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Has “Sense Of Wonder” Gotten Senseless?

“Maybe the world has gotten too grubby and jaded for “awe.” Or I have. At any rate, a “sense of wonder” is no longer what I look for in fiction, including SF. I don’t want to be dazzled by things I never thought of before, even though often that seems to be what SF values.…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

Stop Making Terrible Vampire Movies

I thought we had all moved on from talking about crappy vampires. I was ready to leave our Twilight past in the past, and focus on better bloodsuckers. But you just won’t let me will you Hollywood? Stills from the brand-new Underworld: Rise Of The Lycans have emerged and oh my god are they a…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Is There A BSG Curse?

The announcement that Battlestar Galactica’s Michael Trucco’s first post-BSG television appearance will be as a guest-star on CBS’ The Big Bang Theory came just a little too soon after the news that Tricia “Six” Helfer will be making a guest-shot on NBC’s Chuck. We’re wondering: Why aren’t these people appearing on good shows?Perhaps it’s just…

Television Graeme McMillan

A G.I. Joe Showdown, A Lost Episode Breakdown

Greetings, spoiler fanatics! We’ve finally gotten a non-blurry picture of a certain Transformers toy. Plus, a callsheet for a crucial Lost episode turned up, and it gives away a whole bushel of shocking plot twists. A G.I. Joe actor explained all about the movie’s crucial ninja showdown. Plus there are some major hints for Dollhouse,…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Sexy, Scary Undeath Done Right

Twilight’s undead romance between vampire and teen already looked bad, but it looks downright spaztastic when you compare it to this intense, gothic-ghetto death scene from Candyman. One of the best horror flicks of the 1990s, Candyman is about the vengeful ghost of a black man who was brutalized and murdered when he and a…

io9 Annalee Newitz

One In Five HDTV Owners Can’t Tell Standard Def From HD

The Leichtman Research Group’s sixth annual survey on whether or not people can tell standard def from a high def hole in the ground shows that 18 percent of HDTV owners, um, can’t. They all thought they were tuning into delicious HD programming when they were in fact looking at some not-so-delicious standard def stuff.…

Television Matt Buchanan

The 45 Coolest Moments In Doctor Who’s History

Doctor Who, the classic British time-travel adventure, marked its 45th anniversary yesterday. It’s amazing when you realize that, if you count 1996, the Doctor has been on television for 31 out of those 45 years. In all that time, he’s vanquished monsters and megalomaniacs, but he’s also shattered our preconceptions over and over again. Here’s…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Treatment Could Make Women Live 30 Percent Longer, and Stay Fertile Too

It turns out that having children at an advanced age won’t kill you – instead, it might mean you’ll live up to 30 percent longer than average. A group of researchers at the University of California discovered this odd fact by studying the genetic makeup of flies who lay eggs late in their lives. There’s…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Skin Cream Has Killed The Mutant Ninja Turtles

Fox is through with Saturday morning cartoons, colorful cereal, footie PJs and fun in general. 4Kids, the programmers behind Fox’s Saturday morning line up, have given up on entertaining the youth this December, and Fox is replacing their programming with infomercials. I knew yelly spokesmen Billy Mayes was the devil.I warned us all, as Mayes…

Television Meredith Woerner

Twilight’s Box Office Doesn’t Suck Ha Ha Do You See The Pun

Deal with it; more people wanted to see Twilight on its opening weekend than Wall-E. Or Hellboy II. Or, thankfully, High School Musical 3. The teen vamp romance grossed $70.5 million this weekend, making it the fourth biggest opening of the year, behind The Dark Knight, Iron Man and Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Finally, A YA Book That’s A Gateway Drug To Hard Science Fiction

I’ve read a lot of young-adult science fiction books lately, but The Lab by Jack Heath is the first one to feel fully science fictional. Instead of taking place in a beautifully described post-apocalyptic world, or a present-day setting where weird things happen, The Lab is full of widescreen craziness. The main character is a…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

Make Your Own Thought-Screen Helmet and Prevent Alien Abduction

If you suffer from alien abductions and have a craftsy streak, we’ve got the perfect project for you this holiday season. The helpful folks over at StopAbduction.com have put together a simple how-to for crafting your own “thought screen helmet” (pictured) from just $30 worth of materials. No, we’re not kidding – and neither are…

io9 Annalee Newitz

We All Live in a Flying Submarine

For some military operations, you need a submarine. For others, you need a plane. But what if you need both? DARPA has a plan for that – a submarine that flies. Or a plane that submerges, depending on your point of view.Currently, the flying sub only exists as a set of design objectives issued by…

io9 Ed Grabianowski

“Truman Show Syndrome” Makes Life Seem Like Reality TV

In The Truman Show, Jim Carrey played the unwilling star of the world’s most popular reality show, living his life on a giant soundstage with actors playing his friends and family. Now psychiatrists are seeing the rise of a new kind of delusion: People believe they are living out Truman Shows of their own, convinced…

io9 Lauren Davis

Star Trek Gets A IMAX Relase And A New Comic With Old Faces

Good news for those of you who want to watch J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek from seizure inducing angles: Trek is coming to IMAX, despite not being filmed in the format. In other Trekkie news, IDW Publishing has released the first cover of the four-issue limited comic book series that leads into next summer’s new Star…

io9 Meredith Woerner

New Movie Let Fans Choose Their Own Adventure

The teaser trailer for upcoming movie Jathia’s Wager has been released, offering viewers their first chance to see the fruits of their collaborative labors on one of the world’s first “open source” science fiction movies. Is letting fans write, cast and edit your movie a sign of laziness, or the way of the future?Wager is,…

Movies Graeme McMillan

Discover Your Secret Psychic Inheritance, Before The Computers Get You

Classic anime TV movie Toward The Terra is finally coming out on DVD. Based on Keiko Takemiya’s award-winning manga series, the 1980 movie follows Jomy, a boy who grows up in a world run by supercomputers which brainwash humans when they reach the age of fourteen. Jomy discovers he has psychic powers, and the mysterious…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Tear Down The Bookshelf Markers, Urge Le Guin and Martin

Call it a sign of the times: A Public Radio discussion about the future of science fiction turned into a conversation about the ways SF is struggling. On the one hand, it’s lost ground to fantasy, which has become the more popular book genre by far. On the other, the best science fiction writers still…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

Fiber Optic Sculpture Transforms Field into a Luminous Alien Landscape

To see yourself on an alien planet, you need go no farther than Cornwall, England. That’s where lighting designer Bruce Munro has placed his outdoor installation, “Field of Light.” Thousands of fiber optic cables topped with acrylic orbs illuminate the countryside, giving the impression that the field is populated with bioluminescent vegetation from another world.…

io9 Lauren Davis

True Blood Brings Us Strangest Naked Dog Man/Burned Vampire Action Scene Ever

Screw you sparkle vampires — this week’s season finale of True Blood showed us all how a real blood sucker deals with the sunlight. This week, our vampire friends from Louisiana pulled out all the crazy-pants stops, delivering one if the most ridiculous action scenes I’ve ever seen. Crusty vampires fight murderous lunatics, with help…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Has “Sense Of Wonder” Gotten Senseless?

Stop Making Terrible Vampire Movies

Is There A BSG Curse?

A G.I. Joe Showdown, A Lost Episode Breakdown

Sexy, Scary Undeath Done Right

One In Five HDTV Owners Can’t Tell Standard Def From HD

The 45 Coolest Moments In Doctor Who’s History

Treatment Could Make Women Live 30 Percent Longer, and Stay Fertile Too

Skin Cream Has Killed The Mutant Ninja Turtles

Twilight’s Box Office Doesn’t Suck Ha Ha Do You See The Pun

Finally, A YA Book That’s A Gateway Drug To Hard Science Fiction

Make Your Own Thought-Screen Helmet and Prevent Alien Abduction

We All Live in a Flying Submarine

“Truman Show Syndrome” Makes Life Seem Like Reality TV

Star Trek Gets A IMAX Relase And A New Comic With Old Faces

New Movie Let Fans Choose Their Own Adventure

Discover Your Secret Psychic Inheritance, Before The Computers Get You

Tear Down The Bookshelf Markers, Urge Le Guin and Martin

Fiber Optic Sculpture Transforms Field into a Luminous Alien Landscape

True Blood Brings Us Strangest Naked Dog Man/Burned Vampire Action Scene Ever

Trump Says He’ll Sign Order to Pay TSA

Deadpool Will Deface ‘Magic: The Gathering’ Classics for a New Secret Lair

Apple’s Siri Isn’t Just Going to Use One Chatbot. It’s Going to Use All of Them

Why ‘For All Mankind’ Season 5 Is the Key to the Rest of the Series

ASUS ZenScreen 15.6-Inch Portable Monitor Is Now Cheaper Than Black Friday in Amazon’s Big Spring Sale

Early Wildfires Are Surging Across the US—and Trump’s New Fire Agency Isn’t Ready

INIU Brings Another Power Bank to the Spring Sale as SnapGo Keychain Portable Charger Drops to Its Lowest Price

Attorney Hit With Historic Fine for Citing AI-Generated Cases

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

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

Level Lock Pro Review: As Good as a Secret Smart Lock Gets

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