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SharkNATO is real!

Remember when Thunder Levin, the writer of Sharknado, said that when he was approached to write the film he misheard and thought they were pitching a movie called SharkNATO? About a daring international treaty organization battling a shark army? NOW IT IS A THING. https://gizmodo.com/we-asked-the-writer-of-sharknado-some-very-serious-ques-736131336 To be more specific, Jennell (AKA @mixmediologist on Twitter) has…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Comment of the Day: Walter White is secretly Tywin Lannister!

Today’s comment of the day came from the shadowy region that lies between the twin lands of Westeros and Albuquerque, New Mexico. Different empires, afflicted with very different kinds of monsters. Or so we thought. Commenter (and sometime io9 contributor) Jason Shankel, in response to a post on Walter White sending George R.R. Martin to…

io9 Ria Misra

We’d be willing to wage a Time War to get this TARDIS door sticker

There are various contraptions out there that will turn a random door in your house into the TARDIS door — but judging from Amazon reviews and photos, this vinyl door sticker is the best. Created by Ukraine-based art studio Pulaton, it has a really nice level of detail. Almost all the Amazon reviews for this…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Burningly awesome Norwegian metal video channels Dune

Norwegian metal band Kvelertak has just released this fantastic animated video for their single “Evig Vandrar.” What is happening? I don’t know, but it’s full of evil laser robots on a desert planet, fighting Fremen-esque soldiers. Just watch it! The video was directed by Torjus Førre Erfjord, and the song comes from the band’s 2013…

io9 Annalee Newitz

This map shows the regions of Earth most vulnerable to climate change

Scientists from Stanford University and the Wildlife Conservation Society in Australia have produced a map illustrating the global distribution of climate instability. Above image: Regions with both high climate and vegetation stability are shown in dark grey. Those regions with high climate stability but low levels of vegetation intactness are shown in dark orange. And…

io9 George Dvorsky

Joss Whedon was brought onto Thor 2 as the fixer

Joss Whedon doesn’t just deliver Marvel blockbuster ensemble action pieces, he’s also been sticking around and cleaning up everybody else’s messes on various Marvel sets too. Is your Marvel movie broken? Better call Joss! Alan Taylor, Thor 2’s director, revealed to SFX Magazine that Whedon was brought in to help out on troubling script areas.…

io9 Meredith Woerner

The time Walter Cronkite was zapped into the digital world of Tron

Back in 1982, famed broadcast journalist Walter Cronkite visited the set of Tron to learn about this crazy new world of “computer-generated effects” and managed to get himself zapped inside The Grid himself. Hey, did you know that computer graphics can be changed… with a mere phone call!?! Also, check out Kronkite’s quote about the…

io9 Rob Bricken

Designs for Great Architectural Landmarks that Were Never Built

If you’re writing an alternate history, these would be the buildings you’d want to include. They’re the discarded designs for famous landmarks. Imagine if the Lincoln Memorial were a pyramid! It almost was . . . and these other buildings were almost dramatically different too. Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C. as a pyramid. Proposal by John…

io9 Vincze Miklós

Some of the Year’s Most Startling Science Images

This is an electron micrograph of a leafcutter ant holding a gear that’s just 0.1 mm wide. This astonishing image was created by Manfred Page, and it’s just one of 100 great science images featured in a brand new exhibition by the Royal Photographic Society. The RPS’ International Images for Science Exhibition 2013 is going…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Great, the effects of toxoplasma are harder to fix than we thought

Toxoplasma gondii is a brain parasite that makes mice lose their instinctive fear of cats and may lead to schizophrenia in humans. Scientists think that the parasite works by inflaming the brain or by creating cysts. But it now appears that Toxoplasma is doing something far more insidious — and permanent — to the brains…

io9 George Dvorsky

What was the best 1990s science fiction or fantasy show for kids?

The 1990s were home to the very best genre TV shows for kids and teenagers. Period. From Aaaaah! Real Monsters to Are You Afraid of the Dark, this was the golden era of television for the youngsters. But which 1990s kids’ show was the BEST? Make your selection in the comments. And please include a…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Mercury is made of carbonite and Han Solo is frozen in it

Huh. I always thought Mercury was mostly made of rock, but this picture — taken by the Messenger probe in 2011 but only released by NASA last week — clearly shows the frozen form of Han Solo trapped inside it, so it obviously must be made of carbonite. That’s just science, people. NASA themselves offered…

io9 Rob Bricken

The Secret Connection between Dr. Seuss and E.T.

We know lots of little details about Steven Spielberg’s E.T.’s (like the fact that E.T. the creature is neither male or female). But we never knew about the connection between E.T. and Dr. Seuss — until we got a glimpse of this vintage concept art. https://gizmodo.com/weird-facts-that-you-didnt-know-about-e-t-the-extra-t-5950664 Designer Ralph McQuarrie was responsible for creating the bulbous…

io9 Meredith Woerner

What’s it like to soar through the Chamonix Valley on an eagle’s back?

We’re so glad you asked. This video – shot by an eagle with a camera mounted on its back – gives us a spellbinding look at what it’s like to wheel gracefully over the Mer de Glace in Chamonix, France. Good grief, talk about a stunning view. You’ll want to watch this one in full…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

This 18-year-old invented an exoskeleton glove for the disabled

Teen inventor Charalampos Ioannou from Greece has developed an exoskeleton glove that helps disabled users pick up everyday objects. The achievement earned him one of 15 spots on the International Google Science Fair competition. The exoskeleton glove also made him the youngest speaker to date at the Athens TEDx conference. Ioannou got the idea after…

io9 George Dvorsky

Jamie Lee Curtis is building a TV team of Horror Movie Survivors

Titled The Final Girls, this new ABC Family TV pilot pitch is about a badass Charlie’s Angels-style collection of all the surviving ladies from past horror movies. The horror trope the “Final Girl” is that the last one standing after a horror movie slaughter is almost always a white, virginal, sober lady. Jamie Lee Curtis…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Breaking Bad inspires George R.R.Martin to make an even worse villain

A Song of Ice and Fire author George R.R. Martin is an avid viewer of Breaking Bad, but couldn’t help but note on his blog after last weekend’s episode “Ozymandias” that “Walter White is a bigger monster than anyone in Westeros.” His next thought? “(I need to do something about that).” https://gizmodo.com/in-breaking-bad-blood-doesn-t-always-run-thicker-than-1324863782 Holy hell. Given…

Television Rob Bricken

How to Turn Real Science Into Great Science Fiction

Science fiction is the literature of discovery — and there are tons of great ways to come up with stories worth telling. But a lot of the most compelling stories are based on actual cutting-edge science. But how do you turn real science into science fiction? To find out, we asked hard SF writers and…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

This graph of Boulder’s year-to-date rainfall is just staggering

In Colorado, rainfall characterized by the National Weather Service as “biblical” has left thousands homeless, hundreds missing and at least eight people dead. Among the hardest-hit cities has been Boulder, which last week catapulted from a dry spell into its wettest year on record in the span of just five days. http://gawker.com/more-than-2000-people-missing-as-flooding-continues-in-1313413960/1314940238@MaxRivlinNadler http://gawker.com/1-200-people-missing-as-devastating-floods-continue-in-1324051670 Via Climate…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

To write this heartfelt emotional story, I had to do trigonometry

My story “The Time Travel Club” is out in the new issue of Asimov’s Science Fiction. It’s the story of a group of people who get together to share their made-up time travel experiences. And then someone turns up who’s built an actual working time machine. To write this tale, I needed to delve into…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

SharkNATO is real!

Comment of the Day: Walter White is secretly Tywin Lannister!

We’d be willing to wage a Time War to get this TARDIS door sticker

Burningly awesome Norwegian metal video channels Dune

This map shows the regions of Earth most vulnerable to climate change

Joss Whedon was brought onto Thor 2 as the fixer

The time Walter Cronkite was zapped into the digital world of Tron

Designs for Great Architectural Landmarks that Were Never Built

Some of the Year’s Most Startling Science Images

Great, the effects of toxoplasma are harder to fix than we thought

What was the best 1990s science fiction or fantasy show for kids?

Mercury is made of carbonite and Han Solo is frozen in it

The Secret Connection between Dr. Seuss and E.T.

What’s it like to soar through the Chamonix Valley on an eagle’s back?

This 18-year-old invented an exoskeleton glove for the disabled

Jamie Lee Curtis is building a TV team of Horror Movie Survivors

Breaking Bad inspires George R.R.Martin to make an even worse villain

How to Turn Real Science Into Great Science Fiction

This graph of Boulder’s year-to-date rainfall is just staggering

To write this heartfelt emotional story, I had to do trigonometry

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