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Meet Miranda Lawson, a Mysterious, Deadly Operative from Mass Effect 2

Say hello to Miranda Lawson, another potential teammate in your fight for the lost. Check out her full personality profile after the jump. Seems like quite a catch. Bonus: near-perfect grammar. Name: Miranda Lawson Species: Human Gender: Female Age: 35 She’s beautiful. She’s brainy. And she will stop at nothing to achieve Cerberus’ goals. As…

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Scary Card-Playing Clowns, Lady Gaga Monsters, And Saran-Wrap Savages: Has Fashion Gone Insane?

Fashion has finally proved we’re living in the future — and not a utopian streamlined future, but a demented, decadent future where people do psychotic memory drugs, have head-rush upside-down sex and eat their babies. Just check out the evidence. Here’s our collection of the scariest, weirdest and most over-the-top fashion pics from the past…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

10 Shows For Marvel To Conquer TV With

As of this month, Marvel Comics belongs to the Walt Disney Corporation, which also owns the ABC television network. So when are we going to see some corporate synergy happening? Here’re 10 Marvel comics we need to see on television. You may remember that we have previously proven through the use of both science and…

Television Graeme McMillan

An Idea Whose Time Has Come: The Artificial Eyelid

Have trouble blinking? Your troubles may soon be over. Researchers at the University of California at Davis Medical Center have been working on an artificial eyelid muscle, using research from Palo Alto’s SRI International. Electronic impulses coming from a tiny battery driving an artificial muscle would allow stroke victims and others to restore their blinking.…

io9 Scott Timberg

Avatar Sparks New Interest In The Strange Visions That Inspired It

Now that we know Avatar’s floating mountains were based on China’s rugged geography, the Chinese have decided to rename a mountain in Hunan province “Avatar Hallelujah Mountain.” And artists are posting their favorite images by Yes cover artist Roger Dean. The newly dubbed Avatar Hallelujah Mountain is in Wulingyan National Park, already a major tourist…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Name That Syfy Original Movie

You know the Syfy movie formula by now. Scientists and/or knights and/or smart rural sheriffs discover a giant monster/magic item/ancient whatsit. Now you can make your mark on one of these flicks forever by entering Syfy’s “name that movie” contest. Having met several of the producers over at Syfy Channel, I can attest that they…

Movies Annalee Newitz

Please Don’t Let Sam Worthington Play A Bad-Ass, Australian-Accented Dracula

God we can see it now: Van Helsing meets Wild Wild West, but with longer hair, vampires and Sam Worthington. Rumor has it the Avatar star is Universal’s pick to play Dracula in their period-piece Dracula: Year Zero. This has “terrible idea” written in blood all over the walls. Universal needs to decide today whether…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Chuck Versus The Deja Vu

This week’s Chuck proved three things: That Kristin Kreuk isn’t as bad an actress as she was on Smallville, that Chuck’s apparently got the intersect thing under control, and that everyone at the BuyMore have astonishingly short memories. Spoilers! Let’s just get the Morgan Gets No Respect subplot out the way: Didn’t we do this…

Television Graeme McMillan

Japanese Novel Provides Key To Sixth Season Of Lost

Apparently the classic novel Deep River, by Shusaku Endo, will play an important role — of some kind — in Lost’s sixth season. The 1993 novel, published by New Directions, is about four Japanese tourists who head to India and end up on unexpected spiritual journeys. Chad W. Post is an expert on literary translation…

Television Scott Timberg

Confused About Steampunk? Let Cherie Priest Explain

The Seattle Times asked Boneshaker author Cherie Priest to explain Steampunk to its readers, and along the way she also explains why people are so fascinated by technology whose inner workings is so apparent. Says Priest: “An iMac or an iPhone is pretty and seamless and blank. It’s an intensely amazing thing, but if it…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

Februrary’s io9 Book Club Pick: Paolo Bacigalupi’s “Windup Girl”

Every month, the io9 book club meets to discuss a book we’ve read, often with the author joining in too. This month we’re reading Windup Girl – and you can get a free electronic copy from the publisher! This month’s io9 book club meeting begins Feb. 23. Here’s what we said about Windup Girl when…

Books & Comics Annalee Newitz

Zombieland Blu-ray to Include Unadvertised PS3 Theme

In case you were interested in picking up Zombieland on Blu-ray when it’s released February 2nd, know that it will come with a custom PS3 theme. According to High-Def Digest: Not advertised anywhere on the package, if you put the ‘Zombieland’ disc in your Playstation 3, under the game tab there is an option to…

Movies Mark Wilson

Reminder: Apply Now For io9 Spring Internships

io9 is looking for interns who are obsessed with science fiction, science, and futurism. This internship is for spring, and lasts from February until June. Applications are due tomorrow at midnight! An intern works 10 hours per week doing research, fact-checking, and contacting sources in the science and entertainment industries for story ideas and information.…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Avatar Is Now the Highest Grossing Film of All Time, Meaning 3D Is Here to Stay

After last weekend, it’s a sure thing that Avatar has topped Titanic’s $1.842 billion record. Meanwhile, Papa Smurf shares a bunk with a psychotic bed wetter in a public care facility. Every day he waits for that royalty check; every day he’s force-administered drugs to battle the delusions. [Variety via Gawker] http://gawker.com/5457005/avatar-wins-heavyweight-box-office-champion-of-the-world?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+gawker%2Ffull+%28Gawker%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Movies Mark Wilson

Mortal Kombat Gets One More Movie Chance. We Say No Fatalities, No Dice

Mortal Kombat was already adapted from a bloody fatality-dealing video game into a tame movie two dismal times. And now, Warner Brothers is hitting the restart button on the franchise yet again. But will it finally have the all-important fatalities? Bloody Disgusting has a tip that WB has its eye on yet another Mortal Kombat…

Movies Meredith Woerner

The One Question Tony Stark Can’t Answer In Iron Man 2

Next month’s issue of Wizard Magazine gives some major spoilers for Iron Man 2, including the events that isolate Tony Stark/Iron Man, and the question Nick Fury asks Tony which he can’t answer. Spoilers below… Jon Favreau says the new movie is darker than the first, but not as dark as you’d expect — it’s…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Look Out Honey – This Week’s Comics Are Using Technology

Fans of technological adventure will find much to cheer about in this week’s releases: New Iron Man, new Transformers, the complete World War Robot and even brand new Robocop. If you ask nicely, your retailer will even do the robot. It’s not all about heavy (and reasonably light) metal, however; our friend the superhero gets…

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan

California Embraces Nukes At Last

Despite its long opposition to nuclear power, the Golden State may soon be building several nuclear power plants – because they are environmentally friendly. So why is the state where the phrase “No Nukes” became a rallying cry possibly allowing a slew of plants to be built in the Central Valley, the state’s bone-dry, irrigated…

io9 Scott Timberg

Optimus Prime In High Heels? Ninja Turtles With Push-Up Bras? Behold The Wrongness.

A new crop of “sexy” Halloween costumes is out. And nothing says Trick-Or-Treat like Turtle boobs. Countdown until the inevitable “Baroness making out with Cobra Commander” pictures fill Facebook starts now. All these costumes are at Costmue Craze, if you can handle the mental scarring. Via Costmue Craze Via Costmue Craze Costmue Craze Costmue Craze…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Lost’s Island Explodes In Crazy New Poster

Less a hint of what’s to come than a WTF image all of its own, we can’t stop looking for all the Easter Eggs in this promo poster for Lost’s final season from AXN Brazil. Click through to see bigger.

Television Graeme McMillan

Meet Miranda Lawson, a Mysterious, Deadly Operative from Mass Effect 2

Scary Card-Playing Clowns, Lady Gaga Monsters, And Saran-Wrap Savages: Has Fashion Gone Insane?

10 Shows For Marvel To Conquer TV With

An Idea Whose Time Has Come: The Artificial Eyelid

Avatar Sparks New Interest In The Strange Visions That Inspired It

Name That Syfy Original Movie

Please Don’t Let Sam Worthington Play A Bad-Ass, Australian-Accented Dracula

Chuck Versus The Deja Vu

Japanese Novel Provides Key To Sixth Season Of Lost

Confused About Steampunk? Let Cherie Priest Explain

Februrary’s io9 Book Club Pick: Paolo Bacigalupi’s “Windup Girl”

Zombieland Blu-ray to Include Unadvertised PS3 Theme

Reminder: Apply Now For io9 Spring Internships

Avatar Is Now the Highest Grossing Film of All Time, Meaning 3D Is Here to Stay

Mortal Kombat Gets One More Movie Chance. We Say No Fatalities, No Dice

The One Question Tony Stark Can’t Answer In Iron Man 2

Look Out Honey – This Week’s Comics Are Using Technology

California Embraces Nukes At Last

Optimus Prime In High Heels? Ninja Turtles With Push-Up Bras? Behold The Wrongness.

Lost’s Island Explodes In Crazy New Poster

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

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

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

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

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