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Source Code: The TV Series?

It’s one of those ideas that sounds crazy, but you never know. Producer Mark Gordon is bringing Source Code, the Duncan Jones-directed film that he produced, to CBS as a weekly TV series. That’s right: Every week we’ll jump into a new person’s memories. Or something. Here’s how the report, in the Hollywood Reporter, describes…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Sep 16

Belkin’s Got a Crazy Half-Off-Everything Sale Today (Updated)

Networking and accessories vendor Belkin is about to make your Friday spendtastic. Today only, Through September 30, you can get 50% off everything at Belkin.com with no minimum purchase. Just use coupon code “FB50” when you check out and you’re set. Belkin offers a full line up of accessories for laptops, iOS devices, and Android…

Tech News Roberto Baldwin Sep 16

Why This Was the Worst True Blood Season Ever — and How the Show Can Be Saved

While the 4th season of True Blood had a lot of “precious fairy vagina,” and a few great Pam one-liners, it’s time to call it what it was, a dud. When the big season finale pits a nightie-wearing ghost grandma against a 50-year-old witch, you’ve got big trouble in Bon Temps. And don’t even get…

io9 Meredith Woerner Sep 16

Weekend at Bernie’s Just Happened in Real Life

When Jeffrey Young recently discovered the corpse of his dearly departed friend, he did what any sensible 80s screwball comedy would: called his buddy, took the body to a strip club, and charged $400 to the dead man’s debit card. If that seems callous, please know that Young, 43, and pal Mark Rubinson, 25, did…

Tech News Brian Barrett Sep 16

io9 Book Club Reminder: Meeting 9/27 to Discuss Lois McMaster Bujold’s Cryoburn

The io9 Book Club meets once per month to discuss a book, and then the author usually joins us for a chat. In September, we’re meeting on the 27th to discuss Lois McMaster Bujold’s Hugo-nominated Cryoburn. Watch for a post that day announcing the book club, and jump into comments for discussion! There’s still time…

io9 Annalee Newitz Sep 16

Full-Size Gummy Human Brain Will Turn You Into a Sugar Zombie

I want, want, WANT this giant gummy human brain. I’d leave the giant gummy worms for the Renfield wannabes. This is the real thing. https://gizmodo.com/the-worlds-largest-gummy-worm-is-wrong-on-so-many-level-5671286 I mean, I prefer real brains (pig, lamb or bunny) but human brain candy will work. Just $32 and a family-size pack of Alka-Seltzer. [Firebox]

Tech News Jesus Diaz Sep 16

Ahsoka’s fate in Star Wars: The Clone Wars probably isn’t decided yet

What’s going to happen to Ahsoka Tano, the cute, plucky Padawan in Star Wars: The Clone Wars? As the show launches its fourth season tonight, the questions are only getting more pressing. We caught up with Ashley Eckstein, who voices Ahsoka, and she told us what to expect from her character in season four —…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Sep 16

This 40-Foot-Tall Industrial Shredder Eats Refrigerators

Back in the day, your old refrigerator wasn’t thrown away after a new one was purchased. It was refurbished and resold, again and again, until the doors fell off (then it was sold again). Now? Now they get shredded. As of late, most refrigerators are no longer repaired after their first service run and are…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Sep 16

If You Could Freeze Your Age, Which Age Would You Choose?

I recently wrote a novel called “The Postmortal” in which a scientist discovers a way to stop the human body from aging. You can still die after taking this cure. You can get shot or get AIDS or whatever. But your age stays the same. In the book, people freeze their age at various points.…

io9 Drew Magary Sep 16

A whole group of Bigfoots (Bigfeet?) are living on the border of Banff and Kootenay

Lurking in the wild borderlands between Alberta, Canada ski resort town Banff and neighboring Kootenay, a group of unusually large primates live peacefully among the trees. Or so says Todd Standing, a local who says he’s found a “Bigfoot colony” and photographed it extensively. You can see Exhibit A, above. Among the groups taking this…

io9 Annalee Newitz Sep 16

Synthetic replacement chromosomes give us replicant yeast

Last year saw the stunning announcement of synthetic bacteria. Now the next step has been taken, a move towards a synthetic organism that’s markedly more complex — yeast. https://gizmodo.com/scientists-create-artificial-life-synthetic-dna-tha-5543843 We’re not quite at the point where we have an entirely synthetic yeast, but Jef Boeke of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is getting…

io9 Tim Barribeau Sep 16

A newly-discovered class of cells could one day help repair spinal cord injuries

Injuries to parts of the nervous system — the spinal cord, for example — are among the most devastating that human beings can sustain. But the recent discovery of a new class of spinal cord cell could soon lead to novel therapies capable of regenerating parts of the central nervous system. The newly-discovered cells were…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Sep 16

The Closest Thing We Have to a Holodeck Is Used to Molest 3D Fairies

I dream of having a room full of interactive 3D holograms, much like those found in Star Trek and X-Men. This interactive holographic system, which combines a glassesless 3D parallax display with a touch sensor, gets me closer to that dream. Unfortunately, this slice of the future shown here is wasted on a game demo…

Tech News Adrian Covert Sep 16

Intrepid Masturbating Cable Installer Serviced Woman’s Living Room with a Smile

Cable installers are dicks. They keep you on house arrest for unreasonable blocks of your day; they break appointments on a whim; they show up at your home to smile and masturbate in your living room; they install the wr—hold on. https://gizmodo.com/the-cable-customers-bill-of-rights-5832196 A 24-year-old woman from Florida claims that Comcast cable installer Shane Wheatley—who had…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Sep 16

The drinking straw pump

This morning, we formally invite you to pump the orange juice out of your glass or the milk out of your cereal bowl with a pump made from a stick and a straw. Then spend the rest of the morning cleaning it up while whoever else eats breakfast near you glares at you reproachfully. Entertain…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Sep 16

Nicotine and alcohol addiction linked to a common enzyme

Cigarettes and booze are either two crippling addictions that often go hand in hand, or two great tastes that taste great together, depending on who you ask. People who have problems with both are often labelled “addictive personalities” but it turns out there might be something in our brain chemistry that ties both of these…

io9 Tim Barribeau Sep 16

A Camera Lens Fell Out of the Sky and Crashed Through This Woman’s Roof

Having an inanimate object blow a hole in your roof after careening through the sky is a real bitch no matter what. But at least if it’s a meteor or cruise missile, you understand how. But a Canon lens? What? California woman Debbie Payne was minding her own damn business when her entire house shook,…

Tech News Sam Biddle Sep 16

First Images of the Oslo Killer In Action

These are the first images of the mass murderer Anders Breivik in action, placing the van with explosive materials in Oslo, Norway. https://gizmodo.com/oslo-killer-was-a-microsoft-word-fanatic-5825225 Breivik, a 32-year-old Norwegian ultra-right wing terrorist, placed his 2,100-pound bomb on Oslo’s government district on July 22. He then went to the island of Utoya, were he started to shot people…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Sep 16

Apple Will Merge All Your Accounts Into One

You probably have an Apple ID. You might have more than one. It’s also possible you have a MobileMe account. So with the impending launch of iCloud, which login will you use? It turns out, you won’t have to choose. MacRumors reports the company’s “working on” the ability to consolidate all of your myriad Apple…

Tech News Sam Biddle Sep 16

Neanderthals were eating brain-expanding shellfish 150,000 years ago

Shellfish has a surprisingly important place in our evolutionary story. One theory says shellfish fueled the expansion of our brains, while another gives it credit for saving our species. Turns out Neanderthals liked shellfish just as much as we did. Shellfish are a plentiful source of omega-3 fatty acids, which are essential for higher brain…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Sep 16

Source Code: The TV Series?

Belkin’s Got a Crazy Half-Off-Everything Sale Today (Updated)

Why This Was the Worst True Blood Season Ever — and How the Show Can Be Saved

Weekend at Bernie’s Just Happened in Real Life

io9 Book Club Reminder: Meeting 9/27 to Discuss Lois McMaster Bujold’s Cryoburn

Full-Size Gummy Human Brain Will Turn You Into a Sugar Zombie

Ahsoka’s fate in Star Wars: The Clone Wars probably isn’t decided yet

This 40-Foot-Tall Industrial Shredder Eats Refrigerators

If You Could Freeze Your Age, Which Age Would You Choose?

A whole group of Bigfoots (Bigfeet?) are living on the border of Banff and Kootenay

Synthetic replacement chromosomes give us replicant yeast

A newly-discovered class of cells could one day help repair spinal cord injuries

The Closest Thing We Have to a Holodeck Is Used to Molest 3D Fairies

Intrepid Masturbating Cable Installer Serviced Woman’s Living Room with a Smile

The drinking straw pump

Nicotine and alcohol addiction linked to a common enzyme

A Camera Lens Fell Out of the Sky and Crashed Through This Woman’s Roof

First Images of the Oslo Killer In Action

Apple Will Merge All Your Accounts Into One

Neanderthals were eating brain-expanding shellfish 150,000 years ago

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