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Gory Piranha 3D Trailer Is Blood Splattered In All The Right Places

Sink your tiny fish teeth into the leaked Piranha 3-Dtrailer. See Christopher Lloyd, Ving Rhames — and even Richard Dreyfuss — paddle for their lives from a pack of prehistoric piranha. Plus the flu cure creates zombies. Of course. Elisabeth Shue joins Sliders’ Jerry O’Connell, Eli Roth, Ed Westwick, Jessica Szohr and tons of other…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Blu-ray MovieIQ Sync Lets You Play Along with Michael Jackson’s This Is It

This bit of Blu-Ray news was left suspiciously out of Sony’s CES keynotes and big reveals, which doesn’t bode well…but anyway. Now it’s out: The BD Live feature MovieIQ Sync debuted with Michael Jackson‘s This Is It. Woo? Now, what does this feature do, exactly? Well here’s a refresher…it lets you view supplementary materials on…

Movies Jack Loftus

2010 IS ALREADY A DISASTER!!!!

Well hello there everyone. The minion is doing well and she gave me a little break from fatherhood to bring you all a new disaster for the new year. It’s been a little while since I’ve done a column so for any new readers out there who don’t quite get what this is, just insult…

io9 GarrisonDean

Earth’s First Twin Is Extremely Hot And Extremely Volcanic

Last September, astronomers confirmed the first rocky planet ever found outside our solar system, the wonderfully named CoRoT-7 b. Scientists have studied the properties of this cosmic trailblazer, and it could be among the most volcanic places in the universe. Located some 480 lightyears from Earth, CoRoT-7 b is about five times the mass of…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

12 Of Scifi’s Best (And Worst) Brain Upgrades

Chuck returns tonight for its two hour third season premiere. As Chuck deals with his new and improved Intersect abilities, it’s worth taking a look at other characters who received amazing brain upgrades… and some who weren’t so lucky. 1. Chuck Bartowski, Chuck Chuck downloaded the original Intersect into his brain when his college roommate…

Movies Alasdair Wilkins

Did Summer Glau Really Just Namecheck io9 On Dollhouse?

In Friday night’s Dollhouse episode, is Summer Glau really saying “You routed through an io9 to seize control of my chair?” It appears so. Check out the clip and Tim Minear’s actual script for the episode. After a few of the commenters on our Dollhouse recap pointed it out, we decided that maybe we weren’t…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Our New Favorite Meta-Textual Twitterer

Of all the fictional characters managing to post their thoughts on Twitter, few are as funny or smart as Lois Lane, giving her uncensored thoughts on being Superman’s girlfriend/main-source-of-amusement, Jimmy Olsen’s right-wing fantasies and why being kidnapped is a compliment.

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan

Iron Butler America: Battle Of The Servants

Batman’s Alfred Pennyworth vs The Avengers’ Edwin Jarvis. Two butlers enter. One butler leaves. To begin with, I know that I am comparing two pillars of continuity and joys forever. Alfred and Jarvis are beloved characters, and the two should not be in competition. Even if one is a blatant rip-off of another. Just saying.…

Books & Comics Esther Inglis-Arkell

Tokyo Building Has Transformable, Adaptive Skin

A new 15-story tower in Tokyo features what its creator, the New York based designer Chuck Hoberman, calls “transformable design.” Hoberman combines engineering and sculpture to produce structures that can change size and shape in response to changing conditions. His firm, Hoberman Associates, has worked on everything from retractable roof domes to medical instruments. His…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Marine Biologists Argue Dolphins Deserve Equal Rights

Dolphins are intelligent enough to warrant rights as “non-human persons,” according to a team of marine biologists. This view is based on wide-ranging analysis of dolphin behavior, social interaction, and anatomy. Recent dolphin studies reveal a huge amount of evidence for both the breadth and depth of dolphin intelligence. Dolphins have displayed self-awareness, unique personalities,…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Star Trek 2 Boldly Goes Forth With Definite Release Date

Paramount has revealed that the Star Trek sequel will be released on June 29, 2012. It’s the only film currently scheduled for 2012’s July 4th weekend, historically one of the most profitable times to release summer blockbusters. Star Trek 2 is the second major science fiction release scheduled for 2012 — Marvel Studios’ The Avengers…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Lost: The Next Generation Could Be On Its Way

The sixth and final season of Lost begins next month, but ABC may have plans to extend the series beyond its natural conclusion. Unwilling to let one of their most lucrative franchises go, the network is considering a spin-off. For ABC and its parent company Disney, this is the only way out of their Catch-22.…

Television Alasdair Wilkins

New Evidence That Neandertals Wore Shell Jewelry And Painted

Scientists have long debated whether Neandertals were as sophisticated as the early homo sapiens who lived alongside them. New evidence from a 50-thousand-year-old Neandertal campsite suggests they were our ancestors’ mental equals, wearing jewelry and painting with homebrew pigments. In a study to be published next week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Does Dollhouse’s Latest Head-Twister Actually Make Sense?

The closer Dollhouse gets to its unjust cancellation, the nearer the end of civilization gets. And once again, the apocalypse just makes everyone, and everything, better. But what was up with that last plot twist? Spoilers ahead… I despair of writing a full recap of last night’s episode, because you had so much insanity going…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

40-Million-Year-Old Virus Found In Human Genome

Human DNA carries the artifact of an infection so ancient that it predates humanity itself. The brain-attacking disease, known as bornavirus, infected proto-hominids forty million years ago. It may provide evidence of how our evolutionary ancestors dealt with infection. Keizo Tomonaga of Osaka University in Japan led a team of scientists in the hunt for…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Breaking Down The New Doctor Who Trailer Shot By Shot

We’ve had a week to let David Tennant’s departure sink in, and now it’s full steam ahead, all systems go, and, well, GERONIMO for the Eleventh Doctor. So what clues does the fifth series trailer hold? Spoilers and speculation ahoy! What follows is a mix of analysis of the trailer itself, my own (hopefully) educated…

Television Alasdair Wilkins

And Now We Know Why The Ladies Love Spock

Offered without comment, other than to say that this is the Star Trek we really wanted to see. It’s A Matter Of Fusion [Via]

io9 Graeme McMillan

Out of Their Element: What If We Forced Famous Heroes Out Of Their Franchises?

We mix and match three great scifi heroes to evaluate how they would fare in other franchises. See Ellen Ripley as a diplomat, and Mad Max going far beyond Thunderdome. One of the beauties of scifi stories is the way the hero often fits his or her role perfectly. A post-apocalyptic vision of the future…

Movies Esther Inglis-Arkell

Blake Lively Is Green Lantern’s Love Ninja

Ryan Reynolds has found his costar in DC’s upcoming Green Lantern movie. Gossip Girl star Blake Lively will play Carol Ferris, aircraft magnate, skilled pilot, Hal Jordan love interest, onetime supervillain, and, lately, superpowered defender of love itself. Lively beat out an array of contenders to play Reynolds’s costar in the upcoming movie, which we…

Movies Alasdair Wilkins

Would Living Forever Make Us Happier?

Legendary philosopher Peter Singer once imagined a scenario where a pill could double human lifespan, and argued that such a world would never be as happy as one without the medicine. Science fiction author and philosopher Russell Blackford disagrees. In a paper for last December’s Journal of Medical Ethics, Blackford blasts Singer’s arguments, arguing that…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Gory Piranha 3D Trailer Is Blood Splattered In All The Right Places

Blu-ray MovieIQ Sync Lets You Play Along with Michael Jackson’s This Is It

2010 IS ALREADY A DISASTER!!!!

Earth’s First Twin Is Extremely Hot And Extremely Volcanic

12 Of Scifi’s Best (And Worst) Brain Upgrades

Did Summer Glau Really Just Namecheck io9 On Dollhouse?

Our New Favorite Meta-Textual Twitterer

Iron Butler America: Battle Of The Servants

Tokyo Building Has Transformable, Adaptive Skin

Marine Biologists Argue Dolphins Deserve Equal Rights

Star Trek 2 Boldly Goes Forth With Definite Release Date

Lost: The Next Generation Could Be On Its Way

New Evidence That Neandertals Wore Shell Jewelry And Painted

Does Dollhouse’s Latest Head-Twister Actually Make Sense?

40-Million-Year-Old Virus Found In Human Genome

Breaking Down The New Doctor Who Trailer Shot By Shot

And Now We Know Why The Ladies Love Spock

Out of Their Element: What If We Forced Famous Heroes Out Of Their Franchises?

Blake Lively Is Green Lantern’s Love Ninja

Would Living Forever Make Us Happier?

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

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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

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