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The Microscopic Beauty of Photography’s Smallest Subjects

Each year, Nikon holds its Small World Photomicrography Competition, showcasing the wonders of a world we can only see through a microscope. These finalists’ photos offer unusual views on everything from rain on a butterfly’s wing to fossilized dinosaur bones. The winners for the 2009 competition will be announced this Thursday, October 8th. In the…

io9 Lauren Davis

Batman’s Home To Leave Gotham Once And For All?

Call it Crisis In Two Cities: Rumors are that, as part of the creation of DC Entertainment, DC Comics will move to LA, breaking New York’s hold on the Big Two comic publishers for the first time ever. [Bleeding Cool]

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan

World’s Scariest Movie’s Director To Make World’s Scariest Alien Film

While Paranormal Activity continues to ride its hype machine as the scariest movie ever made, writer/director Oren Peli is already preparing his next terrifying epic, all about aliens and Area 51. According to Variety Peli begins production on Area 51 next week. And yes it will continue to have that home made “found footage” look.…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Avatar Novel Will Show Pandora Without the 3D Glasses

Avatar is already a movie and a video game, could a novel be next? Word is that James Cameron is already at work on an Avatar novel, translating his 3D world and his blue aliens into black and white. IGN spoke with Avatar producer Jon Landau about the possibility of a sequel. Landau replied that…

Books & Comics Lauren Davis

Enjoy Hobbit Bromance Backed By A Full Orchestra

This Friday and Saturday, the Hobbits will take over New York’s Radio City Music Hall and present The Fellowship of The Ring’s score live with the film’s video. It’s precious. [Radio City LOTR]

Movies Meredith Woerner

Never Mind This Week’s Comics, We’re All About The Prose

It’s a strange week of new releases when the best thing may be a prose novel, but Peter & Max isn’t just any prose novel… Also, old(er) school Spider-Mans and alien-horsehead Thors abound in this week’s comics we crave. For those scared of books without pictures, we’ll start with what else is available this week.…

io9 Graeme McMillan

New Doctor, New Branding

A new Doctor Who means a new logo for the show, and the BBC have unveiled the new look – which includes a Tardis-esque visual pun sure to please and anger graphic design nerds equally. Click through to see more. The new branding was released in a video by the BBC this morning: New showrunner…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Steampunk Haunted House Brings the Clockwork Horror

Looking to add a little variety to your Halloween scares? Pittsburgh’s ScareHouse has broken away from the usual zombies, mummies, and werewolves to bring thrill seekers steampunk-flavored scares, with mutants, rebel scientists, gunfire, and of course, plenty of gas masks. This year, one of the ScareHouse‘s three Halloween “haunts” is Rampage, an attraction powered by…

io9 Lauren Davis

So The Shirtless Lion Fell In Love With The Matrix’s Neo

This week on caption this New Moon picture, we’ve got a collection of foppish vamps and werewolf/dog bedtime fun, seriously. This is probably the most ridiculous gathering of stills we’ve ever had the pleasure of displaying. Same rules as always apply, whoever comes up with the best caption wins our undying love and a winky…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Lego R2-D2 Minifig Mod Adds Sound and Light

This modded R2-D2 Lego minifig is probably the best minifig of all time: it has lighting and actual Star Wars astromech sounds. [Brickmodder via FBTB via Brothers Brick]

Movies Jesus Diaz

Is Dollhouse In Trouble – And Should It Be?

With ratings hitting an all-new low on Friday, rumors are already circulating that Joss Whedon’s perpetually-troubled Dollhouse is in real danger of being canceled very early into its second season. But would that be the right choice for the network? Only two episodes in, the Dollverse fansite is already reporting that the new season is…

Television Graeme McMillan

Jon Heder Gets Zombified in New Web Series

Jon Heder is having the worst day of his life. His girlfriend’s cheating on him, he’s got a splitting headache, and he’s just died and come back as a zombie. Woke Up Dead traces the first days of Heder’s unlife. Woke Up Dead, produced by Electric Farm (makers of NBC’s web serial Gemini Divisions), stars…

io9 Lauren Davis

Heroes’ Lesbian Subplot Is All Mine, Says Panettiere

Think that Heroes’ “Claire Explores Her Bi-Curious Side” plot is cheap exploitation designed by male writers to titillate a diminishing core of male fanboy viewers? You’re only half right. Turns out, the whole thing is star Hayden Panettiere‘s idea. Talking to Contact Music, Panettiere explained, I kinda threw it out there… [The writers] put you…

Television Graeme McMillan

Orci Talks Star Trek Aliens, Thor Casts An Old Man, And Crazy Rumors About Lost’s Jacob

Roberto Orci talks Star Trek 2, including a crewmember who may get fleshed out, and Thor gets a new star. Meanwhile, new Lost rumors could jeopardize your grip on televisual reality. Plus Doctor Who, New Moon, Vampire’s Assistant and Fringe. Star Trek: Writer Roberto Orci answered fan questions on the Don Murphy message boards. Among…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

New Moon Gallery

io9 Meredith Woerner

Now This Is A Post-Apocalyptic Ruckus We Can All Subscribe To

Eat your blistery hearts out, Zombieland and The Road. They don’t make post-apocalyptic epics like 1985’s Wheels Of Fire anymore. Witness skin-peeling punks, a speechifying harem-gathering warlord, and the would-be rapist who gets knifed in the crotch. Plus machine-gun kick-boxing!

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Stargate Universe: What Worked, What Didn’t

This weekend SGU had its dark, bleak, awesomely star-studded premiere. You sounded off your opinions about the brand new series — now hear ours. https://gizmodo.com/tell-us-what-you-thought-of-stargate-universe-5373543 From the start, this was a pretty compelling new series. Right away the SGU introduction music got me all worked up and excited. And no, I’m not going to point…

Television Meredith Woerner

Meet The Half-Animal Mutant Baby Of Adrian Brody And Sarah Polley

Here’s a fun game you can play at home: How many lab-safety regulations do Adrien Brody and Sarah Polley violate in this first clip from the gene-splicing movie Splice? And meet their baby human/animal hybrid, under un-controlled conditions. Spoilers below. And here’s a featurette with Brody, Polley and director Vincenzo Natali (Cube), plus executive producer…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Facebook Updates Are Just as Awkward for Superheroes

ComicsAlliance’s Superhero Facebook Feed reveals the awkward conversations heroes and villains have in the era of Web 2.0, and the hilarious consequences of giving J. Jonah Jameson a Facebook account. [via Metafilter]

io9 Lauren Davis

Escapism Is The Highest Form Of Art

Is escapism the enemy of smart science fiction? Are stories that let us escape reality always inconsequential fluff? That’s what people argue — but the reverse is true. Escapism is a literary impulse, and escapist art is the highest art. I was thinking about this the other day, when I was watching Gene Roddenberry’s Genesis…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

The Microscopic Beauty of Photography’s Smallest Subjects

Batman’s Home To Leave Gotham Once And For All?

World’s Scariest Movie’s Director To Make World’s Scariest Alien Film

Avatar Novel Will Show Pandora Without the 3D Glasses

Enjoy Hobbit Bromance Backed By A Full Orchestra

Never Mind This Week’s Comics, We’re All About The Prose

New Doctor, New Branding

Steampunk Haunted House Brings the Clockwork Horror

So The Shirtless Lion Fell In Love With The Matrix’s Neo

Lego R2-D2 Minifig Mod Adds Sound and Light

Is Dollhouse In Trouble – And Should It Be?

Jon Heder Gets Zombified in New Web Series

Heroes’ Lesbian Subplot Is All Mine, Says Panettiere

Orci Talks Star Trek Aliens, Thor Casts An Old Man, And Crazy Rumors About Lost’s Jacob

New Moon Gallery

Now This Is A Post-Apocalyptic Ruckus We Can All Subscribe To

Stargate Universe: What Worked, What Didn’t

Meet The Half-Animal Mutant Baby Of Adrian Brody And Sarah Polley

Facebook Updates Are Just as Awkward for Superheroes

Escapism Is The Highest Form Of Art

‘Scream 4’ Is Back, and on Tape

Iran Threatens to Attack U.S. Tech Companies Starting April 1

Amazon Clears Out Netflix-Licensed Nebula Capsule 3 Mini Projector at 32% Off, Dolby Audio Home Theater for Less

Anker 160W Laptop Charger Briefly Returns to Black Friday Pricing in a Last-Minute Amazon Spring Sale Deal

The New ‘Backrooms’ Trailer Is Packed Full of Endless Dread

Logitech Wireless Keyboard and Mouse Combo Falls Under $25, a Budget Bundle Deal in the Final Hours of Spring Sale

Liquids Crack With an Audible Snap, Study Finds

Dyson V15 Detect Plus Cordless Vacuum Is a Late Spring Sale Deal at a Record Low on Amazon

AirPods Max 2 Review: Still Ridiculously Expensive and Ridiculously Nice

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

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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