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Behold in all its pulpy majesty, a planet made of hematite

Classic scifi cover illustrator Frank Kelly Freas created iconic alien landscapes and creatures for many of the most popular stories of the 1950s, 60s and 70s. This is the 1973 cover for DAW Books’ Testament XXI by Guy Snyder. And this pulpy, beautiful painting is an unpublished picture of mining on one of Jupiter’s moons.…

Books & Comics Annalee Newitz

5 weird examples of superheroic identity swapping

Marvel recently announced that Black Panther would replace Daredevil as “The Man Without Fear.” This switcheroo isn’t the first time a superhero or superteam’s had an identity crisis. Here’s five of these strange occasions. On G4’s Attack of the Show yesterday, Blair Butler revealed that the Daredevil series’ new star is T’Challa, the former king…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

Audyssey’s Sound Dock Packs a PhD

Audyssey’s new iOS-compatible speaker dock squeezes sophisticated software engineering cred—found in the high-end audio equipment you might already own—into one diminutive grilled black slab. With years of university research under its belt, the tiny guy wallops your iPod. The Audyssey dock pounds out a surprising amount of power from a box the size of a…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Russia Developing Its Own Double-Screened 4G Smartphone for Next Year

In this video exchange between Russian President Dmitri Medvedev and state technology official Sergei Chemezov, the country’s first ever domestically-developed 4G phone is showed off with pride. And the kicker? Two screens! According to our crack team of Russian translators, the device will be made by Russian telecom firm Yota, and although that rear screen…

Tech News Sam Biddle

The scariest video you have ever watched in the name of science

This video contains no special effects, and no fancy stunts. But it will scare the crap out of you. That’s because you’re watching from a head-mounted camera as an engineer scales an antenna tower over 1,700 feet high. Created for The Online Engineer site, what this video captures isn’t just a thrill ride – though…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Hop Into the Poopmobile!

There’s not an easy way to say this, so here it goes: This remote controlled poop is exactly what it is, a radio-controlled turd on wheels. But this poopmobile is not gratuitous. It has a noble purpose. It’s being used in the streets of London by WaterAid to promote their message: 2.6 billion people in…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Bring back The Twilight Zone right now!

The Twilight Zone left an indelible mark on pop culture, but it’s been years since we made a new journey to that dimension of sight and sound. Peter Hall argues that we need Rod Serling’s vision now more than ever. Yesterday was a momentous day for fans of science fiction. Why? Because The Twilight Zone:…

Television Peter Hall -- Hollywood.com

Why Do Europeans Still Use Nokia Phones?

With 260,000 phones being sold daily, someone out there is still buying Nokia phones. But who? And more importantly, why? Is it familiarity? Affordability? A belief that nothing else available is as good—or as suitable—for them? I was elected to write this post because I live in the UK—the land-mass on the periphery of Nokia’s…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Turn Your iPhone Into an Animation Studio With the StopMotion App

We know how good the iPhone 4’s camera is, but what else can it do besides snap pics? With the StopMotion app, makes some pretty kickass amateur stop motion movies. My own attempt was sad, but the app is powerful. StopMotion works by laying out a viewfinder grid, allowing you to manipulate, bit by bit,…

Movies Sam Biddle

How do birds in a flock all make the same decisions at the same time?

The flocking behavior of birds, fish, and other animals is the result of “collective decision making.” Now, researchers have created a computer model of how hundreds of birds can decide, seemingly simultaneously, to switch directions or land. New research out of Eötvös University, Budapest, has shown that to understand how birds, fish, and other animals…

io9 Tim Barribeau

These Old VHS Tapes Are an iPad

If you positively insist on putting a skin on your iPad, might I recommend cloaking them in old VHS tapes? And if you like the underlying concept of Hollis Brown Thornton’s VHS Heroes, you’re going to lurve the detail. I’m starting to suspect Thornton raided my family’s living room circa 1988 for inspiration: Indiana Jones…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Empire Strikes Back almost didn’t get made: Inside secrets of Star Wars’ first sequel!

The book trailer for J.W. Rinzler’s The Making of The Empire Strikes Back is a must-watch, full of juicy secrets. Glimpse the original script by Leigh Bracket, check out concept art, and find out how ESB almost fell through. The book will be in stores October 12th.

Movies Meredith Woerner

This Is a Natural Nuclear Reactor

Two billion years ago, planet Earth had natural nuclear fission reactors, burning inside its crust. You are looking at the remains of one of them, located in Oklo, Gabon. These reactors are thought to have happened by natural causes, as a result of the abundance and density of Uranium-235—a natural fissile uranium isotope present in…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Learn 15-Minute Work-Outs Watching FITNESS Magazine’s iPhone App Video Tutorials

See that woman there? She’s high on endorphins, after doing a 15-minute “bootylicious” work-out. For $2, you could be showing off your midriff—yes you!—after some of FITNESS magazine‘s iPhone app tutorials. Workouts for specific areas target the abs, arms, bum and thighs, or even a full body work-out, with photos, instructions and video included. Even…

Health Kat Hannaford

A hurricane as seen from space

It’s a planetary disturbance so massive, it looks like the whole atmosphere is churning. This is Hurricane Danielle, photographed by astronaut Douglas H. Wheelock aboard the International Space Station. And click through for his picture of Hurricane Igor. [Astro Wheels on Twitter, via Boston Globe. Thanks Richard!]

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Worldy Wings iPhone Game Is the Shmup You’ve Been Waiting For

Traditional shoot’em Ups, shmups, are awkward on the iPhone, because your left thumb covers a quarter of the screen and your right thumb covers another quarter—bad when you need to see every single bullet heading for your ship. So instead of having to drive your ship with your hand, you drive it by tilting your…

Tech News Jason Chen

Cthulhu: Great Old One, unspeakable horror, deodorant pitchman

Sleeping in R’lyeh under the sea for millennia is no excuse for smelling like mackerel and elements that don’t exist in our star system. Allow the ever-debonair Cthulhu to shill you some shower goop that will leave you smelling Shoggoth-fresh. [Dung Beetle Comics via Laughing Squid]

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Of Course, This House With Holes Is In Switzerland

Rising over Lucerne’s lakeshore, Switzerland, the O House has views to the titanic Mount Pilatus and the mountains of Rigi and Bürgenstock. It’s also full of holes, like some delicious Emmental, and has a 82-feet pool, half inside, half outside. I’ve been to Lake Lucerne a few times, which is why I sanely envy this…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

iOS 4.2 on iPad: There’s No Going Back

It’s a revelation. It’s the way the iPad always should’ve been. With iOS 4.2 there’s multitasking, a unified inbox, folders and… Helvetica in Notes. https://gizmodo.com/future-apple-gadgets-getting-airplay-wireless-music-and-5627606 We are talking about a beta that’s two months from a final release, so not everything’s done. But iOS 4.2 on iPad already feels so good, even if it is…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

New Tangled trailer takes us back to the days of classic Disney animation

Kick-ass damsels in distress, a charming/bumbling hero, quirky animals, and silly one-note side characters. The new trailer for Disney’s computer-animated Rapunzel film reminds us all why we wanted to live in a castle when we were little. While we’re excited to get back to the days when where castles and magic ruled the Mouse House,…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Behold in all its pulpy majesty, a planet made of hematite

5 weird examples of superheroic identity swapping

Audyssey’s Sound Dock Packs a PhD

Russia Developing Its Own Double-Screened 4G Smartphone for Next Year

The scariest video you have ever watched in the name of science

Hop Into the Poopmobile!

Bring back The Twilight Zone right now!

Why Do Europeans Still Use Nokia Phones?

Turn Your iPhone Into an Animation Studio With the StopMotion App

How do birds in a flock all make the same decisions at the same time?

These Old VHS Tapes Are an iPad

Empire Strikes Back almost didn’t get made: Inside secrets of Star Wars’ first sequel!

This Is a Natural Nuclear Reactor

Learn 15-Minute Work-Outs Watching FITNESS Magazine’s iPhone App Video Tutorials

A hurricane as seen from space

Worldy Wings iPhone Game Is the Shmup You’ve Been Waiting For

Cthulhu: Great Old One, unspeakable horror, deodorant pitchman

Of Course, This House With Holes Is In Switzerland

iOS 4.2 on iPad: There’s No Going Back

New Tangled trailer takes us back to the days of classic Disney animation

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