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Mathematicians Create Algorithm So Complex No Computer Can Use It…Yet

Quantum computers, which would rely on quantum mechanical concepts like superposition and entanglement to perform operations of unimaginable complexity, remain a pipe dream. But physicists have nevertheless come up with an algorithm that only quantum computers could use. The newest algorithm, developed by Aram W. Harrow of the University of Bristol in England and Avinatan…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Science Fiction Is About To Take The Giant Leap To Oscar Recognition

The Producer’s Guild of America, a key predictor of Oscar nominees, has released its Best Picture selections for 2009. Three of its ten choices were science fiction blockbusters, which could mean the genre is getting long overdue mainstream critical recognition. As guest blogger extraordinaire Marc Bernardin noted on Monday, Avatar has emerged as a legitimate…

Movies Alasdair Wilkins

io9 Meetup San Francisco: Photographic Evidence

Last night’s io9 meetup in San Francisco was incredibly fun and well-attended. We’ve got a giant gallery showing science fiction nerds in their natural habitat: Borderlands Cafe, among giant bookshelves full of paperbacks. If you don’t see your name in the captions, pipe up in comments and tell us who you are! Or if I…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Let’s Send A Nuclear Reactor To The Moon!

Humanity is eventually going to go to the moon again, and we’re bringing nuclear technology with us! NASA has long been working on the problem of electricity on the moon, and the newest possible solution is a portable nuclear reactor. The reactor itself is about the size of a large wastebasket, but it can be…

io9 StephenGoldmeier

The Secret Crossover Between Star Wars And Blake’s 7

Star Wars takes place long ago in a faraway galaxy, and the BBC’s low-budget space opera Blake’s 7 takes place in our dystopian future. So why does one badass bounty hunter appear in both series? It’s obviously a crossover. The eagle-eyed masterminds at Atomic Donkey #0 pointed out that you can see bounty hunter IG-88…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Five Great Directors We Wish Would Do Science Fiction

There are world-class filmmakers who work in SF. One — James Cameron — might even win the first Oscar given to a scifi picture. But here are a handful others who could do amazing things in the genre. To be fair, plenty of phenomenal directors have made science fiction movies: Steven Spielberg, Peter Jackson, Ridley…

Movies Marc Bernardin

Sci Fi Foods We Wish Actually Existed

Sometimes, the strange foods in speculative fiction can make your mouth water. These delicious, fantastical items seem so good, you wish you could take a bite. Here are some of our most-wanted fictional snacks. A brief note: Yes, real world versions of some of these foods exist, but you know they can’t capture the awesomeness…

io9 StephenGoldmeier

Scald Your Eyes With Daybreakers’ Bloody, Futuristic Vision Of Vampirism

Daybreakers will hook you from the very first scenes, which slam you into a bleak, frenetic near-future where most humans have gone vampire without contemplating the consequences. Like how quickly the world will reach peak blood when everybody drinks it. Written and directed by the Spierig Brothers, Daybreakers is a welcome reminder that the vampire…

io9 Annalee Newitz

The Black Hole At The Center Of Our Galaxy Is Wreathed In Stolen Starlight

Look at this new picture of Sagittarius A, the black hole at the center of our galaxy: It’s alive with starlight. Sagittarius A eats much less stellar matter than a normal black hole, and this image provides a clue why. According to the Chandra Observatory, Sagittarius devours only about one percent as much stellar matter…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Explaining The Entire Plot Of Kick-Ass Just Makes Us Want To See It More

The new Kick-Ass trailer is out, and it pretty much narrates the entire film — which only makes us more desperate to fill in the ultra-violent, blatantly wrong and nasty blanks. Plus the A-Team trailer has turned up online too. Here’s the new Kick-Ass trailer — you can watch it in high res over at…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

5 Simple Rules For Turning Your Cool Idea Into A Screenplay

Congratulations! You’ve got a fantastic idea for a science-fiction movie script. But how can you transform your sweeping epic into a workable screenplay? A screenplay isn’t a novel, and you can actually use that fact to your advantage. As a film student with a concentration on writing, I’ve thought a lot about the proper way…

Movies Mary

Willem Dafoe Discusses Vampire Barebacking In Daybreakers

Willem Dafoe‘s “wild-card” character Elvis has all the film’s best lines. Find out which raunchy lines Dafoe had a hard time saying, and how he handled such an over-the-top charactier. Plus behind-the-scenes clips, and the most inappropriate vampire interview ever. While one could consider Willem Dafoe’s character in Daybreakers, Lionel ‘Elvis’ Cormac, to be a…

Movies Meredith Woerner

He-Man And The Masters Of Fine Art: Skeletor Like You’ve Never Seen Him Before

We have long clamored for Skeletor to become an artistic icon, and now he’s finally immortalized on canvas. Galleries 1988 in Los Angeles is having a He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe art show, and the opening’s tonight. https://gizmodo.com/the-greatest-art-featuring-6-iconic-scifi-villains-397151 The art showcases He-Man, Skeletor, Battlecat and many other characters in some settings you never…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

“A-Team” Trailer Hits, With Just Enough Ridiculously Awesome

I love it when a plan comes together, especially when that plan involves dropping a tank out of an airplane and still shooting bad guys with that tank. Hannibal, oh how I’ve missed you. The movie’s coming out on June 11th, but this should to get me through until then. I don’t want to get…

Movies Brian Barrett

How Much Of “Dr. Parnassus” Was Changed After Heath Ledger’s Death?

Terry Gilliam‘s new journey into psychedelia, Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus, is opening in several more theaters this weekend. We’ve got answers to your most pressing questions from director Gilliam and cast. Dr. Parnassus is a tricky and trippy little film that only someone like Terry Gilliam could make. Characters wander in and out of reality,…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Lost’s Time Travel Pedigree

Whatever happened is fixed – or we rule our fates? Over 5 years, Lost has developed its philosophy of time-travel, influenced by works that came before. Here are 6 time-travel stories that are part of Lost’s time travel pedigree. Slaughterhouse 5, by Kurt Vonnegut The Gist: In this World War 2 story, Billy Pilgrim has…

io9 StephenGoldmeier

Attention ROACH: 2010 Is The “Year Of The Real-Life Superhero”

Apparently, it’s time for ROACH, the secret society of evildoers dedicated to thwarting real-world superheroes, to mobilize. Because 2010 is the year of the citizen superhero, says one expert. https://gizmodo.com/meet-real-life-supervillain-society-roach-5256698 Insiders in the movement are seeing 2010 as a “make it or break it” year, blogs Tea Krulos, who’s working on a book called Heroes…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Ancient Black Holes Steered The Formation Of The Early Universe

Black holes aren’t just cosmic destroyers or grim reminders of the final fate that awaits massive stars. They may have once had a more constructive purpose. New models suggest they were essential in the formation of the early universe. The 2003 discovery that black holes not only existed 13 billion years ago but were in…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

The Space Egg That Turns Into A Modular House

This white blob isn’t Barbarella’s alternate landing capsule – it’s actually a tiny living space, complete with bathroom, kitchen, and bed. You know you want to crawl inside and see what it looks like. Within the egg, the walls are lined with shelves, one of which is inexplicably supposed to serve as a bed. I’m…

io9 Annalee Newitz

The Mystery Of The Fruit Fly Penis Solved With Lasers

To anyone who doubts modern science still pursues essential lines of inquiry into the most pressing questions of our time, we present this resounding rebuttal. Two fearless truth seekers used lasers to figure out why fruit fly penises look weird. “Look weird” is, of course, not a technical term. More specifically, the penises of Drosophilia…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Mathematicians Create Algorithm So Complex No Computer Can Use It…Yet

Science Fiction Is About To Take The Giant Leap To Oscar Recognition

io9 Meetup San Francisco: Photographic Evidence

Let’s Send A Nuclear Reactor To The Moon!

The Secret Crossover Between Star Wars And Blake’s 7

Five Great Directors We Wish Would Do Science Fiction

Sci Fi Foods We Wish Actually Existed

Scald Your Eyes With Daybreakers’ Bloody, Futuristic Vision Of Vampirism

The Black Hole At The Center Of Our Galaxy Is Wreathed In Stolen Starlight

Explaining The Entire Plot Of Kick-Ass Just Makes Us Want To See It More

5 Simple Rules For Turning Your Cool Idea Into A Screenplay

Willem Dafoe Discusses Vampire Barebacking In Daybreakers

He-Man And The Masters Of Fine Art: Skeletor Like You’ve Never Seen Him Before

“A-Team” Trailer Hits, With Just Enough Ridiculously Awesome

How Much Of “Dr. Parnassus” Was Changed After Heath Ledger’s Death?

Lost’s Time Travel Pedigree

Attention ROACH: 2010 Is The “Year Of The Real-Life Superhero”

Ancient Black Holes Steered The Formation Of The Early Universe

The Space Egg That Turns Into A Modular House

The Mystery Of The Fruit Fly Penis Solved With Lasers

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

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