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MAVEN Will Uncover the Secrets of Mars’ Ancient Past

In the distant past, both Earth and Mars were covered in thick atmospheres and held large bodies of water. While Earth has become a cradle of life in our solar system, Mars lost its atmosphere and became a barren, desert world. No one knows why. NASA’s 2013 MAVEN mission will offer scientists many clues as…

io9 Ed Grabianowski

We Ask Tony Leondis and Chris McKenna: Is Igor Too Funny To Be Scary?

Igor’s writer Chris McKenna and director Tony Leondis talk about the balance they tried to achieve while making a comedy/horror film. Can you make a suicidal rabbit funny? I say hell yes. In a video interview together they address the concerns for making Igor both happy and scary in an exclusive clip. Igor is in…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Early Drafts of Fringe Posters Leaked, Reveal Suppressed JJ Abrams Ideas

You’ve been hearing all about how Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse has gone through multiple revamps before hitting the airwaves, but apparently JJ Abrams’ Fringe went through a similar (but more secret) series of reconceptions. We’ve managed to get our hands on early versions of the show’s iconic teasers and posters. When you look at them, it’s…

Television Annalee Newitz

Vietnamese Science Fiction Authors Band Together

Vietnamese science fiction authors are joining together in a new group, the Viet Nam Fund of Science Fiction (VFSF) under the leadership of biologist and SF writer Vu Kim Dung. The VFSF is going to focus on sponsoring writing competitions, translating foreign works, and putting out short-story anthologies, but it also plans to fund movies…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Alien Table Will Spit Acid And Rip Apart Your Ikea Crap

I’d like to see your crappy birch table take on this glass and metal crouching alien. Can you imagine the sheer jealousy that will cross your friends’ faces when you rock out your living room with these amazing end tables? Just don’t come home drunk and forget that you own them, because that could end…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Dollhouse’s Situation Totally Rad, Says Dushku

If you believe Eliza Dushku, Fox’s Dollhouse isn’t in as much danger as we’ve worried about. Emailing the Boston Globe this weekend, Dushku channeled the 1990s as best she could, saying “‘Dollhouse’ is NOT in danger/suffering… We, the network, and FOX all are PSYCHED for the next episode . . . It’s beyond dope.” So…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Defense Firm Prepares to Terminate the Terminators

It happens to the best of us: Your robot body guard takes a car bomb to the brain and suddenly she thinks she’s supposed to kill you rather than protect you. Or maybe an enemy combatant has sent an autonomous computerized agent to destroy you, and Sarah Connor is nowhere to be found. How can…

io9 Lauren Davis

ESPN Embraces Change, Confuses Viewers

Marvel’s “Embrace Change” advertising campaign for the last couple of months of their Secret Invasion event made the leap onto the small screen last night, with a new television commercial running on – of all places – ESPN. Just in case you weren’t watching the Bricktown Showdown, we’ve got the ad for you right here.Click…

io9 Graeme McMillan

New Quarantine Pics Show Day Glo Slumber Party From Hell

New stills from the plague-zombie movie Quarantine show it’s not really an infected undead virus party without black lights and themed dancers. Don’t they look like zombie strippers? I can just picture it: “We got a call about an undead noise complaint – you guys aren’t making enough noise!” Then they rip off their tear-away…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Kendra Shaw Comes To The Sarah Connor Chronicles!

The Terminator TV show, the Sarah Connor Chronicles, has already added Shirley Manson and Busy Phillips to its cast, but perhaps the coolest bit of casting is yet to come. Stephanie Jacobsen, who played the druggie officer Kendra Shaw in the Battlestar Galactica TV movie “Razor,” is coming to Sarah Connor as another resistance fighter…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

How to Fictionalize Science Beautifully

Science fiction is usually defined as a story that incorporates elements of science, but rarely does scifi actually take the form of a scientific paper or research volume. That’s why Janet Chui and Jason Erik Lundberg’s A Field Guide to Surreal Botany from Two Cranes Press is so startling and pleasurable to read. This slim,…

Books & Comics Annalee Newitz

Screw “Day the Earth Stood Still” and Watch This!

A bunch of giant robots are coming to Earth, and they’re about to judge us for our nasty ways. There will be killing and car chases and awesome 1980s teen stars like Judd Nelson and C. Thomas Howell. Oh yes . . . in fact, C. Thomas Howell is directing the soon-to-be-classic, straight-to-DVD flick where…

Movies Annalee Newitz

Your Prius Has Been Plotting Against You All Along

It was only a matter of time until the hybrid car got sick of being the answer to all of humanity’s problems and lashed out in an uncontrollable Christine-style rage, killing a bunch unsuspecting greenies. Check out the first car-smashing pics from the movie Hybrid, the environmentally friendly car that snapped. [Ecranlarge]

io9 Meredith Woerner

BSG Ending Not What You Expect, Claims Star

While we may not know exactly what lies ahead for the crew of Battlestar Galactica as the show speeds towards its conclusion next year, but we do now know that the end of one particular character isn’t what the writers may have initially intended, or what you may be expecting. Get ready to start your…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Postie Is Back! More Heroes Webisodes Coming Your Way

Oh joy, NBC is coming back with more Heroes webisodes, and it’s about time. I’ve missed my poorly written postal yelly friend, his overly-attractive-for-a-Postman girlfriend and their cat. According to Heroes Spoilers, NBC is having a casting call for new webisodes. Which shocks me, because I can’t believe they used actual actors for the suit-wearing…

io9 Meredith Woerner

First Look at Earth 2

A team of researchers at the University of Toronto have captured the first image of a planet orbiting a sun-like star. The image (click to enlarge) was taken at the Gemini Observatory in Hawaii, and the planet you’re seeing here is about six times the mass of Jupiter. It’s much farther from its star than…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Slaves Of The Global Cyber-Village, In New Sleep Dealer Trailer

Outsourcing gets taken to its furthest extreme in a super-advanced America of the future in Sleep Dealer, with menial workers telecommuting from South of the Border. Using Matrix style plugs, the worker jacks into the machine they are best suited for and “sometimes they control the machine, and sometimes the machine controls them.” Watch the…

io9 Meredith Woerner

The Microscopic Chambers of the Sea

Albert Folch is a bioengineering professor at the University of Washington whose Folcher Lab is devoted to building better tools for cell cultures. As he puts it on his lab website, “We apply micro- and nanofabrication techniques to quantitatively design the micro/nanofluidic environment and/or the underlying substrate of cultured cells under large numbers of conditions.”…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Tomorrow’s Number Six Fears No Sand

The new Prisoner may lack the sartorial elegance of Patrick McGoohan’s original Number Six, but there’s no denying Jim Caviezel’s dedication to his new role. Even if it means that he ends up with sand up his nose and in his cranium in order to get the shot needed. Get your first gimpse at the…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Are Megan Fox’s Feet Secretly The Linchpin Of Transformers 2?

What crucial role do Megan Fox’s feet play in the Transformers sequel? It’s hard to tell, but they appear to be incredibly important, judging from a new official behind-the-scenes video. And a new image claims to show a new look for an important villain. We also have spoilers for the third (!) episode of Joss…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

MAVEN Will Uncover the Secrets of Mars’ Ancient Past

We Ask Tony Leondis and Chris McKenna: Is Igor Too Funny To Be Scary?

Early Drafts of Fringe Posters Leaked, Reveal Suppressed JJ Abrams Ideas

Vietnamese Science Fiction Authors Band Together

Alien Table Will Spit Acid And Rip Apart Your Ikea Crap

Dollhouse’s Situation Totally Rad, Says Dushku

Defense Firm Prepares to Terminate the Terminators

ESPN Embraces Change, Confuses Viewers

New Quarantine Pics Show Day Glo Slumber Party From Hell

Kendra Shaw Comes To The Sarah Connor Chronicles!

How to Fictionalize Science Beautifully

Screw “Day the Earth Stood Still” and Watch This!

Your Prius Has Been Plotting Against You All Along

BSG Ending Not What You Expect, Claims Star

Postie Is Back! More Heroes Webisodes Coming Your Way

First Look at Earth 2

Slaves Of The Global Cyber-Village, In New Sleep Dealer Trailer

The Microscopic Chambers of the Sea

Tomorrow’s Number Six Fears No Sand

Are Megan Fox’s Feet Secretly The Linchpin Of Transformers 2?

Dammit, Jim, He’s a Doctor And an Action Figure!

Whatever Just Happened with ‘Fruit Love Island,’ Nobody Won

AMC Puts a Stake in ‘Talamasca’ After One Season

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

2027 Is Shaping Up to Be a Great Year for Big Sci-Fi RPGs

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Ahead of the SpaceX IPO, xAI Has Now Shed All 11 of Its Non-Elon Musk Founders

Do ‘Disclosure Day’ Prep With a Spielberg Sci-Fi Marathon

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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MAVEN Will Uncover the Secrets of Mars’ Ancient Past

We Ask Tony Leondis and Chris McKenna: Is Igor Too Funny To Be Scary?

Early Drafts of Fringe Posters Leaked, Reveal Suppressed JJ Abrams Ideas

Vietnamese Science Fiction Authors Band Together

Alien Table Will Spit Acid And Rip Apart Your Ikea Crap

Dollhouse’s Situation Totally Rad, Says Dushku

Defense Firm Prepares to Terminate the Terminators

ESPN Embraces Change, Confuses Viewers

New Quarantine Pics Show Day Glo Slumber Party From Hell

Kendra Shaw Comes To The Sarah Connor Chronicles!

How to Fictionalize Science Beautifully

Screw “Day the Earth Stood Still” and Watch This!

Your Prius Has Been Plotting Against You All Along

BSG Ending Not What You Expect, Claims Star

Postie Is Back! More Heroes Webisodes Coming Your Way

First Look at Earth 2

Slaves Of The Global Cyber-Village, In New Sleep Dealer Trailer

The Microscopic Chambers of the Sea

Tomorrow’s Number Six Fears No Sand

Are Megan Fox’s Feet Secretly The Linchpin Of Transformers 2?

Dammit, Jim, He’s a Doctor *And* an Action Figure!

Whatever Just Happened with ‘Fruit Love Island,’ Nobody Won

AMC Puts a Stake in ‘Talamasca’ After One Season

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

2027 Is Shaping Up to Be a Great Year for Big Sci-Fi RPGs

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Ahead of the SpaceX IPO, xAI Has Now Shed All 11 of Its Non-Elon Musk Founders

Do ‘Disclosure Day’ Prep With a Spielberg Sci-Fi Marathon

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

Let us help find what you are looking for...

Dammit, Jim, He’s a Doctor And an Action Figure!