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Thursday comics herald the return of the Young Avengers, Casanova, and Marvelman

For this Thursday’s comics, Marvel brings back a ton of high-profile heroes who’ve been on sabbatical. How high-profile? We’re talking Steve Rogers, the Young Avengers, Matt Fraction’s suave bastard spy Casanova Quinn, and Mick Anglo’s lawsuit-prone Marvelman. That’s a line-up. NOTE: Due to the Fourth of July, comics this week will be released Thursday, July…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar Jul 7

Mutant apples have weird, bloated cells that make them tasty

If you’re enjoying cold, crisp apples in the summery northern hemisphere, ponder this: You’d be enjoying them even more if they were mutant apples. That’s right – a new strain of mutant Gala apples, found in Tennessee, are 40% bigger than normal. And they are much juicier, too. Now scientists are studying them so that…

io9 Annalee Newitz Jul 7

Korea’s taekwon-do-practicing giant robot gets a Transformers-style makeover

The live-action movie of Korea’s animated classic Robot Taekwon V has been in the works forever, but it’s finally coming in 2011. And some new concept art shows that the taekwon-do-champion robot could look a lot like Michael Bay’s Transformers. It’s not surprising that this newly released Robot Taekwon V concept art looks Transformers-ish, since…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Jul 7

Meet io9’s new reporter, Alasdair Wilkins

You’ve seen him around already, but now Alasdair Wilkins is officially wired into our collective cortex and has been given the designation “reporter.” So who is this guy? I’ll let Alasdair tell you about himself (oddly in the third person): Alasdair Wilkins can’t really be considered new – he started out as an intern here…

io9 Annalee Newitz Jul 7

After the depression, a strange group of families changed a small town forever

Carol Emschwiller, author of Carmen Dog and The Mount, has published an incredible new short story over at Lightspeed. It’s about the history-altering friendship between a young woman and an awkward, mysterious newcomer who moves into town. Set in a temporally-ambiguous small town after “the depression,” the story is told in Emschwiller’s characteristic style: spare,…

io9 Annalee Newitz Jul 7

Vampire Academy movies could kick Bella’s and Sookie’s asses

It’s great that the Vampire Academy books are becoming a movie series from Transformers producer Don Murphy. No matter how Hollywood dumbs them down, they probably won’t be able to remove the core concept: a female bodyguard who kicks ass. I reviewed the first Vampire Academy book a while back, and I was pleasantly surprised…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Jul 7

The original Predator, retold as a rap

Can’t find the time to re-watch the entire original Arnold Schwarzenegger Predator film? Check out this amazing video that tells the tale of human versus alien beast, in the form of a rap that you’ll be reciting to your friends. EMBED-PREDATOR -DJ MaYhem & Mouthmaster Murf – Watch more free videos DJ MaYhem and Mouthmaster…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jul 7

Real-life superhero “The Viper” defends Tennessee town, told to take a hike by cops

Columbia, Tennessee (a.k.a. “The Mule Capital of the World”) has a new defender: The Viper, a 20-year-old masked man who patrols the town square carrying batons and ninja stars. Police aren’t impressed, but hey, someone has to defend those mules. Columbia police spotted The Viper in the ~34,000-person town’s public square last week. They told…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Jul 7

Paul Giamatti dares Hollywood to grow some balls and make Bubba Nosferatu

Now here’s some vampire news we can get into. Paul Giamatti is still on the war path to make the sequel to Bruce Campbell’s Bubba Ho-Tep. Starring a retirement-home-living Elvis who now fights vampires, instead of mummies. The original film told the “true” story of Elvis, played by Campbell. Due to some crazy twist of…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jul 7

A new facility is being built to harvest rare atoms

Find out how a particle accelerator will be used to make rare isotopes used for nuclear medicine. Technetium 99m sounds like something in a bad fifties science fiction film that would be injected into someone to give them psychic powers, or twelve hours, or both. This goes double when it’s combined with the ominous phrase…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Jul 7

Early Predators reviews come out! Men In Black III puts out call for extras!

Spoiler detonation! New casting calls shed light on Men In Black III and The Cape. The first Predators reviews are online. George Takei debates robosexual marriage on Futurama. Plus Tron Legacy, Scott Pilgrim, Mad Max, Red Riding Hood and Eureka! Predators: Director Nimrod Antal talks about how he views the titular aliens: There are a…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Jul 7

How To Send a YouTube Video…In 20-30 Easy Steps

As a geek, there’s little worse than watching on at the collective inefficiency that is the public using their computers. But their roundabout techniques really are a testament to mankind’s adaptability in the face of adversity. [xkcd]

Books & Comics Mark Wilson Jul 7

Borders Opens eBook Store—BlackBerry and Android Apps Arrive as Reinforcements

Buildings-based traditional retail chain Borders has launched its eBook Store today, selling titles powered by the popular Kobo eReader system. Borders says it wants to capture a rather arbitrary 17 percent of the eBook market by July 2011. With 1.5million eBooks available to buy now and “thousands” of free titles available in ePub, mobile and…

Books & Comics Gary Cutlack Jul 7

Romantic rejection is its own reward

Wallowing in the sting of romantic rejection? Is that tragic “hit and quit” experience keeping you up at night? It’s not your fault. Neuroscientists say your brain is hardwired to crave the rollercoaster of romantic fulfillment – and rejection. A group of researchers recently discovered that people suffering romantic rejection were displaying neurological patterns normally…

io9 Annalee Newitz Jul 6

A totally awesome “chainsaw vs. zombie” scene. Plus campy kinky sex!

Australian horror film Prey is coming out on DVD next week, retitled for Americans as The Outback. Because zombies and situational lesbians just scream “steakhouse.” In any case, this chainsaw-slashing zombie attack scene is actually quite good. For some reason the zombies in this movie are fire zombies, so they have flames coming off their…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Jul 6

Photo-luminescent and thermal ink physics posters are awesome

Cartoon artist Joe Alterio created this and two other transforming ink posters for the UK Institute of Physics. The image on the right is what you get when you expose the image on the left to heat. Alterio is the guy behind the Robots And Monsters project, and he never shies away from a project…

io9 Annalee Newitz Jul 6

Warehouse 13’s Allison Scagliotti on finding love and joining Syfy’s nerd family

Warehouse 13 is back tonight. To celebrate, we got everyone’s favorite star, Allison Scagliotti, to spill details on new artifacts, Claudia’s gadgets, and getting caught in a steamy Syfy love triangle. With Fargo! What can you tell us about the new season? I think this season is going to blow everyone away. It’s edgier. It’s…

Television Meredith Woerner Jul 6

Is a lack of brand awareness stifling US manga sales?

US manga and anime fandom is at an all-time high, judging from the burgeoning convention scene. But manga sales have dipped since 2007. Could a lack of interaction between American otaku and Japanese publishers be responsible for this muted interest? Over at The Comics Journal, Roland Kelts ponders whether Japanese publishers aren’t doing their part…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar Jul 6

The most intriguing alternate history we’ve heard of in ages

Plenty of alternate history books focus on World War II, but a new series coming in 2011 goes one better. Because World War II played out differently, the Cold War is very different. Including spy cyborgs and super-enhanced terrorists. We were excited when we saw last week that author George Almasi had sold the first…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders Jul 6

Do we have our first dose of asteroid dust?

This canister came from the Japanese spacecraft Habayusa, the first rocket to travel to an asteroid and back. It might look empty, but inside are dust particles that came from the asteroid . . . hopefully. Although Habayusa did succeed in bringing back images and information from the near-Earth asteroid Itokawa, it’s still unclear whether…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Jul 6

Thursday comics herald the return of the Young Avengers, Casanova, and Marvelman

Mutant apples have weird, bloated cells that make them tasty

Korea’s taekwon-do-practicing giant robot gets a Transformers-style makeover

Meet io9’s new reporter, Alasdair Wilkins

After the depression, a strange group of families changed a small town forever

Vampire Academy movies could kick Bella’s and Sookie’s asses

The original Predator, retold as a rap

Real-life superhero “The Viper” defends Tennessee town, told to take a hike by cops

Paul Giamatti dares Hollywood to grow some balls and make Bubba Nosferatu

A new facility is being built to harvest rare atoms

Early Predators reviews come out! Men In Black III puts out call for extras!

How To Send a YouTube Video…In 20-30 Easy Steps

Borders Opens eBook Store—BlackBerry and Android Apps Arrive as Reinforcements

Romantic rejection is its own reward

A totally awesome “chainsaw vs. zombie” scene. Plus campy kinky sex!

Photo-luminescent and thermal ink physics posters are awesome

Warehouse 13’s Allison Scagliotti on finding love and joining Syfy’s nerd family

Is a lack of brand awareness stifling US manga sales?

The most intriguing alternate history we’ve heard of in ages

Do we have our first dose of asteroid dust?

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