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An Even Bigger George R.R. Martin Universe Could Be Coming to TV

Game of Thrones is ending in two years, but George R.R. Martin isn’t done with television yet. In fact, he says an even bigger world is on the way. Martin posted on his LiveJournal Saturday that Universal Cable Productions (part of NBC Universal) has acquired the rights to adapt his long-running anthology series Wild Cards.…

io9 Beth Elderkin

Brie Larson Shows She’s Doing Her Research With Captain Marvel Teaser Pic

Looks like someone is doing some serious studying. Captain Marvel star Brie Larson posted a photo on Twitter Saturday of her doing a little “R&D” for the film— specifically, she’s reading “Captain Marvel, Vol. 1: Higher, Further, Faster, More,” by Kelly Sue DeConnick and David Lopez. She also donned an amazing Captain Marvel zip-up jacket,…

io9 Beth Elderkin

Watch Over 1,000 Robots Dance Since Robots Aren’t Creepy Enough Already

Robots already have the potential to be creepy (those cold, dead eyes and unmoving faces only just add to the uncanniness of it all), but have you ever seen them dance? What about over 1,000 of them? According to Guinness World Records, Ever Win Company & Ltd, which produced the robots, broke the previous record…

Tech News Carli Velocci

Zombie Survivors Search for Purpose in Fear The Walking Dead Featurette

The latest behind-the-scenes featurette for the second half of Season 2 of Fear The Walking Dead shows us what’s in store for our spinoff heroes. In short, they’re searching. What for remains to be seen, but let’s hope it’s a more cohesive story. According to the video, the gang is South of the Border and…

Television Beth Elderkin

A Hacker’s Tips for Overthrowing the Government

Chris Rock, an independent security researcher, is pissed that the Director of National Intelligence, James Clapper, is more afraid of ISIS than hackers. He’s hoping to change that by teaching hackers how to overthrow governments. “I don’t want to live in a world where ISIS is scarier than hackers,” Rock began. Rock, who runs his…

Tech News William Turton

NASA Captures Details of a Rocket Test With Its New Camera

You’ve never truly seen what a rocket plume looks like. They are extremely bright and therefore, have never been photographed properly and unless you want to stare directly into one, it’ll be nearly impossible to imagine. Although that’s difficult, considering there haven’t been cameras that could capture its image before. However, NASA unveiled a new…

Space & Spaceflight Carli Velocci

Stranger Things Goes Full Randy Newman With 80s Sitcom Intro

Strange things are happening… We’ve seen plenty of fan renditions of the theme song intro for Stranger Things. We got a “karaoke version” sung by Caleb McLaughlin (Lucas) and Gaten Matarazzo (Dustin), as well as an 8-bit version that practically begs, “Make me a video game.” Now, YouTuber Tim Bennett has reimagined the intro as…

io9 Beth Elderkin

We Need To Save Large Mammals From Extinction Before It’s Too Late

Elephants are majestic, amazing creatures, but they could be in trouble, along with other species of large mammals. If they disappear, we’d be robbed of the chance to see these giant animals roaming the Earth in their awe-inspiring glory. In response to this, 43 wildlife experts, from across six continents and in seven languages, collaborated…

Tech News Carli Velocci

Tony Stark Just Met His Replacement

Riri Williams has been making headlines before she even readied the mantle as the replacement Iron Man. Now, she’s got the go-ahead from the man himself, in the first comic meeting of the two heroes. The genius M.I.T. student debuted this spring in the sixth issue of“Invincible Iron Man,” as part of Marvel’s Marvel NOW!…

io9 Beth Elderkin

Antibubbles Are Bubbles’ More Flimsy, Bizzaro World Cousins

Playing with bubbles never gets old, but did you know that you can fiddle around with another kind of bubble? Just to shake things up. A new video from Physics Girl details this exciting phenomenon, known as an antibubble. Instead of normal bubbles, which float in the air, these form when submerged in a liquid.…

Physics & Chemistry Carli Velocci

Producer Says Deadpool 2 Will Take Aim at Superhero Sequels

If there’s one thing we’ve gotten a lot of over the past few years, it’s superhero sequels. We’re getting another Guardians of the Galaxy and a third Thor flick. Spider-Man is again being rebooted after having two previous series. Plus, DC’s confirmed a release date for the second Justice League movie before the first one’s…

io9 Beth Elderkin

Jared Leto’s Joker Shows Up in Skrillex Music Video, and That’s About It

For everyone bitching that there isn’t enough Joker in Suicide Squad (yes, I’m mostly looking at you, Jared Leto), don’t panic, he’s got an entire music video. Unfortunately, it’s really boring. Skrillex and Rick Ross have released their official music video for “Purple Lamborghini,” their tune from the Suicide Squad soundtrack. The song itself isn’t…

io9 Beth Elderkin

Popular Torrent Search Engine Shuts Down Without Explanation

The torrenting community has been tumultuous these past few weeks. First, Kickass Torrents was seized by the government after the owner’s arrest. Now, one of the largest search engines has vanished. According to TorrentFreak, Torrentz.eu unexpectedly shut down on Friday, disabling its search functionality. The domain is still active, but currently, the site just features…

Tech News Carli Velocci

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Looks to Have Prequels Cameo

Looks like post-facelift Anakin Skywalker might not be the only prequels character stopping by for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. In an interview with The Talk on Friday, actor Jimmy Smits dropped a hint that he’s got a cameo in the upcoming film. Now, unless they decided to all-of-a-sudden turn him into a Twi’lek,…

io9 Beth Elderkin

Former Ghibli Producer Details the Large Amount of Work That Goes Into Creating a Movie

Studio Ghibli’s films are legendary for multiple reasons, one of course being the gorgeous animation, much of it hand drawn. Even in the 21st century, when most studios were using CGI to create feature-length films, Hayao Miyazaki, for example. went back to traditional styles for his 2008 film Ponyo. It’s beyond impressive, even from an…

io9 Carli Velocci

Watch Two Stranger Things Actors (Somehow) Sing Along to the Show’s Theme Song

Netflix’s Stranger Things has been receiving a lot of positive criticism for a number of reasons, one being the soundtrack, which features a mix of 1980s pop hits and synth rock. The theme song follows this trend. It isn’t especially catchy, but it’s fun and encapsulates the rest of the series very well. But did…

io9 Carli Velocci

This is Why Sunflowers Turn to Face the Sun

Sunflowers may look like the sun if you squint your eyes a bit, but they also do this weird thing where they turn to face the sun, hence the name. But how and why these plants move over the course of a day has stumped scientists for over a century. However, a new study published…

Tech News Carli Velocci

Photos of These Bolivian Salt Flats Perfectly Reflect the Night Sky

Since finding a perfectly dark sky is rare in our electrically-powered world, we at Gizmodo like to highlight the areas that still remain and the photography projects that explore them. This week’s photo series comes from the Altiplano salt flats (Salar de Uyuni) in Bolivia, where a team journeyed to the site and captured some…

Tech News Carli Velocci

American Horror Story Drops a Terrifying New Clue (?) About Its Mysterious Sixth Season

The theme of American Horror Story’s sixth season has remained a closely-guarded secret, with only a few enigmatic promos to go on. If you read certain tabloid websites, you might have a few more clues … thanks, little birds of the internet. But even so. What the hell is going on here? Most likely, that’s…

Television Cheryl Eddy

Sleepy Hollow Can’t Stop Adding New Cast Members Ahead of Its Fourth Season

Against what some would consider incredible odds, Sleepy Hollow was renewed for a fourth season in May, and the show has been retooling the hell out of itself ever since. It will be re-set in Washington, D.C.; Ichabod will have a new partner and villain to contend with; and now there are three new supporting…

Television Cheryl Eddy

An Even Bigger George R.R. Martin Universe Could Be Coming to TV

Brie Larson Shows She’s Doing Her Research With Captain Marvel Teaser Pic

Watch Over 1,000 Robots Dance Since Robots Aren’t Creepy Enough Already

Zombie Survivors Search for Purpose in Fear The Walking Dead Featurette

A Hacker’s Tips for Overthrowing the Government

NASA Captures Details of a Rocket Test With Its New Camera

Stranger Things Goes Full Randy Newman With 80s Sitcom Intro

We Need To Save Large Mammals From Extinction Before It’s Too Late

Tony Stark Just Met His Replacement

Antibubbles Are Bubbles’ More Flimsy, Bizzaro World Cousins

Producer Says Deadpool 2 Will Take Aim at Superhero Sequels

Jared Leto’s Joker Shows Up in Skrillex Music Video, and That’s About It

Popular Torrent Search Engine Shuts Down Without Explanation

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Looks to Have Prequels Cameo

Former Ghibli Producer Details the Large Amount of Work That Goes Into Creating a Movie

Watch Two Stranger Things Actors (Somehow) Sing Along to the Show’s Theme Song

This is Why Sunflowers Turn to Face the Sun

Photos of These Bolivian Salt Flats Perfectly Reflect the Night Sky

American Horror Story Drops a Terrifying New Clue (?) About Its Mysterious Sixth Season

Sleepy Hollow Can’t Stop Adding New Cast Members Ahead of Its Fourth Season

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