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Nnedi Okorafor’s Lagoon Shows Just How Messy First Contact Could Get

Lagoon, Nnedi Okorafor’slatest novel, is a swirling writhing cross section of life in Lagos, Nigeria as aliens make contact for the first time ever. It doesn’t go smoothly — a fact which allows Okorafor to bring to life a fascinating view of Lagos in all its contradictions. The aliens, who claim foremost to be “agents…

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In The Tropic of Serpents, a Naturalist Studies Dragons and Politics

One of the many pleasures of reading a Marie Brennan novel is that a swashbuckling quest to find dragon eggs in the tropics is never just that. It is also a complicated political story of colonial incursion and ecosystems in peril. Welcome back to the world of Lady Trent, a naturalist with a dragon obsession.…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Watch Japanese Children Design New Life Forms

We’ve come a long way from Tamagotchi. A company called teamLab has launched a play center called the “Sketch Aquarium,” where kids can design a fish and then interact with it in a virtual tank. It’s adorable — and very mad sciencey. This new self-dubbed “future park” offers children an alternative to the Japanese education…

io9 Mark Strauss

On Salem, The Victims Of Witchcraft Are Clearly Asking For It

How do you get to be the top witch in Salem? It’s not by being an especially skilled magic user. It’s by manipulating people into doing what you want them to do, and last night’s episode all about Mary turning people into her semi-willing pawns—or blaming them for attracting her ire. It’s clear why Mary…

io9 Lauren Davis

What If Tyrion Had Chosen Love Over His Family On Game Of Thrones?

Tyrion’s attempts at courtly intrigue may have failed, but what if he had chosen to pursue romance instead of playing the Game of Thrones alongside the other Lannisters? Spoilers ahead. While discussing last night’s episode ofGame of Thrones and Tyrion’s disastrous trial, commenter Lynx asked whether Shae really misrepresented her relationship with Tyrion: “She comes…

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A Key Reason Why U.S. Politicians Don’t Understand Science

In 1995, Congressional Republicans shut down the Office of Technology Assessment. For 23 years, this agency had published reports that provided legislators with nonpartisan analyses of science and technology issues. Last week, Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ) tried to reopen the agency with minimal funding. He failed. The legislation—a proposed amendment to the Legislative Branch Appropriations…

io9 Mark Strauss

Shyamalan Reinvents The Prisoner And Hieroglyph Sexes Up Ancient Egypt

Surprise! M. Night Shyamalan’s creepy new show Wayward Pines actually looks downright watchable in this first three-minute promo. Mostly because of the incredible cast. And below, watch the first short promo for Hieroglyph, Fox’s Egyptian mythology show. We’ve been comparing Wayward Pines to Twin Peaks, because of the obvious similarities — but the above promo…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Edge of Tomorrow Trailer Finally Explains Why Tom Cruise Keeps Dying

Edge of Tomorrow is a time looping movie that sends Tom Cruise back to a specific point before a massive alien invasion kills countless humans. But the schematics have been a little shaky, until now. This latest trailer lines up the twisty time loop, now with more Bill Paxton. Based on the Hiroshi Sakurazaka novel…

Trailers Meredith Woerner

Classic Movie Posters Prove that Everything Is Better in Swedish

These classic movie posters, created for Swedish audiences, make art out of even the cheesiest movies of the early twentieth century. Metropolis, 1927 (via Geeky Nerfherder) Woman in the Moon, 1929 Frankenstein, 1931 Mummy, 1932 (via Wrong Side of the Art) King Kong, 1933 The Black Cat, 1934 The Invisible Ray, 1935 The Walking Dead,…

io9 Vincze Miklós

How To Find The Best New Science Fiction And Fantasy Stories

Jonathan Strahan has been editing collections of the year’s best short fiction for several years — and it’s no easy task. In this essay, Strahan talks about reading a whole year’s worth of stories for the Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Volume 8. Reading for a year by Jonathan Strahan Being a year’s best editor…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Woman Beaten to Death After Being Accused of Witchcraft on Facebook

At last Facebook has brought us back to the middle ages, just as we knew it would. A woman in the Brazilian city Guarujá, near São Paolo, was beaten to death last week after Facebook rumors circulated that she was a witch. A local news outlet, Guarujá Alerta, posted a rumor on its Facebook page…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Weeds, The West Wing, He-Man, Homeworld

Own Weeds: The Complete Series for under $50 today only. This is a blu-ray that also includes digital copies and comes in cool, limited edition packaging. [Weeds, $49] Remember the one where He-Man rubs his hands over sand so fast it turns to glass, and then he uses the glass to create a cage, or…

io9 Shane Roberts

Ewoks Invade The Arrowcave In This Amazing Arrow/Star WarsMash-Up

Who knew how much a touch of Star Wars might spice up the already-exciting Arrow/Deathstroke fight scene in episode 16? Dave Jones did, and the world is a better place for it. We can only hope that Arrow’s season 2 finale this week will be half as wonderful. Also, Wicket + Felicity Smoak = True…

io9 Rob Bricken

The Star Wars Characters Who MUST Be In The New Movies

The brand new Star Wars trilogy is a blank canvas, wide open for J.J. Abrams, Lawrence Kasdan and Simon Kinberg to create something new and brave. But we’re bound to see some familiar characters from the original films, plus some people from the E.U. Which characters absolutely need to be in the new films? Please…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

What’s A Frankenstein Gotta Do To Get Some Peace Around Here?

Alas, Aaron Eckhart is just too sexy to live his life in the shadows of the cannily named I, Frankenstein, and that’s what leads him to get caught a war between gargoyles and demons. Plus Her, Zombinators and more, all in this week’s home video releases! • I, Frankenstein The ultimate adaptation of Mary Shelley’s…

io9 Rob Bricken

Black Dog Syndrome Teaches Us a Crucial Lesson About Science

Black Dog Syndrome is a pretty simple effect noticed by employees at pet shelters. It has been studied many times, by people who knew what they were doing. But it turns out that the syndrome is less interesting from a scientific perspective than the studies themselves. Black Dog Syndrome Volunteers at pet shelters are generally…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

See The Toons Who Would Have Appeared In Roger Rabbit‘s Deleted Funeral

While Who Framed Roger Rabbit? is packed with cartoon characters from various studios, a handful of Toons didn’t make the cut. Popeye, Bluto, and others appear only in this storyboarded funeral scene. An early script for the movie include a scene in which Eddie Valiant attends Marvin Acme’s funeral. The storyboards recently popped up on…

io9 Lauren Davis

Look at These Ancient Egyptian Artifacts from Every Amazing Angle

The first rule of visiting any museum is “Do Not Touch.” But, the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology is trying to ease that restriction, at least a little bit, by launching an interactive site where visitors can view virtual 3D objects as if they were holding them. Located at the University College of London (UCL),…

io9 Mark Strauss

Neil deGrasse Tyson Slammed For Dismissing Philosophy As ‘Useless’

On a recent episode of the Nerdist podcast, Neil deGrasse Tyson dismissed philosophy as a useless enterprise, advising students to avoid it. It’s not the first time he’s made such remarks, prompting biologist and philosopher Massimo Pigliucci to write a must-read response. Above: Screen cap from Cosmos. “[The] offense is particularly egregious, for two reasons,”…

io9 George Dvorsky

Researchers Train Computers to Manipulate Human Emotions with Art

A musician and a computer scientist have created a software system, called “TransProse,” that transforms written works into piano concertos. It’s all done by training the software to understand how words and sounds create emotional responses in humans. Here’s what A Clockwork Orange sounds like. In a recently published paper, the two researchers—Hannah Davis and…

io9 Mark Strauss

Nnedi Okorafor’s Lagoon Shows Just How Messy First Contact Could Get

In The Tropic of Serpents, a Naturalist Studies Dragons and Politics

Watch Japanese Children Design New Life Forms

On Salem, The Victims Of Witchcraft Are Clearly Asking For It

What If Tyrion Had Chosen Love Over His Family On Game Of Thrones?

A Key Reason Why U.S. Politicians Don’t Understand Science

Shyamalan Reinvents The Prisoner And Hieroglyph Sexes Up Ancient Egypt

Edge of Tomorrow Trailer Finally Explains Why Tom Cruise Keeps Dying

Classic Movie Posters Prove that Everything Is Better in Swedish

How To Find The Best New Science Fiction And Fantasy Stories

Woman Beaten to Death After Being Accused of Witchcraft on Facebook

Weeds, The West Wing, He-Man, Homeworld

Ewoks Invade The Arrowcave In This Amazing Arrow/Star WarsMash-Up

The Star Wars Characters Who MUST Be In The New Movies

What’s A Frankenstein Gotta Do To Get Some Peace Around Here?

Black Dog Syndrome Teaches Us a Crucial Lesson About Science

See The Toons Who Would Have Appeared In Roger Rabbit‘s Deleted Funeral

Look at These Ancient Egyptian Artifacts from Every Amazing Angle

Neil deGrasse Tyson Slammed For Dismissing Philosophy As ‘Useless’

Researchers Train Computers to Manipulate Human Emotions with Art

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