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Roswell alien waitress cosplay will make you nostalgic for the 1990s!

Look at this awesome homage to 1990s scifi TV we spied at Comic-Con. That is some classic Roswell Crashdown Cafe waitress gear. Well done! May all your problems be healed by the alien hands of Max Evans! It’s always great when people remember the cult favorites as well as the stuff that’s out right now.

Television Meredith Woerner Jul 14 '12

Lance Reddick talks Fringe, Dr0ne… and his new movie with Danny DeVito!

Lance Reddick is one of genre television’s most indispensable actors, thanks to powerful stints on Fringe and Lost. Now he’s branching out, appearing in a killer-robot webseries called Dr0ne and a dystopian future crime thriller called St. Sebastian — directed by Danny DeVito. We sat down with Reddick, and he told us all about his…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Jul 14 '12

The Most Bad-Ass Member Of G.I. Joe Is Now an Awesome Ninja Flash Drive

Ask any kid who grew up in the 80s who the best member of G.I. Joe was, and they’ll unequivocally say Snake Eyes. Not that goody-two-shoes Duke, not that crazy drunken pirate Shipwreck, not even the Tae Kwon Do-master Quick Kick. Snake Eyes was a bona-fide ninja, could hold his own with the worst that…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Jul 14 '12

Scientists uncover the oldest complete human ancestor skeleton yet found

Late last year we reported on the remarkable discovery of a new ancient human ancestor, Australopithecus sediba — a finding that re-wrote the science books. Further research revealed that they were tree dwelling creatures who liked to eat tree bark. But given the small clues they left behind, we didn’t have much else to go…

io9 George Dvorsky Jul 14 '12

Extra-Long Tablecloth Instantly Turns Any Table Into a Fort

With a child-size dose of imagination anything can become a fort or a playhouse. But this custom tablecloth available from Etsy seller CoolSpacesForKids makes it incredibly easy to convert your dining room table into a miniature mansion, mission control, or Fort Knox. It not only means you don’t have to strip the beds to find…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jul 14 '12

We’ve seen 10 minutes of Wreck-It Ralph, the “Roger Rabbit for Video Gamers”

Disney’s Wreck-It Ralph features a villain from an 8-bit video game, trying to escape from his old rut and maybe become a hero — so we’ve been thinking of it as a sort of Toy Story for video games. But at Thursday’s Hall H panel, the panelists, including director Rich Moore, made the case that…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Jul 14 '12

Looper promises Terminator-style time travel with a crime movie twist

Writer-director Rian Johnson gave San Diego Comic-Con an extended peek at his new film Looper, in which Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays a hit man who has to kill his future self, played by Bruce Willis. But Willis isn’t just out to save his neck — he wants to save the future from his past. Minor spoilers…

Movies Lauren Davis Jul 14 '12

Laser Scanners, the Death of Cavities, Space Drifting, Horrible Tweets and More…

You might be on summer vacation, but there was plenty of news popping up when you weren’t looking. Whether it was Digg selling for a paltry sum, the discovery of a molecule that can prevent cavities, the first picture posted on the internet, or the disturbing revelation that the government will track us with laser…

Tech News Adrian Covert Jul 14 '12

Will Syfy’s Defiance succeed in crossing over between television and gaming?

Syfy’s new show Defiance aims to combine a traditional TV show with an online gaming experience. And based on what we saw yesterday, Syfy might just pull it off. One part science fiction series, one part story about the melting pot of a burgeoning society, Defiance features seven alien species looking for asylum after a…

io9 Keith Veronese Jul 14 '12

Remembering Private Wojtek, the soldier-bear who fought in World War II

The Second World War has provided a seemingly endless array of fascinating stories — not least of which is the curious tale of an orphaned brown bear who was taken in by the Polish army and made an active member of the troop. As unbelievable as it sounds, Wojtek the bear was an official member…

io9 George Dvorsky Jul 14 '12

How to Become an Aquanaut

So, you want to become an aquanaut? Do you have the right stuff? What is the right stuff? Do you even know what an Aquanaut is? According to Saul Rosser, Operations Director at Aquarius undersea research base, An aquanaut is a diver that lives under the water for 24 hours or more using saturation diving…

Tech News Brian Lam Jul 14 '12

Elysium gives Matt Damon cyborg enhancements in Earth’s filthy slums

Yesterday we got our first taste of new footage from Neill Blomkamp’s District 9 follow-up, Elysium. These freshly filmed scenes haven’t even been edited and polished — but already they show off an action-packed tale of a desperate man trapped in a dismal, impoverished slum whose only salvation is a space station that knows no…

Movies Lauren Davis Jul 14 '12

Two distinct groups of humans arrived in the Americas 14,000 years ago

There’s a long running debate among archaeologists about who the first humans to arrive in the Americas really were. There are two distinct sets of ancient tools that we find in North America, called the Western Stemmed and Clovis traditions. The question is, did the cultures that made Western Stemmed tools come to the Americas…

io9 Tim Barribeau Jul 14 '12

Lego Star Wars Rancor Pit Set Needs a Slave Leia Minifig—Urgently

At last, one of the most iconic Star Wars scenes is out in Lego form: the Rancor Pit set. It will be available next January for $60. The coolest thing: it’s made to fit perfectly underneath their Jabba’s Palace set! The worst thing: no sign of slave Leia minifig yet.

Movies Jesus Diaz Jul 14 '12

New TMNT Animated Series: These aren’t the same old turtles!

The classic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are being totally reinvented for a new animated series… but in a good way. Yesterday at Comic Con, we got a chance to see a panel featuring series executive producer Ciro Nieli (Super Robot Monkey Team Hyper Force Go!), who explained how he is taking the best of previous…

io9 Keith Veronese Jul 14 '12

The simple trick of the hybrid image illusion

The hybrid image illusion is a pretty simple optical trick. It relies on the fact that people see different things in an image depending on how close they are to it. This illusion allows people to see one picture close up, and another from far away. Albert Einstein and Marilyn Monroe look nothing like each…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Jul 14 '12

Refrigerated Bathroom Drawers For When You Think You Might Be In There a While

A company called Perlick is now offering a range of 15-inch refrigerated bathroom vanity drawers for safely storing and extending the life of organic or other personal hygiene products, like makeup or even medication. But let’s be frank here. Sometimes when you’re heading into the bathroom to take care of things, you really have no…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Jul 14 '12

Who can the 2nd Mass trust, and who’s marked for death, on Falling Skies?

We’re halfway through season two of Falling Skies, TNT’s show about the last remnants of humanity in the wake of an alien invasion. And the cast and crew assembled at Comic Con for a panel moderated by 2nd Watch host Wil Wheaton. The Second Mass is ever vigilant against the threat of aliens — but…

Television Keith Veronese Jul 14 '12

These Spinning GIFs Are Just Great

I love, love, LOVE these spinning animated GIFs, made by a group of friends in Japan. The premise is simple: make a short animation that involves revolving anything on its vertical axis. All of them are great, but the finger above wins. Rice cooker or R2-D2? Freaky freaky. Even freakier. Check out the rest at…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jul 14 '12

Everything You Need to Know About How to Train Your Dragon Spinoff, Riders of Berk!

The How to Train Your Dragon spin-off Dragons: Riders of Berk will be the first Dreamworks TV series to premiere on Cartoon Network — with the series set to fill in the gap between the 2010 feature film and its 2014 sequel, How to Train Your Dragon 2. And yesterday at Comic Con, we learned…

io9 Keith Veronese Jul 14 '12

Roswell alien waitress cosplay will make you nostalgic for the 1990s!

Lance Reddick talks Fringe, Dr0ne… and his new movie with Danny DeVito!

The Most Bad-Ass Member Of G.I. Joe Is Now an Awesome Ninja Flash Drive

Scientists uncover the oldest complete human ancestor skeleton yet found

Extra-Long Tablecloth Instantly Turns Any Table Into a Fort

We’ve seen 10 minutes of Wreck-It Ralph, the “Roger Rabbit for Video Gamers”

Looper promises Terminator-style time travel with a crime movie twist

Laser Scanners, the Death of Cavities, Space Drifting, Horrible Tweets and More…

Will Syfy’s Defiance succeed in crossing over between television and gaming?

Remembering Private Wojtek, the soldier-bear who fought in World War II

How to Become an Aquanaut

Elysium gives Matt Damon cyborg enhancements in Earth’s filthy slums

Two distinct groups of humans arrived in the Americas 14,000 years ago

Lego Star Wars Rancor Pit Set Needs a Slave Leia Minifig—Urgently

New TMNT Animated Series: These aren’t the same old turtles!

The simple trick of the hybrid image illusion

Refrigerated Bathroom Drawers For When You Think You Might Be In There a While

Who can the 2nd Mass trust, and who’s marked for death, on Falling Skies?

These Spinning GIFs Are Just Great

Everything You Need to Know About How to Train Your Dragon Spinoff, Riders of Berk!

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