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Fantastic Redesigns Of Women Characters By Women Science Fiction Artists

What do women want in their women characters? Art director and Muddy Colors columnist Lauren Panepinto addresses sexism in art and what she wants creators to think about when developing female characters. Even better, she shares redesigns of popular female characters done by female science fiction and fantasy artists. Before we begin, I would like…

Books & Comics Lauren Panepinto — Muddy Colors Mar 5 '15

Now on Sale at Walmart: An 11-Year-Old External Hard Drive

Say hello to the Seagate 160 GB external hard drive. It runs on USB 2.0, is nearly a foot long, and weighs a sturdy five pounds. So hurry on down to Walmart to scoop one up for your very own—on sale! Oh, and by the way,it came out in 2004. Consumerist spotted the (terrible) dealsitting…

Tech News Ashley Feinberg Mar 5 '15

Star Trek Online‘s Memorial For Leonard Nimoy Is Here And Perfect

When Leonard Nimoy passed away last week, the internet was heaving with tributes for the Star Trek star. Now Nimoy has been immortalized in an official Star Trek product — the massively mulitiplayer role-playing game Star Trek Online. Two statues have been added to the long-running Star Trek MMO to commemorate the actor’s passing. Nimoy…

io9 James Whitbrook Mar 5 '15

Not Taking A Lunch Break Is Psychologically Bad For You. Here’s Why.

If you’re not taking a lunch break, your creativity is probably suffering. This might seem obvious, but now there’s research to back it up. And it doesn’t even matter what you eat, or if you eat at all; what’s important is that you physically step away from your workspace to recharge. A recent episode of…

io9 Cheryl Eddy Mar 5 '15

Comcast Customers Are Getting Screwed on HBO Go Again

HBO Go is finally available for Playstation 4 users, huzzah! Unless you have Comcast. Then you’re shit out of luck, because the cable giant isn’t supporting it. In an email to Gizmodo, Comcast confirmed that its customers don’t have access to HBO Go through Playstation 4. Right now Comcast customers can’t get past the activation…

Television Mario Aguilar Mar 5 '15

The Time That Charles Babbage Tried To Summon The Devil

Charles Babbage was one of the fathers of computing, but in addition to his fascination with mathematics and engineering, he had a curiosity with the occult. Starting from an early age, Babbage wondered if the existence of God and paranormal phenomena could be proven scientifically — and he started by trying to summon the Devil.…

io9 Lauren Davis Mar 5 '15

The High Tech Farms Where Our Future Food Will Grow in Nothing But Air

If our planet is going to support an extra four billion people by the end of the century, we’ll need to find some creative new ways to feed ourselves. One option would be to turn buildings into farms and grow our crops in the air. Another: To install networked food computers in everybody’s home. I’m…

Tech News Maddie Stone Mar 5 '15

The BTTF clock tower scene perfectly recreated with Lego

If you needed any further proof that everything is better with Lego, the folks at Macro Lego Universe recreated the iconic clock tower scene from the end of the original Back to the Future movie. Given how successful The Lego Movie was, it’s probably not a bad idea for Hollywood to just recreate every movie…

Movies Andrew Liszewski Mar 5 '15

12 Essential Android Widgets for a More Functional Home Screen

One of the most obvious ways in which Android differs from iOS is the way you can customize your home screens with panels and widgets. We’ve picked out some of our favorite ones for adding features and functionality to your device—use them as quick shortcuts for key tools without having to open up the full…

Gadgets David Nield Mar 5 '15

There’s No Hard Evidence That Human Pheromones Exist

Despite the products some Internet retailers would sell you, there’s no conclusive evidence that supports the existence of human pheromones. Photo Credit: Thomas Hawk via flickr | CC BY-NC 2.0 The idea of human pheromones is intuitively appealing, conjuring up the idea of secret signals that make us irresistible to potential partners. But this connection…

io9 Mark JT Sergeant – The Conversation Mar 5 '15

Digging With a Sand-Eating Dinosaur Glove Is Better Than a Shovel

If there’s one thing kids are inherently good at, it’s digging. Be it looking for the prize inside a box of cereal, or unearthing worms and other treasures in a garden. And when you combine that with dinosaurs—another popular obsession for kids—you get this fun dino skull digger that kids can wear like a glove…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Mar 5 '15

The 15 Weirdest Super Sentai Giant Robots

For almost four decades, the Super Sentai franchise — the original Japanese title of the series better known as the Power Rangers — have featured massive mecha blowing up monsters. It should be no surprise that there have been bizarre ‘bots over the years. Here’s 15 of the weirdest — and the most wonderful. 15)…

io9 James Whitbrook Mar 5 '15

CSI: Cyber Is an Incoherent Techno-Paranoid Diaper (In a Good Way)

CSI: Cyber is not a good television show. It is hackneyed and paranoid. But come on. You already knew that. This is the kind of show that uses unironic Hackers-style web 1.0 pixelated graphics to represent the digital world. Here’s something else you should know: It’s kind of like a diaper. Unequivocally full of shit,…

Tech News Kate Knibbs Mar 5 '15

Do You Love Your Pup Enough to Buy It a $30,000 Doghouse?

What is billed as the world’s largest dog show, Crufts 2015, is getting under way in England today. And to commemorate the occasion, Samsung tasked its designers and engineers with creating the world’s most advanced and fully featured dog house. Does it matter that it would cost $30,000 to build? Most dog owners would happily…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Mar 5 '15

Diablo Cody Hired To Make Barbie Movie Watchable

Realizing perhaps that the bar for films based on toylines had been raised by The Lego Movie, Sony has asked Diablo Cody to take another pass on the script for the live-action Barbie film. This is nothing but good news. Hopefully, like most sensible people, you’re past the insane “Diablo Cody is new queen of…

Movies Rob Bricken Mar 5 '15

CW’s New Angel Show Feels Like The Stand Meets Dogma, But More Dramatic

We are not sure what to think about CW’s new end-of-the-world series The Messengers, but at least now we finally know what this thing is about — angels. Watch! Okay, so the people that died are the angels: And this guy is the devil: And everything else is… the rest of the world? I mean…

io9 Meredith Woerner Mar 5 '15

A Treasure Trove Of Behind-The-Scenes Avengers: Age Of Ultron Goodness

It probably won’t melt your face off like yesterday’s newest trailer did, but if you have some time, you probably ought to check out these five(!) new videos looking at the making of the second Avengers movie, because there’s some good stuff in here! First up is a three-part featurette from Cineplex, which features the…

io9 Rob Bricken Mar 5 '15

Ask All Your Questions About Those Rediscovered Lost Fairytales!

Maria Tatar is the translator of the newly discovered trove of fairytales, lost for over a century, but just recently uncovered. Ask her all your questions about The Turnip Princess, the history of fairytales and folklore, and anything else you want to know! In addition to her new book, The Turnip Princess and Other Newly…

Books & Comics Ria Misra Mar 5 '15

A Perfume That Smells Like Roses—But Is Actually Made from Yeast

A rose is a rose is a rose, except when it’s actually a yeast. A company called Ginkgo BioWorks in Boston is partnering with French fragrance company Robertet to create a genetically-modified yeast that makes the rose oil used in perfumes. Why go through all the trouble of recreating rose oil with yeast? The goal…

Tech News Sarah Zhang Mar 5 '15

Fascinating Theory Says 2001: A Space Odyssey Is Really All About Food

2001: A Space Odyssey can be interpreted about a million different ways. That’s a big part of its appeal. But have you ever felt… hungry while watching it? That’s because the movie is actually about food. Look closely, and you’ll see it too! Audiences have always paid close attention to Stanley Kubrick’s carefully crafted films,…

io9 Cheryl Eddy Mar 5 '15

Fantastic Redesigns Of Women Characters By Women Science Fiction Artists

Now on Sale at Walmart: An 11-Year-Old External Hard Drive

Star Trek Online‘s Memorial For Leonard Nimoy Is Here And Perfect

Not Taking A Lunch Break Is Psychologically Bad For You. Here’s Why.

Comcast Customers Are Getting Screwed on HBO Go Again

The Time That Charles Babbage Tried To Summon The Devil

The High Tech Farms Where Our Future Food Will Grow in Nothing But Air

The BTTF clock tower scene perfectly recreated with Lego

12 Essential Android Widgets for a More Functional Home Screen

There’s No Hard Evidence That Human Pheromones Exist

Digging With a Sand-Eating Dinosaur Glove Is Better Than a Shovel

The 15 Weirdest Super Sentai Giant Robots

CSI: Cyber Is an Incoherent Techno-Paranoid Diaper (In a Good Way)

Do You Love Your Pup Enough to Buy It a $30,000 Doghouse?

Diablo Cody Hired To Make Barbie Movie Watchable

CW’s New Angel Show Feels Like The Stand Meets Dogma, But More Dramatic

A Treasure Trove Of Behind-The-Scenes Avengers: Age Of Ultron Goodness

Ask All Your Questions About Those Rediscovered Lost Fairytales!

A Perfume That Smells Like Roses—But Is Actually Made from Yeast

Fascinating Theory Says 2001: A Space Odyssey Is Really All About Food

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