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Netflix Coming to Canada, Eh?

If things get even worse with the latest BP oil seepage reports, I’m hightailing it to Canada. I have no clue what good that will do, but at least it’s doing something. Oh, and starting in the fall, I can get Netflix. Soon-to-be fellow Canadians, preregister here: [Netflix via Twitter via Engadget]

Movies Mark Wilson Jul 19

Sex advice from Omega Red: How do I pick up babes at Comic Con?

Unbeknownst to most comic book fans, Wolverine foe Omega Red is not only an evil Soviet super-soldier; he’s also a modern-day lothario and sweaty practitioner of the erotic arts. This evening, Mr. Red addresses the topic of convention love. It may come as a shock to you that Omega Red is a relationship guru. After…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Jul 18

“Sol” is the gritty Stargate movie we want

A gaggle of teen boys pass through a “gate” and wind up stranded in a mysterious land in Sol. It looks like Alive meets Stargate, so watch the trailer. Plus, here’s the first official live action adaptation trailer for Gantz. Sol The Obsidian Collective’s feature film Sol has our interest piqued. While the plot synopsis…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jul 18

Universal flu vaccine could be just around the corner

Imagine a single vaccine that could protect you from all flu strains for decades. It looks like we might actually make it a reality in the near future, thanks to a major breakthrough in combating the rapidly mutating disease. Because flu strains change so quickly, vaccines have limited effectiveness and need to be reformulated annually.…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Jul 18

Inception brings in $60.4 million so far, Sorcerer’s Apprentice gets mopped

Inception has grossed $60.4 million since Friday, whereas Disney’s magical Nick Cage flick flickered with $24.5 million over five days (on a $150,000,000 budget). Meanwhile, Damon Lindelof dug Inception, thereby inadvertently exposing himself to Lost-jaded snarkhounds. [HuffPo]

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Jul 18

The many faces of Nick Fury, Agent of S.U.A.V.E.

This week, the always entertaining Comic Twart collective illustrated everyone’s favorite stogie-chomping super-spy — Colonel Nicholas Joseph Fury. Furthermore, they went the extra mile and drew the 1960s version of Nick. Groovy. Be sure to check out the rest of Comic Twart’s designs at their website. [Spotted at Forbidden Planet International] By Francesco Francavilla By…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Jul 18

Tokyo billboards can instantly deduce your age and gender in the name of better marketing

Are you sick and tired of walking past billboards that offer generic pitches to buy their products that aren’t specifically tailored to your gender and age group? Well, fear not, because high-tech Japanese billboards are here to save the day. The billboards are part of the Digital Signage Promotion Project, in which 27 of the…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Jul 18

The ruins of a Black Sea resort town

Russian photographer Slesarev Oleg Victorovitch took these photos of Gagra, a once-thriving resort town on the coast of Black Sea. Gagra was a palatial tourist destination until 1992, when the area was at the forefront of the War in Abkhazia. Gagra, which was a resort city in both Czarist and Soviet times, became a ruined…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Jul 18

Witness the amazing planet that’s also a comet!

The remarkable extrasolar planet HD 209458b is a gas giant a little smaller than Jupiter that’s constantly venting its atmosphere into space, giving it a very comet-like tail, all thanks to its super-close orbit around its sun. The planet is found about 153 light-years away from Earth. As you can see above in an artist’s…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Jul 18

$5000 dystopian short film “The Raven” to be full length, could possibly star Mark Wahlberg

Ricardo de Montreuil’s snazzy short The Raven cost a mere $5K and was shot over a single weekend. Now Universal wants a Raven feature film, and Mark Wahlberg is potentially on-board to produce and star as the telekinetic hero. When we last saw The Raven this April, it was making the rounds on the internet…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Jul 18

Robbing cancer cells of their immortality could stop the disease in its tracks

Cancer cells are effectively immortal, unaffected by the processes that cause regular cells to stop replicating and die. But now we’ve found a protein that gives them immortality – and, just maybe, a way to switch it off. Every time normal cells reproduce, they lose a little part of the protective tip of their DNA.…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Jul 18

A map for aspiring diamond hunters

Find out which parts of the world to visit if you want to walk away with diamonds on the soles of your shoes. Some of you out there are tired of your office jobs. Some want a diamond on their finger without having to contribute to political strife. Others just refuse to give a single…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Jul 18

Could “blue holes” offer clues about the biology of extraterrestrials?

In the Bahamas’ submerged inland caverns, or “blue holes,” a thin layer of fresh water separates oxygen from salt water. This creates a submerged, oxygen-free environment that could resemble underground water pockets on Mars or the seas of Europa. In the blue holes of the Bahamas, the anoxic salt waters supports ecosystems that are completely…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Jul 18

There’s still 12 minutes of new Lost left to see, starring Ben Linus and Hurley!

You thought you were at last finished with Lost…but Lost isn’t yet done with you. The upcoming sixth season and complete series DVDs will feature an all-new, 12 minute vignette featuring Ben and Hurley. And yes, it will answer questions! Michael Emerson and Jorge Garcia are both reprising their roles for the DVD extra, which…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Jul 18

Everything you need to know about Starcraft II

On July 27, Blizzard Entertainment will release Starcraft II, the sequel to the real-time strategy game so popular that it’s still the gold standard of the genre 12 years later. Today, we’ll be looking at Starcraft as a scifi narrative. Starcraft is military science fiction that focuses on three warring species: the power-armor-clad Terrans, the…

io9 David Daw Jul 18

How I learned to love the Doctor’s dashing lady-friend, River Song

The central enigma of Doctor Who’s very first episode wasn’t the Doctor himself — it was a 15-year-old girl. So Steven Moffat was returning the show to its roots when he introduced the mysterious River Song. Here’s why she’s awesome. Oh, and (in a River Song voice), “Spoilers…” It’s really hard to recap the first…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jul 17

The US military’s heat ray weapon is now in Afghanistan

The Active Denial System, an invisible heat ray that induces a painful burning sensation on human skin, has joined US marines in Afghanistan. Unlike the smaller, 750-foot-ranged Silent Guardian, the ADS can emit heat beams over 1,640 feet. [BBC] https://gizmodo.com/its-like-a-heatwave-burnin-in-the-subcutaneous-layer-of-5062966

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Jul 17

Isaac Asimov’s The Gods Themselves: In which scientists are jerks and aliens masturbate

At long last we come to perhaps the biggest name in science-fiction literature. Settle in for a long, long — long — look at what might be the least Asimovian story Isaac Asimov ever wrote. This weekend we’re doing something different: Instead of just me droning on all by myself, io9 contributor and Asimov aficionado…

Books & Comics Josh Wimmer and Alasdair Wilkins Jul 17

The shiniest stories on io9 this week

Oh, what a week that was. Inception put audiences in a topspin and the roaring drums of Comic Con are a-booming. Oh, and Sinestro pretended to be gay. Here are some other pieces for your consideration. https://gizmodo.com/16-demented-green-lantern-stories-that-were-sure-wont-b-5579211 Methane bubble “doomsday” story debunked For several days, bloggers and journalists have been passing around a news story…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Jul 17

Offshore Oil Strike for All the Family

In the 1970s, BP released Offshore Oil Strike, a board game about the excitement of deep-water drilling. Will you, dad, or grandma be the first to gain $120,000,000 game-winning petro-dollars? BP; photo by BLDGBLOG” />. One of the most extraordinary-and timely-subcollections in the archives of the Canadian Centre for Architecture can be found resting on…

io9 Geoff Manaugh - BLDGBLOG Jul 17

Netflix Coming to Canada, Eh?

Sex advice from Omega Red: How do I pick up babes at Comic Con?

“Sol” is the gritty Stargate movie we want

Universal flu vaccine could be just around the corner

Inception brings in $60.4 million so far, Sorcerer’s Apprentice gets mopped

The many faces of Nick Fury, Agent of S.U.A.V.E.

Tokyo billboards can instantly deduce your age and gender in the name of better marketing

The ruins of a Black Sea resort town

Witness the amazing planet that’s also a comet!

$5000 dystopian short film “The Raven” to be full length, could possibly star Mark Wahlberg

Robbing cancer cells of their immortality could stop the disease in its tracks

A map for aspiring diamond hunters

Could “blue holes” offer clues about the biology of extraterrestrials?

There’s still 12 minutes of new Lost left to see, starring Ben Linus and Hurley!

Everything you need to know about Starcraft II

How I learned to love the Doctor’s dashing lady-friend, River Song

The US military’s heat ray weapon is now in Afghanistan

Isaac Asimov’s The Gods Themselves: In which scientists are jerks and aliens masturbate

The shiniest stories on io9 this week

Offshore Oil Strike for All the Family

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