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Stop Calling It the “All Female Ghostbusters“

Over the weekend, the internet was freaking out over the first pictures from the new Ghostbusters movie, featuring the cast looking tough and nerdy in their haunt-hunting coveralls. Headlines hailed it not as the new entry in a popular franchise, but as the “all female Ghostbusters.” Which is terrible. This is not some special girl-themed…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Batman ’66 Is Crossing Over With the Avengers! No, the Other Avengers.

The finest hero to have ever Batusi’d is teaming up with The Avengers—but we’re not talking about Marvel’s mightiest heroes. We’re talking about Great Britain’s! Out of all of the comic books news coming from Comic-Con this weekend, this might just be the craziest. The news of the crossover between DC’s Batman ‘66 digital series…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

Design Secrets of Ex Machina, This Year’s Boldest Science Fiction Movie

Ex Machina looks unlike any science fiction film you’ve seen lately. Its mostly subterranean location is opulent and claustrophobic—and then there’s Ava, the eerily beautiful robot. Check out an exclusive clip from the DVD’s special features, and our interview with the film’s production designer, Mark Digby. Wewere blown away by Ex Machina when we saw…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Why Does This Flower Make Red Nectar?

Flowers usually expend their energy on making themselves bright and colorful. They bleach themselves white to stand out against dark leaves, or they deck themselves out in colorful patterns, but the overwhelming majority keep the nectar they offer clear. So, where did this flower’s red nectar come from? For almost all flowers, the flower itself…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Which Story of a Scientific Discovery Would Make a Great Movie?

We love the wave of scientist biopics that’s been hitting us recently, but sometimes there’s one story that’s so good we wish the movie would just stay there. So, which story from the annals of science would make a fantastic movie? Tell us the scientific story you’d like to see on screen right now. Be…

io9 Ria Misra

A World Map Based on Scientific Research Papers Produced

If the world were mapped according to how many scientific research papers each country produced, it would take on a rather bizarre, uneven appearance. This image makes a dramatic point about the complexities of global inequalities in knowledge production and exchange. So what is driving this inequality and how can it be corrected? Above: If…

io9 Laura Czerniewicz — The Conversation

Tech Exists to Provide Over-the-Air 4K TV (But You Can’t Have It Yet)

A new set of proof-of-concept tests reveals that it’s perfectly possible to beam 4K TV through the air, without the need for streaming video services. Imagine: 4K through your TV aerial. But, perhaps predictably, it’s going to be a little while before you can have it. Research by LG, GatesAir and Zenith shows that, using…

Television Jamie Condliffe

Comcast Has a New $15 Per Month Cable-Free TV Service Called Stream

Comcast has announced that it has a new at-home TV streaming service—called Stream—that Xfinity customers will be able to bolt on to their existing contracts for $15 a month. The service will apparently allow you to watch “about a dozen networks” — including HBO, Fox and NBC — on tablet, laptop, and smartphone. The package…

Television Jamie Condliffe

What Was The Best Surprise, Or The Biggest Letdown, At Comic-Con 2015?

Comic-Con 2015 is over—but our Comic-Con adventure is just beginning. Over the next week, we’ll be posting more of the exclusive interviews, strange discoveries, and fantastic moments from this year’s con. But meanwhile, how was it for you? What did you find most exciting, or the biggest disappointment? To refresh your memory, check out our…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Arrow Season 4 Will Feature Someone We Haven’t Seen In Ages—Oliver Queen

Arrow has gotten pretty dark and insane the past couple years, with Oliver’s world being torn down again and again. But yesterday at Comic-Con, the cast and producers teased that Arrow season four will actually be brighter…and will feature magic. There was an “orgy of plot twists” in season three, and season four will not…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Adam Savage and Chris Hadfield Go Incognito At Comic Con…As Astronauts

Mythbuster’s Adam Savage is known for his fantastic prop building skills and love of costumes. This year, he raised the bar—with a real astronaut, in an astronaut costume Traditionally, Savage been known to play a game at San Diego Comic Con: Adam Incognito, seeing how long he can go without being recognized. In years past,…

io9 Andrew Liptak

Help Fireside Magazine Publish Another Fantastic Year Of Fiction

Fireside Magazine, a science fiction magazine run by Brian White, is currently holding a subscription drive to keep them going for another year. The magazine is known for its fantastic stories—and its excellent pay rates. Their magazine drive runs through July 15th, ending later this week. If you like great short fiction, give them a…

io9 Andrew Liptak

First Clip From Syfy’s Magicians Series Has Some Real Goddamn Magic

This clip from Syfy’s TV series of Lev Grossman’s The Magicians just showed at San Diego Comic Con—and it looks pretty darn near perfect. Quentin has just the right amount of repressed dickishness, and the snooty magical school Brakebills has the smugness and aggression. And the magic? Lovely. What do you think? Did they nail…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

When We Discovered Pluto, It Changed How We Saw The Solar System

On the 23rd and 24th of January, 1930, a young astronomer working in Flagstaff, Arizona, scanned a small patch of the night sky. He was taking pictures of star positions, looking for anomalies that would signal movement somewhere at the edge of the solar system. He took the pictures then set them aside, not realizing…

io9 Andrew Liptak

This Week, Killjoys Focuses On Politics…At The Expense of Character

We didn’t really get much development of our core characters this week on Killjoys. Instead, “Vessel” felt as though it was exploring more of the world and its politics, with some hints about Dutch’s backstory. And sadly, the episode relied on one of TV’s most annoying habits. Last week, D’avin ‘passed’ his psych eval, and…

io9 Andrew Liptak

There Are Two Decent Reasons To Watch This New Heroes Reborn Trailer

This promo for the big Heroes sequel miniseries, Heroes Reborn, just premiered at Comic-Con, during a panel where Greg Grunberg called the new show “Heroes on steroids.” And there are two reasons to give three minutes of your time: Badass sword-wielding Hiro Nakamura, and grown-up awesome Micah. Contact the author at [email protected].

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Next Season on Person of Interest, the Machine Will “Evolve”

The fifth season of Person of Interest will only be 13 episodes, and the cast and writers told Comic-Con that it would be “tight” and might serve as the show’s final season. Finch and Root will be working together to reboot — and remake — the Machine, while Samaritan becomes a political mastermind. We talked…

Television Annalee Newitz

Interplanetary Travel Is Only for the Rich in the Short Film The Leap

The Leap is a short film from Karel van Bellingen that takes place decades from now, where interstellar travel has opened up access to a new world, but only for a select few who can afford the journey. This is a film that packs a lot in to just half an hour. In the film,…

io9 Andrew Liptak

The Lucifer Cast and Crew Explain Why Satan Is So Hot Right Now

After we saw the Lucifer pilot and realized it wasn’t just another procedural-with-supernatural-elements show—but rather a campy, hilarious, procedural-with-supernatural-elements show, with a killer soundtrack—we were eager to speak to the show’s creators and its charismatic star, Tom Ellis. Here are highlights of what we learned at Lucifer’s Comic-Con press event. Joe Henderson (White Collar), showrunner-executive…

Television Cheryl Eddy

Robot Chicken on Superman and the One Special They Won’t Ever Make

In October, Robot Chicken will premiere its third DC comics special. Co-creator Matt Senreich and writer-producer Tom Root described the demented take on Superman’s family life we’ll see and the special they’d love to do that they won’t ever get to do. io9 and half a dozen other reporters had a chance to ask Senreich…

Television Katharine Trendacosta

Stop Calling It the “All Female Ghostbusters“

Batman ’66 Is Crossing Over With the Avengers! No, the Other Avengers.

Design Secrets of Ex Machina, This Year’s Boldest Science Fiction Movie

Why Does This Flower Make Red Nectar?

Which Story of a Scientific Discovery Would Make a Great Movie?

A World Map Based on Scientific Research Papers Produced

Tech Exists to Provide Over-the-Air 4K TV (But You Can’t Have It Yet)

Comcast Has a New $15 Per Month Cable-Free TV Service Called Stream

What Was The Best Surprise, Or The Biggest Letdown, At Comic-Con 2015?

Arrow Season 4 Will Feature Someone We Haven’t Seen In Ages—Oliver Queen

Adam Savage and Chris Hadfield Go Incognito At Comic Con…As Astronauts

Help Fireside Magazine Publish Another Fantastic Year Of Fiction

First Clip From Syfy’s Magicians Series Has Some Real Goddamn Magic

When We Discovered Pluto, It Changed How We Saw The Solar System

This Week, Killjoys Focuses On Politics…At The Expense of Character

There Are Two Decent Reasons To Watch This New Heroes Reborn Trailer

Next Season on Person of Interest, the Machine Will “Evolve”

Interplanetary Travel Is Only for the Rich in the Short Film The Leap

The Lucifer Cast and Crew Explain Why Satan Is So Hot Right Now

Robot Chicken on Superman and the One Special They Won’t Ever Make

Tesla Goes Ahead and Admits Its Robotaxis Are Sometimes Fully Human-Controlled

School Forced to Replace Toilets After Kids Flush Vapes

‘Scream 7’ Just Won’t Stop Making Money as ‘Scream 8’ Gets Started

The Curtain Has Closed on Meta’s Movie Rating-Inspired Content Filters

Good News! You Can Finally Change That Ridiculous Gmail Address

ExpressVPN Just Launched ExpressAI: Your Prompts Are Now Invisible

VR Just Took Another Massive Body Blow

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