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The British Columbian Wilderness and the Baddest Water Filter Ever Built

300 miles north of Vancouver lies the Great Bear Rainforest. It’s a huge, rugged, chunk of land with ample diversity of scenery, and the best part is that it is very, very sparsely populated. Think Yellowstone minus the tourists. In a nutshell, you want to go to there. I had a series of places I…

Tech News Brent Rose

Why Justice League Unlimited Was, and Still Is, the Best Superhero TV Show

We live in a golden age of superhero television. Hits like The Flash, Agent Carter, Arrow, and Agents of SHIELD dominate our TV screens. We champion them for their ability to bring some of the most mind-melting comic book sagas to TV—but one show did it all before them, nearly a decade ago: Justice League…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

Let’s Talk About Whatever You Want Right Now

Now booting up your weekend… It’s Friday in the land of Gizmodo, driven home by the fact that all of the top stories right now feature distractingly watchable videos from our friends at Sploid: Terrifying car bomb shockwave caught on video The 7 funniest movies of all time Here are all of the world’s biggest…

Tech News Kaila Hale-Stern

First Interstellar Weather Forecast: Gusty as Hell

Astronomers have measured and mapped a weather system on a planet outside our solar system for the first time, and I’m sad to report that interstellar camping trips maaaay not be so much fun after all. On planet HD 189733b, at least, the winds are blowing at a breathtaking 5,400 miles per hour. That’s the…

Tech News Maddie Stone

Go Behind the Scenes of the Gory and Gorgeous Crimson Peak Titles

Guillermo del Toro’s Crimson Peak isn’t the movie most people expected. It’s not a scary, haunted house movie. It’s a saturated, world-building gothic romance that just happens to have supernatural elements. To compliment such a beautiful, rich looking film, the teams at IAMSTATIC and Topix created an equally evocative title sequence. Built entirely in a…

Movies Germain Lussier

How Much Rain Is El Niño Bringing? “One Storm After Another Like a Conveyor Belt”

NASA climatologist Bill Patzert doesn’t mince words. He already described this winter’s El Niño as “too big to fail” and now he’s given us a very good description of what to expect from it: “Mudslides, heavy rainfall, one storm after another like a conveyor belt.” The Monster Godzilla Bruce Lee Chris Farley El Niño will…

Climate Change Alissa Walker

Spinal Cord Injuries Lead to a Very Odd (But Serious) Risk

People who get serious spinal cord injuries have to adjust to a lot. That may be why, in the first year after their injuries, they are at serious risk for a potentially fatal condition called autonomic dysreflexia. Autonomic dysreflexia shows that the body can take itself down if its signals are ignored. Nerves will try…

Tech News Esther Inglis-Arkell

“The Art of War” Has Sleepy Hollow‘s Goofiest Action Sequence Yet

It’s been a while since Sleepy Hollow had the old-fashioned-serial momentum of season one, but darn it if “The Art of War” isn’t trying. Jenny being possessed by a demon has never been such brisk fun! A nice thing about this season’s villains is that no one has asked you to care about them. Gone…

io9 Genevieve Valentine

Here Is Yet Another Reason to Fear Geese

We all know that geese are loud, obnoxious devil-birds which attack in packs. Here’s another nasty trick. One kind of goose deliberately doses itself with poison, so it will kill anyone who eats it. The spur-winged goose already has two bad features. First, it’s a goose. Geese are big, mean, and territorial. They regularly attack…

Biology Esther Inglis-Arkell

The Divergent Series: Allegiant Trailer Ups the Action and High Tech Designs

The first trailer for The Divergent Series: Allegiant is here and, even if you haven’t seen the first two films, you’re probably going to want to check it out. It’s chock full of gorgeous looking sci-fi weapons, vehicles, environments and a whole new story for the franchise. The story continues the path of Tris (Shailene…

Trailers Germain Lussier

6 Ways to Make SciFi and Fantasy Weapons More Believable

Ever read a fantasy book or watched a science fiction movie and struggled to suspend your disbelief due to the total lack of reality in some make believe weapons? Here’s advice for people writing this stuff on how to get guns and lasers and bow and wands right. When it comes to real-world weapons in…

Movies Benjamin Sobieck

Sex Isn’t As Risky As You Think It Is

People are crap at estimating risk. They’re scared of flying, for example, even though it’s far less likely that their metal sky-bird will crash and burn than their car will get crushed by a truck on the way to the airport. Combine that with a tendency to get judgey about sex, and you’ll find attitudes…

Tech News Diane Kelly

A New Laser Could Make Materials Hotter Than the Sun Almost Instantly

Ever feel like an insanely high powered laser could solve your problems? Fusion researchers sure do! And now, they may have the blueprint they’ve been searching for. New theoretical work indicates it could be possible to build a laser that heats materials to temperatures hotter than the center of the sun—within a millionth of a…

Physics & Chemistry Maddie Stone

The Upcoming Toho Godzilla Movie Will Feature The Biggest Godzilla Ever

Godzilla fans know that, eventually, they’re going to see him fight King Kong in a few big budget American movies. But those are several years out. Before that, Godzilla’s creators Toho have a new movie coming out and several details have just been revealed. For international audiences, the title is Godzilla Resurgence. In Japan though,…

Movies Germain Lussier

What Is The Farthest Human-Made Object?

The farthest human-made object is also the fastest human-made object, Voyager 1. Cast into space on September 5, 1977, from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Mounted on a Titan IIIE/Centaur launch vehicle, Voyager 1 is now the farthest human-made object from Earth. It takes light about 16 Hours and 10 minutes to…

Tech News Brian Roemmele - QUORA

These Fast-Melting Glaciers Could Change the World’s Coastlines Forever

The rapidly-melting glaciers of Greenland are moving faster than anyone thought—and this slow-motion crisis has the potential to change the world’s coastlines forever. Over the past year, Greenland’s glaciers—and the vast network of lakes, rivers, and other features below them—have gotten a lot of attention. And for good reason: Not only are these glaciers melting…

Climate Change Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

Everyone’s Favorite Cajun Superhero, Gambit, Gets A New Director

The Gambit movie may finally be in place. After one director left the project, another one is about to sign on. And it’s someone with not only geek cred, but plenty of blockbuster experience. It’s Doug Liman, the director of Edge of Tomorrow, The Bourne Identity and Swingers. The Hollywood Reporter officially broke the news.…

Movies Germain Lussier

Who Is Number 1? You Are, Because It’s Our Friday Gif Party!

It’s that time of the week when we all escape! From work! So here’s Number 6 himself, Patrick McGoohan from The Prisoner, to help us make a break for it! Yes, it’s time for the weekly io9 GIF PARTY!!!! And because I got carried away, here are a few other Prisoner gifs I just made:…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

The 7 funniest movies of all time

The Writers Guild of America put out a list of what they think the 101 funniest screenplays are and it’s filled with all time classics and favorites and movies that are watchable over and over again. We put together a video showing scenes from the top seven on the list and it definitely makes us…

Sploid Casey Chan

You Can Finally Buy That Beautiful Handheld Wooden Video Game Emulator

A few months ago designer Love Hultén had us all lusting over his portable wooden gaming console called the Pixel Vision that reminded us of the folding Game Boy Advance SP. And in response to all of the positive and envious feedback he got, he’s decided to put it into production and sell it via…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

The British Columbian Wilderness and the Baddest Water Filter Ever Built

Why Justice League Unlimited Was, and Still Is, the Best Superhero TV Show

Let’s Talk About Whatever You Want Right Now

First Interstellar Weather Forecast: Gusty as Hell

Go Behind the Scenes of the Gory and Gorgeous Crimson Peak Titles

How Much Rain Is El Niño Bringing? “One Storm After Another Like a Conveyor Belt”

Spinal Cord Injuries Lead to a Very Odd (But Serious) Risk

“The Art of War” Has Sleepy Hollow‘s Goofiest Action Sequence Yet

Here Is Yet Another Reason to Fear Geese

The Divergent Series: Allegiant Trailer Ups the Action and High Tech Designs

6 Ways to Make SciFi and Fantasy Weapons More Believable

Sex Isn’t As Risky As You Think It Is

A New Laser Could Make Materials Hotter Than the Sun Almost Instantly

The Upcoming Toho Godzilla Movie Will Feature The Biggest Godzilla Ever

What Is The Farthest Human-Made Object?

These Fast-Melting Glaciers Could Change the World’s Coastlines Forever

Everyone’s Favorite Cajun Superhero, Gambit, Gets A New Director

Who Is Number 1? You Are, Because It’s Our Friday Gif Party!

The 7 funniest movies of all time

You Can Finally Buy That Beautiful Handheld Wooden Video Game Emulator

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