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How fast do electrons move through power cables?

Electrons may not be the only movers and shakers among subatomic particles, but they do power the modern world. How much work do they actually do, and how fast are they? The answer is more complicated than it seems. For one thing, electric current doesn’t always flow. Sometimes it just . . . jiggles. (There…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

IRONY: Warner Bros. Sued for Pirating Anti-Pirating Technology

In 2003, a company named Medien Patent Verwaltung showed Warner Bros. their technology to mark films in a way capable of tracing a pirated copy back to its origin theater. And allegedly, WB has been using the tech since…without paying. MPV has a patent on their technology and is suing with that in hand. Interestingly…

Movies Mark Wilson

Day of the Comet: Frenchmen and bear-sidekicks and meteors, oh my!

There are many things the French do well — berets, smoking, rich foods, dramatic malaise — but making a pseudo-schlocky homage to cheesy ’80s scifi-horror flicks doesn’t seem to be one of them. The best way to describe the mode of filmmaking hinted at here is “blender”: toss in some Weird Science, Night of the…

io9 Marc Bernardin

An Avengers casting rumor that won’t die, Inception hints, and a Eureka sneak peek

Some rumors are just too good to die, and apparently Jeremy Renner playing Hawkeye is one of them. Cillian Murphy promises Inception won’t leave you cold. George Romero thinks there’s plenty of life in the Dead series. So many spoilers! The Avengers: Hurt Locker star and all around awesome dude Jeremy Renner is apparently back…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Does Carrie Give Up Her Mac For a HP Netbook in SATC2?

In today’s news-you-wish-you-didn’t-know, there’s a vicious rumor circulating that Carrie Bradshaw has swapped her MacBook for a HP netbook (albeit one designed by fashion designer Vivienne Tam). Gasp! Phone the girls! We have a MAJOR situation on our hands! Of course, it’s not surprising, because Sarah Jessica Parker is starring in a HP commercial, and…

Movies Kat Hannaford

A carnivorous squid that lived 500 million years ago

A new fossil survey has revealed cephalopods like this early squid were ruling the seas over 500 million years ago. This is far earlier than previously believed. Meet Nectocaris pteryx, the ancient predator with two tentacles. Though researchers had seen fossils of the Nectocaris pteryx before, a recent survey of new fossils found in British…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Is Queen’s “Invisible Man” the best scifi music video of all time? Yes.

The lyrics to Queen’s 1989 single “The Invisible Man” are forthright. Freddie Mercury is an invisible man, QED. The music video is more ambiguous; a supernaturally powered Queen holds an unwitting family hostage. It’s like Tron meets Ghostbusters, only better. How awesome is the music video for “The Invisible Man”? Let’s just say that if…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Why swarming locusts grow giant brains

When the conditions are just right, solitary grasshoppers undergo a terrifying transformation that converts them into masses of swarming locusts that destroy crops. New research reveals why swarming locusts grow much bigger brains than ordinary grasshoppers. During times of scarcity, locusts default to a solitary form, actively avoiding others of their species. However, when rain…

io9 Tim Barribeau

Free Bitbop App Streams and Downloads TV Shows Via 3G or Wi-Fi

Bitbop is a clever little app that allows you to stream or download full-length TV shows to your mobile device. Currently only a few BlackBerry models are supported, but other cellphones will soon enjoy the mobile Hulu-like fun, too. There are apparently 25 content partners already, including News Corp, NBC Universal, the Food Network, A&E,…

Movies Rosa Golijan

Check out tin-132, the double magic isotope

Physics has seven magic numbers. An atom with a magic number of protons or neutrons is super stable. When both the protons and neutrons are magic, that’s a double magic atom. There are only six of them. Until now. The seven magic numbers are 2, 8, 20, 28, 50, 82, and 126. They are the…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

The adorable kitsch of the USSR’s dog astronauts

Soviet space dogs had their mugs plastered on stamps, cigarettes, matchbooks, and other baubles. Here’s ephemera featuring Belka and Strelka, the first dogs to survive a space flight, and Laika, the first animal to live (and sadly die) in orbit. Nobody know if you’re a dog on the internet, but everyone knows if you were…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Logan’s Run remake finally finds a director

Brace yourselves for sexy parties from a spandex-clad dystopian future, because Warner Brothers’ Logan’s Run movie may actually see the light of day! Beloved commercial and short film creator Carl Rinsch is in talks to direct the futuristic remake. We honestly thought the Logan’s Run remake was lost somewhere in movie purgatory (we can even…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Ninjas Take Back the Streets, Astronaut Photography, Ghostbusters, Hypothetical Libraries, and More!

Every week, we round up the best tips that you post in io9’s tips forum. This week, we’ve got a mash-up of crime-fighting ninjas, astronaut pictures, madness, Ghostbusters, hypothetical libraries, and much more! If you want to post a tip, just click on the #tips link on our navigation bar, or include the word #tips…

io9 Krista Fulton

The Best Year in Science Fiction: 1977

Today, we look at the year that gave us Star Wars, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and “Ender’s Game” — does 1977 deserve to be crowned the Best Year of Science Fiction Ever? If ever there was a year that changed everything for science fiction, it would be 1977. For most of the 1970s,…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

A little dinosaur dentistry could reveal fundamental secrets of their biology

One of the biggest mysteries about dinosaurs is whether they are ectotherms or endotherms – in other words, cold-blooded like reptiles or warm-blooded like birds. Now there may be a way to figure it out using minerals on dinosaur teeth. While dinosaurs certainly look like giant lizards, the current evolutionary consensus is that they’re actually…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Follow io9 on Twitter and win tickets to a free screening of “Splice” in NYC

Want to win a pair of tickets to Splice, the movie about a pair of glamorous scientists and the sexy mutant they create? We’ve got 10 pairs to give away. Winners will receive a pair of tickets to a advance screening of Splice at a Manhattan theater on June 2 and a Splice prize pack.…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Wolverine, Cyclops, and Phoenix, as directed by John Hughes

Illustrator Cliff Chiang has rendered Marvel Comics’ most notorious — and immature — love triangle in an homage to one of Hughes’ most beloved teen-angst-o-ramas, Pretty in Pink. Chiang’s original Pink Phoenix illustration will be sold at auction at next month’s HeroesCon, in North Carolina. This isn’t the first time Chiang has gone down the…

io9 Marc Bernardin

ABC admits Lost’s final moments were meaningless

The Lost finale may not have answered all of our questions and settled our long-raging debates. But ABC has decided to go ahead and answer one question viewers had: Why were pictures of wreckage flashed during the end credits? At the end of the finale set pics of the destroyed Oceanic 815 plane were flashed…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Why be human when you can be a giant cardboard robot?

Jason Lentz has mastered the art of transforming everyday cardboard boxes into massive corrugated exoskeletons. And if you want to become a 100% recyclable man-machine, he’ll build you a boxy body. Quick, destroy all the humans before it starts raining! Lentz is like a no-budget Tony Stark. He will don his massive robot body and…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

50 questions Lost needed to answer: a report card!

For six years, Lost engaged our passions, stirred our intellects, and generated insane numbers of questions. Last week, we posted a list of 50 questions that Lost’s finale ought to answer. Now reader James Hooper has created a report card! https://gizmodo.com/50-questions-lost-really-does-need-to-answer-5540279 To be honest, a few of these questions might have been a bit tongue…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

How fast do electrons move through power cables?

IRONY: Warner Bros. Sued for Pirating Anti-Pirating Technology

Day of the Comet: Frenchmen and bear-sidekicks and meteors, oh my!

An Avengers casting rumor that won’t die, Inception hints, and a Eureka sneak peek

Does Carrie Give Up Her Mac For a HP Netbook in SATC2?

A carnivorous squid that lived 500 million years ago

Is Queen’s “Invisible Man” the best scifi music video of all time? Yes.

Why swarming locusts grow giant brains

Free Bitbop App Streams and Downloads TV Shows Via 3G or Wi-Fi

Check out tin-132, the double magic isotope

The adorable kitsch of the USSR’s dog astronauts

Logan’s Run remake finally finds a director

Ninjas Take Back the Streets, Astronaut Photography, Ghostbusters, Hypothetical Libraries, and More!

The Best Year in Science Fiction: 1977

A little dinosaur dentistry could reveal fundamental secrets of their biology

Follow io9 on Twitter and win tickets to a free screening of “Splice” in NYC

Wolverine, Cyclops, and Phoenix, as directed by John Hughes

ABC admits Lost’s final moments were meaningless

Why be human when you can be a giant cardboard robot?

50 questions Lost needed to answer: a report card!

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

The Best New Toys of March 2026

Judge Denies Liking LinkedIn Post Critical of Elon Musk But Reassigns His Cases Anyway

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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