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Other Suns and Planets May Provide Better Conditions for Life than Our Own

While our sun and Earth have allowed for the development of a relative bounty of life, many astronomers are starting to believe that the conditions they provide aren’t unique, or even ideal, suggesting we may not be alone after all. At this year’s meeting of the General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union, at a…

io9 Lauren Davis

How Can Bryan Singer’s BSG Movie Compensate For Leaving Out Six?

Coasting on the excitement from the Star Trek reboot and Ronald D. Moore’s series, the rumored Battlestar Galactica movie may get greenlit by Universal… with Bryan Singer directing. But is it possible to have two well-made reboots so close together? Hitfix is reporting that the rumored BSG movie is getting the go-ahead — and Singer,…

io9 Meredith Woerner

20 Visions of the Future of Suburbia

Inhabitat’s ReBurbia Competition asks designers to envision the future of suburbia. The results include unusual forms of transportation, changing where and how we live, and repurposing highway medians and big-box stores. Check out the finalists looking to reinvent suburban living. Noting that 90 percent of metropolitan growth in the last ten years has taken place…

io9 Lauren Davis

Wolverine 2 Sexiness, Gamer Hot-Wiring, And Maybe A Peek At The Tenth Doctor’s Final Words

Hugh Jackman talks Wolverine’s lovers (plural!) and there’s a scorching new Gamer clip. ScarJo talks Iron Man 2, and Chris Pine talks Trek 2. Plus some awesome Dollhouse and Doctor Who hints. Also: Stargate, Heroes, Warehouse and True Blood spoilers! Wolverine 2: Another snippet of Hugh Jackman, apparently from the same interview as yesterday’s report.…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Holy Crap, They’re Making a Lego Movie!

Variety reports that Warner Brothers is developing a Lego movie that will be “a family comedy that will mix live action and animation.” An “action adventure set in a Lego world.” Let’s hope it doesn’t put a buzz kill on my childhood memories the way GI Joe and Transformers have. Dan Lin, who is shepherding…

Movies Danny Allen

The Greatest Nerdware We’d Steal From Our Favorite Fans

You think your science fiction memorabilia is impressive? The scifi fans depicted in movies and TV have way cooler shit than you do. Here are 10 nerds who don’t even exist in real life, and whose collections still pwn yours. Luke’s Landspeeder Bed, 17 Again Ned Gold, played by Thomas Lennon, was mercilessly teased and…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Shocking Spines and Screwball Dialogue Burn Through Warehouse 13

Syfy’s new show may be about agents who chase down technological and mystical artifacts, but it’s the charming characters and Buffy-influenced dialogue that take center stage. If you haven’t seen Warehouse 13, it may be time to take a gander. Most of Warehouse 13’s charm comes from two sources: the chemistry between the characters, and…

io9 Lauren Davis

Spider-Man Musical “Biggest Fiasco In Broadway History”

Sounds like the rumors about singing Spidey’s rapidly fraying money web are true. The $45 million musical written by Bono and The Edge, put the crew on hiatus and now the actors have been released from their contracts. The New York Post is calling it the biggest fiasco in Broadway history, and quoting experts saying…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Methane Cloudburst on Titan

These images of clouds high in Titan’s atmosphere, published today in Nature, are strong evidence for rainstorms of methane on the moon, creating roaring rivers across Titan’s surface. Report the study authors: Methane clouds, lakes and most fluvial features on Saturn’s moon Titan have been observed in the moist high latitudes, while the tropics have…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Parasitic Fungus Turns Carpenter Ants Into Its Own Personal Zombie Army

Scientists have discovered a fungus in Thailand that takes over ant brains, compelling them to mindlessly do the fungus’s bidding. We’ve heard about parasitic ant zombification before, but scientists have no idea how the fungus controls the ants so effectively. https://gizmodo.com/headless-fire-ant-zombies-are-your-friends-5252549 The carpenter ants in question build hives in trees and forage on the forest…

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Potentially Deadly Asteroids Still Go Undetected

Although NASA vigilantly searches the skies, dozens of near-Earth asteroids remain undetected, any one of which could strike our planet and cause devastating damage. But better detection will mean more facilities and better equipment — and a lot more money. Currently, NASA has been able to detect roughly 83 percent of the estimated 940 Near-Earth…

io9 Lauren Davis

Peter Jackson Talks Getting Down And Dirty With Aliens

While $30 million seems like a lot, it’s pretty small when half of District 9‘s main characters had to be CG-ed into each frame. We talked to producer Peter Jackson about the benefits of that budget and working with aliens. Because of the budget did a lot of things in District 9 that had to…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Legion’s Red Band Angel War Trailer Descends Upon Humanity

The unholy battle between humans and angels has started, with the redband Legion trailer. In which gun-carrying angel Paul Bettany chops off his wings, to protect an unborn savior. Looks like a boil-popping good time. First up, the ice cream man, played by Doug Jones, is pretty fantastic, I quite enjoy how he trots over…

io9 Meredith Woerner

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Seven Things Your Future Self Can Teach You

When you travel through time and space, you’re bound to run into yourself occasionally. These meetings can be awkward, embarrassing, or lead to uncontrollable fainting, but there are some things your future self can teach you better than anyone else. Criminal Activity The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger: Involuntary time travel comes with plenty…

io9 Lauren Davis

Avatar’s Spiritual Father? The Wizard of Oz

James Cameron is beginning to open up a little about what we can expect from the much-anticipated Avatar this December. For example, he’s been talking about the movie it owes a massive debt to: The Wizard of Oz? Talking to the LA Times, Cameron admitted that Oz’s influence may not be entirely intentional: Yeah. It’s…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Max Barry Jams In Public, Creates A New Publishing Model, Slices Your Legs Off

Max Barry‘s Jennifer Government was one of the most original and entertaining dystopian novels of the past decade, and now Barry is helping to reinvent publishing. Or at least, his bold experiment, Machine Man, seems to have paid off. Barry has been posting chunks of his novel Machine Man online since March, although he hasn’t…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

You Expect That To Make It To The Moon?

Not every robot headed into space comes from the professionals, you know. Competitors for the Lunar X Prize have three years to build their own rover and land it on the moon. Here are some of the hopeful bots. The nineteen teams competing for the prize – $20 million, provided by Google – span students…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Cold Souls’ Soul-Extracting Ideas Never Quite Warm Up

Cold Souls set out an ambitious task: tell a Charlie Kaufman-style tale about a company that extracts and leases human souls. But, tragically, the result is a film more interested in explaining its ideas than telling a compelling story. Paul Giamatti plays a fictionalized version of himself, that we’re supposed to understand as a composite…

Movies Lauren Davis

Why Jonathan Lethem Keeps Coming Back To Philip K. Dick

Motherless Brooklyn author Jonathan Lethem started his career channeling Philip K. Dick, and now Lethem is returning to Dick’s orbit. Lethem is editing a collection of four Dick novels, and says his new novel is his most Dickian in years. In an interview in The Jewish Daily Forward, Lethem explains that his collection of four…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Other Suns and Planets May Provide Better Conditions for Life than Our Own

How Can Bryan Singer’s BSG Movie Compensate For Leaving Out Six?

20 Visions of the Future of Suburbia

Wolverine 2 Sexiness, Gamer Hot-Wiring, And Maybe A Peek At The Tenth Doctor’s Final Words

Holy Crap, They’re Making a Lego Movie!

The Greatest Nerdware We’d Steal From Our Favorite Fans

Shocking Spines and Screwball Dialogue Burn Through Warehouse 13

Spider-Man Musical “Biggest Fiasco In Broadway History”

Methane Cloudburst on Titan

Parasitic Fungus Turns Carpenter Ants Into Its Own Personal Zombie Army

Potentially Deadly Asteroids Still Go Undetected

Peter Jackson Talks Getting Down And Dirty With Aliens

Legion’s Red Band Angel War Trailer Descends Upon Humanity

Create Your Own Gawker Media Hybrid

Seven Things Your Future Self Can Teach You

Avatar’s Spiritual Father? The Wizard of Oz

Max Barry Jams In Public, Creates A New Publishing Model, Slices Your Legs Off

You Expect That To Make It To The Moon?

Cold Souls’ Soul-Extracting Ideas Never Quite Warm Up

Why Jonathan Lethem Keeps Coming Back To Philip K. Dick

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

The Curtain Has Closed on Meta’s Movie Rating-Inspired Content Filters

Good News! You Can Finally Change That Ridiculous Gmail Address

ExpressVPN Just Launched ExpressAI: Your Prompts Are Now Invisible

VR Just Took Another Massive Body Blow

The Best Gadgets of March 2026

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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