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I’m Totally On Board With The Peanuts Movie After Watching The New Trailer

The first trailer for The Peanuts Movie was a bit jarring. All our favorite characters were there, along with the tone that made the franchise so popular. But the CG was so different and musical interludes so cringe-worthy. Now, a new trailer finds a balance of all that and ends up looking pretty great. Okay,…

io9 Germain Lussier

Huawei Watch Review: I Love This Snazzy Piece, But Not That Price

Smartwatches, wristables, wearables — we’re getting a shitload of them this fall. As far as function is concerned, many of them will be carbon copies. What sets wearable winners like the Huawei Watch apart is the luxe aesthetic of blingy jewelry. But that gold/silver-plated premium comes at a hefty price that might disillusion some would-be…

Reviews Mario Aguilar

New York Should Be Ashamed of the Heinous Chair It Built for the Pope

Pope Francis is hip to social media and cares about the environment. His new cool Popemobile is a convertible Hyundai. But the throne that the poor pope has to sit in while he’s in Manhattan is freaking design blasphemy. It’s so ugly, it’s ungodly. How in heaven’s name did we get into this mess? Pope…

Tech News Alissa Walker

This Speeding Exoplanet’s Shock Wave Has Just Been Detected on Earth

Astronomers from Wesleyan University have detected the shock waves produced by a high-speed “hot Jupiter” exoplanet caught in a tight orbit around its host star. It’s a potential indication of an incredibly powerful magnetic field around the planet. Also known as “roaster planets,” hot Jupiters are so named because they have many characteristics in common…

io9 George Dvorsky

Get Your Bottle Caps Out, These Fallout And Skyrim Action Figures Look Amazing

Earlier this month, ThreeZero revealed they were making some beautiful, 1:6 scale figures based on the post-apocalyptic RPG series Fallout. But if your budget doesn’t quite stretch to “ridiculously cool/expensive toys”, these new figures might just fit the bill: A fraction of the cost, but still completely awesome. https://gizmodo.com/were-finally-getting-some-incredible-looking-fallout-fi-1727733151 The figures will be part of…

Tech News James Whitbrook

Fran Krause’s Deep Dark Fears Book Is Full of Things You Didn’t Know To Be Afraid Of

We’ve celebrated Fran Krause’s Deep Dark Fears tumblr before—it’s a collection of really insane comics about truly bizarre things to be afraid of. A lot of them are very outlandish or sort of existential, or just very goofy. And now, he’s got a book of new comics, and we’ve got an exclusive first peek. Check…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

Why Some Boys in the Dominican Republic Don’t Grow Penises Until Puberty

Countdown to Life: The Extraordinary Making of You, a new BBC series focused on how our prenatal development shapes our lives, has brought new attention to a group of seemingly sex-swapping people in the Dominican Republic. In an article for the BBC Magazine, Michael Mosely talks to families with children that were brought up as…

Tech News Diane Kelly

Here’s Why Both Your Cat and Your Slime Molds Go Crazy for Valerian Root

Valerian root, many cat owners have found, makes their cats turn hyper. Cats aren’t the only creatures that have their behavior affected by valerian root. Slime molds literally go out of their way to seek it out, and that provided researchers a clue to why cats love it so much. Physarum polycephalum is a slime…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

One of the Creepiest Books We’ve Read in Ages Is Becoming a TV Series

We were utterly creeped out by the “insomnia epidemic” novel Black Moon by Kenneth Calhoun. There have been other books and stories about a world where almost everybody suddenly can’t sleep recently—but Calhoun’s vision was especially horrific. So it’s great that this book is becoming a TV show. According to Deadline, Melissa Rosenberg (who’s working…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Fire breathing in bullet time looks so completely bad ass

It’s a universal rule that even after all these years, everything looks cooler in bullet time. Time stops! Perspectives get reversed! And when this dude is breathing fire in bullet time, it looks like a maniacal orange fiery beast is being excised from the guy’s body. It’s a really bad ass look. Mitch Martinez, who…

Sploid Casey Chan

Gmail Just Made It Super Easy to Block People

We all have that list of, like, ten people who email us about crap we don’t care about — or just don’t want to see. Now, with two clicks, Gmail will let you block them from ever showing up in your inbox again. This is progress! You’ve long been able to filter spammy email addresses…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

11 Photos That Prove The Wrong Exposure Is Often The Right One

A bunch of engineers who programmed our cameras and phones tell us that there’s only one right way to expose a photo. But for this week’s Shooting Challenge, you took matters into your own hands, and flooded these frames with “too much” light. Winner: Lambo This entry should make any Jalops that have ended up…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Everything You Need to Know to Survive a Tsunami

The inexorable, rapidly-rising wall of water of a tsunami is a terrifying, deadly sight. This is the disaster demystified, with all the science to help you survive. Tsunami are the stuff of legends, a natural disaster steeped in stories and misinformation. Even their name is deceptive: tsunami translates as harbour-crossing wave, and yet the catastrophic…

Tech News Mika McKinnon

Harry Potter’s Family Origins Revealed by J.K. Rowling Herself

James and Lily Potter obviously weren’t the first people with that name, nor were they the last. Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling has just written a history of the Potter family, which includes a link to how they got the Invisibility Cloak. The writing is over on the official Potter site, Pottermore, and you can…

io9 Germain Lussier

Don’t Fall For The Facebook Dislike Button Scam

Take this survey and win a free iPad! Take this survey and win a never-ending pasta bowl! Take this survey and get Facebook’s Dislike button! Wait, what? Whenever a new product or service comes out, you can be certain that the scam artists will scurry out of the woodwork. One of their favorite tools are…

Social Media Matt Novak

Archaeologists Discover a Rare Pre-Roman Tomb at Pompeii

An undisturbed Samnite tomb has been unearthed at a burial ground beside Pompeii’s famous Villa of the Mysteries. The discovery will help archaeologists study a relatively unexplored era of Pompeii’s history—a time when the Samnites fought bitter battles against the Romans. A team of French archaeologists from the Jean Berard Centre in Naples accidentally stumbled…

io9 George Dvorsky

YACHT’s New Song Can Only Be Played When Uber Surge Pricing Is in Effect

YACHT’s new album, I Thought the Future Would Be Cooler, drops on October 16, but the collective is teasing the new songs in expectedly inventive ways. You can only watch the video for the new single “L.A. Plays Itself” when Uber puts surge pricing into effect in Los Angeles. This is a fun trick. Actually,…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

On Blindspot, the Crimes Are Ridiculous But the Mystery is Compelling

Blindspot premieres with an intriguing and absurd premise: a naked woman covered in coded tattoos is found in Times Square. The tattoos may hold the key to solving crimes that haven’t been committed yet! But who is Jane Doe, what can she do, and why is she here? Spoilers for Blindspot’s first episode ahead. I’m…

io9 Kaila Hale-Stern

The 16 Most Impractical and Ridiculous Batman Action Figures

When we took a look back at Batman’s use of power armor over the years, one big reason we found was basically so people could sell action figures of Batman clad in various, situation-specific power suits. But with Batman Day at the end of the week, we thought we’d delve into just how bat@#!? insane…

io9 James Whitbrook

Flir’s New Thermal Imaging Camera Fits Into a GoPro Mount

The Flir One thermal imaging camera is awesome fun, but when you put the technology on a drone, it also becomes quite useful. That’s why the company is now targeting anyone from farmers to firefighters with a new camera, the Flir Vue Pro that’s specifically designed for the GoPro mounts on drones. This isn’t a…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

I’m Totally On Board With The Peanuts Movie After Watching The New Trailer

Huawei Watch Review: I Love This Snazzy Piece, But Not That Price

New York Should Be Ashamed of the Heinous Chair It Built for the Pope

This Speeding Exoplanet’s Shock Wave Has Just Been Detected on Earth

Get Your Bottle Caps Out, These Fallout And Skyrim Action Figures Look Amazing

Fran Krause’s Deep Dark Fears Book Is Full of Things You Didn’t Know To Be Afraid Of

Why Some Boys in the Dominican Republic Don’t Grow Penises Until Puberty

Here’s Why Both Your Cat and Your Slime Molds Go Crazy for Valerian Root

One of the Creepiest Books We’ve Read in Ages Is Becoming a TV Series

Fire breathing in bullet time looks so completely bad ass

Gmail Just Made It Super Easy to Block People

11 Photos That Prove The Wrong Exposure Is Often The Right One

Everything You Need to Know to Survive a Tsunami

Harry Potter’s Family Origins Revealed by J.K. Rowling Herself

Don’t Fall For The Facebook Dislike Button Scam

Archaeologists Discover a Rare Pre-Roman Tomb at Pompeii

YACHT’s New Song Can Only Be Played When Uber Surge Pricing Is in Effect

On Blindspot, the Crimes Are Ridiculous But the Mystery is Compelling

The 16 Most Impractical and Ridiculous Batman Action Figures

Flir’s New Thermal Imaging Camera Fits Into a GoPro Mount

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