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Sometimes it’s better not to have a soul on “Supernatural”

Friday night’s Supernatural episode, “Caged Heat,” was one of the very best this season. The writing was funny and dark, the plot went twisty, and there was some seriously dark character development. Plus, angel porn! Spoilers ahead. Everything is better with Crowley You already knew that Crowley makes most episodes better, partly because he’s such…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Gigantic loop of solar plasma is half a million miles long

This image was taken only a few hours ago, and it shows an absolutely massive solar prominence rippling outward from the Sun. This colossal plasma loop might be 500,000 miles long – that’s 60 times the diameter of Earth. These features are known as prominences, and they form in the sun’s photosphere. Cooler plasma pushes…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

The magician, the maid and the magic book

Ever wish that the characters from your favorite story could step out and join you for a drink? Then check out “The Magician and the Maid and Other Stories” by Christie Yant, from the anthology The Way Of The Wizard. The Way of the Wizard is edited by John Joseph Adams and includes stories by…

io9 Christie Yant

This robot has been secretly running Hollywood for 80 years

In 1931, inventor Wycliffe Hill unveiled his fantastic plot-writing robot in Modern Mechanics magazine. I’m of the mind that this thing became sentient and just kept recycling the same index cards once his master passed away. [Modern Mechanix]

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

See a tiny squid’s amazing natural cloaking device

Human scientists are still trying to figure out how to turn cloaking devices into a reality, but the pint-sized Hawaiian bobtail squid long ago learned how to channel its inner Klingon. See its natural cloaking device in action inside. Thankfully, this particular squid is only about 30 millimeters long. That’s a very good thing, because…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Your Empathy Will Be Tested: A New Stage Adaptation Of “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?”

Adapting Dick’s seminal novel is guaranteed to be a difficult process, and would have been even if Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner weren’t already a 30-year-old SF classic. Untitled Theater Company #61 took on the ambitious challenge. And mostly, it worked. The novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? is a paranoid meditation on personal identity…

io9 Chris Braak

Santa upgrades to a giant UFO

We kind of adore the idea that Santa has a dim-witted son named Arthur. But more than that we love the new flying saucer sleigh Santa is sporting. Check out the trailer for Arthur Christmas. Listen carefully and you can hear James McAvoy as the voice of Arthur. Bill Nighy and Hugh Laurie have also…

io9 Meredith Woerner

The size of your brain’s visual cortex determines whether optical illusions fool you

How we perceive the world is determined by the visual cortex, but not everybody’s cortex is created equal. One person’s visual cortex can be up to three times bigger than someone else’s, and size matters when it comes to perception. The primary visual cortex has a far more active role in shaping how we see…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Scientists working on developing a real-life sonic screwdriver

We don’t quite have psychic paper yet, but Doctor Who’s other coolest prop could be coming to reality. A British scientist with the charming name of Professor Drinkwater is attempting to create an actual sonic screwdriver. According to a press release from Bristol University, Professor of Ultrasonics Bruce Drinkwater is doing experiments to try and…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

An orgy of nerdy t-shirts, on sale for $9 a pop today at Threadless

Tons of monstery and scifi-themed tees are on sale at Threadless for today only for $9 – such a deal! How can you resist, when this sneaky octopus with his Loch Ness Monster puppet could be zooming across your chest? There are also tons of other great tees during the sale, including a laser cat…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Man adds pneumatic Starship Enterprise doors to his home

Marc DeVidts decided that his Miami residency needed to look more like the future, so what did he do? He added air-powered doors to his home. Thanks to his guide, you too can transform your kitchen into the bridge. [MAKE]

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Why Anna Torv deserves an Emmy nomination

Why Fringe’s Anna Torv totally deserves an Emmy. As if you didn’t know already. [Zap2It]

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Will George Lucas resurrect dead actors on film to make one giant postmortem film?

Buried deep in an interview with actor/director Mel Smith is yet another devious plot from the mind of George Lucas. Apparently he’s been gobbling up the film rights to dead movie stars, so he can reconstruct them digitally on film. In an interview with the Daily Mail, Smith spilled the details on a secret little…

Movies Meredith Woerner

The Walking Dead season finale goes out with a bang

On the season finale of The Walking Dead — “TS-19” — the survivors become acclimated to their new home, but something’s not entirely right in this would-be paradise. Spoiler a-go-go! PRO: The episode opens with a flashback of Shane trying to extricate a comatose Rick from the hospital. It’s a total shitshow — the military…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Warehouse 13 and Eureka brighten the season, plus Obama becomes a Mythbuster!

There’s some damn fine television this week, including new Christmas specials from Warehouse 13, Eureka and Robot Chicken. President Obama guest stars on Mythbusters. Jack Bristow fights a rogue icecap. Vin Diesel saves the baby Jesus. Plus Fringe and Smallville. Today: There’s literally nothing on tonight — sorry! No Chuck, no The Event, and no…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Is Frankenstein the next monster to get the Twilight treatment?

Will the next monster to fall victim to the paranormal romance craze be the monster from Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein? Perhaps, but we’re not panicking as Sony only has plans to bring back the monster, not Twilight-ize him… yet. Deadline is reporting that former co-president of Sony is “at the center of a preemptive pitch deal…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Watch Inception‘s Dream Layers Unfold in Real Time

Did you have trouble keeping track of all that nutty dream-within-a-dream action in Inception? Of course you did! Let this video, which speeds the dreams up so they unfold simultaneously in real/relative time, enlighten you. Beware: it’s a mondo-spoiler. [Vulture]

Movies Kyle VanHemert

Read an entire novel in these striking text-only posters

Postertext uses your favorite classic novels to create gorgeous, iconic images. Here you can see the tripods from War of the Worlds swimming through the text of the first few chapters of HG Wells’ novel. These posters are generally under $35 Canadian (often quite a bit less), and are the perfect gifts for the book…

Books & Comics Annalee Newitz

On Smallville, Ultraman is incestuously evil

Friday’s Smallville, “Luthor,” featured that old superheroic stalwart: the evil alternate dimension doppelganger. Clark’s pandimensional twin, Clark “Ultraman” Luthor, was so evil that he had carnal relations with his adopted sister, Tess. Oh Smallville, you deviant program! Two weeks ago, we had that bondage-heavy Aquaman episode. After a hiatus for Thanksgiving, Smallville is back to…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Qatar’s 2022 World Cup stadiums: Shining masterpieces of retro-Space Age weirdness

Now that Qatar’s won the right to host the 2022 World Cup finals, we can look forward to seeing these futuristic-bling-happy stadium designs brought to life. The other-worldly, curvaceous structures have the “grounded mothership” aesthetic down pat. The stadiums were designed by Albert Speer & Partner, GmbH, and they represent a huge leap forward in…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Sometimes it’s better not to have a soul on “Supernatural”

Gigantic loop of solar plasma is half a million miles long

The magician, the maid and the magic book

This robot has been secretly running Hollywood for 80 years

See a tiny squid’s amazing natural cloaking device

Your Empathy Will Be Tested: A New Stage Adaptation Of “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?”

Santa upgrades to a giant UFO

The size of your brain’s visual cortex determines whether optical illusions fool you

Scientists working on developing a real-life sonic screwdriver

An orgy of nerdy t-shirts, on sale for $9 a pop today at Threadless

Man adds pneumatic Starship Enterprise doors to his home

Why Anna Torv deserves an Emmy nomination

Will George Lucas resurrect dead actors on film to make one giant postmortem film?

The Walking Dead season finale goes out with a bang

Warehouse 13 and Eureka brighten the season, plus Obama becomes a Mythbuster!

Is Frankenstein the next monster to get the Twilight treatment?

Watch Inception‘s Dream Layers Unfold in Real Time

Read an entire novel in these striking text-only posters

On Smallville, Ultraman is incestuously evil

Qatar’s 2022 World Cup stadiums: Shining masterpieces of retro-Space Age weirdness

VR Just Took Another Massive Body Blow

The Best Gadgets of March 2026

‘Supergirl’ Will Feature David Corenswet’s Superman in a Sort of Big Brother Role

Report: FDA Set to Unban RFK Jr.’s Favorite Peptides

Source Code for Anthropic’s Claude Code Leaks at the Exact Wrong Time

SpaceX Starlink Satellite Malfunctions, Breaks Apart in Orbit

‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ Stinks

‘Scream 4’ Is Back, and on Tape

AirPods Max 2 Review: Still Ridiculously Expensive and Ridiculously Nice

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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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