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Show Your Cyberpunk Pride With This CosaNostra Pizza T-Shirt From Snow Crash

You too can be a deliverator for Uncle Enzo with this CosaNostra Pizza t-shirt. You may not have the swashbucklery of Hiro Protagonist, but hey, think of it as insta-cyberpunk street cred this side of the Metaverse. [ThinkGeek via Boing Boing]

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Doctor Who Goes From Fairy Tale To Ghost Story

Doctor Who’s fourth episode proves it: Terror and creepiness are Steven Moffat’s comfort zone. “The Time Of Angels” is everything we’d hoped for when Moffat took over as showrunner of Britain’s science-fiction institution. Spoilers ahead… So yes, “The Time Of Angels” borrowed liberally from Moffat’s previous stories “Blink” and “Silence In The Library” — and…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Great Moments in Alternate History: The Discovery Of The Multiverse

It doesn’t really matter to our dimension the British Empire never existed in another reality. At least it doesn’t until somebody from one of those timelines comes to visit. This week we explore portals to other universes. Like most of the major Alternate History tropes this one is actually quite old. In fact, the Sidewise…

Books & Comics David Daw

Atomurbia: The Most Spaced Out Neighborhood In America

In 1947, Life magazine published an article on how to atomic bomb-proof America: by spreading the entire population across the nation checkerboard style and burying all industry underground. The cost in 2010 money? $5 trillion. [via Ptak Science Books]

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

A List Of Jason’s Body Count From The (Watchable) Friday The 13th Movies

Need to know who Jason Voorhees killed before he went to Hell or became a cyborg? This chart from a 1993 issue of Cracked magazine is your fix. Find out who was “stabbed in neck while eating banana by road!” Okay, so saying Jason Takes Manhattan is watchable is a bit of a stretch (after…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

Why Are There Three Suns In The Sky?

Sun dogs, or parhelia, are little back-up suns that appear on either side of the sun. They are the Pips to the sun’s Gladys, the Lion and the Witch to the sun’s Wardrobe, and they look way cooler than rainbows. What is it that makes these parhelia possible? Only the most badass shape in the…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Happy Mother’s Day!

Happy Mother’s Day to the lovely moms reading! And a quick reminder to the rest of you to order some flowers—or buy an iPad—for the most important woman in your life. [Joy of Tech]

Books & Comics Rosa Golijan

What Will The Citizens Of New Jersey Mutate Into?

So apparently there’s tritium leaking into one of New Jersey’s main aquifers. As a proud Garden Stater, I have no choice but to hope that this environmental clusterfuck will give us fancy new phenotypes and not horrible, horrible cancer. Even though the radioactive run-off from the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station in Lacey Township, New…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

One Of The Most Profound and Asskicking Supernatural Episodes Yet

Thursday night’s Supernatural episode, “Two Minutes To Midnight,” was one of the best episodes this season. Pestilence was nauseating, and Death was sublime. Prepare to have your mind blown . . . spoilers ahead. This episode concluded the season-long arc about the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, four mega-demons whose power rings fit together to…

Television Annalee Newitz

Great Stupid Moments In Posthumanity: Teenage Caveman (NSFW)

In Larry Clark’s 2002 Teenage Caveman, a virus wipes out humanity, leaving only scattered human tribes and teenage immortals who love blowing lines and orgies. And if you have sex with the immortals, you gain superpowers or spontaneously combust. WTF? Ostensibly a remake of Roger Corman’s 1958 Z-grade classic of the same name, Clark’s Teenage…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

This Cave House Was Built By A Cow. Seriously.

Antón García-Abril’s Trufa house in Costa da Morte, Spain was built by pouring concrete over bales of hay and then letting Paulina – a hungry cow – carve out the living space. García-Abril of Ensamble Estudio built the Trufa (a.k.a “the truffle”) by stacking bales of hay, dousing them in concrete, and burying them underground…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Your Posthumanism Is Boring Me

Selected by Foreign Policy magazine as one of the Top 100 Global Thinkers of 2009, Jamais Cascio is a futurist who writes about the environment, technology, and culture. Here he argues that yesterday’s posthumanism is today’s boring quotidian. We will never be posthuman, because we have always been posthuman. “Posthuman” is a term with more…

io9 Jamais Cascio

Fritz Kahn’s Cybernetic Body Art Is Like Terminator Circa 1920

Berlin gynecologist Dr. Fritz Kahn (1888-1968) was a titan of anatomical illustration thanks to his imaginative portrayals of the human body as a living factory. Pop on some Kraftwerk, because here come the man-machines! Here’s his bio from Fritz-Kahn.com In the 1920s, his magnum opus, “Das Leben des Menschen” (The Life of Man) – a…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

New Zealand Man Attacked By A Gang Of Vampires

On February 20, three vampire punks assaulted and drank the blood of a victim outside of Wellington, New Zealand. According to one of the kiwi bloodsuckers, “Yeah, I bit a guy. He hit on my missus.” On February 20, James Phillip Brooks (22), Xenia Gregoriana Borichevsky (19), and James Eric Orr (19) reportedly drank an…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

The Shiniest Stories On io9 This Week

What sort of posthuman particulars did io9 cover this week? We reviewed Iron Man 2, put a price tag on Tony’s armor, discussed creepy transformations and cyborg drill penises, and talked to IM2’s suit guru at Stan Winston’s studio. Portraits In Posthumanity: Steve Mann Canadian geek artist Steve Mann has augmented his vision with wearable…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Meet Ben Francisco’s “Tio Gilberto” And His Friendly Ghosts

James, of Ben Francisco’s “Tio Gilberto and the Twenty-Seven Ghosts“, plans on spending an idyllic summer in the Castro, only to run into complications, both romantic and otherworldly. An interesting take on the supernatural, plus we interview the author! James, a stand-up living in New York, heads out to San Francisco for a fresh start,…

Books & Comics David Grossman

FCC Grants Hollywood Control Over Your TV

Hollywood wants you to watch new release movies at home, but it doesn’t want you copying them to the internet. They just got some help from the FCC, who granted them permission to remotely disable analog streams from cable boxes. The MPAA has spent years trying to get the FCC to waive its ban on…

Movies Kyle VanHemert

Learn The ABCs Of The Twilight Zone

You’re traveling through another dimension — a dimension not only of painting and sculpture but of mind-bending imagery. Gallery 1988 is readying its latest geek-themed art show, and this promises to take us into The Twilight Zone. Gallery 1988 in Los Angeles and San Francisco has delivered plenty of art shows with science fiction themes,…

Television Lauren Davis

In Old-School Comic PSAs, Superman Torments Mouthy Children

In old PSAs, Superman didn’t save citizens from alien overlords and natural disasters. No, he was a snoopy demigod who spent his days eavesdropping on obnoxious children and teaching them heavy-handed lessons. Run, kids! Superman’s a-coming! In this installment of the “Justice For All Includes Children” series, Superman stops some purple-pantsed Al Bundy from beating…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

Save On Hospital Bills, X-Ray Yourself With Sticky-Tape

Seriously though – don’t x-ray yourself with sticky-tape. You can, and we’ll tell you how. But seriously gang, don’t. First of all, let’s demystify x-rays. An x-ray is, in many ways, not any different from visible light. Both are produced when electrons shake off a little of their extra energy. Sometimes that happens when they…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Show Your Cyberpunk Pride With This CosaNostra Pizza T-Shirt From Snow Crash

Doctor Who Goes From Fairy Tale To Ghost Story

Great Moments in Alternate History: The Discovery Of The Multiverse

Atomurbia: The Most Spaced Out Neighborhood In America

A List Of Jason’s Body Count From The (Watchable) Friday The 13th Movies

Why Are There Three Suns In The Sky?

Happy Mother’s Day!

What Will The Citizens Of New Jersey Mutate Into?

One Of The Most Profound and Asskicking Supernatural Episodes Yet

Great Stupid Moments In Posthumanity: Teenage Caveman (NSFW)

This Cave House Was Built By A Cow. Seriously.

Your Posthumanism Is Boring Me

Fritz Kahn’s Cybernetic Body Art Is Like Terminator Circa 1920

New Zealand Man Attacked By A Gang Of Vampires

The Shiniest Stories On io9 This Week

Meet Ben Francisco’s “Tio Gilberto” And His Friendly Ghosts

FCC Grants Hollywood Control Over Your TV

Learn The ABCs Of The Twilight Zone

In Old-School Comic PSAs, Superman Torments Mouthy Children

Save On Hospital Bills, X-Ray Yourself With Sticky-Tape

School Forced to Replace Toilets After Kids Flush Vapes

‘Scream 7’ Just Won’t Stop Making Money as ‘Scream 8’ Gets Started

The Curtain Has Closed on Meta’s Movie Rating-Inspired Content Filters

Good News! You Can Finally Change That Ridiculous Gmail Address

ExpressVPN Just Launched ExpressAI: Your Prompts Are Now Invisible

VR Just Took Another Massive Body Blow

The Best Gadgets of March 2026

‘Supergirl’ Will Feature David Corenswet’s Superman in a Sort of Big Brother Role

AirPods Max 2 Review: Still Ridiculously Expensive and Ridiculously Nice

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

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

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