Jessica Jones Shows Off Her Strength In The Show’s Latest Teaser

We got our first glimpse of the upcoming Nexflix Marvel outing, Jessica Jones earlier this month, and now, a new short teaser shows off Jones’ strength. https://gizmodo.com/marvels-jessica-jones-tv-series-has-a-trippy-new-traile-1729802220 There’s not much here, but it does set a bit of the tone, doesn’t it? Jessica Jones will debut on Netflix on November 20.

Check Out Some Glorious Pulp Art From University of Iowa Hevelin Collection!

We reported back in July that the University of Iowa has been digitizing their holdings, including fanzines and pulp magazines. They’ve been documenting their collection for future generations, and they’ve posted some stunning pictures online. https://gizmodo.com/the-university-of-iowa-brings-fanzines-to-the-digital-w-1720155978 These types of magazines are in dire need of preservation: The paper on which they were printed was the…

Hear A New Track From Astronaut Chris Hadfield’s Space Album, Daughter Of My Sins

Astronaut Chris Hadfield became a viral musician when he recorded a cover of David Bowie’s Space Oddity from the International Space Station a while back. Now, he’s releasing an album of songs that he recorded while in space, Space Sessions: Songs From a Tin Can. To preview it, he’s released a lyric video for one…

This December’s New Star Wars Books Include Some Galactically Gorgeous Art

This December is going to be a crazy orgy of Star Wars obsession. And that’s going to include a dozen new tie-in books, besides the official novelization of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The official Star Wars site just unveiled a dozen pretty insane looking book covers. Check them out below, and there are more…

io9 Newstand Thinks Werewolves and Mermaids Should Hook Up More Often

This week’s stories are about falling in love during a full moon, going back in time to fix your biggest mistakes, and deciding whether or not existing is honestly worth it. Werewolf Loves Mermaid by Heather Lindsley | Lightspeed Magazine They met at a wedding. He was in the wedding party. She was serving canapés…

Here’s Your Handy Guide To Everything That’s Been Happening on Continuum

A brand new episode of Continuum airs tonight at 11 PM on Syfy—and this time-travel show is even more complicated than ever. So just in time for tonight’s brain-popping adventure, here’s a quick primer to get you up to speed… Continuum is a show about Kiera Cameron, a police officer (Protector) from the year 2077,…

An Inside Look at How VFX Artists Created A “Digital Double” For The Flash

“We really are trying to make it as much like a live comic book as possible,” The Flash executive producer Gabrielle Stanton explains—and this video delves into the technical aspects that ambitious goal demands. Including the seamless mixing of CG and live-action in fights and cityscapes, and in scenes with characters like Gorilla Grodd. Watch…

Dying to catch a glimpse of the new X-Files relaunch? A special two-part “trailer” will air Monday night during Gotham and Minority Report on Fox. Contact the author at [email protected] and follow her on Twitter @Charliejane

This Tiny “Nano-Wrench” Can Twist Molecules Into Custom Shapes

If engineers ever hope to build structures at the nanoscale, they’re going to need very, very tiny fingers. Or at least very tiny tools. By building a wrench that’s just 1.7 nanometers across, researchers from the University of Vermont have taken a critical step in that direction. This technique leverages an attribute of molecules known…

In The New Lego Video Game, Doctor Who‘s Weeping Angels Are Scarier Than Ever 

They are fast, faster than you could believe. Don’t turn your back. Don’t look away. And don’t. Even. Brick. Err, blink. Definitely don’t blink. Bricking is optional. Warning: There’s minor spoilers for part of the Doctor Who section of Lego Dimensions below. If you plan on picking up the game and don’t want any surprises…

Which Trend Was the Worst Thing to Happen to Genre Movies?

It’s time to get up on your soapboxes, film fans. Which trend past or present is the absolute worst thing ever to happen to genre movies? Is it Hollywood’s obsession with superhero origin stories? Its decision to make every new action movie three hours long and in 3D? Its unstoppable fondness for remaking (or “rebooting”)…

Here’s Why It’s So Hard to Have Amazing Action Sequences in Movies

While there’s a ton of explosive action in movies out there today, it’s rare to find genuinely good action in our big-ticket films. Why? Is it because action scenes suck? Not really. As this video from Niko Pueringer and Sam Gorski of Corridor Digital shows, it’s mainly because it’s really hard to get right. Fantastic,…

That New, Official Harry Potter Play Will Come In Two Parts

Were you planning a trip to London to see that new Harry Potter play? Well, things just changed a bit. Author J.K Rowling just announced on Twitter that Harry Potter and the Cursed Child will be released in two parts. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has a story by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany, and…

Batman Day Has Gotten Too Commercial

As we all know, this Saturday is Batman Day, the 24 hours we as a people set aside to honor the Caped Crusader and celebrate his lengthy career fighting crime. Since its creation in the distant days of 2014, I too have happily partaken in Batman Day festivities, but now I must speak up—because I…

Almost half of all U.S. seafood is plucked from the seas and deposited directly into the trashcan, according to a new study on global seafood consumption. The majority of the waste, say researchers, is taking place in our kitchens.

Here’s What Happens When the Animal You’re E-Tracking Gets Eaten By a Whale

European eels are critically endangered. To better understand their lives, researchers tracked them during a migration. Suddenly, three trackers returned very strange data. What, oh what, could have happened? European eels are reverse salmon. They live most of their adult lives in rivers, but will eventually migrate out into the ocean and journey to the…

Great news: Sigourney Weaver is the latest Ghostbusters vet—along with Ernie Hudson, Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd—to join the cast of the new movie, director Paul Feig announced today. Hooray! Now, how about it, Rick Moranis?

New Brain-Link Tech Means We Can Now Play 20 Questions With Our Minds 

We’re still a long ways off from achieving technologically-enabled telepathy, but a recent question-and-answer experiment by researchers at the University of Washington shows that progress is being made. Last year, the same group of scientists created a rudimentary brain-to-brain communication interface (BBI) that allowed participants to collaborate on a computer game. Remarkably, the system was…

So Netflix’s Newest Series is Black Mirror, What Are Some Plot Lines You Want to See?

The rumors are true, Charlie Brooker’s tech-fi thriller Black Mirror is returning as a new Netflix original series. And it’ll likely be just as thought-provoking and chilling as the original. First debuting in 2011, Black Mirror is a hybrid of The Twilight Zone’s anxiety-ridden plot twists mixed with a dark, sometimes satirical theme that is…

Bad news. We previously told you that season four of Person of Interest would be coming to Netflix on Sept. 22. Now we’re hearing it’s been delayed, and there’s no firm date when the latest season will show up. Contact the author at [email protected] and follow her on Twitter @Charliejane