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You Are Now Officially Invited to Nominate Names for Exoplanets

The International Astronomical Union (IAU), which oversees planetary nomenclature, today invited the public to submit and vote on names for recently discovered exoplanets and their parent stars. Anyone wanting to see a planet named “Gallifrey”or “Waist-Deep Cats” – today is the day you’ve been waiting for. Today’s invitation comes almost a year after the IAU…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

GRRM Tells People Who Think He Won’t Finish The Books “F*ck You”

Apparently George R.R. Martin is quite, quite tired of people worrying that he will never finish his fantasy magnum opus A Song of Ice and Fire. But can you really blame him? In a recent interview, the Swiss newspaper Tagesanzeiger asked 65-year-old Martin about the people who worry he’s going to die before he finishes…

io9 Rob Bricken

The Real Reason Why Meetings Are Boring And Unproductive

Ever come out of a meeting knowing that no person there has the slightest bit more information than they went in with? Of course you have. There’s a documented reason why this is very likely to happen. Scientists asked a group of people to meet together and discuss the resumes of people they were going…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

A Webcomic About A Time Traveler Trying To Comprehend Terminal Illness

In the future, time travel is possible, but time travelers can’t interact with the past, only observe it. While most time travelers watch historical events, the one in this heartbreaking story finds himself compelled to watch a girl who is suffering from something that no longer exists in his time: terminal illness. Winston Roundtree’s webcomic…

io9 Lauren Davis

Behold The Marvel Of Nature That Is A Cloudbow

Better known as an iridescent cloud, a cloudbow is just what it sounds like: A cloud full of rainbows. Photographer and astronomer Oleg Bartunov captured this shot of a rare bank of iridescent clouds rising above Thamserku mountain in the Himalayas — and then was able to capture several more views just before the phenomenon…

io9 Ria Misra

MIT’s “FingerReader” Reads Aloud To The Blind In Real Time

Researchers at MIT’s Media Lab have developed what they call the FingerReader, a 3D-printed device – worn like a ring and outfitted with a small, text-scanning camera – that enables its wearer to scan print with the tip of her finger and have it read to her in real time. The FingerReader’s software and design…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

The Argument For Being Genuinely Optimistic About Batman V. Superman

I’m not being sarcastic. Despite my previous comments and constant unease regarding DC’s future cinematic endeavors, I have tried to make the case why there are many reasons to look forward to these movies, and even more reasons to hope. Seriously, this is a Batman V. Superman-criticism-free zone. Read on if you don’t believe me.…

io9 Rob Bricken

Climate Change-Denying Politicians Rant About Fluoride And Mars

The week began weird and then got weirder. First, it was reported that a Kentucky state senator said climate change is implausible because Earth and Mars share the exact same temperature. And then a U.S. congressman linked the climate change debate to the ozone hole “hoax” and the fluorination of water. So, let’s begin with…

io9 Mark Strauss

Trailer For Terry Gilliam’s Zero Theorem Ends His Orwellian Triptych

The third movie in Terry Gilliam’s “Orwellian triptych” is Zero Theorem, and this new trailer is loaded with references to its dystopian predecessors Brazil and 12 Monkeys. And yet the film stands alone as a Gilliam original quite well, as this trailer proves. Check it out. The film is centered around Christoph Waltz, a computer…

Trailers Meredith Woerner

Show Us What You’re Working On!

It’s the return of our show-and-tell thread! What projects have you been working on lately? Show them off to the rest of us now. Put all the robots, writing projects, home decorating schemes, microscopic observations, videogames, and whatever other projects you have in-progress (or completed) on display in the comments. Whether it’s a project you’ve…

io9 Ria Misra

James Gordon Gives Bruce Wayne A Pep-Talk In New Gotham Trailer

In this short but sweet new trailer for Gotham, young Bruce Wayne has a very bad night and new Gotham City cop James Gordon tries to give him a reason to hope. I was worried before, but man, this show is looking pretty darn good. Also, damn, Bruce’s scream of loss at the beginning of…

io9 Rob Bricken

Creepy Simulation Shows How Ancient Arachnids Actually Walked

After modeling the exceptionally well-preserved remains of a 410 million-year-old arachnid, researchers from the University of Manchester in the UK used an open-source computer graphics program to bring the extinct predator back to virtual life. It’s called trigonotarbid and, in addition to being an early relative of spiders, it was one of the first predators…

io9 George Dvorsky

First Look at Daredevil TV Show! And A New American Horror Story Star!

Check out a new trailer for Terry Gilliam’s Zero Theorem. A new pair of writers have joined Ant-Man. Emily Mortimer’s in talks to play a CIA team leader in Spectral. Plus, Halle Barry talks pregnancy in Extant, and we try to figure out who Elizabeth Mitchell’s playing in Once Upon a Time. Spoilers now! Top…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta

Christopher Nolan Plays Nostradamus About the Future of Film

Christopher Nolan believes in movie theaters, you guys. He believes that they’ll adapt and stay vibrant and important. But before that, he predicts a period of absolute suckitude. All tied to the end of using film for distribution. In the Wall Street Journal, Nolan opines that real reason studios want to ditch film and start…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta

Last Week Was Great for Spotting the ISS

Clear skies and good sun visibility meant that a ton of people were able to spot the International Space Station as it passed in front of the sun last week. There are videos, photos, and written reports attesting to that fact. The above photo comes from Maximilian Teodorescu, who wrote on spaceweathergalaxy.com: After a very…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta

This Is How Visual Effects Made Game of Thrones Season 4

It’s not even five minutes long, but this video shows every layer of visual effects used in season 4 of Game of Thrones. And there are tons of them, even in places you wouldn’t expect. It feels like there’s not a single scene set outdoors that isn’t an effect. [via Sploid]

io9 Katharine Trendacosta

Jareth the Goblin King on the Iron Throne Is Everything We Ever Wanted

See, now whatever the real ending George R.R. Martin has in store is, we’re going to be disappointed. Stupid perfect fan art. And here it is animated. Excuse our tears of joy. [Original by Doodleholic, gif via Labyrinth Resource]

io9 Katharine Trendacosta

See Bill Murray In The Lost Science Fiction Movie Nothing Lasts Forever

Back in the day, Tom Schiller wrote and directed weird and funny short films for Saturday Night Live, in the “Schiller’s Reel” segments. Most of these are hard to see now — and so is Nothing Lasts Forever, the full-length science fiction movie Schiller directed in 1984. Except that the whole thing is on Youtube.…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Read For Yourself How The Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Begins

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes doesn’t come out until Friday — but you can experience the beginning of the story right now. We’ve got the first chapter of the official movie novelization, by Alex Irvine, which shows how the apes overthrow the human race. Here’s chapter one of Dawn of the Planet of…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

We’re Going All In On ‘Science Vs. Faith,’ Under The Dome

Because that never gets old. People love to see science and religion butt heads, it’s the main thing science fiction is for. Right? Spoilers ahead… So hey, it’s me again — the Dome. I don’t have too much to say about this week’s episode, because I didn’t get to do that much. Although this week’s…

io9 The Dome

You Are Now Officially Invited to Nominate Names for Exoplanets

GRRM Tells People Who Think He Won’t Finish The Books “F*ck You”

The Real Reason Why Meetings Are Boring And Unproductive

A Webcomic About A Time Traveler Trying To Comprehend Terminal Illness

Behold The Marvel Of Nature That Is A Cloudbow

MIT’s “FingerReader” Reads Aloud To The Blind In Real Time

The Argument For Being Genuinely Optimistic About Batman V. Superman

Climate Change-Denying Politicians Rant About Fluoride And Mars

Trailer For Terry Gilliam’s Zero Theorem Ends His Orwellian Triptych

Show Us What You’re Working On!

James Gordon Gives Bruce Wayne A Pep-Talk In New Gotham Trailer

Creepy Simulation Shows How Ancient Arachnids Actually Walked

First Look at Daredevil TV Show! And A New American Horror Story Star!

Christopher Nolan Plays Nostradamus About the Future of Film

Last Week Was Great for Spotting the ISS

This Is How Visual Effects Made Game of Thrones Season 4

Jareth the Goblin King on the Iron Throne Is Everything We Ever Wanted

See Bill Murray In The Lost Science Fiction Movie Nothing Lasts Forever

Read For Yourself How The Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Begins

We’re Going All In On ‘Science Vs. Faith,’ Under The Dome

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

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