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+1 trailer asks, what if you could party with your doppelganger?

Check out this fun twist on the classic teen house party movie. +1 starts off as your basic, one-night-only kids-being-kids bender movie. But then the whole worlds flips, and a couple of kids get stuck in a time loop with physical copies of themselves. Or maybe they’re the copies? Either way, Dennis Iliadis’ movie appears…

Trailers Meredith Woerner

One of the solar system’s largest volcanoes is right here on Earth

Move over, Mauna Loa, there’s a volcano on Earth that’s even bigger than you. Scientists have confirmed the existence of a massive underwater volcano that could be the second largest in the solar system — one that even rivals Olympus Mons on Mars. Scientists have known about the geological phenomenon known as the Shatsky Rise…

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Why losing helium might mean losing our history

Our helium supply is running out. When it goes, it won’t just take our future technology, it could take all of our historical documents with it. https://gizmodo.com/now-is-the-time-to-start-mining-helium-on-the-moon-5766927 Helium is generally found around stashes of uranium. When uranium decays it ejects an alpha particle, which consists of two protons and two neutrons. As soon as the…

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Stargate is getting rebooted into a new movie trilogy

Good news, Stargate fans! Original movie director Roland Emmerich wants to make more! The bad news? He doesn’t want to continue the massive original universe as seen in SG-1, Atlantis, Universe, Infinity, and The Legend of Curly’s Gold, but will reboot the franchise with a new movie trilogy. Right now, this trilogy is merely in…

Movies Rob Bricken

Letters from Whitechapel is a ripping good board game

In Letters from Whitechapel, a team of detectives scour the streets of Victorian London, searching desperately for the depraved murderer known as Jack the Ripper. It’s a lot like the classic ’80s board game Scotland Yard, but with more bloody murder. Scotland Yard was my favorite board game to play with my cousins when we…

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Virgin Galactic says it’s on track to begin tours of space in 2014

Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo underwent its second successful rocket-powered test flight yesterday, demonstrating its “wing-feathering” capabilities for the first time. In a video announcement released soon thereafter, Virgin CEO Richard Branson stated the company is “on track for a 2014 start of commercial service.” Rich space-enthusiasts, rejoice! Above: SpaceShipTwo during yesterday’s rocket-powered test flight // Credit:…

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Jennifer Lawrence explains why Mystique is “naked” in the new X-Men

The latest Star Wars casting rumor will thrill Lost Girl fans. Could Will Smith be in Independence Day 2? There’s a new Mad Max photo. Find out what Tyrion’s doing in Winds of Winter. See new pictures of Daniel Radcliffe in Horns. Plus Agents of SHIELD, Thor and Outlander. Spoilers ahead! Top image: X-Men: Days…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Even Behind-the-Scenes That Chest Bursting Alien Is Terrifying

A lot of people try and avoid behind-the-scenes looks at their favorite movies for fear it could ruin the mystique of what they’re seeing on-screen. But surprisingly, seeing the inner workings of the infamous chest bursting alien from Aliens is just about as terrifying as the actual scene in the movie, if not more so.…

Movies Andrew Liszewski

A nacreous cloud glistens over Antarctica

Look at the glowing, pearlescent skies over NASA’s Radome at McMurdo Station in Antarctica. Shot a few days ago by photographer Deven Stross, this image reveals a special property of clouds near the south pole. These nacreous clouds are also called “polar stratospheric clouds” and get their brilliant, rainbow colors from sunlight that’s reflected from…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Here’s the First Trailer for the New RoboCop Movie

There’s machines. There’s guns. There’s explosions. There’s flying explosions. And of course, there’s RoboCop. The first trailer for the reboot of RoboCop just popped up and it shows a bit of how this RoboCop becomes a man and a machine. And also shows a lot of things getting blown up. Does it feel at all…

Movies Casey Chan

First RoboCop trailer shows off Robocop’s brand new look

The first-ever trailer for the brand new, rebooted RoboCop explains why they changed the classic cyborg’s look from silver to black. It’s all Michael Keaton’s fault. Jeepers — just about everyone is in José Padilha’s reboot. There’s old Batman, Michael Keaton, plus Gary Oldman, Abbie Cornish, Jackie Earle Haley, and Samuel L. Jackson. So many…

Trailers Meredith Woerner

Our Toughest Question About The Originals: What does Marcel want?

There are a lot of question marks hanging over The Originals, the spinoff of The Vampire Diaries coming to television this fall. But when we talked to star Charles Michael Davis, we just had one burning question for him: What exactly does your character, Marcel, want? It seems like Marcel already has everything. He’s in…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Tomorrowland set includes a retro-looking “It’s A Small World” ride

Oh man, we are loving the retro feel of these set photos from Brad Bird’s Tomorrowland. Every single extra, prop and set piece looks like it stepped right out of the classic Disney reels. We are loving this! Bird’s new Disney movie is still shrouded in mystery — but these set photos reveal a collection…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Want to be safe from the NSA’s prying eyes? Here are some tips.

Every day, we get new revelations from the Snowden Files that suggest the NSA has been spying on pretty much everybody’s activities online. Now computer security expert Bruce Schneier has written up a few tips on how to make sure you’re not one of the people they’re watching. Schneier has written an excellent article for…

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Was Jodorowsky’s Dune the most ahead-of-its-time movie ever?

Alejandro Jodorowsky’s never-made movie version of Dune is one of the great might-have-beens in science fiction history — featuring designs from some of the greatest artists and an appearance by Salvador Dali. Here’s your exclusive first glimpse at the long-awaited documentary about this lost film. https://gizmodo.com/the-closest-youll-ever-come-to-watching-jodorowskys-l-508918390 The above clip, shared exclusively with io9, doesn’t show…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Science could give us super-athletes – so why don’t we let it?

In his latest piece for The New Yorker, Malcolm Gladwell reviews two recently published books. The first – The Sports Gene, by David Epstein – is about the genetic and phenotypic gifts of elite athletes; the second – Tyler Hamilton’s The Secret Race – about the widespread use of performance enhancing drugs among Tour de…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

This starry mug reveals constellations when filled with a hot beverage

The Constellation Mug looks pretty unremarkable when empty. A casual observer might not even recognize the little white flecks as stars. But pour yourself a hot cup of coffee or tea, and eleven constellations – including Orion, Hercules, and Perseus – spring into view. Do want. Yeah, we know temperature-sensitive mugs aren’t really anything new…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

These Are the Starships of Our Dreams

There’s nothing more beautiful than a starship hurtling through space — or even diving into a planet’s atmosphere. Here is a collection of gorgeous concept art that imagines our future interstellar vehicles. A Federation ship by Turi Cacciatore (via Concept Ships) Dashing through the snow, by SSGlushakov (via SSGlushakov/DeviantArt) A diplomatic ship by zsolti65 (via…

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Listen to 23 haunting minutes of the Gravity score now

Steven Price of Lord of the Rings fame created quite an amazing knuckle-whitening score for Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity. And now you can listen to snippets from his work right here. It’s made up of the kind of gut-punching bass notes that kept us on edge in The Thing. Listen! [EDIT NOTE: Although I don’t think…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Could the microbes in your gut actually help you lose weight?

Over the last decade, we’ve discovered that the microbes that live in your guts can affect your body weight. Researchers can even make mice fatter or thinner by implanting them with gut microbes from obese or lean humans. Could this lead to microbe-based therapies for obesity? https://gizmodo.com/this-microbe-is-making-you-fat-5970677 With the trillions of bacteria and other microbes…

io9 Joseph Bennington-Castro

+1 trailer asks, what if you could party with your doppelganger?

One of the solar system’s largest volcanoes is right here on Earth

Why losing helium might mean losing our history

Stargate is getting rebooted into a new movie trilogy

Letters from Whitechapel is a ripping good board game

Virgin Galactic says it’s on track to begin tours of space in 2014

Jennifer Lawrence explains why Mystique is “naked” in the new X-Men

Even Behind-the-Scenes That Chest Bursting Alien Is Terrifying

A nacreous cloud glistens over Antarctica

Here’s the First Trailer for the New RoboCop Movie

First RoboCop trailer shows off Robocop’s brand new look

Our Toughest Question About The Originals: What does Marcel want?

Tomorrowland set includes a retro-looking “It’s A Small World” ride

Want to be safe from the NSA’s prying eyes? Here are some tips.

Was Jodorowsky’s Dune the most ahead-of-its-time movie ever?

Science could give us super-athletes – so why don’t we let it?

This starry mug reveals constellations when filled with a hot beverage

These Are the Starships of Our Dreams

Listen to 23 haunting minutes of the Gravity score now

Could the microbes in your gut actually help you lose weight?

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