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Samuel L Jackson Sees Profit Potential In Alien Civil War

Seeking to prove Edwin Starr wrong, Samuel L. Jackson and his Afro Samurai co-creator Eric Calderon think that war might be good for a few things after all with their new comic series, Cold Space. “Huh!” indeed. The new series was co-created by actor Jackson and Calderon, and stars a main character who looks very…

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan

10 Reasons We’ll Miss Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse

Joss Whedon’s mind-warping Dollhouse ends tonight, and then we’ll enter the “endless rewatching and overanalyzing” phase of our relationship with this show. Here are 10 things we’ll miss most about Dollhouse, plus some clips from tonight’s finale. First, those clips. Fair warning — there are some big spoilers in these: I can’t freakin wait for…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Lockheed Martin Turns To Marvel Comics For Inspiration

It’s not exactly Iron Man, but Lockheed Martin’s Human Universal Load Carrier may be the first step down that road, allowing soldiers to cybernetically increase their strength for days at a time, as well as shield its wearer from harm. Lockheed are so excited about the Tony Stark-inspired suit that they’ve made a promotional video…

io9 Graeme McMillan

The Epic Mural Of The Internet Doesn’t Have Nearly Enough Cats

Mimicking Marco Brambilla’s dancing Hitlers video mural, this is a staggering visual representation of the entire internet. It may be missing some nakedness and a few more cats, but it’s still pretty astounding in high resolution. http://io9.com/5308567/the-video-mural-road-to-hell-is-paved-in-pop-culture-clips Granted there are a few godlike kitties, a cat spaceship and a few LOLcats here and there, but…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Ancient Feathery Beast Solidifies Evidence That Birds Evolved From Dinosaurs

A new dinosaur species has been identified, and it’s a birdlike creature (pictured) that’s 15 million years older than the first bird. Haplocheirus sollers is another dinosaur whose proto-bird characteristics make it a possible precursor to birds. There’s so little evidence from the fossil record during the time that birds evolved that scientists have debated…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Ryan Reynolds Talks To The Deadpool Writers Daily

Good news for fans of the unleashed merc with an unsewn mouth: Ryan Reynolds is in constant contact with the new Deadpool writers. Hopefully this means the character won’t be mutated into some strange bastardization of the comic. Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, of Zombieland have been assigned to pen the Deadpool script. Which is…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Sneak Peek at Upcoming Philip K. Dick Movie

A new film based on Philip K. Dick‘s posthumous, roughly autobiographical novel, Radio Free Albemuth, has begun some informal screenings around Los Angeles. We saw the film, and spoke to writer/director John Alan Simon about representing the author’s ambivalent life. Radio Free is very independent in spirit as well as in style; it’s hard to…

Books & Comics Scott Timberg

NBC Maintains The Superheroics With New Drama

Heroes may about to get some costumed company on NBC next season. The peacock network has given the go-ahead for a pilot for a new superhero drama that promises to mix emotional fireworks with the special effect fights. NBC has picked up The Cape, an hour long drama created by sword-and-sandal miniseries Empire creator Tom…

Television Graeme McMillan

This is So Much More Than Just a Black Box

It seems that The Elders Of The Internet have decided to mass-produce the Intartubez. Hurrah! [instructables via BoingBoing]

Television AddyDugdale

The Worst Superhero Film Of All Time (Yes, Worse Than Batman And Robin Or Supergirl!)

The classic “choosing your superheroic identity” scene gets trashed (Cupid Girl? Aack!) in this god-awful moment from Superbabies, widely regarded as being in the running for “worst film of all time.” But just wait until you see the fight scene. You can see why Superbabies: Baby Geniuses II has a 0 percent rating on Rotten…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Why The iPad Is Crap Futurism

The real question about Apple’s new multitouch pseudo-computer, dubbed the iPad, is not whether it sucks or rocks. What all of us really want to know is whether it will change the future. The answer? Yes, but badly. The iPad And The World Of Tomorrow For those who spent yesterday glued to the State of…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Hilobrow Announces SF Micro Fiction Contest

Always wanted to write a science fiction story about a troubled superhero that was 250 words or less? Now the Hilobrow scifi micro fiction contest challenges you to do it! io9 contributor Joshua Glenn is also the editor of Hilobrow, a magazine that’s packed with cool essays about culture and ideas, with a pretty big…

Books & Comics Annalee Newitz

Amazingly, a Good — and Frightening — SF Play

Any theories on why science-fiction theater tends to be so lame? Does the naturalism of the stage thwart suspension of disbelief? In any case, a good one, called The Assember Dilator, seems to’ve just finished brewing in the East Village. According to this review in The L Magazine, the play is “without question some of…

io9 Scott Timberg

Stargate Universe Writer Asks For Your Help With The New Season

Stargate writer and consulting producer for SGU Joseph Mallozzi took to his blog asking the Gaters for input while he’s scribbling away on the new season. Here’s your chance to tell them to throw the stones out the airlock. Mallozzi’s blog asked his readers 5 questions about the NEW SGU series. Remember we still haven’t…

Television Meredith Woerner

The Mystery Of The Glowing Jellyfish In The Sky

Was this giant glowing aerial presence just a satellite — or a sign of intelligent life in the universe? That’s what scientists are asking when a strange, eerily familiar shape showed up in a photo of Norway’s Northern Lights. The aurora borealis — oddball illumination caused by iodized atoms in extreme northern latitudes — are…

io9 Scott Timberg

Are Today’s SF Magazines Too Wide-Ranging And Eclectic For Most Readers?

“I think almost all of the big respectable science fiction and fantasy magazines have the same exact problem which is that they’re eclectic. And, eclectic products have a much harder time finding an audience who will follow them. I’m astounded at the fantasy and science fiction readership, for example, who is willing to read both…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

Is Zac Efron This Generation’s Marty McFly? Warner Brothers Thinks So

Zac Efron has two new movies in the works, one that sets him up as the next time-traveling teen heartthrob. The other: A flick where everyone is out to kill him, we can get behind one of these premises. Deadline Hollywood is spilling the details on two interesting films coming out from that mop-headed kid…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Discoveries That Explain How Bats And Dolphins Navigate – And Communicate

Bats and dolphins have something in common: They both use “echolocation,” or sonar, to navigate the air and water. Now two scientific breakthroughs help explain how these animals’ extraordinary abilities evolved, and how they work. Research published in this week’s issue of Nature creates a better understanding of the manner by which bats use echolocation.…

io9 Tim Barribeau

A New Spin On Future Dystopian Noir: Sex-Doll Liberation

The flood of noir in science fiction and fantasy continues with Pleasure Model by Christopher Rowley. The first book under Tor’s new Heavy Metal Pulp imprint, it’s just as sleazy and prurient as you’d expect, but surprisingly thought-provoking as well. And yes, there are spoilers below. So with a series of books tying in with…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

Population Surge Leads to Micro-Apartments

We’ve seen it in science-fiction books and movies before — the urban dystopia where living space has shrunk to almost nothing to house a teeming humanity. Now it seems to be here… or at least scheduled for 2011. The loft — already a compact, efficient living arrangement that eschews most luxury — is being replaced…

io9 Scott Timberg

Samuel L Jackson Sees Profit Potential In Alien Civil War

10 Reasons We’ll Miss Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse

Lockheed Martin Turns To Marvel Comics For Inspiration

The Epic Mural Of The Internet Doesn’t Have Nearly Enough Cats

Ancient Feathery Beast Solidifies Evidence That Birds Evolved From Dinosaurs

Ryan Reynolds Talks To The Deadpool Writers Daily

Sneak Peek at Upcoming Philip K. Dick Movie

NBC Maintains The Superheroics With New Drama

This is So Much More Than Just a Black Box

The Worst Superhero Film Of All Time (Yes, Worse Than Batman And Robin Or Supergirl!)

Why The iPad Is Crap Futurism

Hilobrow Announces SF Micro Fiction Contest

Amazingly, a Good — and Frightening — SF Play

Stargate Universe Writer Asks For Your Help With The New Season

The Mystery Of The Glowing Jellyfish In The Sky

Are Today’s SF Magazines Too Wide-Ranging And Eclectic For Most Readers?

Is Zac Efron This Generation’s Marty McFly? Warner Brothers Thinks So

Discoveries That Explain How Bats And Dolphins Navigate – And Communicate

A New Spin On Future Dystopian Noir: Sex-Doll Liberation

Population Surge Leads to Micro-Apartments

National Film and Sound Archive of Australia Adds ‘Succulent Chinese Meal’ Guy

Feds Sniffing Around Polymarket After Suspicious Bets

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

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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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