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Everything you need to know about NASA’s “completely new form of life”

NASA scientists have just announced the discovery of life fundamentally different from anything else we’ve ever seen before. Here’s what this discovery means for our understanding of biology, the search for extraterrestrial life, and even how this could revolutionize bioenergy. What is the discovery? The discovery, made by NASA scientist Felisa Wolfe Simon and her…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Darren Aronofsky isn’t ready to give up on the RoboCop remake!

Darren Aronofsky won’t let his RoboCop dream die, even in the face of MGM’s financial troubles. When asked about the status of his doomed cyborg-police feature, the director was surprisingly optimistic, in spite of everything. When MGM went down, we all assumed the RoboCop would die out as well. But when asked by The Playlist…

io9 Meredith Woerner

What packets of cocaine look like inside your stomach

Ever wanted to see cocaine packets inside a drug mule’s stomach? Here you go. The image comes via University of Bern, which did a study that found CT scans detected cocaine better than X-rays. Switzerland’s tax dollars at work. [SFGate]

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Watch 7 minutes of the live-action Star Blazers right now [Update!]

Here are the first two minutes of the new live-action Space Battleship Yamato, aka Star Blazers. A couple thoughts: Boy, does this look like BSG or what? Also, we haven’t seen space battles like this in an American movie since… …actually, I’m not sure since when. Maybe not since one of the Star Wars movies?…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Steamy alien planet reveals atmosphere of giant “super-Earth” for the first time ever

We’ve discovered 500 exoplanets, most of them gas giants even bigger than Jupiter. But some, known as super-Earths, are rocky worlds only a bit larger than our planet, and now we’ve discovered the cloudy atmosphere of one of these worlds. GJ 1214b is about 6.5 times Earth’s mass and located 40 light-years away. When it…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Dolph Lundgren + Ninjas + Time Travel + Knights = Uwe Boll’s next movie

Dolph Lundgren has unveiled Uwe Boll’s latest cinematic masterpiece (after the insanely offensive Blubberella, naturally). It’s a movie about a time-traveling Vietnam vet, who fights ninjas and knights. He’s just screwing with us now, right? In an interview with blogtalk radio Lundgren revealed Boll’s next unholy work called In The Name Of The King 2,…

Movies Meredith Woerner

The microorganisms in your stomach could have arranged your marriage

The phrase, “The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach,” just got a whole new meaning. A recent study suggests that gut flora could influence an animal’s choice of mate. A team of researchers at Tel Aviv University have been arranging marriages among fruit flies. They’ve been doing this not through isolation, or…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Alex Proyas’ next film is AMP: where the disabled become superheroes

Alex Proyas and Summit have just nabbed the rights to Daniel H. Wilson’s latest novel AMP a book about what happens when technology gives the disabled superpowers. Robopocalypse author Wilson (whose latest novel is being directed by Steven Spielberg) has finally sold the rights to his latest unfinished work, AMP, to Summit and director Alex…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Police Spend All Day Investigating “Murder Scene” That Was Really a Movie Set

Washington, PA Police Chief J.R. Blyth described it as “the most grisly murder scene in his 35 years in law enforcement.” Blood splattered everywhere, a bit of scalp. It took his team hours to realize it was all fake. A fire that started in the basement of the George Washington Hotel led to the discovery…

Movies Brian Barrett

30 DVD sets that’ll make the new year bright

When it comes to the “gift that keeps on giving,” there’s nothing like a great DVD set that people will want to watch over and over. Here’s the motherlode of Blu-rays and DVDs with fantastic adventures, amazing extras and more. Firefly — The Complete Series (Blu-ray) Just a plug, right off the bat, for this…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

What if the Moon crashes into the Earth?

We’ve seen what would happen if the Moon disappeared. Now see an image of what a 1936 issue of Science and Mechanics says will happen if the Moon drops out of orbit into the Earth. [Via Modern Mechanix.]

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

How Tron Should Really Look In 2010

It looks as though the Tron: Legacy production team thought of nearly everything in updating the classic for today’s audience. Here’s the one crucial, hilarious detail they forgot about, though. Then again, I’m guessing if these things went just by video game popularity the original Flynn would’ve spent most of the first movie eating pellets…

Books & Comics Brian Barrett

Teen great white sharks don’t have strong enough jaws to kill humans

If you’re ever out in the open ocean and you see a hungry great white shark headed your way, you’d better hope that shark is a teenager. Younger great whites lack the jaw strength necessary to bite humans to death. In research that sounds an awful lot like an excuse to make fun of some…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Australian skink is caught evolving!

The yellow-bellied three-toed skink lays its eggs along the coast of southeastern Australia. The yellow-bellied three-toed skink gives birth to live young in the mountains of Australia. Same species — two different ways of reproducing. What’s going on here? Along the warmth of the coast, this long, spindly-legged lizard deposits its eggs where they can…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Every science fiction icon can be Elvis when you paint them on black velvet

We’ve marveled at the beauty of black velvet science fiction art before, including the lovely paintings of Bruce White. Now he’s doing a new gallery show, featuring all-new art of Darth Vader, Han Solo and Gojira, looking sexier than ever. White’s show of science fiction-themed black velvet art, appropriately titled “Velveta,” opens Friday at the…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Trailer for mockumentary Grave Encounters delivers some serious scares

We’ve seen plenty of “found footage” movies, but there’s something very special about the independent film Grave Encounters. Set during the filming of a TV show/paranormal investigation, this movie has a few terrifying moments that’ll scare even the most jaded. We can’t believe it’s taken someone this long to create a paranormal investigation/faux discovered footage…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Tron Legacy director admits one special effect doesn’t totally work. Plus there’s hope for an Inception sequel!

Tron Legacy director Joseph Kosinski is proud of his movie, but there’s one major special effect that he’s not happy with. Christopher Nolan is handing Superman over to Zack Snyder, and he won’t say no to another Inception. Spoilers forever! Tron Legacy Director Joseph Kosinski discusses the special effects of the movie, admitting that the…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

The Riotous Imagination of Yoko Furusho

Yoko Furusho’s Tokyo heritage shines through in her eclectic illustrations. From trees with stockinged-leg branches and hair-based gingerbread houses, each image is a riot of imagination, complemented with perfectly balanced composition. Yoko creates her highly detailed images with ink and acrylic, and is inspired by fashion and texture. This inspiration is clear in the wealth…

io9 Katherine Holt - Ape on the Moon

Becoming a best-selling science fiction writer is much easier than anyone ever realized

We’re in awe of this video about a talking bear who’s writing a novel that’s “science fiction, crossed with chick-lit, crossed with literary fiction,” and expects to be a bestselling author within a couple months. Step four: profit! [via Suvudu]

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Your guide to holiday lightsaber shopping

Recently I was invited to, and attended, a lightsaber fight in a park. The organizer supplied the entire battle with lightsabers from her own collection. I took the opportunity to ask her opinion on the best online saber sources. Ann Schapira, battle organizer and aspiring Jedi, has been collecting sabers since 2002. I asked her…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Everything you need to know about NASA’s “completely new form of life”

Darren Aronofsky isn’t ready to give up on the RoboCop remake!

What packets of cocaine look like inside your stomach

Watch 7 minutes of the live-action Star Blazers right now [Update!]

Steamy alien planet reveals atmosphere of giant “super-Earth” for the first time ever

Dolph Lundgren + Ninjas + Time Travel + Knights = Uwe Boll’s next movie

The microorganisms in your stomach could have arranged your marriage

Alex Proyas’ next film is AMP: where the disabled become superheroes

Police Spend All Day Investigating “Murder Scene” That Was Really a Movie Set

30 DVD sets that’ll make the new year bright

What if the Moon crashes into the Earth?

How Tron Should Really Look In 2010

Teen great white sharks don’t have strong enough jaws to kill humans

Australian skink is caught evolving!

Every science fiction icon can be Elvis when you paint them on black velvet

Trailer for mockumentary Grave Encounters delivers some serious scares

Tron Legacy director admits one special effect doesn’t totally work. Plus there’s hope for an Inception sequel!

The Riotous Imagination of Yoko Furusho

Becoming a best-selling science fiction writer is much easier than anyone ever realized

Your guide to holiday lightsaber shopping

‘Scream 4’ Is Back, and on Tape

Iran Threatens to Attack U.S. Tech Companies Starting April 1

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