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High Heels Made Almost Entirely Out of a T-Rex

These clever heels are everything we’ve ever wanted in a pair of dinosaur high heels. The dinosaur isn’t merely painted on to the shoe — rather, the dinosaur IS THE SHOE. Therefore making you one with the great dinosaur. We don’t know where you can purchase these beauties, but when we find out, we’ll let…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Star Wars terrariums bring a little piece of Dagobah into your home

We’re completely smitten with these adorable Star Wars terrariums! There’s a little scene from Tatooine, a bit of Endor, and much more. Hell, they even threw in a Sasquatch and Unicorn for good measure. Check them out: The tiny dioramas are from Tony Larson and available for purchase on his Etsy page. [via Neatorama]

io9 Meredith Woerner

6 Nerdy Parties Throughout History We Would’ve Loved To Attend

Since the dawn of humanity, our species has been assiduously researching ways to party hard. And every now and then, this impulse to rage like banshees unchained intersects seamlessly with our geekier proclivities. Behold six wonderful nerd soirées that were almost stranger than fiction. 6. Wayne Manor Nightclub In the mid-1960s, this Batman-themed nightclub (above)…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Thank God Dinosaurs Died Out Before Smartphones Happened

Taking a self-portrait might be the least of a T-Rex’s smartphone-wrangling problems, but it would definitely be the funniest. Although I’m sad we’ll never know what dinosaur duck-face looks like. [TwentyTwoWords via TDW]

Books & Comics Brian Barrett

Who would win in a fight: Dragons or Dinosaurs?

They’re both huge and awesome, but only one of them can rule. Which is more powerful: dinosaurs, or dragons? If there was an all-out war between the creatures that ruled the prehistoric Earth and the magical giant creatures of legend, who would win? It’s time to settle this age-old rivalry, once and for all. You…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Terra Nova wants you to figure out how the series should have ended

The Shannon family and the wailing baby dinosaur of Fox’s Terra Nova are long gone — but not forgotten. But even though Fox pulled the plug on this incredibly expensive time-traveling series, that doesn’t mean you have to be left feeling unsatisfied. Instead, Fox is starting a contest where Terra Nova fans can submit their…

Television Meredith Woerner

This week’s Doctor Who totally wasted its chance to make feathered dinosaurs cool

We’re obviously big Doctor Who fans, and it’s no secret that we’ve got a thing for dinosaurs. But you know what else we love? Pedantry. Over on Dinosaur Tracking, Smithsonian’s Brian Switek serves up all three in a light-hearted critique of Saturday’s episode of Doctor Who, which featured dinosaurs quite prominently. (And in space, no…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

When a middle-aged Canadian children’s singer raps about dinosaurs, shit gets very real

Who loves getting crazy on Friday nights? Awww yeah, I see you in the back, dusting your trilobite collection, you’re the real rawness. Who loves getting fucked up and looking at SHALE? Everybody’s raising their hands — yeah, that’s necessary. For those motherfuckers who plan on getting so maniac tonight you’ll believe stegosauruses can fly,…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Check out hyperrealistic Pokémon that resemble dinosaurs on LSD

What if Pokémon looked like hungry prehistoric fauna instead of pudgy anime creatures? This is the project R.J. Palmer has embarked upon. Check out such huggable (or at least semi-pettable) Pocket Monsters like Scyther, Garchomp, Druddigon, Tyranitar, and Nidoking transformed into psychedelic Cretaceous killing machines. Click on any image to expand. [Arvalis via Buzzfeed]

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Why Giant Birds Would Be Scarier Than Feathered Dinosaurs

Last week on the io9 show, I expressed my strong belief that dinosaurs just don’t look as terrifying or impressive with feathers. And some of you made good points in your replies — but come on. Some of these images of dinosaurs with feathers make the dinos look like giant woodpeckers — which are among…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

NASA discovers 100 million year old dinosaur footprints in its backyard

Let’s face it: the words “NASA,” “space” and “dinosaur” don’t go together nearly as often as they should, which is why everyone is so excited over the footprint pictured here. Recently discovered on the grounds of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, experts say the massive footprint was made by an armored, plant-eating…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Dinosaur cosplay in the 1930s was fantastic, creepy as hell

In 1938, Birmingham, England held a 5,000-performer pageant to celebrate the centennial of the city’s designation as a municipal borough. But that milestone’s barely germane to today’s discussion. No, what is noteworthy here is that Birmingham built three terrifying dinosaur costumes out of automobiles and chased one-hundred caveman around a field, which — to be…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Awesome 1900s Dudes in Awesome Suits Mounting Awesome Dinosaur

If you’ve ever visited New York City’s American Museum of Natural History, you’ve seen this Apatosaurus. But did you know it took these dudes in suits (well one suit and three fantastic old-timey outfits) six years to mount the giant? The project started in 1898, and by the time it was completed in 1905, they…

Tech News Leslie Horn

A woman and her pet Utahraptor go traipsing through the streets of Melbourne

What would you do if you saw a raptor strolling through your city, happily sniffing the storefronts while walking obediently on-leash? Would you run for it, or would you treat it like a giant, talon-wielding dog? This stroll appears to be a promotion for the arena show Walking with Dinosaurs, which explains why the person…

io9 Lauren Davis

Quite Possibly the Cutest (Accurate) Dinosaur Illustration Ever

Science artist Emily Willoughby specializes in birds and their feathery ancestors among dinosaurs. And in this illustration, “The Rains of Rogling,” is possibly the cutest scientifically accurate rendition of a dinosaur I’ve ever seen. It probably helps that this is a picture of a baby, and (yes) it’s covered in down. It’s like the Cretaceous…

io9 Annalee Newitz

A Curious Photo of a Dinosaur being Airlifted over Boston

This odd sight graced the skies of Boston in 1984 as a helicopter delivered a model dinosaur to the city’s Museum of Science. But in a still photo, we can almost imagine that it’s headed toward the zoo instead. Photo by Arthur Pollock. Delivery… [Khooll via Design You Trust]

io9 Lauren Davis

How Top 10‘s Zander Cannon fell in love with science

Zander Cannon is best known for his stellar artwork for Alan Moore’s Top 10, the story of a superhero police force handling day to day problems in Neopolis, where everyone has super powers. But over the years, Cannon has become involved with creating graphic novels about factual science subjects. Cannon and longtime collaborator Kevin Cannon…

io9 Keith Veronese

Monster-Hating Nuns and Arrowheads in LA: How Mike Novacek Became a World-Famous Dinosaur Hunter

You probably don’t know Mike Novacek by name, but he’s one of the most important paleontologists in the world. If you ever yearned to go off into the wilderness and hunt down dinosaur fossils as a kid, Mike Novacek is living your dream. Dr. Novacek has worked at the American Museum of Natural History since…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

Grant Morrison shows off his first teaser trailer for Dinosaurs Vs. Aliens

The baffling movie project Dinosaurs Vs. Aliens has a lot of hurdles to get over before they can win us totally over. For starters, how can dinosaurs fight aliens without any opposable thumbs or language? The insanity behind this project however captures our intrigue. Men In Black’s Barry Sonnenfeld is attached to direct this comic…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Paleontologists now say all dinosaurs probably had feathers

A beautifully preserved fossil of a 150-million-year-old megalosaurus called Sciurumimus albersdoerferi has once again transformed our notions of what dinosaurs must have looked like. This newly discovered species shows that the early ancestors of all dinosaurs were feathered — and that’s a strong indication that feathers were a common characteristic of all dinosaurs that followed,…

io9 George Dvorsky

High Heels Made Almost Entirely Out of a T-Rex

Star Wars terrariums bring a little piece of Dagobah into your home

6 Nerdy Parties Throughout History We Would’ve Loved To Attend

Thank God Dinosaurs Died Out Before Smartphones Happened

Who would win in a fight: Dragons or Dinosaurs?

Terra Nova wants you to figure out how the series should have ended

This week’s Doctor Who totally wasted its chance to make feathered dinosaurs cool

When a middle-aged Canadian children’s singer raps about dinosaurs, shit gets very real

Check out hyperrealistic Pokémon that resemble dinosaurs on LSD

Why Giant Birds Would Be Scarier Than Feathered Dinosaurs

NASA discovers 100 million year old dinosaur footprints in its backyard

Dinosaur cosplay in the 1930s was fantastic, creepy as hell

Awesome 1900s Dudes in Awesome Suits Mounting Awesome Dinosaur

A woman and her pet Utahraptor go traipsing through the streets of Melbourne

Quite Possibly the Cutest (Accurate) Dinosaur Illustration Ever

A Curious Photo of a Dinosaur being Airlifted over Boston

How Top 10‘s Zander Cannon fell in love with science

Monster-Hating Nuns and Arrowheads in LA: How Mike Novacek Became a World-Famous Dinosaur Hunter

Grant Morrison shows off his first teaser trailer for Dinosaurs Vs. Aliens

Paleontologists now say all dinosaurs probably had feathers

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