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UFO-Shaped Podhouse Warms You With Rotting Garbage

The Comploo tea house from the Japanese design firm Bakoko uses heat from decomposing compost to keep you toasty. Although living in a Comploo keeps your heating bill down, expect your eggshell and banana peel bill to skyrocket. The Comploo warms visitors thanks to its circular structure of compost bins – the Comploo’s owners fill…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

The Unfurled Petals That Lure With Sweet Poison

Carl Zimmer has written a great essay for National Geographic about the indignities suffered when fauna are eaten by flora. It’s accompanied by Helene Schmitz’s utterly beautiful images of deadly plants, and we’ve got a lusciously disturbing gallery. I think most of these sticky, tendrilicious flowers would probably make HP Lovecraft’s heart go all aflutter.…

io9 Annalee Newitz

5 New Dead Characters Return To Lost

Seems like everyone is coming back from the dead on this season’s Lost, both literally and figuratively. But the next crop of cameos will have you scratching your head even harder than before. They’re back from the dead! Spoilers ahead… Entertainment Weekly is reporting that Maggie Grace’s character, Shannon Rutherford, will be returning for the…

Television Meredith Woerner

Meet The New Bosses Of DC Comics

Ending months of speculation, DC Entertainment has named the new publishers (yes, plural) of DC Comics, and comic fans will find their identities very familiar. Also, someone else you may know has gotten a big promotion. Dan Didio and Jim Lee will serve as co-publishers for DC Comics, it was announced this morning, with Blackest…

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan

“Mad Scientist Shooter” Amy Bishop Wrote Science Fiction

Previously, the media said D&D made biology professor Amy Bishop murder her colleagues. New nerd rage accusations focus on how Bishop – charged with capital murder after killing three colleagues – was an aspiring science fiction writer. https://gizmodo.com/did-dungeons-dragons-motivate-dr-amy-bishops-murder-5473500 The Salem News interviewed Rob Dinsmoor, who was in a writing group with Bishop for many years.…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Whedon And Super-Size Me Director Are Casting Their Comic Con Documentary

Rumor has it Morgan Spurlock and geek overlord Joss Whedon may teaming up for a project documenting fan culture at San Diego Comic Con. And they’re looking for three subjects to follow around. Any takers? After making a bunch of fanboy jokes, E! is reporting that Whedon and Spurlock are currently looking for the ultimate…

Movies Meredith Woerner

In The Future, We Will Cook Dinner On Giant, Fiery iPads

Appliance manufacturer Electrolux recently unveiled designs for the Heart of the Home, a giant touchscreen stove that will grace the next generation’s kitchens. Sadly, there’s no robotic maid included. The Heart of the Home – which strongly resemble the tablet computers from Minority Report – will allow future chefs to fricassee with the touch of…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Updates On Thor, Battleship, G.I. Joe 2, Hot Tub Time Machine And Duncan Jones’ Source Code

Zombieland’s writers give you hope for G.I. Joe 2. Actors talk Green Lantern and Thor. There’s Source Code/Battleship casting talk, and a Hot Tub Time Machine review. Plus Lost, FlashForward and Supernatural clips, a Doctor Who monster, and Smallville spoilers. Green Lantern: Peter Sarsgaard says his role as Hector Hammond is “very, very fun,” plus…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

The Music Of The Nanocrystals

This surreal, beautiful short movie looks like gooey light effects at a dance party, but it actually demonstrates how nanocrystals work. The brilliant colors in you see in the liquid are actually millions of tiny crystals emitting light. These nanocrystals come in the form of quantum dots, which are ultratiny clusters of crystals made of…

io9 Annalee Newitz

The Precarious Light-Filled Vista From The International Space Station

Visiting the International Space Station, astronauts float with nothing but a thin sliver of atmosphere between them and our world. The space shuttle Endeavor’s last mission to the ISS installed a new “cupola” which’ll yield even more loveliness to come. Here are some of our favorite NASA images from the Endeavor’s mission, including our first…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Replicating The Start Of The Universe — At 4 Trillion Degrees

Now we know how hot things got when the universe was born. We’ve taken the temperature of a substance that only existed when time first began. It’s an ultrahot, 4-trillion degree “soup” of subatomic particles made from gold. The Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) has succeeded in smashing together gold ions, producing the soup of…

io9 Tim Barribeau

Stargate’s Latest Alien Characters Revealed: A Villain And A Rebel

We’re eagerly waiting to find out more about the Lucian Alliance on Stargate Universe, since they were the bandits that forced the Destiny crew to flee in the first place. And new casting pages reveal a villain and a rebel. We uncovered two new character sides for the first episode of the show’s second season.…

Television Meredith Woerner

The Lost Culture Of New Island Is 43,500 Years Old

You can’t find New Island on most maps of the Indian Ocean because its location was a secret for most of the twentieth century. But now one man has chronicled the long, strange history of its ancient inhabitants. The ruins you see here come from a group known locally as the “Old People,” who probably…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Terminator Movie Rights Go Back Into Free-For-All

The exclusive window for Sony and Lionsgate to negotiate a deal to make the next Terminator movie has passed, according to Deadline Hollywood’s sources. Now Pacificor, the hedge fund that beat Sony and Lionsgate in the Terminator rights auction, is throwing the door open to other studios to pitch their own ideas. Presumably the process…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Go Ahead And Tell Locke What He Can’t Do. He Doesn’t Mind.

Is it too soon to wonder if Lost’s latest gimmick is falling a bit flat? At the very least, last night’s episode was the second in a row that Sawyer stole, and that feels significant. Spoilers below. I’m not sure whether it counts as a spoiler that Lost is showcasing two different realities this season…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

New Tekken Stills Prove You Can Make Video Game Characters Sluttier In Real Life

Fighting game Tekken has released a batch of new movie stills from the live-action movie adaptation. And while we’re still waiting for the cheetah-headed King character, we’re shocked that actors are actually showing more skin than in the video game. Not that we’re complaining, but we’ve found that live action adaptations always seem to make…

Movies Meredith Woerner

New Cthulhu Comedy Sneaking Into Theaters This Year

Though one rarely associates Lovecraft with slapstick humor, that’s what you’ll get in a new horror-comedy about the last living relative of the pulp writer who invented Cthulhu. The Last Lovecraft: Relic of Cthulhu is coming to theaters this year. According to Shock til You Drop: Dark Sky Films has acquired The Last Lovecraft: Relic…

Movies Annalee Newitz

Rihanna’s Got The Glow In The Last Dragon Remake

“Umbrella” chanteuse Rihanna has reportedly nabbed the role as a roundhouse-kicking dominatrix, in the upcoming remake of the 1985 R&B martial arts fantasy The Last Dragon. Rihanna’s character wasn’t in the original film, but it’s nice to see some star power attached to the project. The Last Dragon is one of those select 1980s movie…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

E-Book Readers Attack Science Fiction Author Over “Wal-Mart” Comments

Will bestselling science-fiction authors still be able to make a living in ten years? It may depend on the battle over e-book pricing. When author Douglas Preston weighed in on this issue, he received hate mail and negative Amazon reviews. The New York Times did a story the other day about Amazon’s move to dynamic…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

Tarot-Inspired Flashforward Ads Offer Glimpses Of A Shiny Future

If FlashForward’s plotting was half as sleek as these Tarot-themed Brazilian ads, maybe fate wouldn’t have dealt the show the “Apathetic Audience” card. All kidding aside, we’ve got to commend Publicis, the advertising firm behind these cards, for taking what could have been a fairly pedestrian series of spots and instead transforming the show’s premise…

Television Cyriaque Lamar

UFO-Shaped Podhouse Warms You With Rotting Garbage

The Unfurled Petals That Lure With Sweet Poison

5 New Dead Characters Return To Lost

Meet The New Bosses Of DC Comics

“Mad Scientist Shooter” Amy Bishop Wrote Science Fiction

Whedon And Super-Size Me Director Are Casting Their Comic Con Documentary

In The Future, We Will Cook Dinner On Giant, Fiery iPads

Updates On Thor, Battleship, G.I. Joe 2, Hot Tub Time Machine And Duncan Jones’ Source Code

The Music Of The Nanocrystals

The Precarious Light-Filled Vista From The International Space Station

Replicating The Start Of The Universe — At 4 Trillion Degrees

Stargate’s Latest Alien Characters Revealed: A Villain And A Rebel

The Lost Culture Of New Island Is 43,500 Years Old

Terminator Movie Rights Go Back Into Free-For-All

Go Ahead And Tell Locke What He Can’t Do. He Doesn’t Mind.

New Tekken Stills Prove You Can Make Video Game Characters Sluttier In Real Life

New Cthulhu Comedy Sneaking Into Theaters This Year

Rihanna’s Got The Glow In The Last Dragon Remake

E-Book Readers Attack Science Fiction Author Over “Wal-Mart” Comments

Tarot-Inspired Flashforward Ads Offer Glimpses Of A Shiny Future

National Film and Sound Archive of Australia Adds ‘Succulent Chinese Meal’ Guy

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

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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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