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80s Thai Horror Movie Posters Will Melt Your Face

In the 1980s, painted movie ads were the norm in Thailand. These exquisitely creepy collages didn’t just divulge important plot points to audiences… they were scarier than the movies themselves. Like Ghana, Thailand is one of those nations where the painted movie poster was an art form unto itself. Here are some of the best…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

Girl Comics Editor: The Title Could’ve Been Worse

The announcement of Marvel Comics’ three-issue Girl Comics anthology was roundly criticized for sexism in everything from intent to title, but as editor Janine Schaefer showed in a recent interview, she knew what she was getting into. Talking to Comic Book Resources, Schaefer said, When the other editors on the project and I decided we…

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan

The 10 Funniest Comedy Sketches About Aliens

Aliens are inherently funny, even when they’re drinking the marrow out of your funny bone. These are ten of the best alien-themed sketches this side of the Crab Nebula (and no, Coneheads is not #1). 10.) “Spacelords” from Human Giant (2007) An extra-dimensional despot and his crew disintegrate a bunch of food service workers, take…

Television Cyriaque Lamar

Can Dolphins Help Scientists Cure Diabetes?

Not content with trying to warn us about the impending destruction of the planet Earth, it now appears that dolphins may also hold the key to curing a strain of diabetes. Is there nothing these cute mammals can’t do? According the scientists, the key lies in dolphins’ ability to voluntarily control insulin resistance that can…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Dark Knight Pirater Sentenced

Now we know the true cost of Batman’s justice: A Missouri man has been sentenced to two years in prison for illegally recording The Dark Knight in a movie theater and going on to sell it as bootleg DVDs. In addition to the 24 month sentence, Robert Henderson – who pleaded guilty to criminal copyright…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Self-Assembling Polymers, And Other Best Science Images Of The Year

The National Science Foundation has announced the winners of its 2009 “Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge,” and there are some seriously gorgeous, weird pictures in the mix. Check out some of our favorites. All text comes from NSF. See more about the NSF contest, more winners, and how you can enter next year, here. First…

io9 Annalee Newitz

When Will The World Recognize The Franks’ Hotness?

Vampires and Werewolves may be hottest these days, but does the Frankenstein mythos have more sex appeal than we give it credit for? When I read Dracula for the first time, the physical detail that stood out the most for Count Dracula, was the circle of hair on the palms of his hands. Jonathan Harker…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Read Y The First Draft For Yourself [Updated]

Wondering what the movie version of Y: The Last Man will turn out like? A sneak peak appeared online in the form of an early draft of the movie’s script, written by creator Brian K. Vaughan. The script had been available at My PDF Scripts, but has since been removed. The script, written by Vaughan,…

Movies Graeme McMillan

Marine Biologist Hopes to Raise Giant Squid In Captivity

Steve O’Shea already holds a world record for rearing squid in a controlled environment. But everybody’s got a dream, and O’Shea’s is to do the same thing one day with the famously elusive giant squid. O’Shea is a research director at the Auckland University of Technology, but he’s best known as a foremost authority on…

io9 Alex Eichler

5 Questions Raised By The DC Executive Changes

It’s a Brave New World over at DC Comics this week, thanks to their new executive team, but what does that mean for everyone? We run down five questions left by all the latest changes. Is DC Comics moving to the West Coast? With DC Entertainment president Diane Nelson, co-publisher Jim Lee and CCO Geoff…

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan

Doctor Who And The Vortex Of Monsters

Matt Smith and Karen Gillan do some stargazing, only to find that the ground underneath them is none too steady, in the gloriously silly second trailer for Doctor Who season five (or season one, depending). Check it out!

Television Charlie Jane Anders

The Building That Gives More Than It Takes

Is this the most energy-efficient office building in the world? Mixing solar and wind technologies, the building Town Town Erdberg manages to generate more energy than it uses, a fact that’s won its designers the 2010 MIPIM sustainability award. The building was designed by Coop Himmelb(l)au, an Austrian design firm that describe the building as…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Scientists Intend To Turn HIV Against Itself In New Trial

The latest tool in the fight against HIV? Apparently, HIV itself, as one Maryland company prepares to test the virus against a “safe” version of itself following successful trials in monkeys. The company, VIRxSYS, is basing its decision on a two-year trial in which monkeys were treated with a deactivated, “safe” version of SIV, the…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Bendis: I’m Not Writing Spider-Man Reboot

Despite tweets and speculation to the contrary, Ultimate Spider-Man writer Brian Michael Bendis would like you all to know one thing: He’s really not involved with the writing of the Spider-Man movie reboot. Honest. After his tweeting that he’d met with the Spider-Man movie team while in LA produced all manner of online chatter about…

Movies Graeme McMillan

The Formula For a Perfect Movie

A Cornell University professor analyzed 150 of the highest grossing movies of the last 70 years. The more recent the movie, he found, the closer it adhered to the mathematical formula that describes the human attention span. In the 1990s, researchers at University of Texas in Austin determined that our attention spans could be described…

Movies Kyle VanHemert

Sezmi Open For Business in L.A.

Sezmi, a company that seeks to offer an affordable alternative to cable TV providers and their bloated packages, has now opened shop for those living in the Los Angeles area. For the last few months Sezmi has quietly been wrapping up beta testing, but now Californians in the area can head into a local Best…

Television Kyle VanHemert

Is Runaways Marvel’s First Post-Avengers Movie?

We know that Marvel’s movies are leading up to 2012’s Avengers, but has work on the movies that follow already reached the casting stage? That’s what some are wondering after an unusual casting announcement was apparently released. All Things Fangirl accidentally stumbled onto something that may be a massive scoop… or perhaps a strange mistake…

Movies Graeme McMillan

Epic Space Heroes Who Gave A Better Apology Than Tiger

Did Tiger Woods’ public apology leave you unsatisfied? Maybe the sports legend should have borrowed a bit from Lt. Commander Worf, the Tenth Doctor and other great apologizers from science fiction. Star Trek: The Next Generation is full of apologies – every other episode ends with a mea culpa. Picard frequently apologizes for misunderstanding some…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Science Fiction Teaches You How To Create A Male Sex Slave

Science fiction is full of female sex slaves – especially of the green skinned variety. But what if you really want a male sex slave? Don’t worry. Science fiction is here to teach you all about that, too. Here’s how. NOTE: Do not actually try this at home. Sex slavery is creepy and wrong, even…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Win An Actual Piece Of The Pegasus Stargate

The massive Stargate props auction has begun. And to celebrate, we’re giving away a piece of a real Stargate! Stargate Artifacts is hosting a Staragate auction via ebay. They are literally cleaning house on props from Stargate Atlantis and SG-1. Everything from Teal’c’s working Jaffa serpent head to Jack O’Neil’s sunglasses is up for bidding.…

Television Meredith Woerner

80s Thai Horror Movie Posters Will Melt Your Face

Girl Comics Editor: The Title Could’ve Been Worse

The 10 Funniest Comedy Sketches About Aliens

Can Dolphins Help Scientists Cure Diabetes?

Dark Knight Pirater Sentenced

Self-Assembling Polymers, And Other Best Science Images Of The Year

When Will The World Recognize The Franks’ Hotness?

Read Y The First Draft For Yourself [Updated]

Marine Biologist Hopes to Raise Giant Squid In Captivity

5 Questions Raised By The DC Executive Changes

Doctor Who And The Vortex Of Monsters

The Building That Gives More Than It Takes

Scientists Intend To Turn HIV Against Itself In New Trial

Bendis: I’m Not Writing Spider-Man Reboot

The Formula For a Perfect Movie

Sezmi Open For Business in L.A.

Is Runaways Marvel’s First Post-Avengers Movie?

Epic Space Heroes Who Gave A Better Apology Than Tiger

Science Fiction Teaches You How To Create A Male Sex Slave

Win An Actual Piece Of The Pegasus Stargate

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Don’t Get Too Attached to Any AI App

‘Paradise’ Writer Teases What’s Coming in Season 3 After That Huge Twist

Trump’s New White House App Is Mildly Concerning and Weird for a Lot of Reasons

Bloodsucking Ticks Can Survive Inside Your Home Longer Than You Might Think

The Best New Toys of March 2026

Judge Denies Liking LinkedIn Post Critical of Elon Musk But Reassigns His Cases Anyway

Amazon Slashes 50% Off Keurig K-Cup Pod Coffee Maker, Now a Budget Alternative to Breville and Nespresso Espresso Machines

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

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Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

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