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This Zombie t-shirt is part of a promotion for Capcom’s Resident Evil: Darkside Chronicles Wii game, and will be handed out at the Con. It’s fantastic, though I dread the sea of shirtless Conners this will likely inspire. Thursday io9 Helps You Rethink Your Existence: 10:30-11:30 Science Fiction That Will Change Your Life. The staff…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Eighteen Science Fiction Authors Remember the Moon Landing

Over at Tor.com, there is a lovely collection of essays by everyone from Jo Walton to Charles Stross about what the 1969 Moon landing meant to them. io9 pal Andrew Liptak has collected all the posts into a handy list over on his blog.

io9 Annalee Newitz

Apollo 11 Astronauts Push For A Mission To Mars

Last friday, at the National Museum of the USAF, the Apollo 11 astronauts participated in a panel discussion about their historic Moon landing. They spent a good portion of the discussion, however, not on the Moon — but Mars. The discussion took place during the National Aviation Hall of Fame Spirit of Flight Award. Neil…

io9 StephenGoldmeier

Ianto Jones Talks Love, Explosions And Dark Secrets

As Ianto Jones, Gareth David-Lloyd has become a mesmerizing presence in Torchwood, the Doctor Who spin-off. He’s grown from a small supporting role to become Captain Jack’s love interest and our hero. David-Lloyd told us about season three. Minor spoilers… Note: We talked to David-Lloyd a few weeks ago, before we’d actually seen “Children Of…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

DiCaprio Pulls a New Writer into the Twilight Zone

At long last, Leonardo DiCaprio has hired a screenwriter for his big-screen adaptation of The Twilight Zone. His choice has cut his teeth writing science fiction and horror, and has a surprising credit in softcore porn. It’s been a year since we first announced that DiCaprio’s production company, Appian Way, was hunting down scripts for…

io9 Lauren Davis

Farscape And Battlestar Galactica Speak To The Experiences Of Homelessness

Both Farscape and Battlestar Galactica are narratives about homelessness, writes a woman who survived life on the streets, in the newest issue of Homeless Tales. But she finds Farscape both grittier and more inspirational. Battlestar Galactica, writes MetisRebel, is about a group of people who’ve lost their homes and are cut off from everything: Battlestar…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Moon Memorials Let You Party Like It’s 1969

It may be a while before we see another moon landing, but there are plenty of ways to relive the magic of the first. We Choose the Moon provides a real-time reenactment of the Apollo 11 mission, complete with a desktop mission tracker and Twitter feed, while Slate mashes up footage to envision what media…

io9 Lauren Davis

Where’s The Bathroom On The Enterprise? 9 Space Toilets

With the toilet on the International Space Station busted once again, we can’t help but wonder whether humanity is doomed to a space-faring future without working facilities. Fortunately, there are plenty of fictional, functional space toilets to ease our minds. Star Trek: The Federation may have given us huge advances in transportation and energy-matter conversion,…

io9 Lauren Davis

Doctor Who’s First Guest Star — Revealed!

Matt Smith only just donned his heroic bow tie as the Doctor, and already the first spoilery set photos are materializing. Click through to find out who’s turning up in one of the Eleventh Doctor’s very first adventures. Major spoilers… Yes, it’s River Song (Alex Kingston), the mysterious archeologist who has apparently met the Doctor…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Beautiful Portraits Of Futuristic Bounty Hunters Are Ready For A Little Rough And Tumble

Dan LuVisi, who brought us the insane World War Z concept art, is coming out with his own artwork book of futuristic bad ass bounty hunters. We’ve got the first glimpse. Meet Hailie — yeah, she plays rough. More below. https://gizmodo.com/world-war-z-concept-art-rocks-the-battle-of-yonkers-5140561 Also included in the gallery are two promotional posters that give you a better…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Cults, Compromise, And Cops Gone Wild In Upcoming Caprica Episodes

How thick will the stew of terrorists, gangsters and cyber-freaks get in the Battlestar Galactica prequel series Caprica? Judging from some new script pages, the pilot was just the beginning of the ethical quandaries and tangled alliances. Major spoilers below… Some casting pages leaked onto SpoilerTV from two different episodes: “The Reins Of A Waterfall”…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Babbage and Lovelace Fight Crime with the Power of Math

If Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace had managed to complete the Analytical Engine and usher in an age of Victorian computing, what would they do next? According to one comic, the obvious answer is: team up and fight crime. Artist Sydney Padua has been posting The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage on her comics…

io9 Lauren Davis

Support Artistic Freedom Logically By Bidding On Pope Trek Art

Want to do your bit for free speech and come out of it with a beautiful piece of Paul Pope Star Trek art? Here’s your chance to bid on a page from Wired’s Spock strip, with proceeds to the CBLDF. The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is auctioning off this page of original Pope artwork…

io9 Graeme McMillan

A Haunting Alien Cathedral, From Transformers 2 Concept Art

Star Trek concept artist Ryan Church also created some breathtaking vistas for Transformers: 2, including this scene inside an alien vessel called The Ark. All of a sudden, those big alien robots really do look alien. A few more, below. The desert battle scenes look a lot more impressive (and coherent) in Church’s imagination, and…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Korean Dog Clones Start Sniffing Drugs, Underwear

The Korean Customs Service just got six new employees: a set of Labrador Retrievers cloned from a top drug-sniffing dog. Soon, they’ll be rooting out heroin smugglers, and getting a good whiff of your dirty laundry. The canine six-pack, each named “Toppy” (short for “Tomorrow’s Puppy”), were cloned from a Canadian sniffer named Chaser. Three…

io9 Lauren Davis

Wiccan Needed For 50K Salaried Job, Cave Dwelling Included

While the economy remains crap, the Wiccan economy is booming. Past Doctor Who location Wookey Hole has a job offer you can’t refuse. They need to replace their cave witch, and are offering a whopping 50K salary. Job requirements include cackling and everyday hag business. [BBC]

io9 Meredith Woerner

A Full Week Of Earth-Stopping, Shocking Torchwood

It’s a British invasion this week, as Torchwood takes over BBC America with the acclaimed new miniseries “Children Of Earth.” Meanwhile, True Blood gets some vampire competition from Britain’s Being Human, and we meet Veronica’s father on Ted. Monday: Spectacular Spider-Man – Venom is back, and talkin’ like a frat guy. Spidey and Venom will…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Your Cyborg Future Gets a Stylish Wood Finish

Afraid upgrading your limbs will mean living with metal appendages, or falling into the uncanny valley of flesh-colored plastic? Fear not, one designer has a stylish new vision for prosthetics, one inspired by 1950s furniture and Steve McQueen. Industrial designer Joanna Hawley decided to challenge the notions that prostheses need be purely functional – or…

io9 Lauren Davis

The New Doctor Who Look Is In

Still worried about the new youthful face of our beloved Time Lord? Well fret no more. Here are the first pictures of The Doctor fully regenerated, dressed up, and ready for your keen eye. How about that bow tie? Also, are those pants TIGHT ROLLED at the bottom? I fear that the new Doctor may…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Reports From District 9: “Where Were You When They Landed?”

A new crop of Distict 9 virals is infecting the internet, much like the alien spray serum we saw in the last trailer. So, what do the D9 aliens eat besides domesticated pets, and where were you when they landed? https://gizmodo.com/the-aliens-of-district-9-take-action-in-new-full-lengt-5310402 I hope the retelling of alien landings becomes my generation’s defining moment of “I’ll…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Thursday

Eighteen Science Fiction Authors Remember the Moon Landing

Apollo 11 Astronauts Push For A Mission To Mars

Ianto Jones Talks Love, Explosions And Dark Secrets

DiCaprio Pulls a New Writer into the Twilight Zone

Farscape And Battlestar Galactica Speak To The Experiences Of Homelessness

Moon Memorials Let You Party Like It’s 1969

Where’s The Bathroom On The Enterprise? 9 Space Toilets

Doctor Who’s First Guest Star — Revealed!

Beautiful Portraits Of Futuristic Bounty Hunters Are Ready For A Little Rough And Tumble

Cults, Compromise, And Cops Gone Wild In Upcoming Caprica Episodes

Babbage and Lovelace Fight Crime with the Power of Math

Support Artistic Freedom Logically By Bidding On Pope Trek Art

A Haunting Alien Cathedral, From Transformers 2 Concept Art

Korean Dog Clones Start Sniffing Drugs, Underwear

Wiccan Needed For 50K Salaried Job, Cave Dwelling Included

A Full Week Of Earth-Stopping, Shocking Torchwood

Your Cyborg Future Gets a Stylish Wood Finish

The New Doctor Who Look Is In

Reports From District 9: “Where Were You When They Landed?”

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

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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

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