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Are the best TV shows made from books these days? And what’s next?

Almost every day, it seems like we hear about another new TV show based on a book or graphic novel series. Just today, it was announced that NBC is moving forward with a show based on the fantastic Vertigo comic Midnight, Mass. (This is the third attempt at a Midnight, Mass show — read our…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Gaze upon the most disturbing My Little Pony ever made

One of the most popular My Little Pony characters at the moment happens to be a walleyed pegasus. This 2008 custom sculpture by Wrenniepooh is a completely unintentional forerunner to said character. As the sculptor notes, “The tear ducts and inner lids were glossed with a thick layer of Aleene’s Paper Glaze for a wet…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

The Most Stunning Astronomy Photos of the Year

The winning photographs from this year’s Astronomy Photographer of the Year Competition were just announced, and they are incredible. Here are our favorites from this year’s awardees. Hosted by London’s Royal Museums Greenwich, this year’s competition attracted upwards of 800 entries from astrophotographers the world over. Categories included “Earth and Space,” “Our Solar System,” “Deep…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Is this the most distant object we have ever discovered?

Astronomers working with NASA’s Spitzer and Hubble space telescopes have detected what they believe to be the most distant object ever discovered — a tiny galaxy residing 13.2 billion light years away. Given that the universe was only 500 million years old at the time, this galaxy must have been among the very first star…

io9 George Dvorsky

Why the Second Dredd Movie Could Be Even Darker

If Dredd does well this weekend, what’s in store for the inevitable sequel? We talked to screenwriter Alex Garland (28 Days Later) and he told us what he has in mind. He also told us all about how he kept Dredd bloody and fascistic — and how his next movie could channel some of the…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Chronicle‘s Max Landis creating a superhero show for Fox

Chronicle was one of the sharpest movies about superpowers and teen angst we’ve seen in ages — so we’re excited that its writer, Max Landis, is penning a new superhero show for Fox. In Vigilant, a young woman creates a fictional vigilante identity to take down corruption in the police department. (Shades of the most…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

For $149, you could own this painting of an all-Spock soccer team

Who’s in the mood for aesthetics? Okay, we see a few hands. Now, who’s in the mood for aesthetics involving an entire football club populated by the same Starfleet officer? Whoa, we’ve never witnessed such a veritable hydra of arms! For a meager $149, this painting of a pure Spock soccer team by Tommervik can…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Koro Syndrome: The Irrational Fear of Lethal Genital Shrinkage

Koro Syndrome is mostly found in China, Japan, and India. It’s the obsessive fear that the genitals are shrinking, or retracting into the body, and that when they finally do disappear, you will die. How does a doctor even begin to treat such a syndrome? Take a look at a very strange, and specific, delusion.…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Everything You Need To Know About Judge Dredd

If your experience with Judge Dredd has been limited to famous Anthrax songs, not famous Human League songs, and watching the 1995 Sylvester Stallone movie hungover on basic cable on Sunday afternoons, know that Mega-City One’s top cop has a complex (and rather wacky) pedigree. Here’s a crash course on why Dredd is the law.…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Watch 1,000 Years of Warfare in Five Minutes

An entertaining, interesting and unsettling visualization of major battles between 1000 and 2008, AD, especially around the video’s climax (1930s Europe, naturally). Seeing millions upon millions of deaths reduced to exploding pixels and set to a bit of Wagner has a way of triggering a sense of foggy detachment from the horrors of war. At…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Valiant pig saves baby goat from drowning, wins the Internet’s heart

And the award for most adorable thing you’ll see today goes to this video of a pig saving a baby goat from drowning at a petting zoo. (NO THANKS TO YOU, MISTER CAMERAMAN.) Here’s your chance to watch it before your friends do. And then watch it again. And again. Something tells us this little…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Richard Branson “determined to start a population on Mars”

Virgin Airlines CEO Richard Branson recently gave an interview with CBS News in which he said that he’s hoping to start a colony on Mars — and that he’d very much like to take part in it. He also spoke about his plans to offer two-hour commercial space flights for $200,000 a pop, and how…

io9 George Dvorsky

Top 7 Most Metal Science Fiction Premises

Science fiction and heavy metal rub up against each other in many ways. They’re both implicitly concerned with technology — metal has machine rhythms and electric instruments. They both grapple with difficult questions about human nature. And both canons include huge swathes of art that focuses on the grossest, saddest, most desolate subjects available. This…

Movies Doug Moore - Invisible Oranges

Finally, a geological timescale that only a Creationist could love

According to a strict interpretation of Scripture, the Earth is approximately 6,000 years old (give or take a few years). Given what we know about our planet’s geological past, it’s only fitting that a chart be prepared to align this history with the actual dates involved. The result: A rapid-fire sequence of events that only…

io9 George Dvorsky

Wait, there are albino Smurfs now?

The very first image from the sequel to The Smurfs is out. You have now acquired this information. And are these…albino Smurfs? The girl is called Vexy, and will be voiced by Christina Ricci. The boy is voiced by J.B. Smoove, and his character name is Hackus. These beings were created by Gargamel and his…

io9 Meredith Woerner

What does the future have in store for radical body modification?

We’ve been modifying our appearance ever since we first figured out how to pierce skin with wood and bones. Today, our tendency to twist, morph, and expand upon our naturally given forms is very much alive and well, one that’s been best expressed by the radical body modification community. And now, owing to the onset…

io9 George Dvorsky

Why Futurama hasn’t jumped the shark

In truth, all any show requires to “jump the shark” is two seasons. Futurama is in its second season — and on its second network. Some critics are claiming the show has jumped the shark, but here’s why this animated series is actually rallying. The phrase “jumping the shark” got its origin from Happy Days.…

Television Esther Inglis-Arkell

First trailer for Beautiful Creatures takes a swing at Twilight‘s hold on the youth

The first teaser trailer for the movie adaptation of Beautiful Creatures — an incredibly successful young adult book about Southern accents, teenage romance, and magic — is out. And is it ever full of long vowels and puppy love! Will this be the next Twilight? Here’s the basic premise — the books are set in…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Procrastinating by watching this video about procrastination is a surprisingly good use of your time

Mmm… can you smell that? That’s the smell of irony. Or maybe it’s recursiveness. Or is it the smell of being incepted? Whatever it is, this video on the science of procrastination by the folks at AsapSCIENCE actually provides some pretty handy tips for being productive right here right now, so you can avoid falling…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Jae Lee draws Ozymandias versus the Comedian, in this Before Watchmen preview

Here’s an exclusive sneak peek of Ozymandias, the latest issue in the Before Watchmen series. Here we see artist Jae Lee (Inhumans, Fantastic Four: 1234) bring his ethereal flair to some early fisticuffs between martial artist super-genius Ozymandias and the cigar-chomping Comedian. This issue hits stands next Wednesday, September 26. Here’s the synopsis: BEFORE WATCHMEN:…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Are the best TV shows made from books these days? And what’s next?

Gaze upon the most disturbing My Little Pony ever made

The Most Stunning Astronomy Photos of the Year

Is this the most distant object we have ever discovered?

Why the Second Dredd Movie Could Be Even Darker

Chronicle‘s Max Landis creating a superhero show for Fox

For $149, you could own this painting of an all-Spock soccer team

Koro Syndrome: The Irrational Fear of Lethal Genital Shrinkage

Everything You Need To Know About Judge Dredd

Watch 1,000 Years of Warfare in Five Minutes

Valiant pig saves baby goat from drowning, wins the Internet’s heart

Richard Branson “determined to start a population on Mars”

Top 7 Most Metal Science Fiction Premises

Finally, a geological timescale that only a Creationist could love

Wait, there are albino Smurfs now?

What does the future have in store for radical body modification?

Why Futurama hasn’t jumped the shark

First trailer for Beautiful Creatures takes a swing at Twilight‘s hold on the youth

Procrastinating by watching this video about procrastination is a surprisingly good use of your time

Jae Lee draws Ozymandias versus the Comedian, in this Before Watchmen preview

Up to $1,550 Off on pCloud: Pay Once, Protect Data Forever for World Backup Day

National Film and Sound Archive of Australia Adds ‘Succulent Chinese Meal’ Guy

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Trump’s New White House App Is Mildly Concerning and Weird for a Lot of Reasons

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