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The 2001 Electra-Woman And Dyna-Girl Show Would Have Been Scary Awful

In 2001, at the height of Buffy-mania, the WB commissioned a new version of Electra-Woman and Dyna-Girl, the 1970s superhero show that was part of the Sid and Marty Krofft Supershow. The whole (short) unaired pilot is on Youtube. You’re welcome. I guess the WB wanted to create a “self-aware,” self-mocking version of Electra-Woman and…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

The Powerful Flower Lobby Is Gaining Ground In the White House

In the hallowed halls of our nation’s capital, a shadow war that pits conventional, imported flower arrangements against a powerful cadre of American floral tycoons who just won’t take “no” for an answer is being waged. As The New York Times reports today, a number of lobbyists representing the domestic flower industry have succeeded in…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

Our Favorite Android, iOS, and Windows Phone Apps of the Week

It’s the weekend. And it’s getting spring-ish out there! You worked hard all week, and so did your smartphone. Time to kick back and relax, and treat yourself—with apps. Multi-Platform Updates SmartAsset You’re probably using some kind of budgeting app to keep tabs on your daily/weekly/monthly expenses, so why not use one to help with…

Tech News Bob Sorokanich

Which Came First, The Invention or the Sci-Fi Prediction?

There was an interesting infographic making the rounds yesterday tracking the number of years it took for different sci-fi dreams to become reality. It looks beautiful, but unfortunately there are quite a few problems with it. Anytime you’re dealing with claims to “first!” —whether in fiction or reality — you’re just asking for a spirited…

Tech News Matt Novak

This Interactive Ashtray Rewards Smokers For Throwing Away Their Butts

Cigarette butts are the bane of a city’s existence: you can find them almost everywhere, smashed flat on the sidewalks, stubbed into planter boxes, drifting into the gutters like tube-shaped snow. While some public spaces offer ways to dispose of those lipstick-rimmed filters, most smokers simply use the street as an open ashtray. The Dutch…

Tech News Alissa Walker

These Solar-Powered Bike Lights Might Be The Only Ones You’ll Ever Need

I’m still pretty smitten since trying out this pair of bike lights that mount permanently to the headset and seatpost—but I still gotta remember to charge them. So I’m dying to try out Pixio by Rydon; these little illuminators are solar-powered, meaning every time you go for a daytime ride you’re powering up for after…

Tech News Jordan Kushins

Fix Absolutely Anything, Anywhere With A Keychain Toolkit

For less than $50, I’ve built a keychain toolkit that’s fixed cars, motorcycles and once kept me out of jail. It’s even legal on airplanes. Here’s how you can build yours. All this might be legal on airplanes, but it will raise the TSA’s eyebrows. As I pass through security, I put it in the…

Tech News Wes Siler

Upgrade Your Cinco de Mayo With These Classy Mexican Faves

Cinco de Mayo is a gringo holiday anyway, so I’m not going to judge you if you choose to celebrate with a frozen margarita and a plate of cheesy nachos. But I am here to tell you that you can do better—much, much better. Here’s how to drink Mexican in style. It’s Friday afternoon, you’ve…

Tech News Nicola Twilley

A Few Thoughts on the New Godzilla, Written By My 8-Year-Old Self

We’ve got a batch of new, high-res images from the upcoming Godzilla movie, and they’ve given us some of the best views yet of the Big G. I can’t really respond to them without regressing to an 8-year-old, so I’ll just let you know what my inner child thinks. First of all, I’d like to…

io9 Annalee Newitz

An Unholy Union Between Comcast and EA May Bring Games to Your Cable Box

How does it make you feel to read Electronic Arts and Comcast in the same sentence? Frustrated? Apprehensive? Well for once two bads might make a good. Reuters reports that EA and Comcast are working on a deal that could bring games to your cable box. What games in particular is a matter that’s apparently…

Tech News Eric Limer

Science Has Finally Figured Out How to Win Rock-Paper-Scissors

Turns out that all you rock-paper-scissors champions who chalk it up to skill over luck may be on to something. Because according to science, there might actually be a winning strategy to this greatest of metacarpal match-ups. The bold claim comes from a collective of Chinese researchers who recently took 360 students, broke them into…

Tech News Ashley Feinberg

An Animated Map Tracking The History Of The Death Penalty In The US

Capital punishment is legal in 32 states in the US, and the primary method of execution in each of them is lethal injection. But that hasn’t always been the case. The New Republic created this animated map as some states are figuring out how to respond to a shortage of the drugs used in punitive…

io9 Lauren Davis

A Friendly Sword Cane Reminder From Your Friends at the TSA, Pls

Some people will never learn the basic rules of airline safety.

Tech News Mario Aguilar

12 Hypnotic Animation Tricks Used By Disney’s Legendary Artists

And now for a delightful reminder about the pure, unadulterated magic of moving line drawings. This little bouncer above is demonstrating the ol’ “Squash & Stretch,” one of the 12 basic principles of animation laid out in the 1981 book The Illusion of Life, by two of Disney’s Nine Old Men. NY-based designer Vincenzo Lodigiani…

Tech News Jordan Kushins

The Greatest Dragon In All Of Fantasy?

Having figured out just which were the biggest dragons of all (with the help of this handy chart), another question arose: Which was your favorite? Commenter TemporalSword kicked off the discussion with a question: Hmm, I see a lot of comments about dragons they missed. Seems like an excellent question of the day: Who is…

io9 Ria Misra

The Neuroscience of Anti-Science Activists

When confronted with facts that contradict our beliefs, there’s a solid evolutionary reason why we double down and refuse to change our minds. It’s called “motivated reasoning,” and it suggests that rationality is always a process of rationalization. Writing in Mother Jones, Chris Mooney describes the “science of why we don’t believe science”: The theory…

io9 Annalee Newitz

This is what fireworks do when you fire them inside your living room

Dumt & Farligt (Stupid & Dangerous) is a Danish TV program that really lives up to its name: They do lots of dumb and hazardous things while filming using a Phantom camera in slow motion. Like firing big fireworks in a living room, burning all the furniture in the process. You can go to the…

Sploid Jesus Diaz

Disneyland From Above, In 1955 and 2014

Over on Southland, Nathan Masters shares incredible images that illustrate how Disneyland has changed over the last 59 years, going from an oasis amid endless orange groves to an oasis amid endless sprawl.

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

Neal Asher’s Done It Again! Read An Exclusive Excerpt From Jupiter War

The final installment in Neal Asher’s fantastic Owner trilogy is coming out in the United States soon — but you don’t have to wait to get your first taste of the action. We’ve got an exclusive excerpt right here. Here’s the official synopsis of Jupiter War: Meet Saul: half human, half robot, and all he…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Disturbing illustrations show the real life ending of Disney characters

GrumpyPunkCat made this equally brilliant and disturbing illustrations mixing Disney characters and real world environments. He calls the series Unhappily Ever After. Good luck getting your childhood memories back. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook

Sploid Jesus Diaz

The 2001 Electra-Woman And Dyna-Girl Show Would Have Been Scary Awful

The Powerful Flower Lobby Is Gaining Ground In the White House

Our Favorite Android, iOS, and Windows Phone Apps of the Week

Which Came First, The Invention or the Sci-Fi Prediction?

This Interactive Ashtray Rewards Smokers For Throwing Away Their Butts

These Solar-Powered Bike Lights Might Be The Only Ones You’ll Ever Need

Fix Absolutely Anything, Anywhere With A Keychain Toolkit

Upgrade Your Cinco de Mayo With These Classy Mexican Faves

A Few Thoughts on the New Godzilla, Written By My 8-Year-Old Self

An Unholy Union Between Comcast and EA May Bring Games to Your Cable Box

Science Has Finally Figured Out How to Win Rock-Paper-Scissors

An Animated Map Tracking The History Of The Death Penalty In The US

A Friendly Sword Cane Reminder From Your Friends at the TSA, Pls

12 Hypnotic Animation Tricks Used By Disney’s Legendary Artists

The Greatest Dragon In All Of Fantasy?

The Neuroscience of Anti-Science Activists

This is what fireworks do when you fire them inside your living room

Disneyland From Above, In 1955 and 2014

Neal Asher’s Done It Again! Read An Exclusive Excerpt From Jupiter War

Disturbing illustrations show the real life ending of Disney characters

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