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Marvel superheroine pajamas are a great gift (if you want your wife to divorce you)

Do you wish that special lady in your life had the gamma-irradiated décolletage of She-Hulk? The 40-10-40 measurements of Black Widow? The willingness to traipse about in her underwear like Emma Frost? Body proportions out of a Rob Liefeld comic? Why not get her these classy Marvel pajamas from Spencer’s, which overlay the Marvel heroines’…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

10 Greatest Libertarian Science Fiction Stories

Looking for an antidote to Star Trek’s utopian but overbearing Federation? Like your science fiction with a bigger emphasis on personal liberties? Then check out our list of the greatest libertarian science fiction. Here’s an io9 flashback to a list we originally published in 2009. https://gizmodo.com/10-greatest-libertarian-science-fiction-stories-5254742 Top image: Detail from the cover of Heinlein’s The…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Farscape Creator Teams Up With Syfy for “Huge” New Series

Creator of Farscape Rockne S. O’Bannon set the internet ablaze by announcing a new television series with Syfy. So what could this mysterious project be? A whole new space opera or the Alien Nation reboot we’ve been waiting years for? On April 16th, Rock O’Bannon twittered this little news tidbit: Great meeting at Syfy yesterday.…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Win This Portable Grill, Cook Delicious Meat Products Anywhere

Spring is the perfect season to break out the lawn chairs, unfurl the Slip ‘N Slide, and fire up the ol’ barbie. Uh, except that you live in a walk-up studio with bars on all of the windows. Well, if you take this short survey then email the last question to [email protected] with “Portable Grill…

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All of Time and Space, Anywhere and Everywhere: Doctor Who is back!

Only one man can go anywhere in the universe, and any time in history — and this week, he’s coming to your house. Doctor Who is back at last, with a mind-bending trip to the 1960s. But the Doctor’s not the only one traveling through time — so are the Winchester boys, and Smallville’s latest…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Make a robot uprising video, and win $750!

Robopocalypse, the long-awaited novel from How to Survive a Robot Uprising author Daniel H. Wilson, is arriving this summer. And to help prepare the populace for the crushing onslaught of robotic domination, Doubleday wants you to create a Robopocalypse trailer. All the details on the contest are over at the Facebook page for Robopocalypse, which…

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How to use a hyperbaric chamber to treat flesh eating bacteria

Hyperbaric chambers are usually sleek cylinders with long observation windows. Inside there’s a place to lie down, and often a mask that goes over the patient’s face. Once the patient is inside, the chamber is sealed and filled up with pure oxygen. In fact, so much oxygen is pumped in that the hyperbaric chamber winds…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

One video reveals all of The Walking Dead’s VFX secrets

Wonder how AMC turned Atlanta in a post apocalyptic disaster? Stargate Studios has compiled a pretty fantastic FX reel, which breaks down every little detail on set from the piles of bodies to the cars. Even the fleas were digitized! Thanks for the tip Kris!

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Plot hints and rumors for Man of Steel, The Dark Knight Rises, the Avengers and Torchwood!

Rise of the Planet of the Apes director Rupert Wyatt talks CGI chimps and why this movie is about the loss of scientific innocence. Plus a Star Trek alum joins Torchwood, the next Supernatural gimmick episode, and Fringe finale hints! Spoilers from here on out! Top image from Rise of the Planet of the Apes.…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

The Perfect Bed For Those Who Like To Read in Bed

Yusuke Suzuki created this book bed—the sheets are flippable pages!—as a sort of art piece/playground wonderland for children. It’d actually be the perfect bed to read on too, just look at how much space there is and how you can comfortably commandeer your own sheet. I would have really loved to have this around as…

Books & Comics Casey Chan

Remember, glowworm aliens are more scared of you (than you are of them)

Let’s kick off this week’s Cult Movie Worship with a sweet little short called Lumi about a tooth-like alien with light-up eyes and a giant world to explore. It was produced in-house at Bigboom.tv (click the link for more goodies). Stake Land Connor Paolo (a.k.a. Gossip Girl’s littlest brother Eric van der Woodsen) is one…

io9 Meredith Woerner

The X-Men anime is fast-paced (and mildly ridiculous) mutant mayhem

Earlier this month, Madhouse’s X-Men anime miniseries debuted on Animax in Japan. We checked out the first three episodes and found that this show effectively balances high-octane mutant fighting with (cornball yet endearing) soap operatics. Cyclops is so emotional! Like Madhouse’s Iron Man anime, X-Men was plotted by Warren Ellis and will debut in America…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

The io9 Game of Thrones premiere discussion thread!

The first installment of George R.R. Martin’s acclaimed A Song of Ice and Fire series finally makes its long-awaited debut on HBO tonight! Are you jazzed about seeing Westeros on the small screen? Mildly jazzed? Screamingly ambivalent? Sound off here! And remember, the show premieres at 9:00 PM Eastern Standard Time and this is a…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Medicine doesn’t work properly in space

Here’s one more unexpected challenge for space travel: drugs crucial for treating everything from a mild headache to a serious infection don’t work properly in the radically different environment away from Earth…and yes, radiation might be part of the problem. On Earth, medicine can generally remain effective for about two years, as long as it’s…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

The most perfect spiral galaxy in the universe

This is the galaxy Messier 74, located about 32 million light-years away. Home to some 100 billion stars, Messier 74 is one of the most perfect examples of a spiral galaxy because it’s positioned face-on towards Earth. A NASA astronomer adds: Classified as an Sc galaxy, the grand design of M74’s graceful spiral arms are…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

How honey could help kill drug-resistant bacteria

Honey is pretty benign to people, but to smaller organisms it means sweet, sweet death. Honey’s historically been used throughout the world in medicine, and a new study indicates that honey can stop the spread of MRSA. Back in the day, honey was used to preserve the dead in certain societies’ embalming processes. Modern medicine…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Why we really can judge people on first impressions

There’s a very good reason why first impressions are thought to be so important: it’s because most people really can accurately judge another person after just one meeting. Turns out we’re much more perceptive than we give ourselves credit for. Of course, this doesn’t mean that the first impression a person makes is always accurate.…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

How do trees communicate (without the Lorax, that is)?

I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees. I speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues. And I’m asking you sir, at the top of my lungs – that thing! That horrible thing that I see! What’s that thing you’ve made out of my truffula tree? Find yourself a patch of…

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10 insane scenes from the time Lois Lane turned into a giant insect

1966’s Superman’s Girl Friend, Lois Lane #69 gave us “Beware of The Bug-Belle,” a kooky Silver Age Superman story about Lois and Lana Lang turning into disgusting, crime-fighting arthropods. Here are some of the best scenes from this lost gem. The comic opens with this fascinating tableau (which has zero bearing on the rest of…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

Admiral Ackbar demands penetration!

In this behind-the-scenes footage from Return of the Jedi, Admiral Ackbar’s puppeteer practices the Mon Calamarian’s voice and serves up some innuendo-prone directives in the process. Yes, yes, we really should know better. [Via Topless Robot. Hat tip to Ryernl!]

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Marvel superheroine pajamas are a great gift (if you want your wife to divorce you)

10 Greatest Libertarian Science Fiction Stories

Farscape Creator Teams Up With Syfy for “Huge” New Series

Win This Portable Grill, Cook Delicious Meat Products Anywhere

All of Time and Space, Anywhere and Everywhere: Doctor Who is back!

Make a robot uprising video, and win $750!

How to use a hyperbaric chamber to treat flesh eating bacteria

One video reveals all of The Walking Dead’s VFX secrets

Plot hints and rumors for Man of Steel, The Dark Knight Rises, the Avengers and Torchwood!

The Perfect Bed For Those Who Like To Read in Bed

Remember, glowworm aliens are more scared of you (than you are of them)

The X-Men anime is fast-paced (and mildly ridiculous) mutant mayhem

The io9 Game of Thrones premiere discussion thread!

Medicine doesn’t work properly in space

The most perfect spiral galaxy in the universe

How honey could help kill drug-resistant bacteria

Why we really can judge people on first impressions

How do trees communicate (without the Lorax, that is)?

10 insane scenes from the time Lois Lane turned into a giant insect

Admiral Ackbar demands penetration!

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