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The Coolest Dark Knight Returns Batman Toy Just Got Even Cooler

Mezco’s 6.5” tall Dark Knight Returns Batman figure is already one of the best ever renditions of the Batman in figure form. But as a special bonus for San Diego Comic Con, the figure is getting a great upgrade that just makes it all the more fantastic. Mezo’s convention exclusive at SDCC ‘15 is an…

Tech News James Whitbrook

First Cooties Trailer Chronicles The Dawn Of The Tweenage Dead

Here’s a twist on the zombie genre we haven’t seen before. In the horror comedy flick Cooties, only those who haven’t been hit by puberty can be infected by the zombie virus, forcing the teachers of this school to take a stand against their once-adorable students. Prep your cootie shot and watch the first trailer…

Trailers Rob Bricken

Join Us For a Live Chat With Neal Stephenson Right Now

Neal Stephenson, author of the acclaimed novels Snow Crash, Cryptonomicon, and Anathem, is here to talk about his latest, Seveneves, and chat with us about his visions of the future. Seveneves asks and answers the question What would happen if the world was ending? But we know you have even more questions for Neal Stephenson,…

Tech News Kaila Hale-Stern

Bodypaint shows how a baby fits inside a pregnant woman’s body

Photographer Leonie Versantvoort created this Bellypaint photo with body painter Marieke van den Dungen-Crone that cleverly and beautifully shows how a baby looks inside a pregnant mother’s body. It’s obviously not super scientific but it’s really cool to see how a woman’s body adapts it body to become a home for them little humans. Here’s…

Sploid Casey Chan

What Happens Behind the Scenes When You Buy Things with Your Phone

You’ve decided to buy a new pair of shoes, and you’re going to pay for them by tapping your smartphone against the checkout stand. It’s just like using your credit card — except that it isn’t. Here’s what’s really happening to the money on your phone, when you spend it and when you are just…

Privacy & Security Kiona Smith-Strickland

Peter Dinklage Teams Up With Coldplay For Game Of Thrones: The Musical!

For Red Nose Day, Game of Thrones’ Peter Dinklage is singing a hilarious blues jam about the fact that he’s “Still Going Strong” after Ned Stark, Robert Baratheon and so many other great characters have died. Basically, he’s paid the cost to be the boss. [h/t Frank!] Contact the author at [email protected].

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Honor Harrington’s Cat Has Its Own Adventure In This Final Comic Prequel

The third and final comic prequel ahead of Honor Harrington’s return to comics is here — but this week, it’s all about Honor’s faithful companion, Nimitz the Treecat. io9 is proud to present the finale of Facets of Honor, The Deep Woods! Set between Honor’s recent return to comics in the Free Comic Book Day…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

HBO Go Finally Comes to Fire TV For Comcast Subscribers

Last year, Amazon’s excellent Fire TV got access to HBO Go, the crown jewel of VOD services. Or it did, assuming your cable provider was anything but Comcast. If you had Comcast, you were inexplicably screwed. No longer! It’s incredible that it took this long, but HBO Go is finally available on the Fire TV…

Commerce Mario Aguilar

A Webcomic About A Disgruntled Mars Researcher You Need To Start Reading

Der-shing Helmer, creator of The Meek, is back with a new webcomic, and it’s set on Mars. In Mare Internum, an entomologist arrives at an isolated Mars research station just as another researcher has been fired. But before he departs, these two scientists will learn a great deal about each other’s troubles. Quick content warning:…

Books & Comics Lauren Davis

For Fuck’s Sake, Twitter, Stop Allowing Hate Speech in Promoted Tweets

“Get a rope & hang yourself.” The tweets are wildly, flagrantly hateful. The kind of offensive language, in fact, that Twitter just developed an algorithm to detect. Yet Twitter is getting paid to publish them, pushing abusive speech to a wide audience. Last week, Twitter users had the unpleasant experience of seeing tweets from a…

Tech News Kate Knibbs

Laibach Explains Why Science And Fiction Are Such A Powerful Combination

The Slovenian avant-garde rock band Laibach references science fiction a lot in their music, from Margaret Atwood to Kurt Vonnegut — and they did music for the science fiction spoof Iron Sky. In a new interview, they explain why science fiction is such an important dialectic for them. Talking to Westword, Laibach explains: Science fiction…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

Grad Student Accused Of Faking Data In Gay Marriage Study

The lead author of a study claiming that short conversations can dramatically alter a person’s view on same-sex marriage has issued a retraction upon learning his co-author may have forged the data. The study in question, titled “When contact changes minds: An experiment on transmission of support for gay equality,” was published in Science back…

io9 George Dvorsky

5 Animal Con Artists That Use Trickery To Get Sex

Humans use all kinds of gimmicks to win over mates — but you’d think that in nature, it would be all about honest competition. The biggest antlers, the brightest feathers, the most beautiful song, the most perfect displays – each signals the owner’s desirability as a mate. But here are five animals (and one plant)…

Biology Diane Kelly

We Got Buckminster Fuller’s FBI File

Buckminster Fuller was a world-renowned architect, math-obsessed designer, and affable weirdo. He died in 1983, but Fuller is still remembered fondly today for his geodesic domes and his three-wheeled cars. Despite extensive historical interest in the man, his FBI file has never been made public. Until now. Photo: Buckminster Fuller in 1929 with a model…

Tech News Matt Novak

How To Do Justice To The Suicide Squad’s Mighty Amanda Waller

Amanda Waller is both one of the most original characters in the DCU and one of the hardest to get right. With the Suicide Squad movie on the horizon, we’ll be seeing a new version of the Wall. Here’s what it takes to get her right. Respect the Icon In a medium that gives nearly…

Books & Comics Esther Inglis-Arkell

4 Typefaces That Let You Write Like Einstein and Other Famous Thinkers

The art of handwritten script is lost on most of us keyboard-attached slobs. But over the past few years, a small group of designers have dug into the archives of famous thinkers and artists to bring their script into the digital world—meaning that you, too, can write like Einstein, even if you can’t think like…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

A Princess Once Dueled A Countess Over Floral Arrangements… Topless

When we think of historical duels, we may tend to imagine two men handsomely dressed wielding pistols or swords over some offense to one party’s honor. One particular duel, however, presents a very different picture of honor battles. Not only was it between two women; it was between two women fighting topless. Atlas Obscura has…

io9 Lauren Davis

Watch 40 years of awesome ILM special effects in 1 minute

For the past 40 years, Industrial Light & Magic has cooked up the special effects for countless movies and basically helped shape the imagination of movie watchers. They put together this reel of some of their work and the movies featured are basically any good movie with special effects in them. SPLOID is delicious brain…

Sploid Casey Chan

Ask IndefinitelyWild: What’s The Best Add-On Camping Insulation?

You’re out camping when suddenly it’s colder and wetter than expected. What’s the best add-on or emergency insulation you can bring that doesn’t take up too much space or weight in your pack? Space blanket, emergency bivvy, silk sleeping bag liner…tell us your experiences. Welcome to the first in an irregular series — Ask IndefinitelyWild.…

Tech News Wes Siler

Shooting Challenge: Grilled Goodness

Flames. Burgers. Maybe some veggies, too. Memorial Day weekend is coming up, and as we grill away our three-day weekend, let’s take some photos of it. The Challenge Photograph food on the grill, or off the grill. But it should be grilled food. Make sense? The Method We had a grill challenge a while back,…

Tech News Mark Wilson

The Coolest Dark Knight Returns Batman Toy Just Got Even Cooler

First Cooties Trailer Chronicles The Dawn Of The Tweenage Dead

Join Us For a Live Chat With Neal Stephenson Right Now

Bodypaint shows how a baby fits inside a pregnant woman’s body

What Happens Behind the Scenes When You Buy Things with Your Phone

Peter Dinklage Teams Up With Coldplay For Game Of Thrones: The Musical!

Honor Harrington’s Cat Has Its Own Adventure In This Final Comic Prequel

HBO Go Finally Comes to Fire TV For Comcast Subscribers

A Webcomic About A Disgruntled Mars Researcher You Need To Start Reading

For Fuck’s Sake, Twitter, Stop Allowing Hate Speech in Promoted Tweets

Laibach Explains Why Science And Fiction Are Such A Powerful Combination

Grad Student Accused Of Faking Data In Gay Marriage Study

5 Animal Con Artists That Use Trickery To Get Sex

We Got Buckminster Fuller’s FBI File

How To Do Justice To The Suicide Squad’s Mighty Amanda Waller

4 Typefaces That Let You Write Like Einstein and Other Famous Thinkers

A Princess Once Dueled A Countess Over Floral Arrangements… Topless

Watch 40 years of awesome ILM special effects in 1 minute

Ask IndefinitelyWild: What’s The Best Add-On Camping Insulation?

Shooting Challenge: Grilled Goodness

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