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Should We Expect New X-Men By 2011?

Is X-Men Origins: Wolverine‘s Kid Cyclops twitter-teasing us, or are we closer to the prospect of the X-Men movie reboot than we’d previously thought? Click through for speculations and potential spoilers. MTV’s Splash Page blog noticed that Tim Pocock, who played the young Cyclops in this summer’s retro X-Men movie had left the following update…

Movies Graeme McMillan

This Is What Happens When a Star Wars Fan Is Loaded

There are nerds who have their collections on shelves in their apartments, and then there are rich nerds who turn their apartments into an incredible museum of obsession. And this is the craziest version of the latter I’ve ever seen. Apparently, this took him 20 years to put together, which is pretty apparent. This takes…

Movies Adam Frucci

You Could Own Gene Roddenberry’s 1980s Apple Mac

Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry owned one of the first Mac-Pluses Apple built, back in 1986, and this led to him featuring the computer in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. Now you can own Gene’s Mac, model number 0001. Roddenberry’s computer isn’t the first Mac-Plus off the production line, as some had mistakenly stated.…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Green Hornet Set Pics

io9 Lauren Davis

Secrets Of Jeff Bridges’ Second Character In Tron Legacy, Plus Supernatural’s Visit To the Future

Jeff Bridges takes on two roles in Tron Legacy, Supernatural travels into the future, and Cuddy gets some loving on House. Plus, more details on Dollhouse, seven clips from FlashForward, and Kick-Ass, Fringe, Warehouse 13, and The Green Hornet Tron Legacy Producer Sean Bailey says that the younger version of Jeff Bridges (depicted using the…

Television Lauren Davis

Cameron the Box

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A Bicycle Superhighway With Timed Lights for Copenhagen

Copenhagen is already one of the most bicycle-friendly cities in the world, with 55% of its citizens riding a bicycle daily. Now the question is how to get commuters from outlying areas biking too. The answer is the bicycle superhighway. Local pro-bike blog Copenhagenize reports that the city is planning a series of super bicycle…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Dogfighting In Space with “Earth Versus Moon”

We chatted with Zombieland writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, who revealed a few spacey bits about their next project: An epic war movie between the Moon and Earth, titled Earth Versus Moon. I’d love to hear more about Earth Versus Moon if that’s possible. Reese: Yeah we can talk about that a little but…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Summer Glau and Ray Wise Live In Joss Whedon’s Bizarro Dollhouse

Curious about what Ray Wise (Reaper) and Summer Glau (Firefly) are up to on Joss Whedon‘s Dollhouse? Whedon spilled all to reporters — and talked about how you’ll be able to tell who’s a doll in season two. Spoilers ahead. Ray and Summer: In today’s conference call with reporters, Whedon explained exactly what Wise (the…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Photographs from a Romantic Apocalypse

Lex Machina‘s steampunk portraits have a touch of otherworldly drama, hinting at the strange, and possibly catastrophic, world its subjects occupy, even while showing off their lovely clothes. [Lex Machina via Warren Ellis]

io9 Lauren Davis

Woman Gets a Tooth Implanted In Her Eye To Cure Blindness

A woman, blind for 9 years, can see again after doctors performed a rare surgery where her own tooth was inserted into eye. How does this procedure work? The woman suffered from damaged corneas, and she seemed to have no options if she wanted to regain her sight. Luckily, one of her doctors had heard…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Get Caught Up On Fringe’s Mysteries

Fringe returns to television tonight with a whole new season of dimension-hopping, biohacking, supersoldier madness. Didn’t keep up with last season’s mysteries, or just want a quick refresher? We tell you all you need to know for tonight’s premiere. Fringe follows the FBI’s Fringe Science Division — FBI Agent Olivia Dunham, fringe scientist Walter Bishop,…

Television Lauren Davis

Feral Children Beat Gollum To Death With Sticks

Strike first, ask questions later: that’s what happened to this little white creature in Panama. A pack of children beat this mysterious creature to death, then tossed it into a river. Now we’ll never know where the ring is. A group of children near Cerro Azul saw the creature leave its cave, and suspected it…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Paolo Bacigalupi Talks About New Directions for Hard Science Fiction

Paolo Bacigalupi just released his debut novel, a biotech thriller called The Windup Girl. We sat down with him to talk about hard environmental science fiction, growing up on a commune, and writing about the future of Thailand. Bacigalupi earned a lot of praise for his short story collection Pump Six, and is already getting…

Books & Comics Annalee Newitz

Twilight 3: Less Sparkle, More Blood And Guts

Color us not surprised: New Moon is already selling out showtimes. Plus, the director for Eclipse tires of this werewolf-vampire love triangle, and promises us a gory guy friendly vampire war. But the real violence should be in the finale. The LA Times is reporting that New Moon is selling out earlier than any other…

Movies Meredith Woerner

A $150 Space Camera Took This Photo Of The Earth

Two MIT students managed to snap this incredible picture of our planet by spending just $150 on a Canon camera, a weather balloon full of helium, and a styrofoam cooler. The camera reached 93,000 feet before crashing to Earth. [CNET]

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Meet T-Rex’s Diminutive Ancestor

In the days before Tyrannosaurus Rex roamed the Earth, prehistoric animals lived in fear of its ancestor, the Raptorex. But this petit progenitor of the Tyrannosauri would have been a mere mouthful for the mighty T-Rex. Paleontologists recently found the remains of the Raptorex in a lake bed in Northern China. Like the Tyrannosaurus Rex,…

io9 Lauren Davis

A Brand-New Ultraman Movie, With Giant Monsters You Won’t Believe

Rejoice, Ultraman fans and kaiju admirers. At last we have a long, action-packed trailer for December’s ultra-mega Ultraman movie, with multiple Ultramen and mega-monsters, called "Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legend The Movie." The name says it all! It looks like we’ve got the Science Patrol here, and possibly a journey to Ultraman’s home planet.…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Bram Stoker’s Descendant Pens “Official” Dracula Sequel

Over the decades, hundreds of authors have imagined the post-Dracula adventures of Van Helsing, Mina Harker, and the vampiric Count. But the Bram Stoker estate is about to release the official sequel to Dracula, based on Stoker’s own notes. Dacre Stoker, the author’s great-grandnephew, along with Ian Holt, a Dracula historian, has put together Dracula:…

Books & Comics Lauren Davis

Use a 3D Printer To Get Out Of Handcuffs

A handcuff escapist named Ray gave a presentation at Dutch hacker camp HAR about how to quickly make a plastic key that will break you out of Dutch police handcuffs. He did it with a homemade 3D printer, and tested it on actual handcuffs. It’s not clear how he got the schematic to make the…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Should We Expect New X-Men By 2011?

This Is What Happens When a Star Wars Fan Is Loaded

You Could Own Gene Roddenberry’s 1980s Apple Mac

Green Hornet Set Pics

Secrets Of Jeff Bridges’ Second Character In Tron Legacy, Plus Supernatural’s Visit To the Future

Cameron the Box

A Bicycle Superhighway With Timed Lights for Copenhagen

Dogfighting In Space with “Earth Versus Moon”

Summer Glau and Ray Wise Live In Joss Whedon’s Bizarro Dollhouse

Photographs from a Romantic Apocalypse

Woman Gets a Tooth Implanted In Her Eye To Cure Blindness

Get Caught Up On Fringe’s Mysteries

Feral Children Beat Gollum To Death With Sticks

Paolo Bacigalupi Talks About New Directions for Hard Science Fiction

Twilight 3: Less Sparkle, More Blood And Guts

A $150 Space Camera Took This Photo Of The Earth

Meet T-Rex’s Diminutive Ancestor

A Brand-New Ultraman Movie, With Giant Monsters You Won’t Believe

Bram Stoker’s Descendant Pens “Official” Dracula Sequel

Use a 3D Printer To Get Out Of Handcuffs

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

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

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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