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True Blood Finale – WTF Did I Just Watch?

This is it, the big finale. And if you thought True Blood went bonkers crazy WTF before, well then you’ve never seen an entire town marry off a God to a cow and a giant meat uterus. Spoilers ahead! Remember last week when I said that the I liked it best when True Blood went…

io9 Meredith Woerner

A First Look Inside Duncan Jones’s Futuristic Berlin

Moon director Duncan Jones has released the first concept image for his next project, futuristic thriller Mute, giving us a foretaste of his Bladerunner-inspired Berlin. Mute center around the disappearance of a young woman, and her partner, a mute bartender, who must face Berlin’s gangsters to find out what happened to her. We spoke to…

io9 Lauren Davis

This Year’s Intense El Niño Could Be Linked With Flu Pandemic

In an odd research paper announced today, scientists claim that global warming does not cause intensified El Niños, or disruptive weather systems. But strong El Niños like the one brewing in the Pacific right now are linked to flu pandemics. Texas A&M oceanographer Benjamin Giese has just completed extensive research into the 1918-19 El Niño,…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Own a Tyrannosaurus Rex of Your Very Own

If you’ve ever wanted to own a piece of prehistory (and have cash to burn), you’ll want to check out the natural history auction taking place at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas on October 3rd. For between $2 to 8 million, you can pick up Samson, one of the most complete T-Rex skeletons ever…

io9 Lauren Davis

8 Of The Best Futuristic Burgs in Comics

If there’s one thing that scifi has shown us, it’s that we don’t have to wait to visit cities of tomorrow. Here are some of our favorite futuristic cities from comic books. Oolong Island Does an island count as a city? Possibly not, but as anyone who read DC Comics’ 52 knows, Oolong is no…

Movies Graeme McMillan

The Cities You Can Never Leave

Science fiction imagines strange and wondrous cities in our future, but many are less paradise than prison. We take an ill-advised vacation inside the cities that will never let you leave. Gilded Cages The Axiom (WALL*E): The luxury liner Axiom has taken humanity on a multi-generational space cruise so successful that humans have lost the…

io9 Lauren Davis

The Kissing, Killing And Boy-Eating Clips From Jennifer’s Body

A new stack of Jennifer’s Body clips have been released, including lots of writer Diablo Cody‘s quippy dialogue and a scene with the evil guylinered band boy Adam Brody. Check them out – but be warned, they’re a bit spoilery. Do You Know How Hard It Is To Make It As A Indie Band? Jenny’s…

Movies Meredith Woerner

William Gibson’s Bridge City in “Virtual Light” Could Become Real

San Francisco’s Bay Bridge is getting a makeover that will leave a large portion of the old bridge unused, but still standing strong. Now two architects are proposing that the city build a neighborhood on it. Local architects Ronald Rael and Virginia San Fratello hit upon this idea after considering what was about to happen…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Before There Were Blue Avatars There Were The Tiny Tadpole Sperm Aliens Of Terra

Long before we saw the strange blue cat people from James Cameron’s Avatar, humankind focused their CG power on destroying the alien world of Terra. Check out our exclusive clip for this overlooked little alien flick. Here’s the official synopsis: When the peaceful inhabitants of the beautiful planet Terra come under attack from the last…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Yellow Submarine Remake? It’s All Too Much

Disney have officially announced their motion-capture CGI 3D remake of the Beatles‘ Yellow Submarine. The remaining Beatles have given their blessing, but we can’t help but wonder whether this is finally one remake too far. The official announcement was made over the weekend, and the accompanying press release quotes Disney Studios chairman Dick Cook as…

Movies Graeme McMillan

Buy a Genuine Coconut Cup from the Asteroid Belt

A bunch of writers decided to conduct an unscientific experiment: Would people pay more for items on eBay if they were offered up for auction with a fictional story explaining their importance? We’ve written before about this project, called “Significant Objects,” created by io9 contributor Joshua Glenn and writer Rob Walker. https://gizmodo.com/alternate-histories-of-objects-for-sale-on-ebay-5309739 One of the…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Another Galaxy Far Away Comes To Disney

At this weekend’s D23 convention in Anaheim, Disney finally officially announced that Star Tours II will be coming to Disneyland next year – and showed a quick glimpse of what to expect. Click through for video. The new ride – initially announced way back in 2005 – will replace the existing Star Tours attraction and…

Movies Graeme McMillan

We’re Already Afraid of Karyn Kusama’s Sex-Tampering Body Horror

Jennifer’s Body director Karyn Kusama is subjecting our favorite long-lashed librarian, Rachel Weisz, to Cronenberg-inspired body horror in her next potential film project. In an exclusive interview with Kusama we talked gore, blood, guts, and future horror projects. Kusama shared an interesting little newsy bit about her body horror screenplay she’s presently trying to get…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Inglourious Basterds Villain to Battle the Green Hornet

There may be hope for The Green Hornet yet. On the heels of Nicolas Cage’s departure as the gangster antagonist in the superhero film, Michel Gondry has snagged a far more villainous actor: Inglourious Basterds’ Nazi fiend Christoph Waltz. Deadline is reporting that Waltz, who has received much acclaim as the fearsome Nazi Colonel Hans…

Movies Lauren Davis

“Death Stench” Is Universal Among Animals And Insects

Insects avoid their dead instinctively, repelled by a “death stench.” Now scientists have discovered that nearly all animals emit the same stench when they die, and have been for over 400 million years. Evolutionary biologist David Rollo and a team of scientists at McMaster University in Canada stumbled upon the universal death stench while studying…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Homework Assignments From Our Transhumanist Future

Shane Hope‘s cheekily named exhibition “Your Mom is Open Source” includes homework assignments from a distant future where augmented children write about the joys of post-personhood, immortality, and uplifting pet fungi. The “Your Mom is Open Source” exhibition has envisioned our Grey Goo apocalypse, and also includes the “Compile-A-Child” series, which imagines the sorts of…

io9 Lauren Davis

Watchmen’s Comedian Looks To Space For Next Role

Jeffrey Dean Morgan, fresh from starring in Watchmen and currently shooting the movie version of The Losers, wants to stay with comic books for his next project. He’s hoping to play DC’s intergalactic bounty hunter Lobo in Guy Ritchie’s adaptation. Morgan told reporters that he’d be interested in taking on the role of the grizzled…

Movies Graeme McMillan

TiVo This: New Mythbusters Season Starts October 7th

Just a reminder that our friends at Mythbusters are starting their new season on October 7th. Did you know they’ve “tested more than 700 myths, conducted nearly 2,300 experiments, set off 711 explosions and destroyed 104 vehicles” since their 2003 premier? In the October 7 premiere episode, Adam and Jamie test the classic physics textbook…

Television Brian Lam

Astronaut Urine Creates a Surprisingly Attractive Light Show

That’s no comet. This photo, taken Wednesday night, actually shows a trail of urine and waste water streaming out of the shuttle Discovery. The waste froze upon release, then quickly sublimated into a sparkling, glowing vapor. [SpaceWeather via Yahoo!]

io9 Lauren Davis

Welcome The Return Of Fringe’s Mighty Walter Bishop

This week’s biggest television news: FRINGE returns! Now with more inter-dimensional madness (and hopefully more Astrid, as well). Also, Eureka wraps up its final season, again. Monday: There’s a Tru Calling marathon on Syfy from 8 AM through 3 PM. Super Hero Squad Show – Hulk, Thor, Iron Man, Wolverine, Captain America and more fight…

Television Caitlin Petrakovitz

True Blood Finale – WTF Did I Just Watch?

A First Look Inside Duncan Jones’s Futuristic Berlin

This Year’s Intense El Niño Could Be Linked With Flu Pandemic

Own a Tyrannosaurus Rex of Your Very Own

8 Of The Best Futuristic Burgs in Comics

The Cities You Can Never Leave

The Kissing, Killing And Boy-Eating Clips From Jennifer’s Body

William Gibson’s Bridge City in “Virtual Light” Could Become Real

Before There Were Blue Avatars There Were The Tiny Tadpole Sperm Aliens Of Terra

Yellow Submarine Remake? It’s All Too Much

Buy a Genuine Coconut Cup from the Asteroid Belt

Another Galaxy Far Away Comes To Disney

We’re Already Afraid of Karyn Kusama’s Sex-Tampering Body Horror

Inglourious Basterds Villain to Battle the Green Hornet

“Death Stench” Is Universal Among Animals And Insects

Homework Assignments From Our Transhumanist Future

Watchmen’s Comedian Looks To Space For Next Role

TiVo This: New Mythbusters Season Starts October 7th

Astronaut Urine Creates a Surprisingly Attractive Light Show

Welcome The Return Of Fringe’s Mighty Walter Bishop

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

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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