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Terminator-Proof Your Life With Homemade Liquid Nitrogen

Scifi fans know that debate about gun control is besides the point. Guns won’t save anyone from rampaging Terminators, aliens, or Jason Voorhees. Liquid nitrogen will. Here’s how to make some on a super-low budget, for home protection! As everyone knows, no home is safe without a security company sticker on the door (to stop…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

The Shiniest Stories On io9 This Week

What glimmered on io9 this week? Tons of Doctor Who news, mysterious coffins, April Fools’ Day japery, M. Night Shyamalan talks The Last Airbender, and all you want to know about the Google Books settlement. 5 Ways The Google Book Settlement Will Change The Future of Reading If you care about the future of books,…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Cosplay + Kickboxing = The Ultimate Intimidation Tactic

You’re about to kickbox with a very large, very angry man. What’s the best way to psyche him out? If you’re Japanese kickboxer Yuichiro Nagashima, you dress up as a female anime character. And you thought pro wrestling was flamboyant. These clips from the recent K-1 World Max 2010 kickboxing tournament in Saitama, Japan showcase…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Watch The Ironettes Wiggle It In New Iron Man 2 Preview

This morning, Apple posted a two-minute clip of Tony Stark flying to the Stark Expo, crashing into fireworks, and smirking that trademark Stark smirk. Also witness Tony’s back-up dancers shake it like some cybernetic Solid Gold Dancers. It’s basically an expanded clip of what we saw in the theatrical preview, only without Pepper Potts and…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

D. Gibbons Is A Bad Man, Mark Benford Is A Bad Husband

This week’s Flashforward – “Better Angels” – had a gee-whiz start, a slam-bang finish, and a soggy middle. It was like Mark Benford served us a baloney sandwich on two slices of artisanal Tuscan focaccia. “Better Angels” opens with Demetri, Vogel, Simon, and Janis going to Somalia. Simon wants a gun, Vogel isn’t buying it.…

Television Cyriaque Lamar

The Great Subways Of The World Are Freaking Gorgeous

There’s something blissfully futuristic about subways. Maybe it’s that these people-movers evoke space stations or arcologies. Or perhaps being shoved ass-to-shoulder together with strangers during rush hour unleashes some long-dormant pack instinct. Regardless, these metros are shiny. Designboom has a great rundown of space age subway photography, but I’m a little peeved no one gave…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Tron Press Conference: Helicopter Stunts, Protesters And Bruce Boxleitner!

Tonight, Encom’s Alan Bradley (Bruce Boxleitner) came to San Francisco to give us some hints for Tron Legacy. It was the most elaborate viral marketing event in forever: Boxleitner charmed us, protestors rioted, and someone parachuted from a helicopter! The Encom press conference was an impressive affair even before anything had happened: Disney had built…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

A Drug Discovered In The Soil Of Easter Island Could Cure Alzheimer’s

Rapamycin is a bacterial byproduct discovered in the soil of Easter Island. It extends the lives of animals, and now two independent studies show that it can reverse the symptoms of Alzheimer’s. Is this the drug we’ve been waiting for? A study published yesterday in the Journal of Biological Chemistry confirmed that mice with Altzheimers…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Why This Whole 3D Business is Starting to Offend

The new Clash of the Titans hits theaters this weekend in 3D — not because the filmmakers wanted it that way, but because Warner Bros. could charge more for it. Which is just plain wrong. Listen, Hollywood, I know that we’re in a recession and theatrical attendance is down, and you’re all gaga over Avatar’s…

io9 Marc Bernardin

Celebrate Easter With The 17 Best SF Movie Easter Eggs

To celebrate the season of egg-dyeing and bonnet-wearing, we decided to pull together all of our favorite movie Easter Eggs for your holiday enjoyment. Here’s hoping the Easter Bunny brings you a Sumatran Rat Monkey in your basket. I Am Legend This Easter Egg that lit a spark of hope among comic-book fans. After New…

Movies Meredith Woerner

One Company’s Trash May Be Your Treasure: Salvaging Energy

A group of MIT students have found ways to turn shock absorbers into power generators. Salvaging energy wasted by others may be the modern small-business gold rush. Can you cash in? A college professor of mine often mentioned that the first cars made had small, slim cases mounted to the frame on the driver’s side…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Witness The Sexy Mating Dance Of Splice’s Genetically Engineered Monstrosity

Check out the trailer for Vincenzo Natali’s science-gone-horribly-wrong film Splice. In which Adrien Brody and Sarah Polley splice together the DNA of a human and an animal. Resulting in this deadly bald babe, Dren. Here’s the official synopsis: Elsa and Clive, two young rebellious scientists, defy legal and ethical boundaries and forge ahead with a…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Women And Monsters: The Weird Universe Of Kaiju Porn [NSFW]

Giant monsters will rampage across movie screens in Clash Of The Titans tonight, but they’re already having an orgy on the Internet. Dinosaurs, Godzilla and other creatures are having improbably naughty sex with young maidens. It’s highly NSFW! Is there anything weirder than kaiju porn? It includes women who love dinosaurs, Godzilla, dragons and other…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

The Battlestar Cast: One Year Later

Battlestar Galactica’s ensemble is one of the best to ever grace the TV screen — in any genre — but what have those been actors been doing since the finale? And have they been wasted? The most amazing thing about the BSG cast was not their talent, or it’s depth — almost any one of…

Television Marc Bernardin

“Clash Of The Titans” Taught Me That Hell Is Totally Awesome

Are you looking for an awesome, balls-out adventure movie that has no pretensions and just serves up the monstery goodness? Then you need Clash of the Titans – it’s a refresher course in what makes B-movies better than blockbusters. Unlike a Michael Bay production, Clash isn’t trying to be THE BIGGEST FUCKING THING EVER. And…

io9 Annalee Newitz

“Spellwright” Gives Us Magic For The Computer Age

Blake Charlton’s Spellwright is a fantastic first novel, set in an intriguing world of magic based on the written word. Charlton uses his own experiences with dyslexia to create a protagonist, Nicodemus, whose learning disability could unmake the world. Reading Spellwright as a bibliophile is a real treat, and the focus on language, reading, writing…

Books & Comics Andrew Liptak

Eric Stoltz In Back To The Future? Cellphones In 1985?

Last night, Fringe showed us a lot more of the alternate universe, including a somewhat different version of 1985. More importantly, we saw Young Walter, and learned just what kind of tool he was: a complicated, conflicted one. Spoilers ahead! We already posted a spoiler-free preview of last night’s Fringe, “Peter,” so this recap will…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Ryan Reynolds And His Stupid Muscles Will Rest In Peace (Department)

The ab-riffic Green Lantern star is ramping up his comic book-flick profile by playing a dead guy trying to keep other dead guys from running riot. According to producer Neal Moritz, Reynolds is locked in to play a recently deceased cop who’s drafted into the R.I.P.D. — the police of the dead — and partnered…

Movies Marc Bernardin

The Magic World Of Bio/Logics Could Happen In Our Lifetimes

When David Louis Edelman started writing the Jump 225 trilogy, he thought the thrilling science of bio/logics, which lets you hack your body, was hundreds of years in the future… but now he thinks it’s coming in our lifetimes. The first book of the Jump 225 trilogy, Infoquake, will be the io9 book club selection…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

Michael Bay’s Sexy Alien High Schooler/Murder Victim Has Been Cast

We’re getting more and more interested in Michael Bay’s alien film, I Am Number Four. Especially since he just cast the Number Four, and it’s Alex Pettyfer from Beastly. But can this movie really make a February 2011 release date? The film was adapted from the YA scifi book by James Frey and Jobie Hughes.…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Terminator-Proof Your Life With Homemade Liquid Nitrogen

The Shiniest Stories On io9 This Week

Cosplay + Kickboxing = The Ultimate Intimidation Tactic

Watch The Ironettes Wiggle It In New Iron Man 2 Preview

D. Gibbons Is A Bad Man, Mark Benford Is A Bad Husband

The Great Subways Of The World Are Freaking Gorgeous

Tron Press Conference: Helicopter Stunts, Protesters And Bruce Boxleitner!

A Drug Discovered In The Soil Of Easter Island Could Cure Alzheimer’s

Why This Whole 3D Business is Starting to Offend

Celebrate Easter With The 17 Best SF Movie Easter Eggs

One Company’s Trash May Be Your Treasure: Salvaging Energy

Witness The Sexy Mating Dance Of Splice’s Genetically Engineered Monstrosity

Women And Monsters: The Weird Universe Of Kaiju Porn [NSFW]

The Battlestar Cast: One Year Later

“Clash Of The Titans” Taught Me That Hell Is Totally Awesome

“Spellwright” Gives Us Magic For The Computer Age

Eric Stoltz In Back To The Future? Cellphones In 1985?

Ryan Reynolds And His Stupid Muscles Will Rest In Peace (Department)

The Magic World Of Bio/Logics Could Happen In Our Lifetimes

Michael Bay’s Sexy Alien High Schooler/Murder Victim Has Been Cast

Tesla Goes Ahead and Admits Its Robotaxis Are Sometimes Fully Human-Controlled

School Forced to Replace Toilets After Kids Flush Vapes

‘Scream 7’ Just Won’t Stop Making Money as ‘Scream 8’ Gets Started

The Curtain Has Closed on Meta’s Movie Rating-Inspired Content Filters

Good News! You Can Finally Change That Ridiculous Gmail Address

ExpressVPN Just Launched ExpressAI: Your Prompts Are Now Invisible

VR Just Took Another Massive Body Blow

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