The Evangelion Popcorn Bucket Is Suitably Insane
At first, I thought the 3,980 yen (US$34) price tag was the craziest thing about this Neon Genesis Evangelion Unit-01 popcorn bucket. Nope! The light-up eyes are. The bucket is available at Universal...
View ArticleThe First Fleeting Details About Jessica Jones Season 2
New rumors abound about how Spider-Man makes his entrance in Civil War. Neal Scanlan teases the aliens of Rogue One. You probably won’t see Iron Fist hit Netflix this year. Plus, teases for Jewel...
View ArticleDeadspin Reports: Leaked Documents Indicate Major Match-Fixing In Tennis |...
Deadspin Reports: Leaked Documents Indicate Major Match-Fixing In Tennis | Jezebel Scholastic Pulls Children’s Book Accused Of Sentimentalizing Slavery | Gizmodo According to IKEA, We’ve Hit “Peak Home...
View ArticleHBO's Westworld Has Shut Down Production, But Here's Why You Don't Need to Worry
News broke over the weekend that the highly anticipated HBO sci-fi series Westworld has shut down production. And while that’s true and sounds like incredibly bad news, it’s actually the opposite. “As...
View ArticleHere's the Behind-the-Scenes Story of SpaceX's Rocket Launch and Landing Attempt
What was happening out-of-sight during Sunday’s SpaceX launch of Jason-3? These are the stories from reporting live on a white rocket engulfed in a fog bank, but without the internet connectivity to...
View ArticleDavid Bowie Has His Own Constellation Now
As the world still mourns the passing of David Bowie, we can take some comfort that he’s posthumously received the most appropriate tribute ever: a constellation named after him, shaped in his iconic...
View ArticleToday's Best Deals: Protein Powder, iTunes Credit, Universal Remote, and More
Gold Standard supplements, a device that turns your smartphone into a universal remote, and a $100 IPS display highlight today’s best deals. Bookmark Kinja Deals and follow us on Twitter to never miss...
View ArticleThere's Something Incredible in This 40,000 Year Old Cave Painting
Volcanic eruptions are something of a spectator sport today, with orbital satellites and high-speed connectivity bringing glorious images of the planet’s pyrotechnic power to the comfortable safety of...
View ArticleUncanny Avengers Has Revealed the Bizarre Fate of Hank Pym
The fact that comic book characters don’t stay dead (unless their name is Uncle Ben) is a well-established fact. But the last time we saw Hank Pym in a Marvel comic... something strange happened to...
View ArticleX-Men TV Spin-Off Legion Won't Be Part of the Movie Universe
Which makes the upcoming TV series—about Professor X’s son David, who isn’t sure if he’s crazy or if he actually does have powers—less of a spinoff and more of... well, just an X-Men show.This...
View ArticleKids of The Magic School Bus, Ranked
If you were a kid in the ‘90s, you probably learned at least some of your science from The Magic School Bus, an animated show for the kids not quite ready for the rigors of Bill Nye the Science Guy.In...
View ArticleThere's Something Sinister Hidden in This Painting of 'The Queen's Conjurer'
A free exhibit paying tribute to Tudor England “scholar, courtier, magician” John Dee opens today at London’s Royal College of Physicians. In addition to over 40 books and Dee’s crystal ball, the...
View ArticleThe Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Crossover Has Had Its Mandatory Hero...
It’s the oldest rule in the crossover book: if two disparate heroes or groups of heroes are going to team up, it’s only after they tussle with each other first. The Batman/TMNT series has just had its...
View ArticleThis One-Hour Conversation About the VFX In Star Wars: The Force Awakens Is...
Last week, Star Wars: The Force Awakens was nominated for five Academy Awards: Best Original Score, Editing, Sound Mixing, Sound Editing, and Visual Effects. That last one is probably the most...
View ArticleThis Week's TV: Throat Punch the Future, The X-Files Is Back!
The X-Files returns for a new season after 13 long years! The weirdest DC show yet debuts with Legends of Tomorrow! Agent Carter and The 100 return, Heroes: Reborn ends, and saints be praised, The...
View ArticleHelp Fund a Special Issue of Lightspeed Entirely Created By People of Color!
You’re probably already familiar with the Hugo-winning Lightspeed Magazine, which runs a story once a month right here on io9. The publication has just launched a crowdfunding campaign to put out a...
View ArticleAn Astronaut and a Caveman's Worlds Collide In This Completely Surreal Short
“Voyage of the Galactic Space Dangler” by Evan Mann is completely, deliciously absurd. If you want to see the weirdest ways an advanced species could accidentally intrude on and ruin another group’s...
View Article9 More Viral Photos That Are Totally Fake
Last year we debunked dozens of fake photos on the internet. So you might be wondering how 2016 might stack up in terms of volume. Well, it’s only January and this enormous fake-photo Xerox machine we...
View ArticleAstronauts Almost Killed Their First Flowers
The first zinnias are blooming in space, but they almost didn’t make it from bud to flower. This is a story of how an experiment was saved by throwing out heavily regulated, detailed procedures in...
View ArticleLast Year's Best Movies Look Even Better as Lego Movies
Lego once ignored its quirky but passionate fan base, the adult fans who created new worlds out of a children’s toy. But as The Lego Movie showed us, straying from the directions of a given set makes...
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