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How it feels to be crushed at the center of the Earth

At the center of our planet, heat and pressure are so tremendous that even the structure of iron is transformed. Now, using lasers and diamonds, researchers have reproduced those conditions in the lab. And discovered something they’d always suspected. The researchers conducted a series of “compression experiments,” and found that iron crystals change their structure…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Reptoids have infiltrated the world of heavy metal

Why are these metal bands convinced that the world is secretly ruled by extraterrestrials called reptoids who are breeding with humans in their hidden caves? Art by Marco Hasmann, from the cover of Vivid Interpretations of the Void. If you believe reptoid “expert” David Icke, our planet is secretly ruled by extraterrestrials who walk on…

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Charlaine Harris gets another TV show, featuring detective work, casual sex and ghosts!

We love our vampires and sex series True Blood, but it looks like it may have some competition, because author Charlaine Harris’ paranormal book series Grave Sight has been picked up by CBS. Variety is reporting that Ridley Scott and Tony Scott, along with Naren Shankar (CSI), David Zucker and scribe Kam Miller (Law and…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Sawyer’s back! First look at Josh Holloway filming Mission Impossible 4

Sawyer himself, Josh Holloway, pauses in the middle of saying something snarky, while filming a scene from Mission Impossible 4. With Brad Bird directing and Holloway co-starring along with Simon Pegg, could this film exceed all our expectations? Also pictured on set with Holloway: Lea Saydoux, who’s also listed on IMDB as “rumored” to be…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Humanity will need two Earths to sustain itself in just twenty years

At humanity’s present rate of consumption, by 2030 we’ll need the resources of two Earths just to survive long-term. There are really two options: start building another Earth, or drastically change our lifestyles. Which one is supposed to be easier? According to the latest “Living Planet” report from the World Wildlife Fund, Earth’s 6.8 billion…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

The year’s strangest, most beautiful visions of the microverse

When you’re looking at the world through a microscope, appearances can be deceptive. Vegetables look like minerals, and tiny creatures look like alien invaders. Just check out the incredibly gorgeous winners of this year’s Nikon Small World microphotography competition. Here are just a few of our favorites from among this year’s winners, which illuminate the…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

DOTA, Rap and James Joyce Combine to Form Kotaku Talk Radio

Join us on Kotaku Talk Radio as we talk about the week’s gaming news including the surprise announcement of a new Defense of the Ancients and our discovery of how much Totilo really loves rap. This week’s episode includes myself, Stephen Totilo, Gizmodo’s Joel Johnson and the sonorous tones of Michael Fahey. OK quick, someone…

io9 Brian Crecente

Making a baby in space could be dangerous for all involved

Any future astronauts here who are hoping to make the first space baby might want to think again – embryonic stem cells don’t act the same way in zero gravity, making successful procreation in space almost impossible. We already know that full-grown adults suffer harmful consequences the longer they stay in microgravity, as prolonged living…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Steampunk webseries Riese is a Syfy all-star character battle

Syfy.com has just picked up the gorgeous steampunk webseries Riese. And we think we know why: Riese is comprised of all of your favorite genre supporting characters. It’s got Smallville’s Chloe, BSG’s Gaeta, SGU’s Brody and Volker, and more, watch! Syfy.com announced that they will streaming the webseries Riese every Tuesday and Thursday starting October…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Was there a UFO in New York City yesterday?

Witnesses and videocameras caught a glimpse of some UFOs zooming over New York City yesterday. What were they? No word yet – though officials are, predictably, calling them balloons. Click to view UPDATE: Apparently these really were balloons, at least according to Matt Ganzak, who reported on Twitter that he saw dozens of balloons being…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Josh Holloway on the set of Mission Impossible IV

Lea Saydoux on the set of MI4. Photo by WENN.com. Josh Holloway on the set of MI4. Photo by WENN.com. Josh Holloway on the set of MI4. Photo by WENN.com. Josh Holloway on the set of MI4. Photo by WENN.com. Josh Holloway on the set of MI4. Photo by WENN.com.

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

The platypus knows 80 different ways to poison you

The platypus is Earth’s weirdest creature – famously, 19th century biologists thought it was a hoax when first shown one – and its venom is a hodgepodge too, containing toxins borrowed from snakes, spiders, and even starfish. The fact that the platypus has venom at all is incredibly unusual for mammals, but then there’s very…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Luc Besson’s next film is “The Fifth Element to the power of ten”

It’s about time Luc Besson got back into the scifi business. The director is wagering that his next scifi project will be even bigger than his cult classic The Fifth Element. And we think we know what it is. Fantasy.fr pulled a few quotes from a radio interview on Europe 1 with Besson where he…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Rudy Rucker and Bruce Sterling’s twisted future Hollywood story will provide you with endless catch-phrases

You might think there’s a limit to how weird Rudy Rucker or Bruce Sterling can get, but when they team up, their combined weirdness limit rises exponentially. Witness their strange, unsettling — and highly quotable — story “Good Night, Moon.” This isn’t the first collaboration between Rucker and Sterling — they also wrote “Colliding Branes,”…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Welcome to the school for re-socialized killbots

The first day of school at the special academy for former killbots is always a sensitive time. The mega-assassins and armored AI look wistfully back on their lives of bloody marauding before they climb the steps to the re-socialization classroom. Actually that image is concept art from the movie Arbeiter, which is an alternate history…

io9 Annalee Newitz

First cores are cold, gigantic protostars…and it looks like we’ve found one

Low-mass stars like our own Sun start life as “first cores,” which is the earliest point where gas and dust clump together to form a coherent structure. They’re an essential part of stellar evolution, but we’ve never seen one…until now. Stars like our Sun can last for many billions of years – the Sun is…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Which 1980s science fiction comedy would you want to watch a remake of?

If you had to watch a remake of a 1980s science fiction comedy film, which one would you want to see remade? We’re grappling with that question over at io9’s Facebook page! Just remember: Be excellent to each other.

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Planet Zarmina is ripe for colonization from within its own system

Due to their position in the Gliese system, hypothetical creatures on planet Zarmina might not be alone in their own solar system, the way humans seem to be. And those neighbors could reach Zarmina pretty quickly. Planet Zarmina, or Gliese 581 g, may be situated happily in the middle of the habitable zone around red…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

First look at the last Family Guy Star Wars special

Here’s a little preview of the very last Family Guy Star Wars parody, titled Family Guy: It’s a Trap!. Lois is prisoner of Jabba the Hutt (played by Joe). But which Family Guy character will play the Ewoks? [AceShowbiz]

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Karl Urban explains the world of the new Judge Dredd, and Zack Snyder isn’t kneeling before Zod…yet!

Zack Snyder is coy about General Zod, but he’s got a clear idea for what he wants to do with Superman. Plus more on the “Brad Pitt in Super 8 rumor,” and Bruce Willis talks two very different superhero movies! Superman Reboot: It’s been rumored that General Zod will be the villain in this movie.…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

How it feels to be crushed at the center of the Earth

Reptoids have infiltrated the world of heavy metal

Charlaine Harris gets another TV show, featuring detective work, casual sex and ghosts!

Sawyer’s back! First look at Josh Holloway filming Mission Impossible 4

Humanity will need two Earths to sustain itself in just twenty years

The year’s strangest, most beautiful visions of the microverse

DOTA, Rap and James Joyce Combine to Form Kotaku Talk Radio

Making a baby in space could be dangerous for all involved

Steampunk webseries Riese is a Syfy all-star character battle

Was there a UFO in New York City yesterday?

Josh Holloway on the set of Mission Impossible IV

The platypus knows 80 different ways to poison you

Luc Besson’s next film is “The Fifth Element to the power of ten”

Rudy Rucker and Bruce Sterling’s twisted future Hollywood story will provide you with endless catch-phrases

Welcome to the school for re-socialized killbots

First cores are cold, gigantic protostars…and it looks like we’ve found one

Which 1980s science fiction comedy would you want to watch a remake of?

Planet Zarmina is ripe for colonization from within its own system

First look at the last Family Guy Star Wars special

Karl Urban explains the world of the new Judge Dredd, and Zack Snyder isn’t kneeling before Zod…yet!

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