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Voyager Space Probe Lands Back on Earth, But Only One Person Is Left to Hear Its Message

After meeting with misadventure, a space probe from the Voyager mission crashes back to Earth, centuries after it left. But Earth is a very different place now, and there’s only one person around to witness the Golden Record’s message. Loïc Magar and Roman Veiga wrote and directed Voyager, which combines stop-motion with computer-generated animation, making…

io9 Lauren Davis Sep 25 '16

Movie Review: Morgan Spurlock’s Rats Is One of the Grossest Films We’ve Ever Seen

Director Morgan Spurlock has made documentaries about McDonalds, Comic-Con, One Direction and Osama Bin Laden. That’s a wide variety of work and yet you’d never expect him to make a true genre film. His new documentary, Rats, is exactly that. It was made with one singular thought: to gross you out using nothing but our…

io9 Germain Lussier Sep 25 '16

Dragon Bros Are the Best Bros

Artist Floccinaucinihilipilification is probably best known for her comics showing Harry Potter’s Dumbledore at his most absurdly irresponsible. When she isn’t skewering Hogwarts, she can sometimes draws a pair of goofy dragons who happen to be the best of bros. You can read all of the “Dragon Bros” comics on Floccinaucinihilipilification’s Tumblr, where she recently…

Books & Comics Lauren Davis Sep 25 '16

These Elaborate Seashell Crowns Are Perfect for a Mermaid Queen

Whether you plan to rule over Atlantis, or just the neighborhood pool, these crowns by artist Chelsea Shiels will complete your water-based royalty ensemble. What I really enjoy about Shiels’ mermaid crowns is how they look like they’ve been strung together from found objects: not just shells, but gems, costume jewelry, trinkets, and beads that…

io9 Lauren Davis Sep 25 '16

China Powers Up the World’s Largest Alien-Hunting Telescope

You had a good run Arecibo, but there’s a new big dog in town. China has switched on the massive dish that now officially holds the record for the world’s largest single-aperture telescope. Among other things, researchers hope it will provide a big boost in the hunt for extraterrestrial life. What’s been dubbed the “FAST”…

Tech News Rhett Jones Sep 25 '16

Movie Review: The Osiris Child Is a Fun Throwback to B-Movie Scifi of the ’80s and ’90s

Twenty-years ago, you could walk into a video store and pick out a certain kind of low-budget science fiction movie. Movies that looked the same, but if one had lasers, starships and a cyborg suit in it, it was probably worth watching. Big budget visual effects have all but killed that level of film, but…

Movies Germain Lussier Sep 25 '16

Those Used Coffee Grounds Could Get the Lead Out of Your Water

Those used coffee grounds you dump into the trash every morning might just help remove lead and mercury from drinking water one day, according to a new study by a team of Italian scientists. Recycled coffee grounds have a lot of practical uses, from marinating meats and serving as natural deodorizers, to providing a nice…

Tech News Jennifer Ouellette Sep 25 '16

A Canine Doctor Wonders if She Would Be Happier as a Stay-At-Home Pet

In a world where most dogs still hang out at home with their owners, three canine friends have decided to try for their dream careers. But they still can’t help but wonder: did they make the right choices? Dogtor is Rhea Dadoo’s second year film at CalArts. The dogs function as a rather sweet analogy…

io9 Lauren Davis Sep 25 '16

How Venomous Creatures Can Kill You–Or One Day Save Your Life

If you’ve ever been stung by a jellyfish while swimming in the ocean, you know firsthand the pain that a venomous creature can inflict, even if it doesn’t outright kill you. But scientists studying the chemical properties of venom might one day be able to develop therapeutic drugs that could save lives. That’s just one…

Biology Jennifer Ouellette Sep 25 '16

New Law Forces IMDB To Remove the Age of Actors on Request

The governor of California signed a bill into law today that will make it illegal for entertainment websites like IMDB to post the ages of actors if that actor requests the information to be taken down. Needless to say, free speech advocates are outraged. The goal of the bill, AB-1687, is to discourage age discrimination…

Tech News Matt Novak Sep 24 '16

Negotiations With Aliens This Massive Are Just a Little Bit Trickier

When Scout Zhang spotted the creature scrambling up and away from the wreckage, he took a deep breath. Sure, the thing had just devoured thirty tons of perfectly good salvage, but when it came to first contact, patience always trumped anger. Concept art by Evan Liu. Liu calls this piece “Another alien faction,” and you…

io9 Lauren Davis Sep 24 '16

When Freud Meets With Pop Culture Characters, Things Get Heavy (and Hilarious) Fast

Cartoonist Lee Gatlin regularly posts hilarious comics on his Tumblr, including a series of comics where Freud listens to the emotional woes of various fictional creatures, including superheroes, monsters, and even Satan himself. Sometimes, introspection is just funny. If you dig these, definitely check out the rest of Gatlin’s Tumblr. He’s got some seriously giggle-inducing…

Books & Comics Lauren Davis Sep 24 '16

In This Webcomic About a Magical Competition, One Competitor May Not Have Any Magic Powers

In Taylor Robin’s webcomic Never Satisfied, there is one plum job that every young magician wants: to be their city’s magical representative to the king. But in this year’s crop, one competitor has managed to stay in the running without using any magic. What gives? Seriously, this comic is just flat-out fun. Robin has created…

Books & Comics Lauren Davis Sep 24 '16

Here’s the FBI File of Paul Soros, Brother of Billionaire George Soros

Paul Soros, shipping innovator and the older brother of Democratic mega-donor and businessman George Soros, died in 2013. Paul (originally Paul Schwartz before the family changed their name in the 1930s as the Nazis swept Europe) fled Hungary in 1948 and came to the United States on a one-year student visa. And according to new…

Tech News Matt Novak Sep 24 '16

Here’s a Pretty Legit Gibsonian Cyberdeck

Back in the mid-80’s, the “cyberdeck”—the neural-connected, on-the-go interface from William Gibson’s Sprawl Trilogy—captured the imagination of every cyberpunk fan. IMGUR user D10D3 has uploaded pics of one of the slickest attempts at a real Ono-Sendai Cyberspace 7 I’ve seen. Built using a dead Commodore 64c, Raspberry Pi 3 and an assortment of connectors, this…

Tech News Rhett Jones Sep 24 '16

Snow White and the Seven Dwarves Makes a Surprisingly Great Crime Movie

We’ve seen endless adaptations of Snow White, but we’ve never seen one quite like this. In this animated short, a crew of thieves in matching hats has just pulled the job of their lives, but things don’t turn out quite as they expected. There’s a lot to love in Leo Verrier’s The Seven Red Hoods:…

io9 Lauren Davis Sep 24 '16

The Comics From Kate Beaton’s Children’s Book Tour Are as Adorable as You’d Expect

Kate Beaton is currently on tour for her latest book, King Baby, a tour that is taking her to a lot of schools and putting her in contact with many hilarious children. Fortunately for us, she has been documenting her book tour encounters in comic form. King Baby is out in stores, ready to get…

Books & Comics Lauren Davis Sep 24 '16

Don’t Look Into This Robot’s Eyes While It Learns to Play the Ball-and-Cup Game

Japan’s popular Pepper robot can guess your mood, dress up in cute clothes and now, it can learn to play simple games. Pepper’s human overlords have demonstrated that their robotic baby can learn how to play the ball-and-cup game virtually on its own. At first, they guide its arm to swing the ball on its…

Tech News Rhett Jones Sep 24 '16

What If Mythical Creatures Were on Tumblr?

Tumblr is often a place where people discuss identity politics, but how much more complicated would those identity politics be if they included vampires, werewolves, fairies, and other fantastical creatures? Well, a handful of Tumblr users decided to poke some loving fun at their community: Yep. [via charmingly antiquated]

io9 Lauren Davis Sep 24 '16

A Bitter Ex-Magical Girl Tries to Hold Down a Day Job. It Doesn’t Go Well

When Farah, star of the webcomic Shattered Starlight, was younger, she was able to deal with her problems by hitting them with her magical hockey stick. That’s because she was a magical girl, a defender of Montreal. But now that she’s older, she has to deal with crappy jobs and crappier bosses. And that might…

Books & Comics Lauren Davis Sep 24 '16

Voyager Space Probe Lands Back on Earth, But Only One Person Is Left to Hear Its Message

Movie Review: Morgan Spurlock’s Rats Is One of the Grossest Films We’ve Ever Seen

Dragon Bros Are the Best Bros

These Elaborate Seashell Crowns Are Perfect for a Mermaid Queen

China Powers Up the World’s Largest Alien-Hunting Telescope

Movie Review: The Osiris Child Is a Fun Throwback to B-Movie Scifi of the ’80s and ’90s

Those Used Coffee Grounds Could Get the Lead Out of Your Water

A Canine Doctor Wonders if She Would Be Happier as a Stay-At-Home Pet

How Venomous Creatures Can Kill You–Or One Day Save Your Life

New Law Forces IMDB To Remove the Age of Actors on Request

Negotiations With Aliens This Massive Are Just a Little Bit Trickier

When Freud Meets With Pop Culture Characters, Things Get Heavy (and Hilarious) Fast

In This Webcomic About a Magical Competition, One Competitor May Not Have Any Magic Powers

Here’s the FBI File of Paul Soros, Brother of Billionaire George Soros

Here’s a Pretty Legit Gibsonian Cyberdeck

Snow White and the Seven Dwarves Makes a Surprisingly Great Crime Movie

The Comics From Kate Beaton’s Children’s Book Tour Are as Adorable as You’d Expect

Don’t Look Into This Robot’s Eyes While It Learns to Play the Ball-and-Cup Game

What If Mythical Creatures Were on Tumblr?

A Bitter Ex-Magical Girl Tries to Hold Down a Day Job. It Doesn’t Go Well

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