screaming about Satan? Of course! That’s why exorcism thriller The Rite exists. Maybe you thought the genuinely original, disturbing flick The Last Exorcism would usher in a golden…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Star Trek Potato Head dolls boldly go where no merchandising deal has gone before

The potato adventure is just beginning! PPW Toys will release Star Trek Mr. Potato Head collectible figures along with a few TOS-centric sets! Future potato characters include Captain Kirk, Kor, Mr. Spock and Lt. Uhura. [Star Trek]

io9 Meredith Woerner

The spring-loaded harpoon weeds which are invading the Southwest

The Redstem filaree is a weed spreading out of control because of its mechanical abilities. Its seeds are natural coils. As they grow they develop more tension until they overpower their parent plants and fling themselves outward with tremendous energy. Once they hit the ground, they embed harpoon-like in the soil. When moisture increases they…

io9 Tim Barribeau

Why metal shoots sparks in the microwave

Find out why every time you accidentally leave a trace of tinfoil on your leftovers, your microwave looks like it’s the Fourth of July. For the lazy home cook, every day is a new adventure in package design. Take a new package out of the fridge, or a very old one out of the freezer,…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Turns out watching vampires have an existential crisis isn’t as much fun as it sounds

When Damon said, towards the end of last night’s Vampire Diaries, that there had been more than enough doom, gloom and personal growth,” he was basically speaking for the audience. Get bitten by spoilers below! I don’t really have that much to say about this episode — it was not one of the really fun…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Ridley Scott’s Prometheus could still have Xenomorphs!

Even though Ridley Scott pronounced his Alien prequel dead, his new movie is leaking new details that A) creep us out and B) hint that Scott’s Prometheus will fit perfectly into the Alien mythology that Scott created years ago. https://gizmodo.com/ridley-scotts-alien-prequel-is-dead-but-out-of-its-ash-5734146 Possible spoilers ahead… We didn’t realize how much of the old Alien world-building would remain…

io9 Meredith Woerner

How our solar system would actually look with Earth at its center

Before Copernicus started insisting that the sun was the center of our solar system, scientists like Tycho devised elaborate data charts showing the Earth at its center. Now designer Piotr Kaczmarek has created gorgeous diagrams comparing Tychonian and Copernican views. You can see the Tychonian vs. Copernican models in motion – and fiddle with the…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Will the real Raphael please stand up?

There are two self-portraits of Renaissance artist Raphael. One has been hanging in a museum, the other has been in a bank vault. But which one is the real one, and which the impostor? Half a millennium ago, Raphael was a master painter and architect. Revered even in his own time, he ran a busy…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

David O. Russell explains why he left Pride & Prejudice & Zombies. Plus why Battle: LA isn’t just another alien invasion movie!

Director David O. Russell explains why he dropped out of the zombie-fied Jane Austen movie, revealing some of what the film’s content. An Atonement actress joins The Hobbit, John Noble and Jasika Nicole talk Fringe, plus Torchwood casting news. Spoilers! Battle: Los Angeles Neil Brown Jr., who plays a marine in the movie, explains how…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Light pollution is making your hamsters sick

Read an excerpt from teen environmental angst satire “Destroy All Cars”

Debbie Gibson and Tiffany teach us how to bitch-slap a Mega Python, a Gatoroid and a pop princess

The Explosive Space Vistas of David Fuhrer

The Most Cunning Trap of All

Are you faking ADHD to get drugs? Doctors are on to you!

Angst and the Undead: The CW greenlights a zombie drama

Scientists make next-generation computers with gold and DNA

Axe Cop — the Live Action Movie!

Robert De Niro’s Complete List of Weird Apocalypses

Why Burroughs’ Naked Lunch is a science fiction classic

The Rite is your new midnite movie cheesefest

Star Trek Potato Head dolls boldly go where no merchandising deal has gone before

The spring-loaded harpoon weeds which are invading the Southwest

Why metal shoots sparks in the microwave

Turns out watching vampires have an existential crisis isn’t as much fun as it sounds

Ridley Scott’s Prometheus could still have Xenomorphs!

How our solar system would actually look with Earth at its center

Will the real Raphael please stand up?

David O. Russell explains why he left Pride & Prejudice & Zombies. Plus why Battle: LA isn’t just another alien invasion movie!

Source Code for Anthropic’s Claude Code Leaks at the Exact Wrong Time

SpaceX Starlink Satellite Malfunctions, Breaks Apart in Orbit

‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ Stinks

‘Scream 4’ Is Back, and on Tape

Iran Threatens to Attack U.S. Tech Companies Starting April 1

Amazon Clears Out Netflix-Licensed Nebula Capsule 3 Mini Projector at 32% Off, Dolby Audio Home Theater for Less

Anker 160W Laptop Charger Briefly Returns to Black Friday Pricing in a Last-Minute Amazon Spring Sale Deal

The New ‘Backrooms’ Trailer Is Packed Full of Endless Dread

AirPods Max 2 Review: Still Ridiculously Expensive and Ridiculously Nice

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

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Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

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