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io9 Book Club reminder: Miéville’s “The City & The City” is July’s pick

Just a quick reminder to io9 Book Club readers that this month’s pick is The City & The City by China Miéville. Our meeting will begin July 26, so get reading! Undecided? You can read Grey_Area’s review of The City & The City here. https://gizmodo.com/get-lost-in-china-mievilles-weirdest-cityscape-yet-5271675 What’s this whole crazy book club thing? Let me tell…

Books & Comics Annalee Newitz Jul 13

These are some styling power plants from the 1960s, daddy-o

In the 1960s, United States Steel released Power Styling, a book of remodeled electrical stations that crackled with modernist flair. The book imagines a mod future in which “electrical engineer” is the sexiest gig on the planet. Here’s the description of Power Styling from grain edit. They’re not sure who made these illustrations but have…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Jul 13

Study: A death star named Nemesis isn’t to blame for mass extinctions

In the 1980s, fossil record research showed a curious cycle: Every 27 million years, Earth hosted a mass extinction. Some scientists blamed a dim star dubbed Nemesis. They suggested it was in a deadly dance with our sun, periodically kicking comets out of the distant Oort Cloud to shower our planet with destruction. Morbidly fascinating…

io9 Joseph Calamia - Discover Jul 13

Can I build an ansible to communicate across the cosmos?

In this week’s Ask a Physicist, we answer a question that’s on everyone’s mind: Can we use quantum entanglement to make a mockery of the speed of light, and create intergalactic communications devices like Le Guin’s “ansible“? This week’s Ask a Physicist comes to us from a huge number of you, but was first posed…

io9 Dr. Dave Goldberg Jul 13

Was our universe born inside a black hole in another universe?

The current explanation of the universe’s origins relies on clumsy assumptions and can’t explain most subatomic particles. A small tweak to general relativity solves these problems – and seemingly proves the universe must have come from a black hole elsewhere. As it stands right now, the explanation for the universe’s beginnings is built around a…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Jul 13

R.I.P. hard science fiction writer James P. Hogan

James P. Hogan, author of Inherit The Stars and 30 other hard science fiction novels, passed away yesterday. He talked in a 2004 interview about how 2001: A Space Odyssey made him a science fiction author… because it frustrated him. Talking to Baen Books’ Toni Weisskopf in 2004, Hogan explained why he decided to become…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders Jul 13

Will Inception be Christopher Nolan’s first big flop?

The early reviews of Inception all praised its complexity and smart ideas, but warned it might be too smart for dumb moviegoers. Now some people are starting to wonder if it’ll make back its reported $200 million budget. https://gizmodo.com/we-round-up-inceptions-early-reviews-does-it-live-up-t-5580002 Science fiction writer Jason Sanford puts it right out there: This film will be a major…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Jul 13

Coming soon – possibly the greatest Star Wars toy ever

The collectibles maniacs over at Bantha Skull have gotten their hands on Hasbro’s soon-to-be-released AT-AT toy, and have declared it the greatest Star Wars toy ever. Check out their video of this must-have collectible. Find out more via Bantha Skull. Click to view

Movies Annalee Newitz Jul 13

Has the Higgs Boson been found?

Rumors are swirling that the fabled Higgs Boson has been discovered following a blog post from physicist Tommaso Dorigo claiming Fermilab has found “some evidence of a light Higgs boson signal” and will soon make an announcement to that effect. The actual evidence of this seems sketchy to non-existent, so we advise you take this…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Jul 13

A side-by-side comparison of Scott Pilgrim and the real world

This intrepid fan has photographed locations in Toronto and juxtaposed these places next to their doodled counterparts in Bryan Lee O’Malley’s Scott Pilgrim series. This photoseries, entitled “Scott Pilgrimage,” hits up such landmarks as Dundas Square and Honest Ed’s. Neat. You can check out more comparisons at the “Scott Pilgrimage” Flickr set below. [mad5l5in5’s Flickr…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar Jul 13

Brian Cox is a monkey-torturing bastard in Rise of the Apes

X-Men’s William Stryker is about to get even more evil. Brian Cox has joined Rise of the Apes as “villainous owner of a primate sanctuary” who doesn’t take great care of his primates. Fox’s Twitter has confirmed the deal. [TheWrap]

Movies Meredith Woerner Jul 13

A summer comic smorgasbord of mutants, Predators, and Dana Scully

What’s in comic shops Wednesday? A lot of new X-titles, the Predators comic book sequel, and the X-Files meets 30 Days Of Night. Comic-Con may be next week, but there’s plenty of four-panel action on the racks. The X-books are having a particularly big week. The Second Coming crossover wraps up in X-Men: Second Coming…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar Jul 13

The greatest rant you’ll see this week: World War II is full of plot holes, and the writers should all be fired

If you think your favorite science fiction TV show is full of nonsensical plot twists and lazy writing, you should check out the World War II documentaries, suggests Squid314 on Livejournal, in the funniest blog post you’re likely to read this week. Who on Earth would believe that the Allies could actually win the Battle…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Jul 13

Lloyd’s Of London warns businesses to prepare for peak oil

Venerable financial institutions Lloyds of London and Chatham House issued a dire warning to UK businesses. Energy shortages and peak oil are going to be major issues for insurance markets in coming years. The groups issued a joint report, Sustainable Energy Security: Strategic Risks and Opportunities for Business, which explained, “Companies which are able to…

io9 Annalee Newitz Jul 13

The Shrine shoves medieval weaponry into your eyes, turns you evil

This new horror film, The Shrine, looks creepily intriguing. Mostly because it doesn’t give away the entire premise in the first trailer. And the boil faced, glassy-eyed evil being you can just glimpse has us pretty scared. Check it out. Shock Till You Drop has the first trailer for Jon Knautz’s horror film, starring Ice…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jul 13

Cosmic cauldron is a working lesson in astrophysics

These swirling hydrogen clouds are given their stunning colors by the intense ultraviolet radiation emanating from the newborn stars within. And that massive star right in the middle is so radiant that it’s changing the shape of this nebula. This is the nebula NGC 2467, located some 13,000 light-years from Earth. First discovered in the…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Jul 13

Amanda Seyfried steals time in Andrew Niccol’s new I’m.mortal film

In the Andrew Niccol’s newest future vision, the rich stop aging at age 25, while the poor are forced to face mortality head-on. Amanda Seyfried has been cast as a gorgeous hostage, who’s worth her weight in minutes. TheWrap is reporting that Seyfriend has just been cast in a lead role in Niccol’s new film…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jul 13

Oregon woman receives prosthetic face after shotgun trauma

In 1999, an accidental shotgun blast severely damage the face of 16-year-old Chrissy Steltz. 11 years later, Steltz was fitted for a prosthetic face that allows her to go out in public without wearing her usual cloth facial mask. When she was a teenager, Steltz’s then-boyfriend unintentionally shot her in the face at a party.…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Jul 13

Author posts her vampire novel online for free — and gets an awesome book deal

Can posting your unpublished novels online for free still lead to a nice book deal, now that the web is saturated with free fiction? It worked for author Marta Acosta, whose young-adult vampire novel will come out from Tor Books. Acosta says she got tired of waiting for her YA novel, The Shadow Girl Of…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders Jul 13

Transformers 3 set photos and videos galore, plus an intriguing possibility for the new Hulk

New set Transformers photos reveal Michael Bay has sunk even lower. Has Captain America already started filming? Check out the first review of The Sorcerer’s Apprentice. Will Twilight be in 3D? And we might already know who’s playing the Hulk. Transformers 3: There’s just an insane amount of pictures and videos from the Chicago filming.…

Television Alasdair Wilkins Jul 13

io9 Book Club reminder: Miéville’s “The City & The City” is July’s pick

These are some styling power plants from the 1960s, daddy-o

Study: A death star named Nemesis isn’t to blame for mass extinctions

Can I build an ansible to communicate across the cosmos?

Was our universe born inside a black hole in another universe?

R.I.P. hard science fiction writer James P. Hogan

Will Inception be Christopher Nolan’s first big flop?

Coming soon – possibly the greatest Star Wars toy ever

Has the Higgs Boson been found?

A side-by-side comparison of Scott Pilgrim and the real world

Brian Cox is a monkey-torturing bastard in Rise of the Apes

A summer comic smorgasbord of mutants, Predators, and Dana Scully

The greatest rant you’ll see this week: World War II is full of plot holes, and the writers should all be fired

Lloyd’s Of London warns businesses to prepare for peak oil

The Shrine shoves medieval weaponry into your eyes, turns you evil

Cosmic cauldron is a working lesson in astrophysics

Amanda Seyfried steals time in Andrew Niccol’s new I’m.mortal film

Oregon woman receives prosthetic face after shotgun trauma

Author posts her vampire novel online for free — and gets an awesome book deal

Transformers 3 set photos and videos galore, plus an intriguing possibility for the new Hulk

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