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This Waterfall Represents The Amount of Oil We Use Every Second

The world reportedly uses 40,000 gallons of oil every second to keep the globe a-whirring. But what would this river of Texas Tea look like? The amount of water per second that flows down India’s Jog Falls. Harry at Harryhammer’s Blog decided to put global oil consumption in visual terms. Harry first calculated the amount…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Iron Man and AC/DC “Destroy” an Olde English Castle

Yes, it’s a very elaborate ad for AC/DC’s Iron Man 2 soundtrack, but this video in which the Great Keep of England’s Rochester Castle is the backdrop for a display of architectural projection mapping is totally wicked. At the behest of Sony Music, a company called Seeper utilized “the site of a thousand years of…

Movies Marc Bernardin

Ridley Scott Plans Not Just One, But Two Alien Prequels

Ridley Scott won’t have enough room in just one Alien prequel to would solve the mystery behind the infamous Space Jockey and chill us all over again. He’s decided there should be two prequels, both of them in 3-D. https://gizmodo.com/ridley-scott-says-alien-prequel-will-have-a-new-female-5522667 While director Scott has been doing his interview rounds for Robin Hood, tons of Alien…

Movies Meredith Woerner

The Sad Truth About HDTV

Interestingly enough, I did some 1080P PC gaming last weekend for the first time in a while, and all I could think was, this would look so much better on my 50-inch plasma than this 24-inch monitor. [xkcd]

Books & Comics Mark Wilson

Environmentalist Wants To Change The Name Of Our Planet To “Eaarth”

We’ve done so much damage to the planet, we can’t call it “Earth” any more, says environmentalist Bill McKibben. We’ll have to start calling our planet “Eaarth” instead. And we have to pronounce it in an Arnold Schwarzenegger voice. McKibben, whose new book is called Eaarth, explains to the Guardian why he thinks we should…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

Daleks, Chuck And Boba Fett Ease Your Lost Withdrawal Symptoms

There’s no new Lost this week, but luckily there are new episodes of V, Flashforward, Chuck, Doctor Who (Nazis vs. Daleks?!?), and more: the season finales of Ugly Americans and Clone Wars, and Tony Stark making the talk show circuit. MONDAY 4/26/10 Chuck is back! In “Chuck Versus the Honeymooners” (8 PM, ABC), Chuck and…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

Tonight’s Commentary Twack: Demolition Man

At 9:00 pm EST, we’re picking a gem from the Netflix Watch Instantly library and tweeting the shit out of it. This week, we’re going to the over-muscled future with Sylvester Stallone and Wesley Snipes’ Demolition Man. If you’ll recall, every Monday night at 9pm Eastern, we’re gonna pick a scifi film that’s available on…

Movies Marc Bernardin

Who Can Rescue Us From Another Season Of Heroes?

Bad news folks. Heroes is currently rumored to be getting a 13-episode fifth season to give it a chance to go out with a bang. Will nothing stop this monster? [THR]

Television Meredith Woerner

Jekyll: The Best Opening to Any TV Show Ever

In 2007, Doctor Who mastermind Steven Moffat hatched Jekyll, a blistering reimagining of the classic tale — and the first five minutes, in which we’re introduced to James Nesbitt’s Tom Jackman, are perhaps the best TV opening of all time. The ticking clock on the wall informs the entire affair, inexorably pulling us forwards as…

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New Iron Man 2 Clips Show Us The Wrath Of Tony Stark

We love Iron Man when he’s witty and cutting — but we love him even more when he’s pissed off. Because nobody’s suit packs a punch like Tony’s. Watch Tony lose his shit in three new Iron Man 2 clips. Click to view Click to view More Iron Man 2 Videos Click to view

Movies Meredith Woerner

This Is What Albert Einstein Putting The Smackdown On His Critics Looks Like

See that bullet-shaped golden object in the galaxy cluster? That’s Albert Einstein shooting down the competing theories to his General Theory Of Relativity. (Actually, it’s X-ray data showing material flowing into a galaxy cluster, as a result of a merger.) This composite image includes X-ray data from Harvard’s Chandra Observatory (in gold); optical images from…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

On Old Marvel Superhero Stickers, Captain America Screams About Oral Hygiene

In the 1970s, Topps released a baffling set of stickers featuring Marvel heroes yelling non sequiturs about deodorant and aspirin. You haven’t seen unintentional comedy gold until you’ve seen Man-Thing admit he “dropped the soap in the shower.” Topps released these stickers from 1974-1975 under the “Comic Book Heroes” line of stickers. Whoever wrote these…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

Earth-Shattering News For Captain America, Spider-Man, Iron Man 2, Inception, Battle Angel And Meyer’s The Host!

Is Black Widow getting a spin-off movie? Is Vanessa Hudgens joining Spider-Man? Discover Captain America’s supporting characters! There’s a The Host casting call and an Inception pic, plus Cameron talks Battle Angel. Plus Fanastic Voyage, Transformers, Ghost Rider and Lost. Inception: Here’s another confusing pic from Christopher Nolan’s new mindbender of a film. What are…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

This Week’s Episode Of FlashForward Did Not Suck Whatsoever

This week’s FlashForward – “The Garden of Forking Paths” – was a rock’n’rolla. Demetri’s death day rolled around, Mark Benford got some much needed ass-kicking time, and Dyson Frost was an intriguing foe…until something bad happened. Spoilers on! What happened this episode? Dyson kidnaps Demetri (and places him in a cunning time-sensitive deathtrap that uses…

Television Cyriaque Lamar

When Will We Learn To Stop Bringing Our Dead Girlfriends Back To Life?

Holy hell the undead ladies of Kiss The Abyss will have you screaming in your sleep for nights. Dead is not better, haven’t we learned this by now? Also check out the gorgeous short The Raven. Kiss The Abyss Kiss The Abyss starts off as you regular dead to undead transferal movie, but what I’m…

Movies Meredith Woerner

How SGU Can Find Its Charm: Bring Back Michael Shanks

This week Stargate Universe opened up Rush’s brain and what we found was a mix of light code, lens flares and the first ever balanced SGU episode. Thank goodness Stargate veteran Michael Shanks is back and delivering some much-needed charm. This week’s SGU episode, “Human,” showed plenty of promise. Slowly, but surely, the original Stargate…

Television Meredith Woerner

Two-Headed Lizard Keeps Trying To Eat Its Own Head

This two-headed bobtail lizard from Perth, Australia has two brains, and it consequently has trouble moving its hindlegs. But that’s not its biggest problem – no, the lizard’s larger head wants to devour its smaller one. Talk about self-loathing. [Via SFGate. Photo: Paul Kane / Getty Images.]

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Old Timey Robots Are Obsolescently Hilarious

Back in the day, roboticists were less about constructing sleek robo-sapiens and more about building robots who could smoke, yodel, and shoot firearms. Popular Science has a gallery of vintage robot articles, and it’s a hoot. Top image: Cowbot: May 1933 [via Popular Science] Elektro, the cigarette-smoking robot and his dog and Sparko : August 1949…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

The Unabomber So Called Your Internet Addiction

Can’t put down your iPhone? Feel naked without a wi-fi connection? Do you experience existential dread if you can’t log in to Foursquare? Ted “The Unabomber” Kaczynski predicted this…15 years ago. Even total nutjobs get it right sometimes. [Britannica Blog]

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Kick-Ass Loses Steam, The Losers Gets A Financial Ass-Kicking

This ain’t the weekend for comic-book movies. The Losers pulled in a paltry $9.6 million, and Kick-Ass garnered $9.5 million, a 52% drop from last weekend. The big winner? How To Train Your Dragon, with $15 million [L.A. Times].

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

This Waterfall Represents The Amount of Oil We Use Every Second

Iron Man and AC/DC “Destroy” an Olde English Castle

Ridley Scott Plans Not Just One, But Two Alien Prequels

The Sad Truth About HDTV

Environmentalist Wants To Change The Name Of Our Planet To “Eaarth”

Daleks, Chuck And Boba Fett Ease Your Lost Withdrawal Symptoms

Tonight’s Commentary Twack: Demolition Man

Who Can Rescue Us From Another Season Of Heroes?

Jekyll: The Best Opening to Any TV Show Ever

New Iron Man 2 Clips Show Us The Wrath Of Tony Stark

This Is What Albert Einstein Putting The Smackdown On His Critics Looks Like

On Old Marvel Superhero Stickers, Captain America Screams About Oral Hygiene

Earth-Shattering News For Captain America, Spider-Man, Iron Man 2, Inception, Battle Angel And Meyer’s The Host!

This Week’s Episode Of FlashForward Did Not Suck Whatsoever

When Will We Learn To Stop Bringing Our Dead Girlfriends Back To Life?

How SGU Can Find Its Charm: Bring Back Michael Shanks

Two-Headed Lizard Keeps Trying To Eat Its Own Head

Old Timey Robots Are Obsolescently Hilarious

The Unabomber So Called Your Internet Addiction

Kick-Ass Loses Steam, The Losers Gets A Financial Ass-Kicking

Apple Offers Rare Olive Branch to Liquid Glass Haters

Mamdani Lifts NYC TikTok Ban for City Employees, but with Some Unusual Restrictions

Tesla Goes Ahead and Admits Its Robotaxis Are Sometimes Fully Human-Controlled

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

The Best Gadgets of March 2026

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

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