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4 minutes from The Amazing Spider-Man show off Peter Parker’s new attitude

One thing that has us excited about Marc Webb’s new Spider-Man flick is the promise of a smart-ass Peter Parker, and this new four-minute clip displays that humor. Plus, here’s another clip that shows the actual transformation of Dr. Curt Connors. Fingers and reptile tails crossed!

io9 Meredith Woerner

Your body’s internal clock is at war with society

Just because you sleep later than your early rising friends doesn’t mean you sleep longer than they do; nor does it make you lazier. And yet, the association between the time of day that a person wakes up and how proactive or driven they are is just one example of the many preconceptions that society…

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Feast your eyes on the greatest bacon costume of 1894

In the introduction of his seminal 1917 pork products treatise Bacon and Hams, author and smoked swine maven George J. Nicholls included this photo of himself “in fancy dress as a side of bacon.” The costume was so smashing that it won him no less than forty guineas. In addition to dredging up this incredible…

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Jon Favreau explains how Iron Man 3 is different. Plus Leonard Nimoy and Peter Weller talk Star Trek 2!

Idris Elba confirms he will be back for Thor 2. Does the Prometheus soundtrack listing reveal major plot points? Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity gets delayed. A Robert Heinlein classic is getting adapted. Plus what’s ahead on the next season of The Vampire Diaries! Spoilers from here on out! Top image from Prometheus. Iron Man 3 Iron…

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Printed books existed nearly 600 years before Gutenberg’s Bible

It is a little-known but undisputed historical fact that Johannes Gutenberg did not invent the printing press. Though the Gutenberg Bible was certainly the first mass produced printed work, it was hardly the first printed book — nor was it even the first made using movable type. Chinese and Korean inventors had been producing printed…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Once Upon A Time’s Season Finale: This Changes Everything

After a few slow weeks, last night Once Upon A Time finally let all its cats out of the bag and then chased them around town with a vacuum. So let’s break this mother down, because we have a lot of convenient ground to cover. Spoilers ahead… While I’m kind of ticked at Once for…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Picture of the Day: May 14, 2012

SPEND A DAY IN ORBIT AROUND JUPITER | “Sunrise on Io,” concept art by Ron Miller. This is just the first image in a gallery tracking what an entire day would look like from Jupiter’s moon Io. https://gizmodo.com/experience-one-spectacular-day-in-orbit-around-jupite-5910258 Want to read today’s io9 stories a different way? Check out our blog view. Or visit Observation…

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Neal Adams to draw The First X-Men, a miniseries starring Wolverine and a Nazi-hunting Magneto

Forty-odd years ago, Neal Adams was having the time of his life illustrating Roy Thomas’ scripts for The Uncanny X-Men, only to see the comic almost immediately canceled. Several decades later, the X-Men have rebounded out of obscurity, and Adams is back working on the early days of Marvel’s strangest superheroes. What’s the project? The…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Experience one (spectacular) day in orbit around Jupiter

Io keeps the same face toward Jupiter as it orbits the planet. For this reason, Jupiter appears to hang motionless in Io’s sky. Just as the Earth’s Moon does, Jupiter goes through phases as Io orbits it. Here’s a gallery showing the view from a location in the northern hemisphere during the course of a…

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This movie looks like it might freak you right out of your skin

Beyond The Black Rainbow, in select theaters this Friday, looks like the weirdest frigging movie in ages. Just check out these two exclusive stills, plus the bizarre, loopy trailer. It’s a huge tribute to 1970s and early 1980s pop culture, set in a distorted version of 1983. Here’s another exclusive photo, plus a synopsis: Set…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

You won’t have to complain about Fox cancelling your favorite science fiction shows any more

People always complain about Fox pulling the plug on their most beloved science fiction TV shows, from Firefly to Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. The thing they always forget is that Fox also took a chance on some risky genre projects, which is why it had those favorite shows to cancel in the first place.…

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Predictions for the future that will inspire you

The folks over at Steelcase have been asking everyone from school children to journalists to technological innovators to discuss their predictions for the next hundred years. The responses have been excellent. You’ll definitely want to spend some time exploring the site (I also highly recommend setting aside 20 minutes to watch this featurette, which showcases…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

All the Insane Spoilers We Caught in the New True Blood Trailer, Including Goth Hoyt!

HBO’s first trailer for season five of True Blood is packed with bloody spoilers. Get your first look at the return of the king, new vampire weapons, strange hookups, and the brand new look Hoyt is channeling. Watch the trailer, then check out our screencap breakdown in this giant fangbanging gallery. Hoyt is a Goth…

io9 Meredith Woerner

An algorithm to help you play the perfect game of Battleship

Though most of us play Battleship by randomly targeting spots on the board with our little plastic nubs, data geek Nick Berry (president of DataGenetics in Seattle) has done an intensive analysis of the game and come up with what he thinks might be the best possible strategy to win. He begins by acknowledging most…

io9 Annalee Newitz

What will Joss Whedon’s next project really be?

Now that Joss Whedon has joined the tiny club of directors whose films have made over a billion dollars, there’s tons of speculation about what’s next for the no-longer-a-cult icon. People are dragging lists of Whedon’s unfinished projects out of mothballs — the Guardian suggests maybe he’ll decide to make a Buffy movie after all,…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Two dolphins dead after ingesting synthetic heroin

Forensics experts say that two Swiss dolphins died of an overdose, presumably after some idiots fed them a synthetic opiate during a two-day rave (there is some dispute as to whether the dolphins’ death had anything to do with the rave, as the deaths occurred weeks after the event. See the update at the bottom…

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Everything you need to know about the scientific controversy that could change Triceratops forever

If you cried over the sick Triceratops in Jurassic Park, or just loved this horned dinosaur as a kid, there’s one scientific controversy you need to understand right now — it may wind up demonstrating that Triceratops isn’t who we thought it was. Recently unearthed evidence has sparked a new debate over the identity of…

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The Most Interesting Fairy-Tale Adaptation of the Year

This is the year of the fairy-tale adaptation, from dueling Snow White movies to Grimm and Once Upon a Time. But quite possibly the most memorable take on fairy-tale archetypes isn’t on any screen yet — it’s Cinder, the cyborg Cinderella story by new author Marissa Meyer. Spoilers ahead… There’s a reason we’re not seeing…

io9 Michael Ann Dobbs

The first clip from Prometheus has landed!

Here it is — the first ever clip from Prometheus. Check out the soundtrack, the FX and the dialogue, as the crew of the Prometheus land on a brand new planet. So far, it’s living up to all our expectations — what do you think? Prometheus will hit theaters on June 8th. [via Apple]

io9 Meredith Woerner

7 Snow White and the Huntsman clips show off the Evil Queen’s secret weapon

Holy crap do we want to ride the giant white stag Kristen Stewart is petting in these new Snow White and the Huntsman clips. The more fantasy elements director Rupert Sanders starts revealing, the more we’re starting to swoon over tiny green pixies and The Queen’s magical army of broken glass people. Even though this…

Movies Meredith Woerner

4 minutes from The Amazing Spider-Man show off Peter Parker’s new attitude

Your body’s internal clock is at war with society

Feast your eyes on the greatest bacon costume of 1894

Jon Favreau explains how Iron Man 3 is different. Plus Leonard Nimoy and Peter Weller talk Star Trek 2!

Printed books existed nearly 600 years before Gutenberg’s Bible

Once Upon A Time’s Season Finale: This Changes Everything

Picture of the Day: May 14, 2012

Neal Adams to draw The First X-Men, a miniseries starring Wolverine and a Nazi-hunting Magneto

Experience one (spectacular) day in orbit around Jupiter

This movie looks like it might freak you right out of your skin

You won’t have to complain about Fox cancelling your favorite science fiction shows any more

Predictions for the future that will inspire you

All the Insane Spoilers We Caught in the New True Blood Trailer, Including Goth Hoyt!

An algorithm to help you play the perfect game of Battleship

What will Joss Whedon’s next project really be?

Two dolphins dead after ingesting synthetic heroin

Everything you need to know about the scientific controversy that could change Triceratops forever

The Most Interesting Fairy-Tale Adaptation of the Year

The first clip from Prometheus has landed!

7 Snow White and the Huntsman clips show off the Evil Queen’s secret weapon

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

Feds Sniffing Around Polymarket After Suspicious Bets

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‘Paradise’ Writer Teases What’s Coming in Season 3 After That Huge Twist

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

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