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The Restless Dead Are A Pain In Graveminder

For years, Rebekkah has bounced from city to city. But when her grandmother Maylene passes away, she’s drawn back to tiny Claysville and finds she’s inherited more than just the family home. She’s responsible for seeing that the dead stay dead. Claysville isn’t a regular little hamlet. It’s tied just a little too tightly to…

io9 Kelly Faircloth

Sponsor a writer in the Clarion West Write-a-thon!

Science-fiction/fantasy writers workshop Clarion West is running it’s eighth annual Write-a-thon. Pledge support to your favorite writers as they sprint their way to a deadline! Clarion West Writer’s Workshop is a six-week intensive program for aspiring science-fiction and/or fantasy writers. In its 28th year of continuous instruction, Clarion West accepts eighteen students a year and…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta

A helpful map of the 50,000 nearest galaxies

This awesome map shows the universe around us in the grandest scale possible, with each tiny dot representing a different galaxy. Thanks to this cosmic atlas, you’ll never again mix up the Corona Borealis Supercluster with the Large Magellanic Cloud. Of course, most of those 50,000 galaxies aren’t named on this map, for two very…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

10 Ace Investigative Reporters From Science Fiction and Fantasy

Journalists don’t always get the best rap in science fiction and fantasy. For every truth-pursuing scribbler, there’s a horde of hero-slandering Rita Skeeters. But that doesn’t mean the genre is completely without its ink-stained heroes. Here’s our roster of all-stars. Georgia Mason, Feed When the dead rose, the mainstream media didn’t take it seriously. Bloggers…

io9 Kelly Faircloth

Awesome Concept Art for a Transparent Airplane, Coming in 2050

Wonder Woman’s invisible Jet could be a reality! Airbus is readying a transparent plane for the year 2050, which will include a clear observation deck, body-heat-harvesting passenger seats, and a virtual golf course. Check it out now. The bionic frame (as Airbus is calling it) you see above was inspired by the lightweight bone structure…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Wednesday’s comics will have you warbling “O Canada”

Sometimes they’re dead, sometimes they ain’t! In any case, Alpha Flight is back this week, fighting injustices from Yellowknife to Labrador. Also, Godzilla fights organized crime and Captain America forms a one-man band. First Issues First off, Gred Pak and Fred Van Lente bring back the sometimes deceased Alpha Flight for a new maxiseries —…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

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It’s Once Again Time to Worry About Russian Lasers

It looks like X-Men: First Class isn’t the only thing cashing in on Cold War nostalgia this summer. Russia may also be reaching back to the past by reviving a Soviet-era laser project. Way back when (in 1977), the Soviets started putting a laser cannon on an Ilyushin-76 jet. Two models existed, one was put…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta

The shocking truth about what your brain does when you’re asleep

Upon seeing this video, anaesthesiologist Professor Brian Pollard from Manchester Royal Infirmary told BBC reporter Jennifer Carpenter: “Our jaws just hit the ground. I can’t tell you the words we used as it wouldn’t be polite over the phone.” Pollard had just seen the first-ever images of what a human brain looks like as it…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Wearing an Iron Man costume to your office is the world’s greatest aphrodisiac

Shanghai office worker Wang Kang had an innocent dream — to wear his 50-kilogram foam Iron Man exoskeleton to his workplace and impress his colleagues with his cosplay prowess. Did it work? Yes…perhaps a little too well. After convincing security to let him in, Mr. Kang’s suit filled his coworkers with terror and lust. Explains…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

What causes the arc of the rainbow?

We all know that rainbows are formed by the sun seen through water droplets. But what’s the exact mechanism, why is the rainbow an arc, and what’s the magic angle that you have to be standing at to see it? As a child, I often found rainbows confusing. I knew that they were the result…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Showtime buys a TV series about the last hospital on Earth

Showtime has just greenlit a post-apocalyptic series titled Last H.O.P.E. — which stands for the Last Hospital On Planet Earth. While very little is known about the project, it is being described as Mad Max meets M.A.S.H. which sounds like a dreamy mash up of genres. Writer David DiGilio, who has been tapped by Disney…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Robert Downey, Jr. talks The Avengers filming, and Jon Favreau reveals his role in Iron Man 3!

The Dark Knight Rises adds a new actor. J.J. Abrams talks about Brad Bird’s live-action directorial debut, the latest Mission: Impossible movie. Plus new videos for Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Torchwood: Miracle Day, and Game of Thrones! Spoilers from here on out! Top image from The Walking Dead. The Dark Knight Rises The movie…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Everything You Love and Hate About Your Smartphone

As much as you love your smartphone, you probably hate it equally. And who could blame you? Here are all the reasons your smartphone affair is such a tortured one, from Matthew “The Oatmeal” Inman. Click to biggie-size. Republished with permission from Matthew Inman aka “The Oatmeal,” a former web designer turned comic artist. You…

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We Love Superheroes!

THE PHOENIX LIVES! | Beautiful Phoenix art from Worth 1000’s superhero art contest, via BoingBoing. https://gizmodo.com/what-is-the-most-scientifically-plausible-superpower-5811568 What is the most scientifically plausible superpower? We all know that superheroes like Superman or Thor are completely impossible. But just for the sake of argument, are there any superpowers that could actually exist in the real world? More »…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

When you fight a gang of evil henchmen, be sure to pack your fur suit

In this sequence from the Japanese tokusatsu TV show Kaiketsu Lion Maru, the hero becomes his dead-eyed feline alter ego to beat the crud out of some baddies. Things get extremely real around the 1:38 mark. Yiffjutsu! Soundtrack’s funky though. You can watch episodes on YouTube if this is, y’know, your thing.

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Little girl’s TARDIS stolen from her front yard

A batch of criminals have run off with this poor girl’s TARDIS. Watch in horror/hilarity as the local news crew tries to come to terms with a “bus stop” time machine. The crime happened in Little Ave, Oklahoma. The victim: just a couple of Doctor Who fans with the creative juice to build their own…

Television Meredith Woerner

Even the Muppets can’t stand the Spider-Man musical

You know you’re down-and-out when even venerable PBS productions are taking potshots at you. Such is the case with Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark, which will be parodied mercilessly next season on Sesame Street. Those preschoolers will be in stitches. For more Jim Henson-related kookiness we’ve posted recently, see “The Paperwork Explosion.” https://gizmodo.com/watch-the-paperwork-explosion-jim-hensons-weirdly-si-5811172 [Via Super…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

What is the most scientifically plausible superpower?

We all know that superheroes like Superman or Thor are completely impossible. But just for the sake of argument, are there any superpowers that could actually exist in the real world? We assembled a panel of experts to find out. https://gizmodo.com/the-physics-of-superman-5810945 We asked experts in the field of superhero physics, all of whom have written…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Comcast Will “Soon” Bring Skype To Their TV Customers

Comcast is planning on bringing Skype video chat to customers equipped with the right gear. Although what they plan to offer is looks pretty good, it’s still unclear how much this might cost you. Here’s the part of interest in the release: Here are a few things customers will be able to do through this…

Television Kwame Opam

The Restless Dead Are A Pain In Graveminder

Sponsor a writer in the Clarion West Write-a-thon!

A helpful map of the 50,000 nearest galaxies

10 Ace Investigative Reporters From Science Fiction and Fantasy

Awesome Concept Art for a Transparent Airplane, Coming in 2050

Wednesday’s comics will have you warbling “O Canada”

ISO DADDY

It’s Once Again Time to Worry About Russian Lasers

The shocking truth about what your brain does when you’re asleep

Wearing an Iron Man costume to your office is the world’s greatest aphrodisiac

What causes the arc of the rainbow?

Showtime buys a TV series about the last hospital on Earth

Robert Downey, Jr. talks The Avengers filming, and Jon Favreau reveals his role in Iron Man 3!

Everything You Love and Hate About Your Smartphone

We Love Superheroes!

When you fight a gang of evil henchmen, be sure to pack your fur suit

Little girl’s TARDIS stolen from her front yard

Even the Muppets can’t stand the Spider-Man musical

What is the most scientifically plausible superpower?

Comcast Will “Soon” Bring Skype To Their TV Customers

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