Peanuts

November 9th 2012

Does wealth create peanut allergies?

Much ink has been spilled over the rise of allergies over the last few decades, and one of the most popular theories is that it’s due to children not being exposed to enough germs. A new piece of research seems to support that theory, tying the incidence of the dreaded peanut allergy to people’s socioeconomic…

io9 Tim Barribeau Nov 9

January 15th 2012

Charlie Brown finally kicks the football, with a little help from Spider-Man

Once upon a time, it seems Peanuts creator Charles Schulz (edit: maybe) and Marvel cartoonist John Romita, Sr. drew a pair of collaborative comic strips featuring the Peanuts cast and Spider-Man. In one, Spidey faces off against Snoopy’s WWI ace; in the other, he helps Charlie Brown finally kick that football. This epic crossover appears…

io9 Lauren Davis Jan 15

January 13th 2012

Are allergies for real?

Allergies were pretty much completely unknown until the beginning of the twentieth century, and allergic diseases have skyrocketed in the last twenty years, and well over half of all Americans are allergic to an airborne substance. What’s going on here? At first glance, that big spike in allergies might seem a bit unlikely — particularly…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Jan 13

October 11th 2011

Scientists figure out how to switch off peanut allergy

The peanut allergy is one of the eight most common types of food allergies, and the common use of peanuts in a wide range of foods makes it particularly dangerous. But now scientists have a solution: trick your immune system. Technically speaking, it’s not peanuts themselves that are dangerous to people with the allergy –…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Oct 11

June 18th 2011

It’s the Great Dalek, Charlie Brown

If Charles Schulz had written about a time-hopping Gallifreyian instead of a chronically depressed little boy, chances are his artwork would look like Larry Wentzel’s. There’s no Snoopy as K-9, but who wouldn’t want to see A Weeping Angel Christmas? I always figured that something vaguely sinister was occurring in the Peanuts universe. You could…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Jun 18

October 27th 2009

Weirdest And Most Wonderful Halloween Comic Covers

If you were explaining Hallowe’en to someone unfamiliar with the concept, don’t use comic books as a visual aid. As these 50 covers show, All Hallow’s Eve is apparently about pumpkins, cleavage and monsters. Then again, maybe they are right…

io9 Graeme McMillan Oct 27

December 22nd 2005

Snoopy iPod Nano

You know every year when the holidays roll around and that goddamned Peanuts theme song fills your head during the Charlie Brown Christmas Special, you get a warm-and-fuzzy feeling. That’s why you’re going to adore and love this Snoopy iPod Nano with a great Schultz cartoon engraved on the back. It features Woodstock talking to…

Tech News Gizmodo.com Dec 22

Does wealth create peanut allergies?

Charlie Brown finally kicks the football, with a little help from Spider-Man

Are allergies for real?

Scientists figure out how to switch off peanut allergy

It’s the Great Dalek, Charlie Brown

Weirdest And Most Wonderful Halloween Comic Covers

Snoopy iPod Nano

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