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Pooping Vampires And Giant Robots: A Chat With Guillermo Del Toro

In December, Dark Horse Comics will release the comic book adaptation of Chuck Hogan and Guillermo del Toro’s vampire outbreak novel series The Strain. io9 recently spoke with del Toro about this hemoglobin-obsessed miniseries, and the prolific director also tantalized us with details of his upcoming screen projects, like his mech pilot flick Pacific Rim…

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Will the Dark Knight Rises prologue reveal the secret origins of Bane?

Christopher Nolan reveals the unexpected similarities between Batman and Bane. Andrew Stanton discusses the Martian monsters of John Carter. See new set photos from The Hobbit and Game of Thrones, and get the lowdown on the new True Blood characters! Spoilers from here on out! Top image from The Hobbit. The Dark Knight Rises Christopher…

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Your first look at The Lizard from The Amazing Spider-Man (as a Pez dispenser)

We saw what The Lizard from The Amazing Spider-Man looked like at Comic-Con, but now his scaly excellence has been unveiled to the world in the most ignominious way possible…as a movie tie-in Pez dispenser! Spoilers ahoy! https://gizmodo.com/weve-seen-spider-mans-latest-foe-the-lizard-5824034 When the film hits theaters July 3, 2012, The Lizard will be depicted by actor Rhys Ifans…

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer Porn: the Willow/Xander Hookup You Never Knew You Didn’t Want

The headline says it all, really. Watching Willow and Xander get together is surprisingly not hot at all. But it could be cute in general. Check out your first look at the X-rated Buffy movie over at Fleshbot. Warning: There are some NSFW pics, plus porn ads and stuff.

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Parasites, deadly bugs and fungi are more beautiful than you could possibly imagine

We’ve all seen totally gorgeous microscopy photos before — but there’s still something startling about seeing an arresting picture of a beautiful lattice, only to realize it’s a set of mutated cells. Or an insect slowly murdering another insect. Or a horrible parasite, feeding off its host. Part of the thrill of microscopic photos is…

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R.I.P. Ken Russell, Director of Altered States and Tommy

Iconoclast filmmaker and general shit stirring director Ken Russell has died. You may know him best for such films as Tommy, Altered States, The Devils and The Lair of the White Worm. If you’ve made it through his movies without getting a single personal button pushed, we tip our hat to you — because making…

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The Doctor Who Crossover We’ve All Been Waiting For!

There’s an early holiday present waiting for you online. Javier Grillo-Marxuach, creator of The Middleman, has written a new story in which the Middleman and Wendy meet up with a mysterious traveler in a blue Police Box. The box is bigger on the inside, the traveler wears a bow tie, and there’s a lovely B.T.R.S./sonic…

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Once Upon a Time uses CG crickets and Lost easter eggs to tell Jiminy Cricket’s f-ed up backstory

Look everyone, it’s an Apollo bar! Once Upon a Time didn’t want you to forget that the writers behind Lost were working on this fantasyland series. But even the odd Lost easter egg couldn’t lighten up the bleak past of the dancing and singing cricket. Who knew we’d care so much about the sad backstory…

io9 Meredith Woerner

The Best Thing About Neil Gaiman’s New Audiobook Imprint

Author Neil Gaiman is putting some of his cultural capital into creating a new boutique audiobook label through Audible.com — and the best part of it is that he may be exposing fans of literary fiction to a few unappreciated science fiction gems. In particular, he’s featuring A Dimension of Miracles by Robert Sheckley, narrated…

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And Now, Muppet Burlesque! [NSFW]

This past weekend, we all rediscovered our love for the Muppets, those fuzzy avatars of cuteness and the can-do spirit. And you know, when some of us think that it’s time to play the music and light the lights, our thoughts turn… frisky. That’s why there’s Muppet Burlesque, in many cities across the U.S. As…

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The engineers behind Russia’s failed Mars attempt could face criminal charges

Evidently failure is no longer an option when it comes to Russia’s space program. The country’s president, Dmitry Medvedev, told reporters this weekend that scientists and engineers behind the Phobos-Grunt mission — the most recent failure in Russia’s decades-long streak of unsuccessful interplanetary missions — could face criminal prosecution. https://gizmodo.com/russias-mission-to-martian-moon-phobos-has-suffered-a-m-5857853 “Recent failures are a strong…

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The Next 50 Years: Why I’m Optimistic Because Everything Will Be Terrible

With everything rolling towards the abyss, our only hope for a bright future seems to be the Singularity, a technological transformation of what it means to be human. But in a talk for TEDx Brussels, science fiction and horror writer John Shirley argues that there are really two Singularities — and yes, everything will be…

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Male guppies have kept the same color for half a million years just to keep females happy

Guppies have been a separate species for 500,000 years, and during that time their color has changed drastically. But one thing has stayed the same: an orange patch on males. This is quite possibly the most romantic adaptation ever. That’s because females seem to like the orange patch, and male guppies have evolved and re-evolved…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Must Watch: An Out-of-Character Stephen Colbert Interviews Neil deGrasse Tyson

This is excellent. Back in 2010, an out-of-character Stephen Colbert sat down with astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson at Montclair Kimberly Academy to talk for 90 minutes about science, society and the universe. Yesterday, the Hayden Planetarium posted the interview on its website for all to watch. The interview starts a little more than 6 minutes…

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What Science Fiction Can Teach Us About Communicating With Other Cultures

We’ve all been there: your first meeting with a member of another culture, or your first attempt at real communication in a foreign language. More often than not, disaster results. Learning to cope with other ways of speaking, and other cultural contexts, can be a major challenge — but science fiction is here to help!…

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Archaeologists are one step closer to unravelling the mysteries of Stonehenge

For centuries, the iconic boulders of Stonehenge have puzzled researchers the word over — for what purpose were they erected? What manner of human rituals centered around the stones and their surrounding landscape? Now, an international team of archaeologists has chanced upon two previously undiscovered sub-surface pits that have shed new light on the Stonehenge…

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An ordinary space shuttle launch (apparently) shot a blue laser at the Moon

This photo was taken back in 2001, during a launch of the space shuttle Atlantis. On the left is the space shuttle’s launch plume. On the right is the plume’s shadow. So why is it pointing straight at the Moon? The effect is even more dramatic when you can see the entire launch plume. Somehow,…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

What if the male Avengers posed like Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow?

Finally, male superheroes posing erotically for us to whistle, hoot and throw dollar bills at. Artist Kevin Bolk has redrawn the Avengers promo art putting all the boy heroes in poses similar to Scarlett Johansson’s come-hither-face-over-quivering-leather-ass look. The results are sheer wonderment. We’ve included the original bit of Avengers promo art released by Marvel for…

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10 Unsolved Martian Mysteries

For decades, humanity has been launching missions to Mars, in hopes of making sense of the enigma that is our solar system’s most Earth-like planet. And as with all good mysteries, many of our investigations have simply led to more questions. Among the most pressing of these questions is whether Mars is, or ever has…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

First look at Christian Bale’s dark dystopian movie, Concrete Island

We’ve been eagerly anticipating any news at all on the re-teaming of The Machinist collaborators Brad Anderson and Christian Bale, a movie adaptation of J.G. Ballard’s Concrete Island. Even though the movie is years away, take a look at the first ever artwork from this dystopian film. Check out the first ever artwork from the…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Pooping Vampires And Giant Robots: A Chat With Guillermo Del Toro

Will the Dark Knight Rises prologue reveal the secret origins of Bane?

Your first look at The Lizard from The Amazing Spider-Man (as a Pez dispenser)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Porn: the Willow/Xander Hookup You Never Knew You Didn’t Want

Parasites, deadly bugs and fungi are more beautiful than you could possibly imagine

R.I.P. Ken Russell, Director of Altered States and Tommy

The Doctor Who Crossover We’ve All Been Waiting For!

Once Upon a Time uses CG crickets and Lost easter eggs to tell Jiminy Cricket’s f-ed up backstory

The Best Thing About Neil Gaiman’s New Audiobook Imprint

And Now, Muppet Burlesque! [NSFW]

The engineers behind Russia’s failed Mars attempt could face criminal charges

The Next 50 Years: Why I’m Optimistic Because Everything Will Be Terrible

Male guppies have kept the same color for half a million years just to keep females happy

Must Watch: An Out-of-Character Stephen Colbert Interviews Neil deGrasse Tyson

What Science Fiction Can Teach Us About Communicating With Other Cultures

Archaeologists are one step closer to unravelling the mysteries of Stonehenge

An ordinary space shuttle launch (apparently) shot a blue laser at the Moon

What if the male Avengers posed like Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow?

10 Unsolved Martian Mysteries

First look at Christian Bale’s dark dystopian movie, Concrete Island

Tesla Goes Ahead and Admits Its Robotaxis Are Sometimes Fully Human-Controlled

School Forced to Replace Toilets After Kids Flush Vapes

‘Scream 7’ Just Won’t Stop Making Money as ‘Scream 8’ Gets Started

The Curtain Has Closed on Meta’s Movie Rating-Inspired Content Filters

Good News! You Can Finally Change That Ridiculous Gmail Address

ExpressVPN Just Launched ExpressAI: Your Prompts Are Now Invisible

VR Just Took Another Massive Body Blow

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