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Stars and Clouds Battle to Take Over the Night Sky

Sunset at Joshua Tree National Park gives way to bright stars, while streaky clouds try to obscure their emergence. Cloudy Night Sky by National Park Service/Lian Law/flickr/CC BY 2.0 Contact the author at [email protected].

io9 Katharine Trendacosta

Scotland Yard Worried That Star Trek Would Cause a Doomsday Cult

New documents obtained under a Freedom of Information Act request show that Scotland Yard kept a secret dossier on various science fiction shows and movies out of a fear that they would cause rioting and cyber attacks. On the list of worrying imports were Star Trek, The X-Files, Roswell, Dark Skies, and Lawnmower Man. We’ll…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta

Scream Queens Trailer Asks If a Serial Killer Is Scarier Than a Sorority

Honestly? Emma Roberts’ sorority girl is definitely scarier than that guy in the devil outfit. It’s hard to take seriously anyone who takes inspiration from the head chopper in Caligula. This full-length trailer gives us way more information than we’ve had before, with our lead joining the sorority that her mother died in twenty years…

Trailers Katharine Trendacosta

Looper Meets Groundhog Day In This Eerie, Atmospheric Short Film

In the short film ROTOR, a security guard sits in a creepy factory, while small, odd things happen around him. But it’s only when he investigates a mysterious intruder that all of those little oddities come to a head. Nils Vleugels wrote and Maarten Groen directed ROTOR, which stars Raymond Thiry and was produced by…

io9 Lauren Davis

How A Notorious Chemical Weapon Led To The Invention Of Chemotherapy

Mustard gas was, and is, one of the most terrifying weapons of war. It made people break out in blisters, and killed them slowly over weeks. It also inspired one of the first effective forms of cancer therapy. Here’s how. Mustard gas lingers for days, making soldier’s skin break out in blisters and burning their…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

These Folks Took One Self-Portrait A Day—Watch Them Age Before Your Eyes

It can be hard to notice incremental changes in people when we see them every day, but what if you saw all those little changes played on fast forward? These people took photos of themselves at regular intervals (often every day) in order to highlight how they change, age, and grow over time. The 40-year…

io9 Vincze Miklós

How To Raise The Stakes In Your Story Without Wrecking Your Characters

The best science fiction and fantasy stories are impossible to tear yourself away from — and often, that thrilling sense of momentum comes from the sense that the danger to the world keeps getting bigger and scarier. But how do you raise the stakes without sacrificing your characters? All images by Mateusz Orzminski (More at…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Lobster Used To Be Cheap — Here’s How That Changed

Even if you don’t enjoy lobster (and I don’t, particularly), more than perhaps any other food it’s synonymous with a certain kind of luxury. But it wasn’t always that way. In fact, for a long time it was just the opposite. In response to a piece on surprisingly common things that used to be status…

io9 Ria Misra

Take A Virtual 3D Tour Through This Vincent Van Gogh Painting

This fully-immersive 3D version of The Night Café, by Brooklyn animator Mackenzie Cauley, will give you a good sense of what it would be like to live inside a Van Gogh painting. Cauley compiled the piece as part of a competition challenging developers to devise innovative uses of virtual reality. This re-imagining is meant to…

io9 George Dvorsky

Douglas Adams’ Holistic Detective Comes To Comics For The First Time!

Sure, the Marvel comics universe might be exploding in this week’s batch of Secret Wars comics, but Dirk Gently himself is heading off on comic book adventures in this week’s releases — and so does Mad Max: Fury Road! Come check them out, and more, in this week’s guide to the coolest new comics. Dark…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

What Science Fiction Movie Made You Feel Dumber After Watching It?

Science fiction is supposed to be scientific, and science is supposed to be accurate. Yet some scifi movies feel it’s okay to ignore the facts of reality into order to tell a story — a story which may be momentarily entertaining, but at the cost of making its viewers stupider. Looking at you, Armageddon. Tell…

Movies Rob Bricken

Something To Think About Before Writing That “Edgy” Rape Scene

Geeks been debating the use of rape as a storytelling device for years, but that debate has come back to the fore in the past couple days, for obvious reasons. Author John Scalzi (Lock-In) offers a useful perspective, based on a lesson he learned early on from a mentor. (Warning for those who need it:…

io9 John Scalzi

Exclusive Dark Matter Concept Art Is Loaded With Glorious Spaceships!

Feast your eyes on some truly glorious spaceship porn. Prepare yourself for Syfy’s latest foray into the big black with some exclusive concept art from Dark Matter, the new space series from the minds behind the Stargate franchise. Behold! Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie’s Dark Matter is based on their Dark Horse comic that centers…

Television Meredith Woerner

The Drought Will Put Major Strain On The Western U.S. Power Grid

Drought and extreme heat may significantly increase the risk of power shortages in the Western U.S. unless its utilities adopt “climate-proofing” measures, according to new research. Western regions in the United States are particularly susceptible to climate change. Extreme heat and drought are expected to bring changes in precipitation, air and water temperature, air density,…

io9 George Dvorsky

A Twisted Comic About A Space Colony Where Medical Experiments Are Holy

Upcoming comic anthology New World is all about civilizations clashing, and clash they do in this comic from the book, written by Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal’s Zach Weinersmith and illustrated by O Human Star’s Blue Delliquanti, where a man visits in isolated space colony founded on an unusual belief. Iron Circus, publisher of the comic…

Books & Comics Lauren Davis

A Look At How Isaac Asimov’s I, Robot Changed The World

The lovely folks at StarshipSofa have started a new video podcast on YouTube called StarshipSofa HQ, looking at great books and authors in science fiction. One of their first episodes is a look at Isaac Asimov’s classic story collection I, Robot. Other episodes look at Alfred Bester, One Hit Wonders, and a bunch of other…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

Star Wars Sequel Writer Teases The Return Of Lando Calrissian

Screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan is probably best known for The Empire Strikes Back, but he’s also co-written The Force Awakens and is rumored to be working on the scripts for Episodes VIII and IX, too. So when Kasdan says Lando’s story might not be over, it’s worth paying attention to. Kasdan teased Lando’s return in an…

Movies Rob Bricken

The Government Uses Toxic Chemicals To Stop You Drinking Hand Sanitizer

During Prohibition, the US Government put toxic chemicals into any products that contained alcohol, just to make sure nobody would drink them. Now, Prohibition is long over… but the policy of adding poison to alcoholic products has never ended. Here are the deadly additives that are only there to keep you drinking stuff. The Aversive…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

The 10 Weirdest Things That People Once Used As Status Symbols

A visitor from 100 years ago would be confused by our selfies and our strange toys — but they would understand the need to show off. Throughout history, people have had status symbols. Sometimes, these things have been gold and jewels. But sometimes, they’re a bit weirder. Here are 10 bizarre status symbols from the…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta

New Civilization: Beyond Earth Expansion Lets You Colonize Alien Oceans

Civilization: Beyond Earth—The Rising Tide expands, revises, and refines the original Civ: BE with new biomes, a brand new diplomacy system, and oceans full of resources and aliens that can be exploited and colonized. We talked with the lead designer to find out what this expansion has in store for Civ fans. In the half…

io9 Ed Grabianowski

Stars and Clouds Battle to Take Over the Night Sky

Scotland Yard Worried That Star Trek Would Cause a Doomsday Cult

Scream Queens Trailer Asks If a Serial Killer Is Scarier Than a Sorority

Looper Meets Groundhog Day In This Eerie, Atmospheric Short Film

How A Notorious Chemical Weapon Led To The Invention Of Chemotherapy

These Folks Took One Self-Portrait A Day—Watch Them Age Before Your Eyes

How To Raise The Stakes In Your Story Without Wrecking Your Characters

Lobster Used To Be Cheap — Here’s How That Changed

Take A Virtual 3D Tour Through This Vincent Van Gogh Painting

Douglas Adams’ Holistic Detective Comes To Comics For The First Time!

What Science Fiction Movie Made You Feel Dumber After Watching It?

Something To Think About Before Writing That “Edgy” Rape Scene

Exclusive Dark Matter Concept Art Is Loaded With Glorious Spaceships!

The Drought Will Put Major Strain On The Western U.S. Power Grid

A Twisted Comic About A Space Colony Where Medical Experiments Are Holy

A Look At How Isaac Asimov’s I, Robot Changed The World

Star Wars Sequel Writer Teases The Return Of Lando Calrissian

The Government Uses Toxic Chemicals To Stop You Drinking Hand Sanitizer

The 10 Weirdest Things That People Once Used As Status Symbols

New Civilization: Beyond Earth Expansion Lets You Colonize Alien Oceans

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Don’t Get Too Attached to Any AI App

‘Paradise’ Writer Teases What’s Coming in Season 3 After That Huge Twist

Trump’s New White House App Is Mildly Concerning and Weird for a Lot of Reasons

Bloodsucking Ticks Can Survive Inside Your Home Longer Than You Might Think

The Best New Toys of March 2026

Judge Denies Liking LinkedIn Post Critical of Elon Musk But Reassigns His Cases Anyway

Amazon Slashes 50% Off Keurig K-Cup Pod Coffee Maker, Now a Budget Alternative to Breville and Nespresso Espresso Machines

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

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