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Mega-Galaxy Doesn’t Play Well With Others

NGC 1132 is a “lone wolf” galaxy, far from other galactic clusters, says NASA. Was it always a loner, scorning the company of its galactic peers for the rough-and-tumble life in the far reaches of intergalactic space? Or is it actually a group of galaxies that joined forces, banding together to survive a lonesome cosmos?…

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Smother Mothers Are Scarier Than Evil Cyborgs

Sarah Connor needs to stop strangling John with her apron strings, according to last night’s Sarah Connor Chronicles. After all, the world ends in just four years, and weedy Thomas Dekker has to morph into Christian Bale by then. Never mind that Sarah’s still the show’s real bad-ass, as seen in this clip. Don’t call…

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The Breakfast Club Meets Mad Max… On Skates!

Corey Haim is initiated into the Rollerboys, a fascist street gang that skates down the street with synchronized arm movements, in this clip from Prayer Of The Rollerboys. Which may be the weirdest dystopian movie ever. America is collapsing, Harvard is moving to Asia, and street gangs like the Rollerboys hold all the power. But…

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Who Would Be The Most Science Fictional President?

It’s Super Tuesday! No, that doesn’t mean you’re going to get bathed in cosmic radiation and gain super-strength and diamond skin. (At least, not necessarily.) Rather, if you live in one of a bunch of states, you’ll be choosing your party’s presidential candidate. When you make that momentous choice, the most important question to ask…

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New Clips From Thursday’s Lost Episode

One of the freighter people thinks Jack is handsome in this week’s Lost episode. Not only that, but we get some more hints about what they’re really up to on the island, and glimpse the inventory they brought with them. And Locke acts like a loon again. Between these clips and the two minutes we…

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A Sunspot Twice The Size Of Earth

Sunspot 982 flared up over the weekend, and it looks totally awesome. Not only is it humongous, but it has these two cool-looking dark filaments sticking out of it. Photographer Greg Piepol took this picture using a regular Coronado SolarMax 90 Ha telescope. Another awesome sunspot pic after the jump. This one comes from photographer…

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Full Spoilage For J.J. Abrams’ X-Files Ripoff!

This morning, we’ve got tons of forbidden secrets of Fringe, the X-Files clone from J.J. Abrams. And there are new pics from the Knight Rider TV movie, plus some images of a Speed Racer toy that gives some clues about the film. All that, plus new spoilers for Star Trek and Sarah Connor. It’s all…

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Strip Mining Shatters the Moon

If only the rest of 2002’s The Time Machine had been like this sequence, it would have been one of the greatest science fiction movies ever. A future attempt to colonize and mine the moon instead leads to the near-total destruction of all life on Earth, as the broken moon rains chunks of rock onto…

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What’s The Most Overrated Recent TV Show?

To hear people talk, we’re living in a golden age for science fiction on television. The genre has never been so arty and grown-up, with real actors and stuff. Silver lame’ jumpsuits are confined to American Apparel where they belong. But maybe some recent shows are just coasting unfairly on this wave of critical acclaim.…

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Batman Dreams Of Equality

Stephanie Brown took over as Robin for a short while in the Batman comics, and later died. But Bruce Wayne never saw fit to give her a memorial case in the Batcave, like the ones for other past Robins… until now. A dream sequence in a recent Grant Morrison-penned Bat-comic shows Stephanie’s costume alongside the…

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Animal-Cyborg Soccer Slaves Of 2178

This new ad for Puma’s v1.08 soccer boot freaks me out. In the year 2178, soccer players will have their legs ripped off and replaced with weird cyber-horse legs, so they can trot around and do kangaroo jumps for the amusement of their beer-swilling orthohuman masters. Until then, the ad says, the closest you can…

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More Jive-Dancing Action With Spider-Man’s Funky Parasite

Venom, the alien creature that latched on to Peter Parker in Spider-Man 3, will get his own solo movie. No word yet whether Topher Grace will be back as Eddie Brock, the guy who replaced Peter as the monster’s host. Not to mention whether there’ll be more alien-induced dancing and piano playing. But Marvel, which…

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New Battlestar Season Four Promos

Chief Tyrol says this is not his beautiful life, while Admiral Adama is struggling to hold on to the things he believes in. And Baltar is tired of being afraid and ready to stand and fight. Those are just a few of the awesome insights you’ll glean from these new promo clips for Battlestar Galactica…

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TV This Week: A Virus Turns Men Into Psycho Killers

Finding worthwhile science fiction on television is definitely more challenging than it should be in sweeps month, thanks to a certain writers’ strike. Luckily, our AI has scoured the TV listings in search of all the coolest new SF programming, including a new science fictional episode of anthology series Masters of Horror, some cool movies…

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First Official Clip of Cloverfield Monster

A new clip from Cloverfield released over the weekend shows a couple of brief glimpses of the monster in full effect. So those of you who live overseas, or who have been letting the “motion sickness” fears keep you from witnessing the full cloverfication, this is your chance to get to know our friend Cloverfieldy.…

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Crazy New Star Trek Movie Rumors

Crazy, out-of-control rumors are spilling onto the net about Star Trek, X-Files 2 and Torchwood, and being a responsible journalistic organization, we’re passing them along to let you them for yourselves. Or maybe some of them will turn out to be true. You never know. We also have actual information, from reputable sources, about Star…

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Anakin To Windu: Don’t Tase Me, Bro

Here’s the first taser/teleporter fight between Samuel L. Jackson and Hayden Christensen in teleporting-mutant movie Jumper, coming out in a couple of weeks. Other new clips from the Doug Liman (Bourne Identity)-helmed film include a domestic spat between Christensen and Rachel Bilson that turns into a hostage situation. We also learn more about the history…

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The Navy’s Explosive Super Weapon Crushes Speed Records

Here are some photos of the Navy testing its new electromagnetic railgun at the Naval Surface Warfare Center. The railgun fires at 10.44 megajoules, with a muzzle velocity of 2520 meters per second. Click through for more details and a gallery of splodey pics. Future Navy ships will use electric drive propulsion, making the electric-powered…

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What’s The Most Underrated TV Show?

Are people always dissing your fave TV show? Do they not understand why Torchwood is the greatest exploration of glory holes in the fabric of space-time since Quantum Leap? Do they fail to appreciate the wonders of Flash Gordon or the new Bionic Woman? Now’s your chance to cast your vote for the best unappreciated…

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The Fantastic Four Movie Marvel Doesn’t Want You To See

Here’s the action-packed climax of Roger Corman’s Fantastic Four, which Marvel reportedly paid millions to suppress. In this version, Reed Richards’ main superpower is the ability to telegraph his punches worse than Tom Selleck. And the Thing’s greatest gift is the ability to move as though he were in a full-body cast. As B movies…

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Mega-Galaxy Doesn’t Play Well With Others

Smother Mothers Are Scarier Than Evil Cyborgs

The Breakfast Club Meets Mad Max… On Skates!

Who Would Be The Most Science Fictional President?

New Clips From Thursday’s Lost Episode

A Sunspot Twice The Size Of Earth

Full Spoilage For J.J. Abrams’ X-Files Ripoff!

Strip Mining Shatters the Moon

What’s The Most Overrated Recent TV Show?

Batman Dreams Of Equality

Animal-Cyborg Soccer Slaves Of 2178

More Jive-Dancing Action With Spider-Man’s Funky Parasite

New Battlestar Season Four Promos

TV This Week: A Virus Turns Men Into Psycho Killers

First Official Clip of Cloverfield Monster

Crazy New Star Trek Movie Rumors

Anakin To Windu: Don’t Tase Me, Bro

The Navy’s Explosive Super Weapon Crushes Speed Records

What’s The Most Underrated TV Show?

The Fantastic Four Movie Marvel Doesn’t Want You To See

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