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The Best of Science Fiction’s Oppressed Species

District 9’s crustacean aliens may be the first extraterrestrials to experience South Africa’s apartheid, but they’re hardly the first species to feel the sting of oppression. We list science fiction’s other downtrodden, enslaved, and dehumanized (so to speak) species. The Newcomers (Alien Nation): District 9’s aliens are most often compared to the Tenctonese, better known…

io9 Lauren Davis

When The Moon Rises In Rebellion, Who Will You Root For?

Are you ready for the solar system smackdown? The satellite blitz? The long-awaited movie Earth Vs. Moon is finally cranking up, and Zombieland writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick explain how they pit the Moon’s civilians against Earth’s. https://gizmodo.com/our-greatest-space-enemy-could-be-right-overhead-377942 First Showing snagged an interview with these two writers, and after explaining that they want Will…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Aurora Australis Warms Up the Antarctic Sky

Photos of the Aurora Borealis, the Northern Lights, have become a common enough sight, but a less frequently seen phenomenon is their Southern cousin, the Aurora Australis, which create a spectacular light show over the Antarctic desert. Like the Aurora Borealis, the Aurora Australis occurs when solar winds carry charged particles from the sun into…

io9 Lauren Davis

Stick A Spike In Caprica: James Marsters Joins The BSG Prequel

He’s already livened up Torchwood, Smallville and Dragonball, but now Buffy’s punky vampire, James Marsters, is joining the cast of Caprica, the prequel to Battlestar Galactica. He’ll play a terrorist (presumably a monotheist) named Barnabus Greeley. Says EW’s Michael Ausiello, “Driven by desires both moralistic and carnal, Barnabus is as lethal as he is unpredictable.”…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Which Warehouse 13 Star Has A Secret Dark Side?

Warehouse 13‘s zippy dialogue and fun chemistry have won us over, like a precious supernatural artifact suddenly rediscovered in the middle of nowhere. We caught up with the show’s stars and producer at Comic Con and asked them their secrets. https://gizmodo.com/shocking-spines-and-screwball-dialogue-burn-through-war-5336212 There may be some minor spoilers here, but nothing that would force you to…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

The Science Behind District 9’s Blood Splattering Alien Guns

The big bad alien controlled weapons confiscated from the alien inhabitants of District 9 make a blood-splattering mess of their targets. We talked to director Neill Blomkamp about his scientific inspiration behind these killing machines, and the violence. Minor spoilers… There were a lot of splattered humans and aliens in this movie. It reminded me…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Building Blocks of Life Found on a Comet

Score another point for exogenesis, the idea that life on Earth has extraterrestrial origins. For the first time, NASA has identified amino acids in a sample of material from a comet, suggesting a comet may have brought proteins to Earth. In 2004, the NASA spacecraft Stardust captured particles shed by the Wild 2, an icy…

io9 Lauren Davis

Russell T Davies Knows What Comes Next For Torchwood

While the world wonders where Torchwood can go after the dramatic Children of Earth mini-series, one man has a clear vision of the future of the Doctor Who spin-off. Luckily, that man is executive producer Russell T. Davies. Talking to Torchwood Magazine, Davies said, I could write you scene one of series four right now……

io9 Graeme McMillan

Fringe Season 2 Pics Reveal Twizzler-Eating, Corpse-Dissecting Fun

Is that a Twizzler Walter Bishop is eating while he examines an open cadaver? We’ve missed Walter’s seat-of-the-no-pants approach to science. The first stills from Fringe’s season opener include a disaster and a party. Gallery (and spoilers) below. “A New Day In The Old Town” is directed by Akiva Goldsman from a script by Goldsman…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

HDMI 1.4 Rocks for Six Reasons, Sucks for Four More

The new HDMI standard—1.4 to be precise—is pretty excellent, since it has an integrated Ethernet channel, 1080p 3D support and oh yeah, delicious 4K resolution images. But, like we said before, you need all-new everything for it. https://gizmodo.com/hdmi-1-4-internet-sharing-more-pixels-and-ridiculous-5254264 TechRadar breaks down everything you need to know about HDMI 1.4 into an easy-to-digest 10-thing listicle. Personally,…

Television Matt Buchanan

No Eddie Valiant In Who Framed Roger Rabbit 2? A Pox On This Sequel

The best part of Roger Rabbit wasn’t Jessica’s curves, it was the back and forth jaded quips, pitting Eddie Valiant against Roger’s toony tude. So we’re terrified to hear they’re even contemplating a second Framing without Bob Hoskins. We’ve been hearing from Roger Rabbit director Robert Zemeckis that Bob Hoskins was always down to play…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Time Traveler’s Wife Leaps onto Television

On the heels of a successful opening weekend, ABC has announced its plans for television adaptation of The Time Traveler’s Wife, with Friends creator Marta Kauffman. The time travel romance may span a lifetime, but can it span multiple seasons? ABC claims it has been working with Kauffman for years on a possible small-screen adaptation…

io9 Lauren Davis

Terminator Litigation: Did Terminator 5 Just Get A Lot Less Likely?

The production company behind Terminator Salvation is suing its main financing company — suggesting that, just maybe, they might be having a spot of bother raising the cash for a fifth Terminator. It was a huge surprise when Halcyon Co., a small production company whose main other claim to fame is having first right of…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Fabricate Your Own DNA Evidence

DNA evidence has become the gold standard for criminal investigations, but researchers in Israel say that finding DNA at a crime scene may not be evidence of a crime, but rather the handiwork of a clever biology student. In a paper published in Forensic Science International, Dan Frumkin, a private forensics researcher, claims that fabricating…

io9 Lauren Davis

Obama’s New Comic Book Gig: Facing Alien Death Panels

It had to happen: Now that comic book companies have adopted President Obama as a magical sales talisman, one company is branching out to include Joe Biden and other governmental figures. Oh, and “alien death panels,” as well. Topical! According to indie publisher Moonstone Comics, the fifth issue of toy hero revival Captain Action will…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Aaron Eckhart’s Alien Battle For LA Gets An Early Release

District 9 get you all hyped up for more alien battles? Don’t worry, director Jonathan Liebesman will soon be leading Aaron “Two Face” Eckhart in the alien invasion picture Battle: Los Angeles. The release date of the gritty invasion film (shot in Baton Rouge, LA) has been set for February 18, 2011. [Coming Soon]

io9 Meredith Woerner

This Week’s Comics Will Hex And Unleash Your True Potential

More dead are rising at DC, Marvel looks back at its long history, and it’s left to the indies to offer up the most interesting books of the week. As ever, these are New Comics We Crave. From DC, there are two not-really-io9-but-still-worth-looking-into books in the new “Vertigo Crime” imprint: Brian Azzarello’s Filthy Rich and…

io9 Graeme McMillan

British UFOs Choose Their Times And Places With Great Care

Britain’s National Archives disclosed every reported UFO sighting from 1959 through 1992. This chart shows the prevalence, by year, and the locations of the sightings in 1990-1992. Can you spot the pattern in this chart from the Guardian newspaper? Well, first off, it looks as though people in the early 1990s mostly saw UFOs in…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Purify Your Dirty Bathwater With An In-House Marsh

Who needs the city’s purification system, when you can just build a eco-friendly filtering system right in your bathroom? Water full of mosquito eggs not included. Look at this insanity — it’s called a Phyto Purification Bathroom. The whole set up uses rushes, reeds, water hyacinths and lemnas to clean and reuse bathing/sink water. This…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Lestat’s Mom In Favor Of Iron Vamp Casting

We’ve already told you that Robert Downey Jr. is in talks to take over the role of Anne Rice‘s legendary vampire, Lestat, but one person at least is a fan of the possible casting: Rice herself. Asked about the rumor, Rice was effusive in her hopes that Downey could take on the role: First off,…

io9 Graeme McMillan

The Best of Science Fiction’s Oppressed Species

When The Moon Rises In Rebellion, Who Will You Root For?

Aurora Australis Warms Up the Antarctic Sky

Stick A Spike In Caprica: James Marsters Joins The BSG Prequel

Which Warehouse 13 Star Has A Secret Dark Side?

The Science Behind District 9’s Blood Splattering Alien Guns

Building Blocks of Life Found on a Comet

Russell T Davies Knows What Comes Next For Torchwood

Fringe Season 2 Pics Reveal Twizzler-Eating, Corpse-Dissecting Fun

HDMI 1.4 Rocks for Six Reasons, Sucks for Four More

No Eddie Valiant In Who Framed Roger Rabbit 2? A Pox On This Sequel

Time Traveler’s Wife Leaps onto Television

Terminator Litigation: Did Terminator 5 Just Get A Lot Less Likely?

Fabricate Your Own DNA Evidence

Obama’s New Comic Book Gig: Facing Alien Death Panels

Aaron Eckhart’s Alien Battle For LA Gets An Early Release

This Week’s Comics Will Hex And Unleash Your True Potential

British UFOs Choose Their Times And Places With Great Care

Purify Your Dirty Bathwater With An In-House Marsh

Lestat’s Mom In Favor Of Iron Vamp Casting

Tesla Goes Ahead and Admits Its Robotaxis Are Sometimes Fully Human-Controlled

School Forced to Replace Toilets After Kids Flush Vapes

‘Scream 7’ Just Won’t Stop Making Money as ‘Scream 8’ Gets Started

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