Zombie Christ Comes Down Off The Cross For Vengeance In Iron Sky 2

Iron Sky: The Coming Race trailer has decided not to poke at one, but all of the taboos. So here is Zombie Christ, ripping himself off his crucifix and picking up a couple automatic weapons. Why? We have no Earthly idea, but we assume it has something to do with Nazis. Iron Sky 2 takes…

io9 Science Survey: Tell Us About Working With Rodents in the Lab

Though scientists and researchers work with animals every day in labs, their experiences are rarely acknowledged or studied. We want to change that, by asking you to take io9’s anonymous survey of people who work with rodents for science. Here’s why we’re doing this, and how you can participate. Another Side of the Story In…

12 Monkeys Featurette Reveals The Changes Between The Show And The Film

Still curious how Syfy’s TV version of 12 Monkeys will differ from the Terry Gilliam film version? Well here ya go, because this TV series explainer basically lays out the entire (slightly altered) version of the post-apocalyptic, time-traveling series. There are a lot of differences, the main one being that Cole isn’t a jailed convict…

What If Wikipedia Were An Actual Galaxy?

What if Wikipedia wasn’t just a virtual space, but outer space? This new, searchable Wikipedia format lets you find information by flying through space and plucking it from its home planet — before bouncing to some of its orbiting planetary pages. The space exploration-themed take on Wikipedia is the work of an engineering student in…

A Closer Look At Carol Danvers’ First Captain Marvel Figure

As sure as the Sun rises and sets, upcoming action figures being made in the east crop up on eBay before they make their way to stores. But this means we get an even better look at Carol Danvers’ awesome new action figure from Marvel’s Infinite line! It’s nice to get a better look at…

Does This Video Show A UFO Over Mexico?

The UFO video below was shot near Popocatépetl (pictured above, sans aliens), a volcano that’s had close encounters in the past. It is also, however, located near an airport. Where flying objects often pass by. Make of that what you will. Top image via the Smithsonian. Video via Open Minds.

Get Ready to Watch Joseph Gordon-Levitt Tightrope Walk Over NYC

Here’s the first trailer for The Walk, the 2015 film about Philippe Petit, the man who tight rope walked between the two World Trade Center towers in 1974. My stomach just dropped a little bit. The film is directed by Robert Zemeckis and stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt as the daring wire walker. The story may sound…

A Massive Asteroid Strike Could Have Sparked Life On Earth

By using lasers to simulate the impact of a large meteor with primordial Earth, researchers have shown how the atom bomb-like collisions might have reconstituted ordinary molecules into the early building blocks of life. The new experiment doesn’t prove that life got started in this way, but it does bolster the long-held theory that life…

The TMNT Sequel Will Feature Some Familiar (Mutated) Faces

Good news! Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 producer Andrew Form has confirmed that Shredder’s mutated minions Bebop and Rocksteady will definitely star in the sequel, and that they’re trying to get fan favorite vigilante Casey Jones in there as well. Give me Monsterex as well and I’ll even get behind a Best Picture nomination. [Via…

Planet of The Puppies: Behold The Adorable Dog Uprising In White God 

Every dog will have its day in the movie White God, which centers around a canine uprising. And dammit, this is just the most adorable little revolution we’ve ever seen. Take that, apes. This foreign film, directed by Kornél Mundruczó, is much more than a Homeward Bound tale. Mundruczó uses the many dogs as a…

Ancient Mars May Have Been More Habitable Than We Thought

Data collected by the Curiosity Rover suggests Mars once featured a moderate climate capable of fostering lakes of liquid water and even a vast sea, and that this climate could have extended to many parts of the Red Planet. Up top: A recent selfie taken by Curiosity. Image credit: ASA/JPL/CALTECH/MSSS. NASA’s Curiosity Rover is currently…

Check Out The Crucial Changes FDR Made To His “Day Of Infamy” Speech

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Franklin Roosevelt crafted his rousing “Day of Infamy” speech. Looking at the first draft, you can see the few annotations and edits he made to it, including some vital alterations that made all the difference. Like his friend Winston Churchill, Roosevelt wrote many of his speeches without the aid…

I Pray The Suicide Squad Movie Will Look Half This Good

It’s going to be a long time before we get an official look at WB’s Suicide Squad movie, but that didn’t stop a group of amazing artists envisioning what Will Smith, Tom Hardy, Margot Robbie, Cara Delevingne, Jared Leto and Jai Courtney might look like as their respective roles, and the results are most impressive.…

The Origins Of The Windswept Dunes On Titan

A decade ago, radar images taken by the Cassini spacecraft first revealed that 20% of the surface of Saturn’s largest moon is covered by wind-formed dunes hundreds of yards high, more than a mile wide and hundreds of miles long. But how is this possible, when data suggests that Titan only has light breezes? What’s…

Nature’s Dark Side: Symbiotic Relationships Can Produce Vampire Birds

Have you seen those birds that climb around the rhinos, picking away parasites, and thought, “Ah, nature can provide inspirational stories of peaceful cooperation”? Get ready to have your illusions shattered. Those birds are on their way to being vampires. A Symbiotic Relationship The creation of a vampire starts innocuously. A bird notices a tasty-looking…

The WHO has released its latest look into the state of malaria worldwide — and the news is both good (malaria-related deaths have fallen by half since 2000 and contraction has fallen by about a third) and bad (doctors are also seeing increasing resistance to existing medicines). You can check out the full report here.

James Bond’s Q Was a Real Guy

We all know that Ian Fleming, the author of the James Bond novels, really did work in intelligence before he turned to writing. But did you know that he really worked with a gadget-obsessed Q? Ian Fleming worked with Charles Fraser-Smith, who had one of the stranger careers in the spy business. He started out…

What’s Your Absolute Favorite Book Ever To Introduce Other People To?

Whether you’re buying a stack of the same paperback to give out as gifts, lending out (and then retrieving) the well-turned copy you’ve had for the past decade, or simply pinging an e-copy over to as many friends’ e-readers as you can, we want to know about which book you most love to share. Tell…

Paramount Thinks Transformers 4 May Be The Best Picture Of The Year

Because they’ve just taken out an ad asking the Academy to consider the movie about giant robots blowin’ shit up for Best Picture, as well as pretty much every other available Oscar. Transformers 4 was the least egregiously awful movie in the franchise, but does that achievement make it Oscar-worthy? I say thee nay. Seriously,…

Researchers have found that male smokers are up to four times more likely to have blood cells with no Y chromosome than nonsmokers. That’s worrisome, they say, because a recent study found an association between Y chromosome loss and a shorter life span, as well as a higher risk of multiple cancers.