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Syfy and Bryan Fuller head to the moon with an adaptation of John Christopher’s The Lotus Caves

Many of Syfy’s recent original series have had their feet firmly planted on Earth, but their most recent pilot order has its eyes on the moon. High Moon is an adaptation of John Christopher’s young adult novel, The Lotus Caves, about two adventurous boys living on a lunar colony. Deadline reports that Syfy has ordered…

Television Lauren Davis Aug 5 '12

How Edward Gorey illustrated three classic fairytales

We’ve seen tons of interpretations and reinterpretations of classic fables and fairytales, often filtered through layers of Disney. Edward Gorey’s illustrations of Little Red Riding Hood, Jack the Giant Killer, and Rumpelstiltskin are wholly his own, adding his understated touch to those classic stories. Gorey provided the illustrations for the book Three Classic Children’s Stories,…

io9 Lauren Davis Aug 5 '12

Prepare For the Apocalypse, Furby Pre-Orders Start at Walmart

Thought to have been banished to the pits of hell sometime in the early 2000s, the ferociously annoying cyber-creature known as “Furby” as reared its ugly head again. Now it’s available for pre-order, so you better brace for impact. Having gained LED eyes, and the ability to interface with a number of ubiquitous iDevices, the…

Tech News Eric Limer Aug 5 '12

Mars Curiosity Roundup

PREPARE FOR CURIOSITY | Last night, NASA’s Curiosity rover touched down on Mars. We liveblogged the event as it happened; get caught up on everything you need to know about the Mars rover. Image from NASA. Mars Curiosity Landing — The Liveblog! https://gizmodo.com/liveblogging-curiositys-arrival-on-mars-5932015 This is it, folks. After traveling for more than eight months, over…

io9 Lauren Davis Aug 5 '12

Counter Scrap Table Is Made Out of a Kitchen’s Leftovers

Everybody winds up with leftovers in the kitchen, but unlike the rest of us, DuPont tends to wind up with leftover counters. Designer Rabih Hage decided that these particular leftovers might make a good table. Part of an exhibition at Milan Design Week titled “Corian® Colour Evolution,” the Leftovers Collection is comprised entirely out of…

Tech News Eric Limer Aug 5 '12

Best of the Week: July 28-August 3, 2012

WHEN CUTENESS RULED THE EARTH | Emily Willoughby’s dinosaur art isn’t just the cutest we’ve ever seen — it’s also the most scientifically accurate. https://gizmodo.com/quite-possibly-the-cutest-accurate-dinosaur-illustrat-5931134 All The Science Fiction and Fantasy Books You Can’t Afford to Miss in August https://gizmodo.com/all-the-science-fiction-and-fantasy-books-you-cant-affo-5931746 Emily Dickinson had it wrong: There is no star cruiser like a book. When you…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Aug 5 '12

Seven-foot long minifig-scale Serenity model is a Lego masterpiece [Updated]

Adrian Drake spent 475 hours over the course of 21 months to build this painstakingly accurate model of Firefly’s Serenity entirely out of Lego bricks. The result is this 135-pound, seven-foot long, 70,000-brick beauty that looks especially shiny paired with its minifig crew. Drake debuted his minifig-scale Serenity today at Brickfair in Chantilly, Virginia. He…

io9 Lauren Davis Aug 4 '12

Exit Through the Gift Shop: Being Bad Never Looked So Good

Chances are you’re familiar with Banksy, the never-visible face of modern day street art. As awesome as Banksy’s art can be, the secretive underground scene he runs in is even more interesting. Exit Through the Gift Shop provides a rarely candid look into what is probably the coolest illegal operation around. Aside from featuring a…

Tech News Eric Limer Aug 4 '12

Eight years after the Athens Olympics, some venues have been left to rot

The Greek embassy estimated that it cost Greece €8.954 billion to host the Summer Olympic Games in 2004, including the construction of the Olympic Village and several shiny new athletic venues. Since then, though, some of those venues have been abandoned, making one Olympic legacy a set of decaying structures. The Associate Press notes that…

io9 Lauren Davis Aug 4 '12

Deftones: Sextape

“Two girls cast love spells and chase each other through time, space and dimension on a Friday night in their bedroom.” So says the description on the Youtube page for this excellent Deftones song, “Sextape.” Have you ever made a sextape? Had one leak? Leaked one? Made a sex mixtape? Was this on it? I’m…

Tech News Molly Oswaks Aug 4 '12

People are more likely to believe in magic spells that are repetitious and time-consuming

Many people around the world believe in magic spells and rituals, but that doesn’t mean that it’s enough to wave a wand and mutter a few unpronounceable words to convince a believer that the magic will work. A new study out of Brazil suggests that people are most likely to believe in the power of…

io9 Lauren Davis Aug 4 '12

Delightfully Minimalist Baton Lamps Make For a Pile With Style

Normally, once you set a lamp on a table, it stays there until someone knocks it over or you need a little extra space on your end table. These mobile, baton-like lamps aim to be a little more hands on. Brainchild of Hungarian designer Panni Pais, these lightme! lamps are designed to be mobile and…

Tech News Eric Limer Aug 4 '12

Check Out These Maps To Find Your Local Mars Rover Curiosity Landing Party

The Mars Curiosity Rover landing is kind of a big deal. There are going to be seven terrifying minutes as the $2.6 billion vehicle executes its wildly complicated descent to the surface. Can you think of a better reason for a party? https://gizmodo.com/why-nasas-mars-curiosity-rover-landing-will-be-seven-mi-5920588 If you’re lucky enough to live in New York City, the Mars…

Space & Spaceflight Eric Limer Aug 4 '12

Wonder Woman’s lasso is perfect for these Wild West Justice League illustrations

We’ve already fallen for Denis Medri’s rockabilly Batman cast, and now he’s turned his powers of redesign upon the Justice League, bringing them out to the Old West. Wonder Woman’s look translates nicely to a Western style, but what about the rest? https://gizmodo.com/meet-the-entire-cast-of-1950s-greaser-batmans-gotham-ci-5911595 Medri is obviously having fun with these redesigns; in addition to his…

io9 Lauren Davis Aug 4 '12

Check out Logan’s brand new look in The Wolverine

First Superman goes to Alaska and becomes a dissheveled fisherman… and now Wolverine’s following Kal-El’s footsteps, judging from our first set photos of Hugh Jackman in The Wolverine. Minor spoilers ahead… We’re just guessing that these photos have something to do with the World War II POW camp that we know they’re filming some scenes…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Aug 4 '12

Meet Roxy the Rancor, the 501st Legion’s life-sized Star Wars sculpture

Star Wars Celebration VI, when thousands of people will descend upon Orlando to show off their love of all things Star Wars, is just a few weeks away, and we’re getting a few teases about the amazing projects folks have in store. Among them is this life-sized foam Rancor sponsored by the 501st Legion. Slave…

io9 Lauren Davis Aug 4 '12

Slow-Motion Flaming Tennis Should Be an Official Olympic Sport

It looks like the usual tennis superstars are going to walk away with all the medals at this year’s Olympic games—yawn. So to make it more interesting and unpredictable four years from now, perhaps the organizers of the Rio games should consider adding flaming tennis balls into the mix, and filming everything in super slow…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Aug 4 '12

Would You Want Airline-Inspired Seating In Your Living Room?

Airlines might claim the seats in their planes are designed to maximize passenger comfort, but that always plays second fiddle to capacity. If squeezing you in gives them enough room to add another body, you better believe they won’t mind cramping passengers. So who would want to drop over $2,000 on a living room chair…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Aug 4 '12

Glass shells let you see hermit crabs like you’ve never seen them before

When I was little, I fascinated by hermit crabs, tugging them out of their borrowed shells so I could see the soft bodies within. If I’d had access to Robert DuGrenier’s blown glass shells, I might have spared many a hermit crab from trauma. DuGrenier, a glass artist, carefully constructed his glass shells to mimic…

io9 Lauren Davis Aug 4 '12

Seagull gobbling up a live sparrow is your scary nature video of the day

Lest you ever doubted that seagulls are the murder birds of the beach, check out this video of a hungry gull snatching and then gulping down a live sparrow. The camera moves away at a key moment (since the cameraman was reduced to morbid giggles), but it plays like a horror movie for smaller birdies…

io9 Lauren Davis Aug 4 '12

Syfy and Bryan Fuller head to the moon with an adaptation of John Christopher’s The Lotus Caves

How Edward Gorey illustrated three classic fairytales

Prepare For the Apocalypse, Furby Pre-Orders Start at Walmart

Mars Curiosity Roundup

Counter Scrap Table Is Made Out of a Kitchen’s Leftovers

Best of the Week: July 28-August 3, 2012

Seven-foot long minifig-scale Serenity model is a Lego masterpiece [Updated]

Exit Through the Gift Shop: Being Bad Never Looked So Good

Eight years after the Athens Olympics, some venues have been left to rot

Deftones: Sextape

People are more likely to believe in magic spells that are repetitious and time-consuming

Delightfully Minimalist Baton Lamps Make For a Pile With Style

Check Out These Maps To Find Your Local Mars Rover Curiosity Landing Party

Wonder Woman’s lasso is perfect for these Wild West Justice League illustrations

Check out Logan’s brand new look in The Wolverine

Meet Roxy the Rancor, the 501st Legion’s life-sized Star Wars sculpture

Slow-Motion Flaming Tennis Should Be an Official Olympic Sport

Would You Want Airline-Inspired Seating In Your Living Room?

Glass shells let you see hermit crabs like you’ve never seen them before

Seagull gobbling up a live sparrow is your scary nature video of the day

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