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Ken Jennings’ Watson Beatdown Fantasy

From this inscription, penned by Ken Jennings in his modestly-titled book, “Brainiac,” you might think he has some pent-up rage toward the computer mind that so effortlessly dominated him. But, no, it was just a request from a fan. [Reddit]

Books & Comics Sam Biddle

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SOARING INTO THE FUTURE | Zeppelin art via Visions de l’an 2000 at Feuilleter Blade Runner Sequel (or Prequel) in Development Now One of the most iconic science fiction films of all time could be getting a sequel – or a prequel – soon. We may find out how Blade Runner’s replicants came to be,…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Download the Entire Archive of Nasa’s Astronomy Picture of the Day with One Command

Nasa’s Astronomy Picture of the Day archive is a packed with awe-inspiring, high-resolution images of space that, incidentally, work great as desktop wallpapers. But NASA doesn’t offer an easy way to grab everything. Command-line tool wget to the rescue! Update: This post is primarliy meant as a good example of how you can use wget…

io9 Adam Pash

Attack of the Giant Snails! French animated film is like Kaiju by way of Monty Python

You’ve already marveled at Fantastic Planet, the demented 1973 French film about giant blue people holding tiny humans hostage. But have you seen Les Escargots, the 1965 giant snail movie by the same creator? Warning: The video may be a bit NSFW, despite being on Youtube. In Les Escargots, which is presented in its entirety…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Why the NCAA tournament is a metaphor for human evolution

The same handful of college basketball teams always seem to do well in March Madness, and the deeper reasons behind that might actually tell us something profound about human evolution. That’s the idea put forward by Duke University’s Adrian Bejan, who developed the constructal law 15 years ago to explain how flow systems work. A…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Blade Runner Sequel (or Prequel) in Development Now

One of the most iconic science fiction films of all time could be getting a sequel — or a prequel — soon. We may find out how Blade Runner’s replicants came to be, or what became of them. We just got a press release from Alcon Entertainment, a production company financed by Warner Bros. that…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

What happens when an insect scientist develops invisible bug syndrome?

Approximately 100,000 Americans are afflicted with Ekbom Syndrome, a psychological disorder in which sufferers believe that they’re infested with insects. Ekbom sufferers are reluctant to get psychological treatment, as they believe bugs are the cause of their discomfort. And when an entomologist suffers from Ekbom Syndrome, the result is one of the most skin-crawling scientific…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Spoiler Free Review of Stargate Universe’s Next Few Episodes

Starting next week, the final ten installments of Stargate Universe will air. But we’ve already seen the first three episodes, and it’s full of bittersweet space opera goodness. Read our spoiler free breakdown now. It took SGU almost two years to finally find its stride. Watching season 2.5’s first three episodes — “Deliverance,” “Twin Destinies,”…

Television Meredith Woerner

Ask Richard Kadrey anything you want about Sandman Slim

In February, the io9 Book Club read Richard Kadrey’s Sandman Slim. Now Kadrey is coming to answer your questions about the book (and the sequel) tomorrow, here in the comment section of this very post. He’ll be popping into the comment thread on this post tomorrow, Thursday March 3, between 3-4 Pacific Time. Start posting…

Books & Comics Annalee Newitz

Every Philip K. Dick Movie Ranked from Best to Worst

Philip K. Dick is one of the best American writers. The themes he tackled time and time again have had a profound influence on what we know as modern science fiction today. So, with the latest Dick adaptation, Adjustment Bureau, premiering this Friday, March 4, and a director for Ubik finally announced, I thought I’d…

Movies Quiet Earth

Even mice can become snooty wine experts

Have you ever found yourself thinking, “Mice are pretty great, but wouldn’t it be awesome if they were more pretentious?” That was apparently the thinking behind this 2008 experiment that tried to turn regular mice into wine snobs. The researchers at Japan’s Hiroshima University began with a simple enough goal – to teach mice to…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

According to 1940s automobile futurists, we should be driving land airplanes

This quirky movie from the 1940s showcases such strange automobiles as the Davis Three-Wheeler. According to the segment, we should all be tooling around in torpedo-shaped automobiles reminiscent of aircrafts by now. The best line of the film? “Uh oh! A modern Frankenstein!” [Via Retro Thing]

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

New evidence that life on Earth came from space

Meteors may have seeded the planet with life-giving ammonia. New research adds more weight to the claim that the lifeless Earth may have been helped in the right direction by a stray asteroid. Carbon-containing meteorites found in the Antarctic have nitrogen locked away inside them. And when these meteorites are treated with heat, pressure and…

io9 Tim Barribeau

Is there a major spoiler in these Doctor Who set photos?

What’s going on in these set photos from the new Doctor Who series? Fans are speculating that they show a major event in the lives of the mysterious time-traveling alien, the Doctor, and his friend Amy Pond. Spoilers ahead… These photos come via Wales Online, and well… click the next photo for the speculation about…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

A robotic seal playing basketball is the weirdest thing you’ll see all day

Roboticists at Taiwan’s National Chiao-Tung University have built a robotic arm that can shoot hoops by gauging the position of the basket and the angle the basketball needs to be tossed. Here’s video of the robot in action. So far, the arm isn’t going to win any HORSE contests, but it does score points for…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Dreamworks is Making a Movie about Julian Assange and Wikileaks

Steven Spielberg is taking the lead on a Wikileaks movie after acquiring the rights to the book WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assange‘s War on Secrecy. Apparently, the movie will fall somewhere between All The Presidents Men and The Social Network. [Guardian]

Movies Adrian Covert

First trailer from Joseph Kahn’s Detention shows off the new Cinderhella monster

The director behind our favorite Lady Gaga and Britney Spears music videos has finally released the trailer to his insane time-traveling, spaceship-flying slasher flick Detention. Watch as the serial killer “Cinderhella” thins out the High School herd. Thanks to MTV we now have a trailer of this bloody little flick. For more images and information…

Movies Meredith Woerner

California has now become a nebula a thousand light-years from Earth

California has always been a little different from the rest of the US, but this is just ridiculous. Its outline is etched into the cosmic dust in the California Nebula, while Nevada has apparently collapsed into a single bright star. You can get an even better look at the nebula’s similarities to the golden state…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

New Battle LA clips bring you face to face with the alien enemy

This latest look inside the gritty “war against the aliens” movie shows what happens when the humans decide to fight back! No longer on the streets of LA, this clip appears to transport the viewer onto the aliens’ home turf. So is this a space ship, a planet, or just a redecorated human abode? We’ll…

Movies Meredith Woerner

It’s a Cylon reunion on No Ordinary Family

Last night’s No Ordinary Family brought together one of its silliest plots yet with a full-on Battlestar Galactica reunion hour, complete with a pair of former Cylons, lots of cryptic discussions about murky conspiracies, and even a would-be suicide bombing. “No Ordinary Love” was one Grace Park short of a complete set of ridiculously tall…

Television Alasdair Wilkins

Ken Jennings’ Watson Beatdown Fantasy

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Download the Entire Archive of Nasa’s Astronomy Picture of the Day with One Command

Attack of the Giant Snails! French animated film is like Kaiju by way of Monty Python

Why the NCAA tournament is a metaphor for human evolution

Blade Runner Sequel (or Prequel) in Development Now

What happens when an insect scientist develops invisible bug syndrome?

Spoiler Free Review of Stargate Universe’s Next Few Episodes

Ask Richard Kadrey anything you want about Sandman Slim

Every Philip K. Dick Movie Ranked from Best to Worst

Even mice can become snooty wine experts

According to 1940s automobile futurists, we should be driving land airplanes

New evidence that life on Earth came from space

Is there a major spoiler in these Doctor Who set photos?

A robotic seal playing basketball is the weirdest thing you’ll see all day

Dreamworks is Making a Movie about Julian Assange and Wikileaks

First trailer from Joseph Kahn’s Detention shows off the new Cinderhella monster

California has now become a nebula a thousand light-years from Earth

New Battle LA clips bring you face to face with the alien enemy

It’s a Cylon reunion on No Ordinary Family

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