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Watch Craig Ferguson’s unaired musical tribute to Doctor Who (with puppets)

Matt Smith stopped by Craig Ferguson several weeks ago, but what we didn’t see was the host’s rollicking song-and-dance number devoted to the Doctor. It’s now making the internet rounds, and it certainly beats the pants off “Doctor in Distress.”

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Vernor Vinge’s sequel to A Fire Upon The Deep coming in October!

Vernor Vinge’s Children of the Sky, his long-awaited sequel to the Hugo-winning A Fire Upon the Deep, is coming out in October, according to Tor’s Spring/Summer 2011 catalog. According to a tweet from Tor’s Patrick Nielsen-Hayden and Tor’s latest catalog (PDF), Tor will be putting out Children of the Sky in October. First, in August,…

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If we’ve learned anything from SGU’s mid-season finale, it’s “Never trust an alien”

SGU wrapped up the first half of its second season last night, and while the plot wasn’t as dramatic as the previous episodes, we’re delighted with the growth we’ve seen this season. Except for the aliens, who remain space dicks. SGU hit their mid-season finale last night and look how far we’ve come. No more…

Television Meredith Woerner

10 graphic novels that make great gifts (for people who don’t read comics)

Giving comics to your non-comics-reading loved ones is a tricky proposition…and you doled out copies of All-Star Superman last year. Fortunately, there are plenty of other splendid comics out there for folks who can’t distinguish Daisy Duck from Dormammu. 1.) Hewligan’s Haircut (or another one-shot 2000 AD title) The 2000 AD stable goes way beyond…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Joss Whedon said no to the Buffy reboot… in 2009

A story is getting passed around that Joss Whedon passed on the opportunity to help resurrect Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Alas, we’ve known Whedon wouldn’t be involved in this sacrilege since last year. And honestly, it’s probably for the best. https://gizmodo.com/joss-whedon-said-no-to-buffy-movie-5288624 https://gizmodo.com/we-need-more-vampire-slayers-just-not-more-buffy-5700871

io9 Meredith Woerner

Charles Burns’ Disturbing, Thrilling Cover for The Believer’s Art Issue

Black Hole creator Charles Burns crafted this bizarre/amazing cover for The Believer’s new “art issue.” The more we stare at it, the more it speaks to us. Thanks so much to The Believer for sending us the ultra-high-res version of their cover, which I don’t believe has appeared anyplace else yet. Inside, there’s a “semi-erotic…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

Is there finally a computer that solves problems the way we do?

Bringing us one step closer to giant robot overlords is CLARION, a program that performs the same way human subjects do in some impressive cognitive tests. It mimics not what we think, but how we think. When presented with a complex problem, no person knows the solution instantly. There is a problem solving process, that…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

The Original TIE Fighters Were Purple

Roaming through discarded exposures and lighting film tests, a cinema enthusiast has discovered that George Lucas originally wanted Star Wars’ Imperial TIE Fighters to be purple. Thankfully for everyone except Prince, this horrible idea was discarded for technical reasons. Gene was told by one of the Star Wars model makers that the initial color of…

Movies Jesus Diaz

No Ordinary Family gives us its first superhero team-up

Last night’s No Ordinary Family was another fun, strong episode, which found Jim and Stephanie combining their powers to bring down a superpowered pyromaniac. We also got some more insight into the show’s villains and some very creative poker cheating. “No Ordinary Anniversary” split the parents and kids off into two pretty much completely separate…

Television Alasdair Wilkins

Read the digital transcripts of famous NASA missions like Apollo 13

The folks of /dev/fort have taken the space logs from NASA missions and spruced them up digitally. If you’ve ever wanted to know what exactly happened on missions like Mercury 6, here’s your chance. Spacelogs.org currently has transcripts for Apollo 13 and Mercury 6 and is putting together digital logs for Gemini 8, Apollo 7,…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

There may be 3 times as many stars in the universe as we thought

Check out that extra-bright galaxy towards the top of this image. That’s an elliptical galaxy, which are among the largest galaxies in the universe. And now scientists believe these galaxies hold five to ten times more stars than previously thought. Until recently, astronomers believed elliptical galaxies contained around a trillion stars each, as compared to…

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Spend every night with the Doctor in this awesome TARDIS bed

Who doesn’t want to spend every night between the sheets with the Doctor? Now you can, if you get the winning eBay bid on this astounding Doctor Who murphy bed (complete with a lights, sounds and a replica phone). Go bid on this handmade Doctor Who bed right now over at Trade Me. Constructed by…

Television Meredith Woerner

Forget U2’s Spider-Man musical: We’re throwing our support behind Bon Jovi’s HULK

While the Spider-Man musical might have a $60 million dollar budget, a team of Cirque du Soleil performers and Bono, the Hulk musical (Hulk: Inside and Out) has a tub of green paint, purple spanks and better music. Advantage: Hulk. Brought to you by Captain Hippo. Thanks for the tip Drew.

io9 Meredith Woerner

Spend your comic book Thursday with supergods and pregnant (male) gangsters

Comics were kicked back a day because of Thanksgiving, but there’s still plenty of new books worth waiting 24 hours for. Check out new Buffy, Supergod, Achewood, and tons more. First off, the final issue of Warren Ellis’ Supergod (Avatar) finally hits the stands — this issue follows the final standoff between the world-ending metahumans…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

Recent graduate lives in an egg

A young man in Beijing has solved the problem of being low on funds in a high-rent city by building himself a ‘egg house’ out of bamboo and burlap sacks. The bamboo makes the walls into patterned structures, so that the house actually looks kind of cool. On the inside, at least. Via Cinnaoggi.

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Deeply Moving Postcards To A Daughter Who’s Gone Off To The Wars

Sometimes the best short stories are the ones which hint at a much larger picture, almost as if they’re a window onto one person’s experience of a grand saga. That’s what Sigrid Ellis’ “No Return Address” is like. “No Return Address,” posted at StrangeHorizons.com, is one of those fantasy stories that lets you sketch in…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

Mirrors and accents melt rock

Over at Treehugger, they have a clip of a BBC show, in which they use a solar oven made out of mirrors to melt a rock. The solar oven uses concave mirrors to concentrate sunlight. Stand-out features, beside the melting rock, include the nervous scientist trying to keep the BBC reporter from sticking his hand…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

What happens to a cup of hot water in -40°F Siberian weather?

The Russian village of Oymyakon is one of the coldest hamlets on planet Earth. Check out what happens when you lob a cup of warm H2O in the air on a bone-chilling Siberian winter day. [BBC]

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Save up during 2011, so you can go to space in 2012

SpaceShipTwo, a Virgin Galactic plane, may be ready to make regular commercial flights to space within twelve months. Virgin Galactic, owned by Richard Branson, is working to complete a space port in New Mexico to go with SpaceShipTwo. Once the port is done, the ship will be capable of flying six passengers, and two pilots,…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Is Tron Legacy set to be a box office disappointment?

The original Tron was considered a failure in 1982 — and now, early tracking says Tron Legacy is on track to be another disappointment. The $200 million sequel could have a lackluster opening weekend. Plus check out two new featurettes. The drumbeat of marketing for Tron Legacy has been ferocious for months now — among…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Watch Craig Ferguson’s unaired musical tribute to Doctor Who (with puppets)

Vernor Vinge’s sequel to A Fire Upon The Deep coming in October!

If we’ve learned anything from SGU’s mid-season finale, it’s “Never trust an alien”

10 graphic novels that make great gifts (for people who don’t read comics)

Joss Whedon said no to the Buffy reboot… in 2009

Charles Burns’ Disturbing, Thrilling Cover for The Believer’s Art Issue

Is there finally a computer that solves problems the way we do?

The Original TIE Fighters Were Purple

No Ordinary Family gives us its first superhero team-up

Read the digital transcripts of famous NASA missions like Apollo 13

There may be 3 times as many stars in the universe as we thought

Spend every night with the Doctor in this awesome TARDIS bed

Forget U2’s Spider-Man musical: We’re throwing our support behind Bon Jovi’s HULK

Spend your comic book Thursday with supergods and pregnant (male) gangsters

Recent graduate lives in an egg

Deeply Moving Postcards To A Daughter Who’s Gone Off To The Wars

Mirrors and accents melt rock

What happens to a cup of hot water in -40°F Siberian weather?

Save up during 2011, so you can go to space in 2012

Is Tron Legacy set to be a box office disappointment?

‘Scream 4’ Is Back, and on Tape

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

Amazon Clears Out Netflix-Licensed Nebula Capsule 3 Mini Projector at 32% Off, Dolby Audio Home Theater for Less

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