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io9MoviesJurassic World Is A Huge Mega-Hit, And That’s Terrible News For Movies
Jurassic World is now on track to beat the box office records of both Avengers films, and it has a shot at beating Avatar. This is terrible, awful news for anybody who loves movies. Not because Jurassic World is a horrible movie—it’s actually pretty fun. But because this means a lot more pandering sequels. I’m … Continued
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Sad news, Hannibal fans: our cannibal won’t be getting a fourth season. Bryan Fuller thanked NBC for indulging the show’s “images that would have shredded the eyeballs of lesser Standards & Practices enforcers.” Indeed. The season two capper was epic, but look for the series finale to be a bloodbath for the ages.
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io9The Epic Rap Battle Between Robocop And The Terminator Is Indeed Epic
Neither Robocop nor the Terminator is known for being particularly eloquent but, on the Internet, that changes. The team behind the ultra popular YouTube series Epic Rap Battles In History has used the occasion of the fifth Terminator film, Terminator Genisys, to pit two of the most famous Eighties cyborgs against each other in a … Continued
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Why This Critter Was The Must-Have Pet For Gold Miners
The ring-tailed cat is a creature that looks like a lemur had a wild night with a fox. It hangs out in arid places, eating whatever’s available. Here’s why it became the purse-dog of the gold rush. Few people know of the ring-tailed cat, even though the animals aren’t particularly rare. They range from southern … Continued
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Why There’s Still a LOT Of Edgar Wright In Marvel’s Ant-Man
“It isn’t just about getting bigger, but it’s about getting clever and getting more unique.” That’s what Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige said to members of the entertainment press during a visit to the set of Ant-Man. We were there, and learned more about Ant-Man—including how it fits in with other Marvel movies. While Ant-Man … Continued
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You Can Finally Get Lost In A Shining-Inspired Hedge Maze
Fans looking to chase their kids around with an axe now have the perfect place to do that. The Stanley Hotel, the inspiration for the Stephen King novel and Stanley Kubrick film, The Shining, has finally opened its very own hedge maze. An international contest was held to select the maze design and out of … Continued
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io9TelevisionThis Week’s TV: When Every Home Has An Android Servant, Things Get Weird
Summer TV is in full swing, and we’ve got a couple of new shows premiering this week. There’s the vigilante hacker thriller Mr. Robot and Humans, a series that explores the line between humans and their synthetic servants. Plus, Under the Dome and Falling Skies are both back for new seasons. Details ahead. Tonight Star … Continued
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The Supreme Court Just Made a Ruling Full of Spider-Man Jokes
The Supreme Court settled a long-running patent case titled Kimble V. Marvel Entertainment. It was basically about patent holders and licensing fees, which isn’t that fun, but Justice Elena Kagan wrote the court’s opinion on the case, which was fun — mainly because she filled it with Spider-Man jokes. Kagan, a self-avowed “avid comic book … Continued
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io9TelevisionThe Wildly Inappropriate Scene You Must Watch From Penny Dreadful
As we head for the season endgame, Penny Dreadful is determined to drop the portents and start surprising us. And with Vanessa gone, everything shatters. There’s one scene, in particular, that’s jaw-droppingly nuts. And we made a clip for you! Spoilers ahead… Last season, John Logan spent the third act ratcheting up the tension and … Continued
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These Ants Took Over The World, And We Just Noticed
We know ants form large colonies. In 2002, we realized one specific kind of ant formed supercolonies. And then, in 2010, we learned that they had formed a global colony— and that, without even know it, we had helped them do it. The Argentine Ant It’s not surprising that Argentine ants are a successful invasive … Continued
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See How Drone Warfare Could Get Much, Much Scarier In The Future
We’re already sending machines to kill people — but what happens when those machines can walk and talk? And when we put our own minds into them, so we can control them as if they were our own bodies? That’s the nightmarish future in this excerpt from Christopher Golden’s Tin Men. A low, tinny alarm … Continued
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The 10 Craziest Punishments In Hell
Not every religion has a version of hell, but if they do, it’s generally not a nice place. It’s where the evil and unjust go to suffer, and the worse they are, the more elaborate their punishments can be. Here are 10 awful (but extremely creative) ways to spend the afterlife. 1) Flaming Wheel In … Continued
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Come With Me If You Want To See Some Insane Terminator Concept Art!
One of the things we’ve always wanted from a Terminator movie is a longer, more insane look at the future war between humans and Skynet. And now, it looks like it’s on. Check out some exclusive concept art of the weapons of the future war for survival — including the Violet Cleaver and the Reaper. … Continued
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What Makes Water Wet?
Why is water wet? It’s not just a question to boggle the minds of the kid scientists you encounter: It’s a question of chemistry. Nautilus recently posed just that question to Richard Saykally, a University of California, Berkeley chemistry professor who specializes in water, and here is how he explained what is going on: When … Continued
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io9Trailer FrenzyFinal Mission: Impossible 5 Trailer Is Low On Gun-Flutes, High On Crazy
There’s been a running theme with the trailers for Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation trailers: they’re kind of ridiculous (in the best way), right down to flutes that are also guns. Sadly, the movie’s final trailer does not return to the wonderful gun flute, but it keeps the crazy action. Huzzah! The final trailer is in … Continued
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True Detective Returns With A Pitch-Black Shot Of California Noir
True Detective returns with a completely new setting, cast, and case, as well as a grittier, bleaker tone. In episode one, “The Western Book of the Dead,” we miss the loopy Rust Cohle, as well as the first season’s instantly compelling murder mystery. But we’re intrigued by its neo-noir sprawl so far. Spoilers follow! First … Continued
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Which Book Have You Owned The Longest?
People have been sounding the death knell of paper-and-binding style books for awhile now, but the fact remains: you can’t beat them for longevity. So which book have you had in your own personal collection for the longest? Tell us what the book is, where you got it, if you still read it, and what … Continued
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io9Watch Some Blood Cells Turn Into “Ghosts” And Others Explode
We know that cells maintain their water content through osmosis. Now we can see what happens when someone deliberately screws around with osmosis. Some cells explode. Others turn into “ghosts.” Osmosis is a very useful phenomenon. You start with a semi-permeable membrane, like a cell wall. When solutes — we use table salt in high … Continued
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io9TelevisionMorning SpoilersWe Know A Lot More About The New Characters In Game Of Thrones Season 6
Are we three years from a new Indiana Jones? Kenneth Branagh may return for Thor: Ragnarok. A crazy new Star Wars rumor hints that everything we thought we knew about the second Anthologies film may actually be about a new TV series. Plus Ant-Man pictures, Wolverine in X-Men Apocalypse, and more. Spoilers! Thor: Ragnarok A … Continued