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Sony Might Be Making a Salt TV Show

Sony is pitching a TV adaptation of 2010’s Salt—which has a natural plot for a show but the timing forces me to ask “Why so soon?” In case you don’t remember because Salt came out six years ago, the spy film starred Angelina Jolie as Evelyn Salt, a CIA operative who is revealed to be…

Movies Katharine Trendacosta

This Week’s TV: Gravity Falls Ends With The Coming of the Weirdmageddon!

The Series finale of Gravity Falls! The Return of Vikings! Mulder & Scully meet their sexy doppelgangers! And would you believe TWO episodes of Agent Carter? It’s all on This Week’s TV! Tonight Teen Titans Go! (6PM, CARTOON) How Bout Some Effort?/Pyramid Scheme “It’s Valentine’s Day and Cyborg goes to great lengths to make it…

Television Gordon Jackson

The First Minecraft Hot Wheels Car Is Just a Box on Wheels

It looks like Mattel has decided to test the dedication of die-hard Hot Wheels collectors and completionists. The line’s first Minecraft-themed vehicle, the Minecart, is a perfect recreation of the one appearing in the game. So in other words, it’s nothing more than a box on wheels. Yep, boxy. But before Hot Wheels fans get…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

That Viral Photo of The Martian DVD Next to Potatoes Is No Accident

This photo of a DVD of The Martian being sold next to potatoes has gone viral. If you’ve seen the movie, it seems like perfect cross-promotion, done perhaps by some clever person at a random grocery store. But it’s no accident. The Albert Bartlett potato company has an official deal with Twentieth Century Fox to…

Tech News Matt Novak

Scalia’s Death May Have Saved the Planet

The United States’ commitment to combatting climate change will affect the entire world. Last week, the Supreme Court froze Obama’s plan to uphold that commitment, sparking fears that the Paris climate agreement would fall apart. But the death of justice Antonin Scalia over the weekend changes everything. Scalia might have been surprisingly progressive on technology,…

Climate Change Maddie Stone

We Now Live in a World Where Official Deadpool Underoos Exist

There’s so much to despair about in the modern world that it’s always nice to take a moment to appreciate the things that make life so worthwhile—things like these official, totally real, 100% licensed Deadpool Underoos. Yes, you can buy this underwear/t-shirt combo for you (adults only, much like the Deadpool movie, which is R-rated,…

io9 Rob Bricken

Master Chief’s Iconic UNSC MA5 Halo Rifle Is Now a BOOMco Dart Blaster

To the dismay of blaster fans who’d fallen in love with the BOOMco toys, Mattel has scaled back the line and will start focusing it more on licensed properties. The silver lining to that bad news is that we’re going to be seeing more and more weapons from the Halo universe brought to life, starting…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Here Are All the Awesome Vertical Landing Jets in History

We all know how badass the Harriers and F-35s of the world are but some of these other vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircrafts from history are totally wild. The Williams X-Jet was essentially a flying one-man podium barrel thing. The Avro Canada VZ-9 Avrocar was legitimately a man-made flying saucer. And so many other…

Sploid Casey Chan

The Director of 2016’s Most Acclaimed Horror Film Spent Four Years Visiting Museums

The Witch has been getting huge buzz since the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, where this unsettling horror film picked up a directing prize for Robert Eggers. We talked to Eggers, and he told us the insane amount of research that went into making a film that’s so scary, it crawls under your skin. Eggers, who…

io9 Cheryl Eddy

Here’s What Was Wrong With The Walking Dead’s Mid-Season Premiere: Everything

Last week, I was able to watch an early screening of “No Way Out”, Sunday night’s mid-season premiere. Upon my first viewing, I was struck by a single scene that disturbed me mightily. Upon Sunday night’s viewing, I had the opportunity to be appalled by every other aspect of the episode, which was one of…

Television Rob Bricken

Fearing Cannibalism, Aquarium Cancels Octopus Sex Show on Valentine’s Day

At the Seattle Aquarium, the annual tradition of watching live octopuses bone on Valentine’s Day was canceled last night. Why? Cannibalism concerns, of course. The aquarium staff was worried that the huge male scheduled for sex was so huge that he would simply devour the females. Which is funny since typically it’s the larger female…

Biology Bryan Lufkin

Ancient Poisonous Flower Preserved in Amber Looks Dangerously Delicious

Amber delivers a slice of ancient life, showing us everything from early predation to the earliest preserved erect penis. Now, in a 30-year-old amber collection, scientists have found the earliest ancestor of those famous drawing-room mystery poisons, strychnine and curare. In 1986, Oregon State University entomologist George Poinar went down a mine. It was an…

Tech News Esther Inglis-Arkell

Scientists Just 3D Printed a Transplantable Human Ear

Scientists have developed an innovative 3D bioprinter capable of generating replacement tissue that’s strong enough to withstand transplantation. To show its power, the scientists printed a jaw bone, muscle, and cartilage structures, as well as a stunningly accurate human ear. After nearly 10 years in development, a research team led by Anthony Atala from Wake…

Tech News George Dvorsky

You Don’t Even Have to Touch the New Simon Air to Play

After being released in 1978, the classic memory game Simon went relatively unchanged for about 36 years until Simon Swipe came along back in 2014. It updated the game’s familiar button tapping with swipe gestures similar to what a smartphone uses. But, there’s yet another new version of Simon that doesn’t want to be touched…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

A Visual Dissection of What’s Inside a Fishing Reel

How can a fishing rod, which is just a stick and some string and this spinning thing, pull down heavy fish that’s swimming and fighting in the completely opposite direction? The magic is in the reel! Here is the visual breakdown of the 141 different parts that make up a fishing reel. SPLOID is delicious…

Sploid Casey Chan

Instead of Pixels, Crayola’s New Kids’ Tablet Is Filled With Sand

If you’ve ever scribbled your name in the sand on the beach with a stick, you’ll understand where Crayola found the inspiration for its new drawing tablet for kids. The biggest advantage of the Sand Scribbler, though, is that there’s no risk of a drawing or doodle being erased by the incoming tide. To prevent…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

New 10 Cloverfield Lane Footage Explains Everyone’s Injuries

Where previous commercials have been light on John Gallagher, Jr.’s unnamed character, this one reveals a little more, showing him as a voluntary resident of Howard’s (John Goodman) bunker. This footage also shows Michelle (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) with an injured leg and on an IV—Howard treated her when he saved her from a car accident.…

Trailers Katharine Trendacosta

Not Even Kanye Can Save Tidal

Less than a year ago, Tidal was a punchline: a vanity project promoted by a slew of out of touch musicians who knew a crap ton about making music, but absolutely nothing about selling it. Now, Tidal is the number one free app on the Apple App Store. And it’s all because of exclusivity deals.…

Tech News Alex Cranz

Star Wars: Episode VIII Begins Filming Mark Hamill’s Face and Adds New Cast Members

Director Rian Johnson and company started filming Episode VIII today in London, and not only have we already gotten an extremely tiny bit of new footage (all of it containing Luke Skywalker’s amazing Jedi face) we have the official cast list, including a few new names. The movie stars everyone you’d expect from The Force…

Movies Katharine Trendacosta

Apple Promises to Fix the 1970 Bug But Still Won’t Say What Causes It

Apple posted on its website this morning that it “officially acknowledges” setting your iOS device’s date to May 1, 1970 or earlier will render it completely unusable. But an upcoming software update will prevent the insidious bug from bricking your handheld. Internet tricksters want you to believe that setting your iPhone’s date to 1/1/70 unlocks…

Tech News Bryan Lufkin

Sony Might Be Making a Salt TV Show

This Week’s TV: Gravity Falls Ends With The Coming of the Weirdmageddon!

The First Minecraft Hot Wheels Car Is Just a Box on Wheels

That Viral Photo of The Martian DVD Next to Potatoes Is No Accident

Scalia’s Death May Have Saved the Planet

We Now Live in a World Where Official Deadpool Underoos Exist

Master Chief’s Iconic UNSC MA5 Halo Rifle Is Now a BOOMco Dart Blaster

Here Are All the Awesome Vertical Landing Jets in History

The Director of 2016’s Most Acclaimed Horror Film Spent Four Years Visiting Museums

Here’s What Was Wrong With The Walking Dead’s Mid-Season Premiere: Everything

Fearing Cannibalism, Aquarium Cancels Octopus Sex Show on Valentine’s Day

Ancient Poisonous Flower Preserved in Amber Looks Dangerously Delicious

Scientists Just 3D Printed a Transplantable Human Ear

You Don’t Even Have to Touch the New Simon Air to Play

A Visual Dissection of What’s Inside a Fishing Reel

Instead of Pixels, Crayola’s New Kids’ Tablet Is Filled With Sand

New 10 Cloverfield Lane Footage Explains Everyone’s Injuries

Not Even Kanye Can Save Tidal

Star Wars: Episode VIII Begins Filming Mark Hamill’s Face and Adds New Cast Members

Apple Promises to Fix the 1970 Bug But Still Won’t Say What Causes It

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