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8 Robots Who Learned How To Love… Badly

Can robots learn how to love? If you’ve watched or read any amount of scifi, you know the answer is definitely yes. But not all robots learn how to love wisely or well. In fact, some of them are pretty crappy at it. Here are just a few androids, AIs and automatons that have no…

Books & Comics Rob Bricken

Sailor Moon And The Sailor Scouts Assemble Dressed Up As The Avengers

In the name of the Moon and Democracy, Captain American Moon will punish you. Artist Jei Shepard has combined the Sailor Scouts with the Avengers, and you can see Black Widow Venus and Iron Mercury over at Shepard’s Tumblr. Now which of the remaining Scouts would work best as the Hulk? WE ARE (NOT) SOLDIERS…

io9 Lauren Davis

First Leftovers Trailer Shows Life After The Rapture For Non-Believers

We are very, very excited about this series about everyone left behind after the Rapture. Please do not fail us, Damon Lindelof. Tom Perrotta (Election) and Damon Lindelof (Lost) have combined forces to bring Perotta’s rapture book The Leftovers to HBO. If you’re read the book, you know this is going to be a very…

Trailers Meredith Woerner

Here’s What We Learned from a 75-Year-Long Study of “Emotional Health”

When it comes to long-term scientific observation, you can’t do much better than the Grant Study. Started in the 1930s, researchers with the study tracked the emotional health of male subjects from college age into their nineties. Here’s what they discovered. There’s no such thing as a perfect study. George Vaillant’s study, known as the…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Game Of Thrones: This Changes Nothing

Was last night’s Game of Thrones cathartic for you? It seems to have been for a lot of other people. But don’t get too excited — the huge event at the end of last night’s outing changes nothing. Because the episode goes out of its way to show that we’ve only dealt with a symptom,…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Disney Blu-rays, Pacific Rim, Mad Max, Rocky, 2DS Pokemon Bundle

There’s a great selection of Disney blu-rays at affordable prices today, including the greatest film ever made, Disney’s Robin Hood. These are some of the more underrated classics, and this is a perfect excuse to fill in your collection with them. Who Framed Roger Rabbit: 25th Anniversary Edition ($11) | Amazon Oliver & Company: 25th…

io9 Shane Roberts

The Rise Of Augmented Reality Makes Humanity Easier To Enslave

The animated short The March was written and shot in just 48 hours, but still manages to tell a heartbreaking tale of humans whose brains have been placed in robotic bodies to serve their alien masters. Josh Fortune wrote, directed, and animated The March for the Sci-Fi London 48 Hour Film Challenge, which challenges filmmakers…

io9 Lauren Davis

Soon We May Be Mass Producing Human Blood

Researchers in the UK have developed a technique to culture universal type-O blood from stem cells. It’s the first time scientists have manufactured blood to the appropriate quality and safety standards for transfusion into a human being. It’s a breakthrough that could eventually end blood shortages in emergencies. Marc Turner is the principal researcher in…

io9 George Dvorsky

This Device Was One of the Most Amusing Failures in Physics

A little perpetual motion device called the Feynman-Smoluchowski Rachet, also known as the Brownian Ratchet, was an early attempt at defying the laws of thermodynamics. It failed, but it was an entertaining failure. Marian Smoluchowski was an experimental physicist in the late 1800s, which meant, unfortunately for him, he was leaving physics right at the…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Author Jeff VanderMeer Is Here to Talk to You About Annihilation

In March, the io9 book club read Jeff VanderMeer’s Annihilation. Today, from noon – 1:00 pm (PDT), VanderMeer will be joining us to answer your questions about Annihilation, weird fiction, and anything else! Just start asking your questions in the comments section now, and VanderMeer will answer as many as he can this afternoon. Please…

Books & Comics Annalee Newitz

Resurrection Has Its Own Version of Jerry Springer: “Church Fight!”

The climax of last night’s Resurrection was Pastor Tom’s beautiful trainwreck of a church service. It was a mess we all knew was coming, and yet it still wasn’t the weirdest reaction to the returned that we saw last night. Church Fight — coming soon to daytime TV — was such a mess that I’m…

Television Katharine Trendacosta

Your Friend Is “Too Busy” to Watch Orphan Black With You? Never Again

We all have that friend who, through bad taste or mere ignorance, cannot be trusted to make their own TV-viewing decisions. They won’t even make time for a show as gripping and mind-blowing as Orphan Black, which is a travesty. Here’s a guide for convincing your resident Luddite to bite the bullet and join you…

io9 By Tini Howard for Orphan Black

Green Lantern Producer’s Comic Explains Why Animation Focus Groups Suck

How useful are animation focus groups when deciding whether to re-tool a cartoon series? According to this behind-the-scenes comic by Green Lantern: The Animated Series showrunner Giancarlo Volpe, the answer is: not very. Volpe shares this look at the development of the Green Lantern cartoon, with a bit of wisdom from his fellow Green Lantern:…

Television Lauren Davis

Is This Smiley Face From 1648 The Very First Emoticon?

Depending on who you’re talking to, emoticons have been adding drama to our typefaces since 1982, possibly even as early as the late 1960s. But was the emoticon actually invented 300 years earlier by an English poet? Over at The Atlantic Tech, they highlight Robert Herrick’s 1648 poem “To Fortune”, which Levi Stahl argues on…

io9 Ria Misra

All The Ways You Can Screw Up Your Own Timeline

Time travel and temporal anomalies can be messy and unpleasant. When time starts getting out of whack, anything can happen. People can be born over and over, meet themselves, relive the same day, or just screw up all their relationships. Here are all the ways people get tangled in their own timelines in science fiction.…

io9 Madeleine Monson-Rosen

The Mysterious “Accidental Mummies” of Medieval Siberia

Russian archaeologists are once again digging at Zeleniy Yar, a remote excavation site near the Arctic circle. This same site produced nearly a dozen extraordinary mummies a few years ago — including unintentionally preserved corpses wearing copper masks. The researchers are now hoping to learn more about this mysterious northern community. Early last decade, Russian…

io9 George Dvorsky

Cosmos Gets Small To Express Big Idea About How Science Can Save Us

The topic for this week’s Cosmos is the little things in life, like cells, molecules, atoms and the universe. So hop on board the Ship of the Imagination and let’s get small. After providing a little fan service by describing himself as a collection of “three billion billion billion intricately arranged atoms called Neil DeGrasse…

io9 Jason Shankel

This Week’s TV: A Disturbingly Sexy French Comic Book Comes To TV!

An anthology series based on tales from France’s Heavy Metal comics anthology hits out TV sets tonight—and so does the final season of Warehouse 13. Plus, Orphan Black is back this week with new secrets and new clones, and we see the debut of a new show about the history of science fiction. Check out…

Television Lauren Davis

First X-Men: Days of Future Past Clip Unleashes The Future Sentinels

Get a sneak peak into the dark, crappy future for all out X-Men buddies with a clip from Days of Future Past. Bryan Singer is going to be murdering so many mutants, we can’t wait. Fingers crossed this potentially super-complicated time jump mutant madness works out. [Via MTV]

Movies Meredith Woerner

The 50 Greatest Tweets About Last Night’s Game Of Thrones

Well, another Game of Thrones episode set the internet on fire. “The Lion and the Rose” featured a very different wedding and a very different shocker from last time, but the reactions were no less passionate, as these amazing tweets prove. SPOILERS AHEAD, obviously. Of course, King Joffrey himself was no slouch in the tweet…

io9 Rob Bricken

8 Robots Who Learned How To Love… Badly

Sailor Moon And The Sailor Scouts Assemble Dressed Up As The Avengers

First Leftovers Trailer Shows Life After The Rapture For Non-Believers

Here’s What We Learned from a 75-Year-Long Study of “Emotional Health”

Game Of Thrones: This Changes Nothing

Disney Blu-rays, Pacific Rim, Mad Max, Rocky, 2DS Pokemon Bundle

The Rise Of Augmented Reality Makes Humanity Easier To Enslave

Soon We May Be Mass Producing Human Blood

This Device Was One of the Most Amusing Failures in Physics

Author Jeff VanderMeer Is Here to Talk to You About Annihilation

Resurrection Has Its Own Version of Jerry Springer: “Church Fight!”

Your Friend Is “Too Busy” to Watch Orphan Black With You? Never Again

Green Lantern Producer’s Comic Explains Why Animation Focus Groups Suck

Is This Smiley Face From 1648 The Very First Emoticon?

All The Ways You Can Screw Up Your Own Timeline

The Mysterious “Accidental Mummies” of Medieval Siberia

Cosmos Gets Small To Express Big Idea About How Science Can Save Us

This Week’s TV: A Disturbingly Sexy French Comic Book Comes To TV!

First X-Men: Days of Future Past Clip Unleashes The Future Sentinels

The 50 Greatest Tweets About Last Night’s Game Of Thrones

‘Scream 4’ Is Back, and on Tape

Iran Threatens to Attack U.S. Tech Companies Starting April 1

Amazon Clears Out Netflix-Licensed Nebula Capsule 3 Mini Projector at 32% Off, Dolby Audio Home Theater for Less

Anker 160W Laptop Charger Briefly Returns to Black Friday Pricing in a Last-Minute Amazon Spring Sale Deal

The New ‘Backrooms’ Trailer Is Packed Full of Endless Dread

Logitech Wireless Keyboard and Mouse Combo Falls Under $25, a Budget Bundle Deal in the Final Hours of Spring Sale

Liquids Crack With an Audible Snap, Study Finds

Dyson V15 Detect Plus Cordless Vacuum Is a Late Spring Sale Deal at a Record Low on Amazon

AirPods Max 2 Review: Still Ridiculously Expensive and Ridiculously Nice

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

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

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​8 Robots Who Learned How To Love… Badly

Sailor Moon And The Sailor Scouts Assemble Dressed Up As The Avengers

First Leftovers Trailer Shows Life After The Rapture For Non-Believers

Here’s What We Learned from a 75-Year-Long Study of “Emotional Health”

Game Of Thrones: This Changes Nothing

Disney Blu-rays, Pacific Rim, Mad Max, Rocky, 2DS Pokemon Bundle

The Rise Of Augmented Reality Makes Humanity Easier To Enslave

Soon We May Be Mass Producing Human Blood

This Device Was One of the Most Amusing Failures in Physics

Author Jeff VanderMeer Is Here to Talk to You About Annihilation

Resurrection Has Its Own Version of Jerry Springer: “Church Fight!”

Your Friend Is “Too Busy” to Watch Orphan Black With You? Never Again

Green Lantern Producer’s Comic Explains Why Animation Focus Groups Suck

Is This Smiley Face From 1648 The Very First Emoticon?

All The Ways You Can Screw Up Your Own Timeline

The Mysterious “Accidental Mummies” of Medieval Siberia

Cosmos Gets Small To Express Big Idea About How Science Can Save Us

This Week’s TV: A Disturbingly Sexy French Comic Book Comes To TV!

First X-Men: Days of Future Past Clip Unleashes The Future Sentinels

The 50 Greatest Tweets About Last Night’s Game Of Thrones

‘Scream 4’ Is Back, and on Tape

Iran Threatens to Attack U.S. Tech Companies Starting April 1

Amazon Clears Out Netflix-Licensed Nebula Capsule 3 Mini Projector at 32% Off, Dolby Audio Home Theater for Less

Anker 160W Laptop Charger Briefly Returns to Black Friday Pricing in a Last-Minute Amazon Spring Sale Deal

The New ‘Backrooms’ Trailer Is Packed Full of Endless Dread

Logitech Wireless Keyboard and Mouse Combo Falls Under $25, a Budget Bundle Deal in the Final Hours of Spring Sale

Liquids Crack With an Audible Snap, Study Finds

Dyson V15 Detect Plus Cordless Vacuum Is a Late Spring Sale Deal at a Record Low on Amazon

AirPods Max 2 Review: Still Ridiculously Expensive and Ridiculously Nice

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

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

Let us help find what you are looking for...

8 Robots Who Learned How To Love… Badly