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“Sky Pod” System Lets Commuters Ride In Personalized Pods

Using NASA-designed software, Unimodal Systems has designed a solution to some of the major hassles in commuting. Their sky pods can take individuals or small groups straight to their destinations, with no stops and no other creepy passengers. The pods hang from a magnetic line, and they use maglev technology to zip around the city.…

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Everybody Wants Pieces of Jennifer’s Body

I hate chick lit and get bored with torture porn, but it turns out that putting the two of them together creates the proverbial peanut butter chocolate awesomeness. If you eat Jennifer’s Body like weird candy, it works. Spoilers ahead! Jennifer’s Body is as simple as chocolate-spiked spit and as complicated as you want it…

Movies Annalee Newitz

The Swayze Zombieland Cameo That Never Was

Patrick Swayze‘s untimely death has left us with his legacy of paranormal romance, crime-funded surfing, and, of course, dirty dancing. But if the writers of Zombieland had their way, Swayze’s final role would have been that of a Ghost-lampooning zombie. In an interview with ShockTillYouDrop, Zombieland writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick explained that when…

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The Science Fiction Writer Who Received Fan Mail From Virginia Woolf

It’s one of those literary friendships that seems unlikely on the surface, but then makes endless sense once you dig deeper: Virginia Woolf had a correspondence with Olaf Stapledon, and he inspired her to write more science fiction. Kim Stanley Robinson digs up the two writers’ correspondence for an article in New Scientist — apparently…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

A Shapeshifting Supersoldier Can’t Stop Fringe’s Birthday Celebration

Gene the cow put on her best party hat for last night’s Fringe season premiere, an episode that brought us shapeshifters, transdimensional typewriters, a new team member, custard, and a kiss that revealed an unexpected alliance. Spoilers below… At some point during this episode, Olivia says to Peter, “There really is no point where things…

Television Lauren Davis

The New Noir Fantasy Shows Magical Cities In Decay

A noir light is shining over fantasy — many of the best fantasy books on the shelves right now feature bloody-minded, morally gray protagonists battling their way through rotten cities and bleak landscapes. Here’s why noir is truest urban fantasy. Many of our favorite fantasy books of the past year or so feature a self-consciously…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

Write a Science Fiction Story for New Scientist’s Flash Fiction Contest!

New Scientist is one of the best science magazines in the solar system, partly because its staff is packed with science fiction fans. That’s why they’re running a ‘flash fiction’ contest, where you submit your SF story about life 100 years from now – in 350 words or less. The panel of judges includes author…

io9 Annalee Newitz

When Is A Moon Rock Not A Moon Rock?

It’s kind of embarrassing for a major museum to have to admit that its moon rock is a fake, but Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum shouldn’t be too embarrassed; the fault may really lie with bad hearing on behalf of world leaders. The Rijksmuseum was gifted what it believed to be a piece of lunar rock from the…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Why Supervillains Hate Global Warming

The melting of the polar ice caps has supervillains all in a panic. It’s not just that global warming has stolen their thunder (though that doesn’t help). The melting ice has also revealed their secret Arctic lairs. [The Onion]

io9 Lauren Davis

Astro Boy Vs. Everybody: It’s A Metro City Showdown!

Astro Boy fights power-suited thugs (whose helmets reflect their emotional and physical state), Battlebot Samurai, and robot gladiators in a three-minute clip and six new stills. Watch Astro Boy play tug-of-war with energy-lassos in the gleaming, futuristic Metro City. The CG animated Astro Boy, coming Oct. 23, continues to impress, and this new glimpse of…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Go Broke Helping Others And Firming Up Next May’s Social Plans With Iron Man Auction

Want to be one of the first people to see Iron Man 2, meet Scarlet Johansson and indulge your charity benefactor side while you’re at it? eBay and cinema’s new Black Widow are offering a way to make it happen. Johansson is auctioning off the chance for you and a friend to attend next May’s…

Movies Graeme McMillan

Dr. Doom Channels Gallagher in Doom-O-Matic Infomercial

The recession has evidently hit Latveria hard, forcing its monarch, Victor von Doom, to sell off his inventions. In this infomercial, Doom touts the features of the Doom-O-Matic, the perfect culinary device for smashing pasta, watermelons, and the Fantastic Four. [via Metafilter]

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How Los Angeles Destroyed the City of Keeler

Keeler, California was once an attractive lakeside resort on the shores of Owens Lake. But as waters from the lake were diverted to Los Angeles, the shoreline receded, triggering a small, quiet apocalypse in Keeler. Owens was once a vast lake, but in 1913, an aquaduct was constructed to feed its waters into the growing…

io9 Lauren Davis

Robot Fighter Jet Killed Before It Could Go AWOL

An autonomous fighter jet called a Reaper was shot down over Northern Afghanistan last weekend after it went AWOL and attempted to fly outside Afghan airspace. According to USAFCENT Public Affairs: The aircraft was flying a combat mission when positive control of the MQ-9 was lost. When the aircraft remained on a course that would…

io9 Annalee Newitz

When Cities Clash – Literally

Cities drive us into techno-overload all the time. But what happens when cities are so automated that they transform into giant robots and punch each other? I’m talking, of course, about Metroplex and Trypticon, AKA Autobot City and Decepticon City, two of the most “In Disguise” of those Robots In Disguise. I’m not sure too…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Bigger Than the iPhone, Sex Robots Will Be a “Terrific Service to Mankind”

David Levy, who took home this year’s Loebner Prize for most human-like chatbot and famously lost a $5000 bet in 1989 when the computer Deep Thought beat him in a game of chess, has had a keen interest in human-AI carnal relations since writing his 2007 book Love and Sex with Robots. He believes that,…

io9 Lauren Davis

Tron 2 Will Be Officially Be Big

Mark your calendars: December 17, 2010 isn’t just the release date of Tron Legacy, it’s the release date of Tron Legacy in IMAX. Imax confirmed it yesterday, giving us just over a year to prepare for the experience. [Hollywood Reporter]

Movies Graeme McMillan

Superhot Mega-Earth Discovered In Distant Solar System

At last scientists have confirmed that rocky planets like Earth and Mars exist outside our solar system. Until this week, we’ve only seen gas giants like Jupiter orbiting distant stars. But the existence of planet COROT-7b changes all that. COROT-7b revolves around the star COROT-7, 500 light years from Earth. Its diameter is twice that…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Timbaland Takes A Page Out Of Stephenie Meyer’s Book

Okay, we’re officially calling Time of Death on the whole vampire thing. True Blood and Robert Pattinson love we could stomach, but Timbaland telling interviewers that his new single will follow the Twilight trend? It’s gone too far. Talking to Angry Ape, the uberproducer explained what to expect from the first single from his upcoming…

Movies Graeme McMillan

Atari Founder Writes Science Fiction Book, Opens New Horizons Of Money Laundering

Did you know that the same guy founded Atari (in 1972) and the pizza/video-game chain Chuck E. Cheese? Nolan Bushnell was ousted from both companies right before they hit the big time. And now he’s writing a science-fiction novel. Not surprisingly, Bushnell’s novel in progress is about a “video game designer in the future,” and…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

“Sky Pod” System Lets Commuters Ride In Personalized Pods

Everybody Wants Pieces of Jennifer’s Body

The Swayze Zombieland Cameo That Never Was

The Science Fiction Writer Who Received Fan Mail From Virginia Woolf

A Shapeshifting Supersoldier Can’t Stop Fringe’s Birthday Celebration

The New Noir Fantasy Shows Magical Cities In Decay

Write a Science Fiction Story for New Scientist’s Flash Fiction Contest!

When Is A Moon Rock Not A Moon Rock?

Why Supervillains Hate Global Warming

Astro Boy Vs. Everybody: It’s A Metro City Showdown!

Go Broke Helping Others And Firming Up Next May’s Social Plans With Iron Man Auction

Dr. Doom Channels Gallagher in Doom-O-Matic Infomercial

How Los Angeles Destroyed the City of Keeler

Robot Fighter Jet Killed Before It Could Go AWOL

When Cities Clash – Literally

Bigger Than the iPhone, Sex Robots Will Be a “Terrific Service to Mankind”

Tron 2 Will Be Officially Be Big

Superhot Mega-Earth Discovered In Distant Solar System

Timbaland Takes A Page Out Of Stephenie Meyer’s Book

Atari Founder Writes Science Fiction Book, Opens New Horizons Of Money Laundering

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

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