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First Clip of Mad Men’s Elisabeth Moss as the Voice of Green Lantern’s Arisia

Mad Men’s Elisabeth Moss is the cute-tastic pointy-earned Green Lantern-in-training, Arisia! Watch the first clip from Green Lantern: Emerald Knights that showcases Arisia and a gaggle of Guardians. The new clip gives us a brief look at Hal Jordan’s (voiced by Nathan Fillion) little protégé — plus it sets up the big bad for the…

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Mary Roach Explores the Gross Side of Space Travel in Episode 36 of Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy

Mary Roach, author of the popular science books Stiff, Bonk, Spook, and Packing for Mars, joins us to discuss explosive flatus, brawling in zero-g, and why aging deaf-mute eunuchs make the best astronauts. Illustration by Samantha T.. The Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy is hosted by John Joseph Adams and David Barr Kirtley. You can…

Books & Comics Johnjosephadams

Cut ozone in half using your naked body!

Stop! Don’t throw out those old, discarded skin cells! They may be protecting you from the deadly gas – ozone. Yes, they’re only protecting you to a minute degree, but everyone should take every opportunity to put off dusting. Ozone is a molecule consisting of three oxygen atoms linked together. In the stratosphere, where ninety…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Everybody wants to wear t-shirts with swords on them

Your Game of Thrones tee fashion statement has arrived. Now you can emblazon your chest with all the swords from the throne this weekend when you’re getting drunk and dancing on the sofa with Tyrion. I love these tees from Alrightok, which are part of their cunningly inexplicable “Keep It Safe” series. The purple sword…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Optimus Prime turns out to have impeccable comic timing

You don’t really think of Optimus Prime as being much of a jokester, but he’s actually quite funny in this exclusive clip from Saturday’s new episode of Transformers Prime. What’s the correct response when someone says, “You cannot harm me while Dark Energon flows through my veins?” Watch the brief clip, and find out. The…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

How to reverse the orbit of Jupiter

NASA has found a Jupiter-like planet that orbits in the opposite direction of its sun. No solar system would generate a planet orbiting like this on its own. So, what could make an entire planet reverse directions? Our solar system formed out of the collapse of a giant, spinning cloud of particles. The pull of…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

First Clip from Lars von Trier’s Arty Disaster Porn Film, Melancholia

Watch as Kirsten Dunst embraces the reality that the end of the world is nigh — by calling the Earth evil and refusing to grieve for our planet! It’s disaster porn, Lars von Trier style! It’s the first clip from Melancholia, the tale of “two sisters who find their relationship challenged as a nearby planet…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Photos and hints for Men In Black III, Total Recall, Cloud Atlas, Captain America, Piranha 3DD and Fringe!

The Wachowskis’ Cloud Atlas movie gains some major stars. New Men In Black III pics feature a pop-art icon. A new Transformers 3 trailer gives a glimpse of John Malkovich. A Total Recall cameo is revealed. Plus new photos and posters for Green Lantern, Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter, Captain America and Real Steel. And find…

Television Charlie Jane Anders and Gordon M. Jackson

The Men in Black Tell Will Smith His Larger-Than-Your-Apartment Trailer Must Go

The balls on Will Smith, to park a 1,150sq/ft double-decker trailer right in New York’s Soho for the filming of Men in Black III! It’s even worse when you find out he rents an apartment a short walk away. Thankfully, Mayor Bloomberg told Columbia Pictures they had to move the 53ft long trailer away, though…

Movies Kat Hannaford

We’ll Miss You, Stargate!

EVER ONWARDS | The Daedalus flees from Project Anubis, via Stargate Wikia. The Funniest Moments From Stargate History https://gizmodo.com/the-funniest-moments-from-stargate-history-5801016 Yesterday we said goodbye to the darkest Stargate ever made. But now it’s time to wipe away the tears, and remember the laughs. Here they are, the funniest moments from Stargate: SG-1, Stargate: Atlantis and Stargate…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Trailer for “Sex World,” a remake of the 1970s porn spoof for Michael Crichton’s Westworld

Someone made a porn parody of Michael Crichton’s Westworld! If you’ve ever wondered what else was happening in the adult theme park besides evil cowboy Yul Brynner chasing people around, wonder no longer. We’ve got the work-safe trailer right here. Westworld being what it is — a theme park for rich people to murder and…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Could this be the most bloody martial arts movie of all time?

Chances are, you’ve already seen snippets of 1991’s Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky, and they may well be etched indelibly on your inner eye. The most devastating fist-bump in history. The famous “man strangling someone with his own intestines” scene. And so on. This movie might actually be the most gruesome martial arts film ever…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

In 2015, the Toronto waterfront will be covered by hundreds of giant weather balloons

This is a glimpse of the future of Toronto. It’s the winning entry in a contest to design a pavillion for the 2015 Pan-American Games Award Pavilion in Toronto. Yes, those are hundreds of weather balloons filled with helium, clustered attractively together to create a surreal plastic cloud layer over the area. It will shelter…

io9 Annalee Newitz

The Funniest Moments From Stargate History

Yesterday we said goodbye to the darkest Stargate ever made. But now it’s time to wipe away the tears, and remember the laughs. Here they are, the funniest moments from Stargate: SG-1, Stargate: Atlantis and Stargate Universe! https://gizmodo.com/stargate-universe-comes-of-age-with-a-bittersweet-final-5800569 One of the best things we’ll miss the most about Stargate was its ability to make us…

io9 Meredith Woerner

What can evolutionary biology tell us about the future of the human brain?

Are our brains still evolving? How do we sequence genomes to figure that out? Is technology changing the way our brains evolve? Now you can get the answers from Rob DeSalle, an evolutionary biologist. DeSalle is a curator at New York’s American Museum of Natural History and a researcher at the Sackler Institute for Comparative…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Mind games and mysteries abound in Isaac Asimov’s Second Foundation

The Mule has disrupted Hari Seldon’s plan, and nothing can save the Foundation. Unless — yes! There’s another Foundation, hidden away at Star’s End. Or is there? Let’s find out, as we dig into Second Foundation, by Isaac Asimov. Welcome to day three of Foundation Week, brought to you by Blogging the Hugos. On Monday,…

io9 Josh Wimmer and Alasdair Wilkins

Weta Workshop’s Lord of the Rings art brings Gandalf to your doorstep

Hobbiton is an idyllic scene… except for the untimely arrival of the wizard Gandalf, in this gorgeous art print called “Disturber of the Peace,” by Weta Workshop concept artist Ben Wootten, who worked on the Lord of the Rings films. (Click “Expand” in the bottom right-hand corner to see the full image.) This print, hand-signed…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Former FCC Commissioner Who Voted for Comcast’s NBC Takeover Is Joining Comcast as an Exec

Not four months after voting to approve Comcast’s takeover of NBC, FCC Commissioner Meredith Baker will soon be employed by Comcast as an executive of Governmental Affairs. Wait, what? Shady? Absolutely. While she technically committed no ethical violations by doing this, you have to question her getting hired so soon after lording over this huge…

Television Adrian Covert

Locus Award Finalists Announced

The Locus Awards announced their 2011 finalists, and the slate is pretty similar to the Hugo Awards finalists — except noticeably a bit less female-dominated. In particular, the “best novel” nominees are the same except that Mira Grant and N.K. Jemisin are replaced by William Gibson and Iain M. Banks. Here’s the full list: https://gizmodo.com/the-nominees-for-the-2011-hugo-awards-are-up-5795183…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Shanghai’s robotic lightsaber battles are very lovely this time of year

Japan’s Yaskawa Corporation is a firm whose starry-eyed goal is to arm robots with laser swords. After teaching their Motoman robots to dance with lightsabers, Yaskawa has now taught two robotic arms to duel Jedi-style. This video comes was shot at the International Conference on Robotics and Automation currently going on in Shanghai (where you…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

First Clip of Mad Men’s Elisabeth Moss as the Voice of Green Lantern’s Arisia

Mary Roach Explores the Gross Side of Space Travel in Episode 36 of Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy

Cut ozone in half using your naked body!

Everybody wants to wear t-shirts with swords on them

Optimus Prime turns out to have impeccable comic timing

How to reverse the orbit of Jupiter

First Clip from Lars von Trier’s Arty Disaster Porn Film, Melancholia

Photos and hints for Men In Black III, Total Recall, Cloud Atlas, Captain America, Piranha 3DD and Fringe!

The Men in Black Tell Will Smith His Larger-Than-Your-Apartment Trailer Must Go

We’ll Miss You, Stargate!

Trailer for “Sex World,” a remake of the 1970s porn spoof for Michael Crichton’s Westworld

Could this be the most bloody martial arts movie of all time?

In 2015, the Toronto waterfront will be covered by hundreds of giant weather balloons

The Funniest Moments From Stargate History

What can evolutionary biology tell us about the future of the human brain?

Mind games and mysteries abound in Isaac Asimov’s Second Foundation

Weta Workshop’s Lord of the Rings art brings Gandalf to your doorstep

Former FCC Commissioner Who Voted for Comcast’s NBC Takeover Is Joining Comcast as an Exec

Locus Award Finalists Announced

Shanghai’s robotic lightsaber battles are very lovely this time of year

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

Feds Sniffing Around Polymarket After Suspicious Bets

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Don’t Get Too Attached to Any AI App

‘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

Bloodsucking Ticks Can Survive Inside Your Home Longer Than You Might Think

The Best New Toys of March 2026

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MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

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Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

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Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

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