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Of Course Hammacher Will Sell You an Amazing Full-Size T-Rex Skeleton

Proving that it will always have what it takes to compete with the likes of Neiman Marcus when it comes to obscene gift ideas, Hammacher Schlemmer has revealed this beauty for the 2014 holiday season: a $100,000 life-size replica of a 40-foot long T-rex skeleton that stands 15-feet tall. Good luck hiding that under the…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Nov 1 '14

This levitating pumpkin is the best Jack O’ Lantern

Okay, this pumpkin isn’t carved but still, it’s freaking floating in the air! Therefore under the rule known as things that can float in the air can be called whatever they want, I name this levitating pumpkin the best and spookiest and awesomest and nerdiest Jack O’ Lantern of Halloween. SPLOID is delicious brain candy.…

Sploid Casey Chan Nov 1 '14

Mega Man’s older brother in excellent form

Mike Nieves Protoman is such a great model that it would look right at home in a Lego video game version of Megaman. The joints are seamless and as a Mech, this thing is wonderful. You’re reading Leg Godt, the blog with the latest Lego news and the best sets in the web. Follow us…

Tech News Michael Schulte Oct 31 '14

These cookies are so beautifully decorated that it’s wrong to eat them

Even though all cookies should be eaten so more cookies will be made to be eaten, I would feel so guilty if I ate any of these cookies made by SweetAmbsCookie. They are a work of art. The painstaking detail and beautiful decorations are unreal. You wouldn’t want to eat a painting made by Picasso,…

Sploid Casey Chan Oct 31 '14

Show Us Your Science-Themed Pumpkin Carvings

What awesome science-themed pumpkins have you found to celebrate the most hallowed of eves? Top image: a rocket, ringed planet, and collection of stars on three wee pumpkins are gracing my steps this most halloweed eve. Credit: Mika McKinnon Every year, Will Gater makes a delightfully elaborate space-themed pumpkin. This year’s space lantern is a…

Space & Spaceflight Mika McKinnon Oct 31 '14

Everything You Need To Know About The Virgin Galactic Crash

It’s going to take a while before we make sense of this tragedy. But here’s everything we know right now. https://gizmodo.com/virgin-galactics-suffers-in-flight-anomaly-possible-ca-1653377749

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Oct 31 '14

The Writer Of 28 Days Later Tackles Jeff VanderMeer’s Annihilation

We celebrated Jeff VanderMeer’s novel Annihilation as a weird science novel that’s actually weird enough, and an antidote to J.J. Abrams-style mysteries. Now, the movie version has gotten a writer/director who can handle some weirdness: Alex Garland. https://gizmodo.com/finally-a-novel-about-weird-science-thats-genuinely-w-1528348041 Garland is probably best known as a collaborator of director Danny Boyle, having written Boyle’s films 28…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Oct 31 '14

Why Can’t Vampire Diaries Ever Just Let Bonnie Be Awesome?

I’m serious. Last night’s Vampire Diaries was brilliant — except that the show once again set Bonnie up as a total awesome shitkicker, and then took it away again. WTF Vampire Diaries? Spoilers ahead… I’m referring, of course, to the fact that Bonnie Bennett has the episode’s main “fuck yeah” moment when she stands up…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Oct 31 '14

A Drug that Turns Radioactive Elements into Harmless Chemicals

After the nuclear power plant accident at Fukushima, scientists around the world went into high gear, trying to figure out how we could respond next time. And for chemists at Berkeley Lab, that means trying to develop a pill that people could take to neutralize radioactive elements in the environment. As chemist Rebecca Abergel explains…

io9 Annalee Newitz Oct 31 '14

While Children Sleep, Their Stuffed Animals Battle Animated Nightmares

The stunningly animated Mean Teddies reveals what stuffed toys get up to while children sleep. When nightmares threaten to run rampant, these plush creatures come to life to fight on behalf of their children. Tyler Novo’s animated short has a vaguely similar concept to the horror segment Teddy Scares, which we saw earlier this week.…

io9 Lauren Davis Oct 31 '14

Spook Yourself by Staying Home and Watching Let The Right One In

In the middle of the Twilight media storm of 2008, a film called Let the Right One In came out of Sweden with the completely opposite take on how to make a “vampire movie”. The film was an instant hit with filmmakers and critics across the board because of its perfect, minimal approach to horror…

Tech News Nicholas Stango Oct 31 '14

Flying this close to the ground like these paragliders is crazy wild

Anything fun or worth doing usually requires a bit of crazy. But this, this is basically all crazy, which must mean it’s a ridiculous amount of fun. Valentin Delluc flies his paraglider so close to the ground and rips off spins and twirls so fast that it’s hard to believe. Hell, just watching him zip…

Sploid Casey Chan Oct 31 '14

This Call Of Duty Teaser Is The Power Suit Rampage Every Friday Needs

Taylor Kitsch — John Carter of Mars himself — is the greatest sidekick/mentor ever, in this teaser for the new game Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare. This is basically two minutes of power-suit mayhem, with Kitsch saying the weirdest quips ever. This teaser is directed by Peter Berg, who also directed Kitsch in Battleship and…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Oct 31 '14

A Good Reason To Think Twice Before Stepping Into That Time Machine

There’s a theory that fans of time travel stories like to toss around: Time travel not only hasn’t been invented yet, it won’t be in the future either. Otherwise, we’d see time-travelers popping up in history. Here’s an alternate — and pretty unsettling — theory. After reading about the likelihood that any travelers who go…

io9 Ria Misra Oct 31 '14

A Fascinating Documentary on Crows, One of the World’s Smartest Animals

There’s no better way to celebrate Halloween than by snuggling up with this mesmerizing PBS documentary, A Murder of Crows, first aired in 2010 and now available free online. We actually get to see some of the experiments that offered solid evidence that crows are breathtakingly smart tool users. Spend an hour getting to know…

io9 Annalee Newitz Oct 31 '14

Oingo Boingo: Dead Man’s Party

It’s October 31st. You’re stranded on a ~haunted~ desert island. The evil powers that be have stipulated that you must listen—and sing along!—to one Halloweenie song for the entire 24 hours, and then a helicopter full of pizza and beer and candy will come rescue you. What tune do you choose?? Oingo Boingo’s got this.…

Tech News Jordan Kushins Oct 31 '14

In A Scary New Mockingjay Clip, Peeta Has A Message For Katniss

Uh-oh, here’s the first look at Peeta’s pleas from the Capitol. If you’ve read the book, you’re already aware of what’s going on here. But even without deeper knowledge, one thing is certain, Josh Hutcherson is a puppy pretending to be a human and we will do anything in our power to protect him.

io9 Meredith Woerner Oct 31 '14

The Reviews Are In For “Delicious Women’s PhD Darling Sexy Costume”

And they sum up all our feelings. You’ve seen the best halloween costumes on the Internet. Now meet the worst: “Delicious Women’s PhD Darling Sexy” is the ridiculous word-salad made real by Rubie’s Costumes in New York, a company whose idea meetings may or may not involve pulling random words out of a hat. For…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Oct 31 '14

Fish Look Crazy With X-Ray Vision

In a perfect world, anyone who sent in a buck for those novelty x-ray specs advertised in the back of comic books would be gifted with the actual ability to see through solid stuff. In reality, we have to rely on the kindness of folks with real tech for a peek. So: Thanks, Smithsonian! The…

Tech News Jordan Kushins Oct 31 '14

Watch The First Episode Of Cartoon Network’s Over The Garden Wall

We’ve been looking forward to Cartoon Network’s miniseries Over the Garden Wall. Everything we’ve seen from this tale of two brothers lost in a strange forest has looked utterly whimsical. But this first chapter, which has been released online, is also a tad creepy. Over the Garden Wall, created by Patrick McHale, will air two…

io9 Lauren Davis Oct 31 '14

Of Course Hammacher Will Sell You an Amazing Full-Size T-Rex Skeleton

This levitating pumpkin is the best Jack O’ Lantern

Mega Man’s older brother in excellent form

These cookies are so beautifully decorated that it’s wrong to eat them

Show Us Your Science-Themed Pumpkin Carvings

Everything You Need To Know About The Virgin Galactic Crash

The Writer Of 28 Days Later Tackles Jeff VanderMeer’s Annihilation

Why Can’t Vampire Diaries Ever Just Let Bonnie Be Awesome?

A Drug that Turns Radioactive Elements into Harmless Chemicals

While Children Sleep, Their Stuffed Animals Battle Animated Nightmares

Spook Yourself by Staying Home and Watching Let The Right One In

Flying this close to the ground like these paragliders is crazy wild

This Call Of Duty Teaser Is The Power Suit Rampage Every Friday Needs

A Good Reason To Think Twice Before Stepping Into That Time Machine

A Fascinating Documentary on Crows, One of the World’s Smartest Animals

Oingo Boingo: Dead Man’s Party

In A Scary New Mockingjay Clip, Peeta Has A Message For Katniss

The Reviews Are In For “Delicious Women’s PhD Darling Sexy Costume”

Fish Look Crazy With X-Ray Vision

Watch The First Episode Of Cartoon Network’s Over The Garden Wall

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