Gods

November 30th 2010

An experiment in dog telepathy, circa 1920

Chances are you’ve heard of Clever Hans, the horse who could perform arithmetic. But have you heard of early 20th century experiments in dog telepathy? Here’s a snapshot of one such ridiculous experiment. From Weird Experiments: In this telepathy experiment between human and dog Karl Krall (on the right) tried to detect the thinking radiation…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

November 29th 2010

Are Humans Turning Into Gods?

Our friend Jason Silva—writer, filmmaker and founding host/producer of Current TV—is making a new documentary celebrating humans reaching their ultimate potential, the inexorable evolution that is turning us into gods. He’s quite optimistic about it. I’m not so sure-JD “First we build the tools, then they build us” – Marshall McLuhan Turning Into Gods is,…

Tech News Jason Silva

October 16th 2010

The peculiar, pragmatic adventures of a wombat engineer

The webcomic Digger features an unusual epic protagonist. For one thing, she’s a wombat. For another, in contrast to the dead gods, shadow demons, hyena warriors, and vampire squash around her, Digger is decidedly down to earth. Ursula Vernon’s Digger opens when Digger-of-Unnecessarily-Convoluted-Tunnels (Digger for short), a wombat miner, hits a patch of bad air…

io9 Lauren Davis

August 14th 2010

In mythical Brooklyn, the Karma Police are very real

In Darwin Carmichael is Going to Hell, hipsters rub elbows with minor deities, angels spend their downtime getting stoned, and followers of Richard Dawkins are seen as irrational loonies. It’s also a world where bad karma has very real consequences. Darwin Carmichael is a typical Brooklynite. He lives in a dingy walk-up. He rides a…

Books & Comics Lauren Davis

November 19th 2009

Uma Thurman’s Medusa Weave Unleashed — Is This The Next Harry Potter?

With angels and gods on the rise, it’s only a matter of time before Chris Columbus’ film adaptation of The Lightning Thief becomes your kids’ next deranged obsession. This could well be the next Potter, especially with a Uma Medusa. The movie, which is based on a YA series about gods and their demigod kids…

Movies Meredith Woerner

July 15th 2009

Forget The Nimbus, I Want To Ride A Magical Elevator With A God

The trailer for The Lightning Thief film adaptation is out, and challenging wizards and sparkly vampires to a sexy magical hairstyle-off. The new kid’s advantage: he’s related to Gods. Check out the first look at Percy Jackson’s Olympus. Based on the book by Rick Riordan, this story follows a trendily coiffed youth, who finds out…

Movies Meredith Woerner

October 2nd 2008

Don’t Drink the Kool-Aid of These Science Fictional Cults

Much like the present, the future has its share of cults and fringe religions. Some are scams, some are a genuine search for enlightenment, and some are simply a fanatical devotion to a single person or task. Want to stay clear of cultish influence? We give you a who’s who of cults from science fiction,…

io9 Lauren Davis

An experiment in dog telepathy, circa 1920

Are Humans Turning Into Gods?

The peculiar, pragmatic adventures of a wombat engineer

In mythical Brooklyn, the Karma Police are very real

Uma Thurman’s Medusa Weave Unleashed — Is This The Next Harry Potter?

Forget The Nimbus, I Want To Ride A Magical Elevator With A God

Don’t Drink the Kool-Aid of These Science Fictional Cults

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