Watch Captain America stick his skateboard trick in this Scott Pilgrim bonus clip

Check out our exclusive look at the Scott Pilgrim DVD’s behind-the-scenes footage, take a sneak peek at the making-of documentary, and watch Guillermo del Toro quiz director Edgar Wright, Michael Cera and Bryan Lee O’Malley about the movie. First up is an exclusive looks at one of the many Scott Pilgrim bonus features on the…

Wolverine won’t be in X-Men prequel after all. Plus explore the set of the final Harry Potter!

X-Men: First Class will have to manage without Hugh Jackman after all. Jeph Loeb knows who won’t star in Marvel’s TV shows. Crossing universes means some dilemmas for Olivia on Fringe — sexy dilemmas. Plus Tron Legacy, Chuck, and Supernatural! Tron Legacy: Here’s a new TV spot for the movie: And these posters show off…

Scott Pilgrim Behind The Scenes

Scott Pilgrim Q&A hosted by Guillermo del Toro

10 insane facts comics taught us about American history

In honor of Election Night 2010, let’s remember the bizarre historical minutiae comic books have taught us about the ol’ U.S. of A. You know, like the time Henry Kissinger met Doctor Doom. 10.) Batgirl and Robin battled Benedict Arnold and Satan (Batman Family 1, 1975) At a certain point in her pre-Crisis career, Barbara…

Does your brain think that all white people look the same?

An infamous concept in psychology is the ‘Other Race Effect.’ People are able to differentiate between faces of their own race better than between the faces of other races. A new study probes the mechanics of the phenomenon. The Other Race Effect, and its equally unpleasant sounding attendant, the ‘all look alike’ phenomenon have been…

A sneak peek at tonight’s game-changing Stargate Universe

Lots of crazy space crap is about to hit the Destiny fan tonight, on Stargate Universe. We’ve got a batch of stills and two behind-the-scenes videos: one all about the start of a new relationship and the end of another. First up is a look at TJ and Young. Greer plays match maker for Eli!…

Gulliver’s Travesty! New trailer reveals more wrongness, including a Transformer giving Jack Black a wedgie

If you thought Jack Black’s reimagined Gulliver’s Travels would be the worst film of the year, it’s time to lower your expectations. A new trailer includes a robot-induced wedgie, a flab-vs.-cannons sea fight, and a tiny Liliputian Kiss cover band.

SGU “Trail And Error” Stills

Brian J. Smith as Lt. Matthew Scott and Elyse Levesque as Chloe Armstrong – photo credit: Carole Segal David Blue as Eli Wallace and Julie McNiven as Ginn – photo credit: Carole Segal David Blue as Eli Wallace and Julie McNiven as Ginn – photo credit: Carole Segal Louis Ferreira as Col. Everett Young and…

Masters of science and science fiction pick the genre’s greatest forgotten classics

New Scientist asked ten scientists and fiction writers, including William Gibson, Kim Stanley Robinson and Margaret Atwood, to name their favorite “lost scifi classics.” And to celebrate, New Scientist’s having a fiction contest, judged by Neil Gaiman. The lost classics named by the experts include some books you may have read, like Stanislaw Lem’s Cyberiad…

Sam Flynn finds his real dad in new Tron Legacy clip

We’ve seen the gorgeous neon light-cycle races and you’ve heard the slick beats from the Daft Punk’s score — now watch the first ever dramatic moment between father and son. Tron Legacy might be sexy, but does it have heart? https://gizmodo.com/the-light-runner-stars-in-the-latest-tron-clip-captain-5676256 https://gizmodo.com/daft-punks-latest-music-video-packs-plenty-of-awesome-n-5673719 We know Tron Legacy will sell tickets based on the visuals alone, but…

A mathematical analysis of what happened the last time the House went Republican

A few years ago, some mathematicians analyzed the US Congress using network theory, trying to determine which committees were linked by shared members. They discovered that the connections between committees and subcommittees changed markedly when Congress was dominated by Republicans. What you see above is a network diagram that shows connections between committees in the…

Preview Surface Detail by Iain M. Banks

Surface Detail, Iain M. Banks’s new contribution to the Culture Series, is just out from Orbit Books. It begins in the realm of the Real, where matter still matters. It begins with a murder. And it will not end until the Culture has gone to war with death itself. For the uninitiated, let’s look at…

How can you tell if your novel is just an overgrown short story?

It’s National Novel-Writing Month, when the world’s coolest people plunge head-first into crafting a novel from scratch. But how can you tell if your brilliant novel idea is really just a short story that’s gotten too big for its britches? The truth, of course, is that there’s no such thing as a “novel idea” or…

Michael Caine cast in apocalyptic retelling of Shakespeare’s Henry 5

Micheal Caine has joined a large group of drama pros in a science fiction retelling of Henry V, set on the edge of the apocalypse. Production Weekly’s twitter alerted us to the existence of this strange apocalyptic Shakespearean story. First off, check out the talent attached to the film; Michael Caine (The Dark Knight), Ray…

Why Back to the Future‘s Ending Is Actually Horrifying

There’s no better time to revisit Back to the Future than in the wake of its 25th anniversary. And when you give the original another look, it’s important to keep in mind that its ending is several shades of horrifying. This youth-shattering video originally popped up in July, but no one’s managed to explain to…

A cure for the common cold at last…and why it’s taken this long

Learning there’s no cure to the common cold is many people’s first introduction to the frustrating limits of medical science. A new breakthrough could prove that old saying wrong. This new finding basically involves supercharging the immune system. Cambridge researchers discovered it’s actually possible for viral anti-bodies to follow the virus into the body’s cells,…

The io9 Book Club is in session! Let’s talk about Palimpsest

Welcome to the monthly meeting of the io9 Book Club. This month we read Catherynne M. Valente’s novel, Palimpsest. Jump into comments to get started talking about it! For those unfamiliar with the io9 book club, here’s how it works: You read the book. We create a special book club post on io9 when the…

TARDIS dress is the epitome of understated Time Lord elegance

If you’re going to dress up as a time-traveling police box, you might as well make it work for all seasons. This handmade TARDress by RingmasterGoldie works equally well at the office, the cotillion, and Gallifrey. [Spotted on Fashionably Geek]

On Supernatural, the monsters are getting better (and closer)

Let’s play catchup with last week’s Supernatural, “You Can’t Handle the Truth,” where Dean was cursed to hear what happens when people stop lying . . . and there was a major revelation about Sam. Spoilers! This was one of those episodes that reminded me why monster of the week stories can be pretty damn…