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In The Fox Sister, a Korean priestess hunts down the fox demon who stole her sister’s body

Thanksgiving may have put you knee-deep in family dysfunction, but at least your sister isn’t a people-eating fox demon. In the webcomic The Fox Sister, a young girl witnesses the death of her entire family at the paws of a nine-tailed fox and seeks revenge on the demonic killer. The only catch? The fox is…

Books & Comics Lauren Davis Nov 26

How to Burn Off the Thanksgiving Fat

Thanksgiving is a wonderful time of food and kinship and gluttony. But that also means a big step backward in your battle against the bulge (in your waistline—because you are quite fat). But don’t worry! Here are a few tips to make sure you more or less still fit in your clothes once the holiday’s…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Nov 26

Women’s fashion of 2000 AD (as predicted by a 1930s newsreel)

Eight decades or so ago, the sartorial futurists of the British newsreel Pathetone Weekly predicted that women would affix headlights to their foreheads to attract suitors and utilize see-through fabric to tantalize would-be mates. Given all the halogen flood light bonnets I’ve seen on sale for Black Friday, one of these predictions came true. I…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Nov 26

Ben 10 & Generator Rex Unite, The Season Finale Of Thundercats, And Ahsoka Returns To Clone Wars!

There may have been less cartoons this week because of Thanksgiving holidays in the U.S., but they were good! Ben 10 and Generator Rex teamed up for a one hour special, Ahsoka returned for a new arc on Clone Wars, and the season finale of Thundercats saw Tygra and Lion-O square off in a duel!…

io9 Keith Veronese Nov 26

Dinosaur geekery and boobies in the weirdest music video you’ve seen this week [NSFW]

As if the 1996 time travel flick Dinosaur Valley Girls weren’t weird enough, the “randomly topless chicks meet allosaurus” movie takes a break in the middle to share this bizarro dance sequence. Called “Jurassic Punk,” the song is about the mighty allosaurus and all the biting and hunting that he does. Also, he chases a…

io9 Annalee Newitz Nov 25

Three Player Chess Means I’ll Be Checkmated Twice As Much

Growing up with siblings I feel any game is better with more than just two players, so while this unique chess board that accommodates two opponents isn’t a new idea, the gameplay sounds more polished than previous attempts. https://gizmodo.com/an-exciting-3-way-game-of-chess-365412 Chess certainly doesn’t rate in the top ten of my favorite board games, probably because I…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Nov 25

Cowboys & Aliens is part of a bizarre UFO theory

This week a conference on UFOs, science and consciousness was held in Johannesburg, South Africa. This is the city where gamechanging SF movie District 9 takes place, but apparently that movie has less hold on locals’ imaginations than recent flop Cowboys & Aliens does (see io9’s glowing review of Cowboys & Aliens here). One of…

io9 Annalee Newitz Nov 25

How computer simulations of animal behavior led to a powerful new form of secret communication

How can we use foxes and rabbits help transmit secret messages? No animal cruelty is necessary – a new technique encodes messages using a predator-prey model normally used to predict the changes in animal populations. This advance in steganography could revolutionize the art of secrecy. Cryptography is the art of disguising messages so they’re incomprehensible…

io9 Sophie Bushwick Nov 25

Meet Curiosity — NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory

The Mars Science Laboratory — also known as MSL, or Curiosity — is the most sophisticated Martian vehicle that NASA has ever built. And it’s set to launch for the Red Planet tomorrow. The rover’s primary objective is to assess whether Mars is, or ever was, capable of sustaining life. Weighing in at almost 2000…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Nov 25

Chunky Concrete Sketch Pencil Is a Weighty Way To Write

Your sketches and notes will carry a lot more weight if they’re created with this squat mechanical pencil that’s made from actual hand-poured concrete. You’ll just want to make sure you’re not the type who likes chewing on the end. The pencil has an equally thick 5.5mm 2B lead making it slightly more better suited…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Nov 25

Dreamjet’s Artist Printing Kiosk Spits Out Custom Phone Cases

They’re never as cheap as online solutions, but there’s something to be said for the immediate gratification you get from automated kiosks. And now custom smartphone cases can be added to the list of things you can buy from a machine. Unveiled at the Korea International Sign & Design Show, Dreamjet’s new Artist kiosk lets…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Nov 25

Google Search, Timelines for Facebook, Dominos Pizza Hero, Martha Stewart Cocktails

Google sneaks Chrome onto the iPad. You can kinda, sorta get Facebook Timelines without Facebook’s help. And if your sick of turkey, make your own pizza while sipping a delicious cocktail. If you want to see all the apps on one page click here. https://gizmodo.com/google-search-timelines-for-facebook-dominos-pizza-he-5862423 Google Search: Pssst, don’t tell Apple. But it looks like…

Tech News Roberto Baldwin Nov 25

How to Deflect an Asteroid Attack

A 15 kilometer wide asteroid is headed toward the Earth, but NASA scientists spot it three years before impact. Movie lore not withstanding, what the hell are we supposed to do? Could we even organize the global community enough to stop this flaming ball that astronomers call a near-Earth object (NEO)? Let’s find out. Top…

io9 Keith Veronese Nov 25

BlackFly Day, 360 Panorama, Price Check, Rick O’Shea

The turkey has been decimated, the door-buster deals have been acquired, and your family is already arguing about who’s going to host Christmas dinner. Just because the Back Friday deals have come and gone doesn’t mean you shouldn’t continue your moving-saving ways. Panorama 360 will help you capture the three-circus that is your family. Plus,…

Tech News Roberto Baldwin Nov 25

Burn and Turn, Is It Ready Yet, SampleTank, Cosmonauts

Okay, maybe that turkey recipe was a bit of a disaster. No worries, you got 364 practice meals before next Thanksgiving. First order of business, figure out how long it takes to actually cook meat. Or you can say to hell with it and lay down some beats between trips to moon and playing an…

Tech News Roberto Baldwin Nov 25

Arthur Christmas sullies the House of Claus, but will make you a believer

Arthur Christmas may look like your generic store-bought egg nog holiday treat. But this coming-of-age Santa Claus feature humanizes the people of the North Pole by turning them into the fallen heroes and not-so-perfect parents from our past. It will make you laugh then make you cry. Santa has become your typical obsolete figurehead, taking…

Movies Meredith Woerner Nov 25

Audi Ad Turns the iPad’s Slide To Unlock Into a Twisting Driving Course

Before you get too excited, you can’t actually turn your iPad or iPhone’s “slide to unlock” feature into a twisting race course. What you see here is actually an interactive ad created by Audi for the iPad, promoting their magazine. You’re still able to actually guide the “slide to unlock” arrow around the course, but…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Nov 25

A New Spray Makes Hard-To-Spot Cancer Cells Visibly Glow

A new sprayable reagent has been developed by Japanese researchers that makes small tumors, typically missed by CT scans, visibly glow within minutes of being applied—making them easier to spot and remove during surgery. The magic ingredient in the spray is a green dye called gGlu-HMRG which glows after reacting with an enzyme in the…

Health Andrew Liszewski Nov 25

In A Dangerous Method, we find out what really caused Freud’s sexual frustration

For some, Sigmund Freud’s name is synonymous with medical quackery and sexual obsession. But in David Cronenberg’s new movie about Freud’s circle of colleagues in the 1910s and 20s, the founder of psychoanalysis emerges as a complicated figure, fighting for scientific recognition in a society where he’s treated as an interloper for being Jewish —…

Movies Annalee Newitz Nov 25

Nuclear Taco Hat Predicts How Unpleasant the Morning After Spicy Foods Will Be

You know it’s coming, but this sensor hat developed by altLab for their hack project at Codebits 2011 will give you a better idea of just how unpleasant your morning will be the day after eating spicy foods. Inspired by the nuclear taco eating challenge at the previous year’s Codebits, as well as those beer…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Nov 25

In The Fox Sister, a Korean priestess hunts down the fox demon who stole her sister’s body

How to Burn Off the Thanksgiving Fat

Women’s fashion of 2000 AD (as predicted by a 1930s newsreel)

Ben 10 & Generator Rex Unite, The Season Finale Of Thundercats, And Ahsoka Returns To Clone Wars!

Dinosaur geekery and boobies in the weirdest music video you’ve seen this week [NSFW]

Three Player Chess Means I’ll Be Checkmated Twice As Much

Cowboys & Aliens is part of a bizarre UFO theory

How computer simulations of animal behavior led to a powerful new form of secret communication

Meet Curiosity — NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory

Chunky Concrete Sketch Pencil Is a Weighty Way To Write

Dreamjet’s Artist Printing Kiosk Spits Out Custom Phone Cases

Google Search, Timelines for Facebook, Dominos Pizza Hero, Martha Stewart Cocktails

How to Deflect an Asteroid Attack

BlackFly Day, 360 Panorama, Price Check, Rick O’Shea

Burn and Turn, Is It Ready Yet, SampleTank, Cosmonauts

Arthur Christmas sullies the House of Claus, but will make you a believer

Audi Ad Turns the iPad’s Slide To Unlock Into a Twisting Driving Course

A New Spray Makes Hard-To-Spot Cancer Cells Visibly Glow

In A Dangerous Method, we find out what really caused Freud’s sexual frustration

Nuclear Taco Hat Predicts How Unpleasant the Morning After Spicy Foods Will Be

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