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Star Trek “Space Seed” poster sells out in just one hour

Looking at this amazing information-rich poster celebrating the Star Trek episode “Space Seed,” the first product of CBS’ new partnership with Mondo, it’s easy to see why it sold out in just an hour. Oh, and Khaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan! [Mondo via TrekToday]

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

6 new True Blood clips have everyone asking, where’s Bill?

Can’t wait for Sunday’s True Blood season 3 debut? Then check this batch of new clips where Vampire Eric, Sookie and a werewolf begin the Vampire Bill search. Meanwhile Jessica is getting neck-sucking tips from wise old vampire Pam. The new season starts this Sunday night — and yes, waiting sucks.

Television Meredith Woerner

The mystery of the sun’s corona

The surface of the sun is around 5000 degrees Celsius. The solar corona, just above the surface of the sun, is two million degrees. Why? The solar corona is a bit of a scientific mystery. The bright, shifting glow that’s most visible during solar eclipses, it’s made up of very hot plasma. Plasma is gas…

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The Marvel movies get their logos. But don’t get too attached to those Indiana Jones 5 rumors.

We’ve got spoilers galore for True Blood and Doctor Who. Posters and logos have surfaced for Captain America, Thor, Transformers 3, and The Green Hornet. Reports of Indy 5’s existence were greatly exaggerated. Sorcerer’s Apprentice gets a trailer. Spoiler overload! Captain America and Thor: The next two Marvel movies have official posters. Take a look:…

Television Alasdair Wilkins

The Gadgets That Preserve Our Memories

The woman in this photo is an employee at the Library of Congress. She is using a high-tech scanner to map the individual chemical components of a century-old book in order to learn how to better preserve it. Boing Boing’s Rob Beschizza visited the two Library of Congress departments dedicated to keeping our memories safe:…

Books & Comics Rosa Golijan

Why did nearly all life on Earth die 250 million years ago?

Among paleontologists, it’s sometimes called the “Great Dying.” Roughly a quarter of a billion years ago, 90-95 percent of all life on Earth died out. It took 30 million years for the planet to recover. What happened? Most people are familiar with the extinction event 65 million years ago that wiped out the dinosaurs. But…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Smilin’ Stan Lee weighs in on Donald Glover for Spider-Man

It seems like everyone and their mother has an opinion on Donald Glover’s campaign to become The Webbed One, so why shouldn’t one of Spidey’s creators bandy about his opinion? In this video, Stan “The Man” Lee gives his verdict. Click to view He’s a great actor. I’ve seen him, and he’s terrific […] A…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

15 seconds with Disney’s new wild-child princess, Rapunzel UPDATE

Check out the first ever video footage of the new Disney princess, Rapunzel, from their new film Tangled. Can this new lady live up to her legendary Disney predecessors? UPDATE: Now with the new teaser trailer! UPDATE: This new teaser trailer was released this morning with lots of new footage: Click to view Here’s the…

Movies Meredith Woerner

What is the future of storytelling in videogames?

When we interviewed Bear McCreary about his upcoming soundtrack to Zipper Interactive’s SOCOM 4, we also had the opportunity to speak with Ed Byrne, creative director at Zipper. The following lively discussion precipitated from a single question: “Are videogames art?” I would say that games right now are we what call “craft” – between art…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

In praise of seat-of-the-pants storytelling

People act like the worst accusation you can hurl at storytellers is “They made it up as they went along.” As if having a Master Plan is the same as good storytelling. In fact, it’s frequently the other way around. Often the best storytelling is improvisational, like jazz or chess. Whether you’re talking about books,…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

A new kind of cloud formation boils over the central US

A newly-discovered cloud formation, first identified last year, has appeared again this week after a massive storm over Missouri. The clouds, called “Undulatus asperatus,” create a roiling, churned pattern that looks almost like the wake from a ship. According to the National Weather Service: A storm system moving across the Ozarks on June 7th produced…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Pop Gods and Light Show Geniuses, Phoenix, Part of The Creators Project

You know Phoenix as one of the bands on the Lost in Translation soundtrack. But did you know that their lighting guy is a member of the band, they nearly come to fisticuffs when deciding the set list, and that they are particularly inspired by martinis? Phoenix, the sharp dressed, smooth-tongued Frenchmen who have resurrected…

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Totally amazing: a statue of legendary Chinese general Guan Yu as a Transformer

General Guan Yu was a brilliant military commander during China’s Three Kingdoms era, immortalized in the epic Romance Of The Three Kingdoms. And now he’s an Autobot too, thanks to Chinese student Bi Heng’s $40,000 sculpture. The statue of Guan Yu, made from the remains of a 25-year-old military service truck from the People’s Liberation…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Sony Outs Seven LED 3DTVs At Once

The promise of Sony’s entry into the 3DTV market has been swirling since last September. Today they’re not just dipping their toes in the 3D waters; they’re delivering a full-on cannonball, with the launch of seven 3D and “3D-ready” TVs. Only two of the models—the 52-inch and 60-inch Bravia XBR-HX909 series—feature integrated 3D right out…

Television Brian Barrett

New science series with Morgan Freeman asks, “Is there a creator?”

Searching for answers to cosmology’s biggest questions just got a whole lot more dignified. Morgan Freeman’s Through the Wormhole, premiering tonight on the Science Channel, tackles the most fundamental questions about the universe, and even tries to address God scientifically. The title of the series’s debut episode – “Is There A Creator?” – should make…

Television Alasdair Wilkins

Does Justin Cronin’s ultra-trendy 700-page vampire epic live up to the hype?

The Passage by Justin Cronin is getting raves from people like Stephen King, and Ridley Scott has already optioned the post-apocalyptic vampire epic from the PEN/Hemingway Award-winning literary author. But is it any good? Bookslut’s Janet Potter evaluates. Spoilers ahead… No one in the publishing or entertainment world can be blamed for getting pretty excited…

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Michael Fassbender must choose which Marvel villain to call his own

Michael Fassbender is playing a major Marvel villain – but will it be young Magneto in X-Men: First Class or the baddie in the Spider-Man reboot? And which Spidey nemesis will it be? The German-Irish actor, who played the dashing Lieutenant Archie Hicox in Inglourious Basterds and costars with Josh Brolin in the upcoming Jonah…

Movies Alasdair Wilkins

The smell of love, why space will suck, robots, zombies, and more!

Every week, we round up the best tips that you post in io9’s tips forum. This week, we’ve got a mash-up of smelly couples, the crappiness of space travel, creepy robots, sciencey things, zombie bites, and much more! If you want to post a tip, just click on the #tips link on our navigation bar,…

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Scientists try to prove that women manipulate men with noises during sex

Why do women make sexy sounds during intercourse? According to a recently-published study, it’s to manipulate men. How the heck do you study something like that scientifically? Allow me to explain. Over at the superlative NCBI ROFL blog, we spotted this gem of a paper from Archives of Sexual Behavior, called Evidence to Suggest that…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Will all babies get tested for autism in the womb?

British researchers have identified up to 300 genes that cause autism, and they hope to have mapped all the genes responsible for the condition within two years. And they believe that eventually, all newborn children could be tested for autism. A group of Oxford researchers, writing in the journal Nature, say that they’ve identified several…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Star Trek “Space Seed” poster sells out in just one hour

6 new True Blood clips have everyone asking, where’s Bill?

The mystery of the sun’s corona

The Marvel movies get their logos. But don’t get too attached to those Indiana Jones 5 rumors.

The Gadgets That Preserve Our Memories

Why did nearly all life on Earth die 250 million years ago?

Smilin’ Stan Lee weighs in on Donald Glover for Spider-Man

15 seconds with Disney’s new wild-child princess, Rapunzel UPDATE

What is the future of storytelling in videogames?

In praise of seat-of-the-pants storytelling

A new kind of cloud formation boils over the central US

Pop Gods and Light Show Geniuses, Phoenix, Part of The Creators Project

Totally amazing: a statue of legendary Chinese general Guan Yu as a Transformer

Sony Outs Seven LED 3DTVs At Once

New science series with Morgan Freeman asks, “Is there a creator?”

Does Justin Cronin’s ultra-trendy 700-page vampire epic live up to the hype?

Michael Fassbender must choose which Marvel villain to call his own

The smell of love, why space will suck, robots, zombies, and more!

Scientists try to prove that women manipulate men with noises during sex

Will all babies get tested for autism in the womb?

Trump Posts Concept Art of His Presidential Library, and It’s AI Slop

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‘Fallout’ Season 2 Was a Hit Despite That Unsatisfying Release Strategy Change

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You Too Will Learn to Fear the XenoFrog

Amazon Echo Dot Sees Its Last Price Drop in the Spring Sale, Final Hours Tick Down Ahead of an Uncertain Prime Day

Artemis 2 by the Numbers: Breaking Down NASA’s Big Return to the Moon

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