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Fringe Re-Run Offers All Manner Of SF Extras

Even if you watched the Fringe premiere on Tuesday, Fox are giving you two reasons to tune into Sunday evening’s re-run: Not only will they be showing the first four minutes of next week’s episode following the final credits, but they’ll also trail the show with a special preview of the remake of The Day…

io9 Graeme McMillan

That’s Ms. Tron If You’re Nasty

Janet Jackson came out workin’ the Tron unitard hard at the launch of the “Rock Witchu” tour last night in Vancouver. She and the Tron Guy are like a match made in light-cycle heaven. She’s trying for a futuristic space-opera look, but did she pull it off? Check out our full gallery of the 42-year-old…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Simpsons Goes Halloween on Transformers

It’s about time, give or take a month, for a new Simpsons Halloween episode (a.ka. Treehouse of Horrors)-and, man, have we missed Kang and Kodos. This year, SciFi Wire reports that the installment will spoof the Transformers movie. We talked to executive producer Al Jean about what to expect. Previously, Jean told SciFi Wire: What…

io9 Nisha Gopalan

BSG Now Free On iTunes. Apple, Give Me Back My Money!

Apple has released Battlestar Galactica’s “He That Believeth In Me” from season four and “Four Months Later” from Heroes for free on iTunes. Brick by brick, we’re going to start forcing free TV on the internet. Oh and Apple, you owe me $5.98. Also available for free on iTunes are episodes of Eureka. Now’s the…

io9 Meredith Woerner

A Science Fiction Pixie from a Strange Atomic Race

Here’s a clip from a cartoon I’ve never seen before: Dodo-The Kid From Outer Space. Produced in 1964 and originally broadcast in the L.A. area, Dodo was an alien child with a half-bird, half-computer friend named Compy (in this clip, he’s the one complaining about cake while everybody else wants to hear the story of…

io9 Lynn Peril

Smallville Taking A Super-Breather?

Production on the baby-Superman show Smallville will be taking a bit of a break after the tenth episode. There will be a long-ish break between the fall and spring blocks of episodes, during which Reaper will take over Smallville’s slot. Partly, this lets the show run all of its spring episodes in a row, without…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

The Bioengineered Buddies Of Tomorrow

Sick of your dog or cat constantly needing to be fed, walked and cared for? Goodbye needy pets of today, hello Genpets: Your new bioengineered best friends from Bio-Genica. They’re allergen free, child safe, and best of all, low maintenance. Run, don’t walk, to the store and pick up your hibernating pet now. The GenPets…

io9 Meredith Woerner

The Best Skin Melting Scenes From Scifi

Click to viewChances are that on Tuesday night, you settled onto your sofa and wondered, as you flipped on the television, just how J.J. Abrams would kick off his new series Fringe. Then, before you even made it to the opening credits, you watched a planeload of people dissolve into lumps of goo. It was…

Movies Lauren Davis

If You Can’t Beat ‘Em, Rip ‘Em Off

With Marvel Comics’ Secret Invasion topping the sales charts, you can’t blame DC Comics for wanting to get in on the action – especially when the plot of Secret Invasion closely mirrors two of their own series from the 1980s, Millennium and Invasion!. But do the covers of the recently-released collections of those two series…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Mainstream Publisher Harper-Collins Launches Scifi Imprint

Many big publishers like Random House have what are called “imprints,” or divisions in the publishing house with their own brand and specialization. And now Harper Collins, a major publisher, has announced it’s creating a new scifi imprint called Angry Robot, which will publish 2-3 books per month starting in July 2009. That’s a hell…

Books & Comics Annalee Newitz

Watch the LHC Webcams!

Want to see the latest things happening with the compact muon solenoid experiment at CERN, where physicists booted up the Large Hadron Collider yesterday? Now you can watch both the inside of the experimental chamber, and an exciting view of the CERN parking lot on these two live webcams. [via LHC Webcams]

io9 Annalee Newitz

Meet Your New Robot Overlord: The Autonomous Mining Truck

Click to viewSo you already know about autonomous aerial vehicles being used in combat and surveillance — they’re little planes that look almost like toys. Not so with the next generation of autonomous vehicles. A group of researchers at Carnegie Mellon have just won a contract to create a robotic system that would make this…

io9 Annalee Newitz

All Hail The Returning Dalek Emperor (Parrot)

Good news! The Dalek-impersonating parrot we told you about? The one who had flown away from home, promising to exterminate the entire human race? He’s been found again, and now there’s a video of him chanting the Dalek watchword and looking, actually, quite sinister. [BBC]

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

28 Months Later, Are Those “Zombies” Still Running Around London?

Sounds like the rage virus still hasn’t been disinfected from our lives just yet. Director of 28 Days Later and producer of the sequel 28 Weeks Later, Danny Boyle is toying with our heart strings by vaguely talking about the possibility of yet another outbreak of the rage virus. And he may actually direct, this…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Because You Asked For It: More Dark Knight

Couldn’t get tickets to the Dark Knight in IMAX? Never fear the Batman will be back in mega-wide screen glory. Warner Brothers is re-releasing The Dark Knight on IMAX screens in January 2009, and the DVD will be out in December the very next year. Putting Nolan’s name back in lights right about Oscar time.…

io9 Meredith Woerner

“Karl Lagerfeld Is Not Actually A Ninja”: The Future Of Magazines

Print magazines are becoming more luxurious on their way to obsolescence, says former Condé Nast editorial director James Truman. Speaking at the “Quickie” performance evening in San Francisco, Truman talked about why he left Condé Nast and what he’s learned about the future of print publishing. Hint: It has to do with horses, star-gazing and…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

The Future Of British Spying Is Uncertain

Trashy, futuristic Brit spy drama Spooks: Code 9 may just have finished its first season in the UK with a cliffhanger ending, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that we’re going to find out what happens next. According to the show’s executive producer, we’re still a couple of weeks away from knowing whether or not the…

Television Graeme McMillan

Watch The Science, Mutation, Fights And Sex Scenes Of The Fly Opera

The buzz about The Fly The Opera in Los Angeles is undeniable. But don’t take our word for it judge this scifi opera for yourself with new video footage from the 2008 cast. Watch as fly-man crawls along the ceiling of the opera house, sexes up his girlfriend rips some biker guys arm in two…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Why We Need the Three Laws of Robotics in the Real World

We’ve had robots working in our factories for decades, but no one’s ever programmed Isaac Asimov’s three laws of robotics into one. Now some scientists and programmers are trying to make it happen, and it’s not because they’re fans of golden age scifi. Why are the three laws so vital to future human/robot interactions, and…

io9 Ed Grabianowski

Dollhouse Production Shuts Down For 2 Weeks

No, Fox hasn’t pulled a mulligan on Joss Whedon’s new mind wiping series about ladies who can be programed to be anyone their clients desire, but the almighty writer, producer and director has halted all work on his series for two weeks. Why, so he can focus on what he does best writing. So deep…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Fringe Re-Run Offers All Manner Of SF Extras

That’s Ms. Tron If You’re Nasty

Simpsons Goes Halloween on Transformers

BSG Now Free On iTunes. Apple, Give Me Back My Money!

A Science Fiction Pixie from a Strange Atomic Race

Smallville Taking A Super-Breather?

The Bioengineered Buddies Of Tomorrow

The Best Skin Melting Scenes From Scifi

If You Can’t Beat ‘Em, Rip ‘Em Off

Mainstream Publisher Harper-Collins Launches Scifi Imprint

Watch the LHC Webcams!

Meet Your New Robot Overlord: The Autonomous Mining Truck

All Hail The Returning Dalek Emperor (Parrot)

28 Months Later, Are Those “Zombies” Still Running Around London?

Because You Asked For It: More Dark Knight

“Karl Lagerfeld Is Not Actually A Ninja”: The Future Of Magazines

The Future Of British Spying Is Uncertain

Watch The Science, Mutation, Fights And Sex Scenes Of The Fly Opera

Why We Need the Three Laws of Robotics in the Real World

Dollhouse Production Shuts Down For 2 Weeks

Even the ‘Avatar’ Fighting Game Is Disrespecting ‘Legend of Korra’

Bluesky Has a New App, and It’s All About AI

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

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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Fringe Re-Run Offers All Manner Of SF Extras

That’s Ms. Tron If You’re Nasty

Simpsons Goes Halloween on Transformers

BSG Now Free On iTunes. Apple, Give Me Back My Money!

A Science Fiction Pixie from a Strange Atomic Race

Smallville Taking A Super-Breather?

The Bioengineered Buddies Of Tomorrow

The Best Skin Melting Scenes From Scifi

If You Can’t Beat ‘Em, Rip ‘Em Off

Mainstream Publisher Harper-Collins Launches Scifi Imprint

Watch the LHC Webcams!

Meet Your New Robot Overlord: The Autonomous Mining Truck

All Hail The Returning Dalek Emperor (Parrot)

28 Months Later, Are Those “Zombies” Still Running Around London?

Because You Asked For It: More Dark Knight

“Karl Lagerfeld Is Not Actually A Ninja”: The Future Of Magazines

The Future Of British Spying Is Uncertain

Watch The Science, Mutation, Fights And Sex Scenes Of The Fly Opera

Why We Need the Three Laws of Robotics in the Real World

Dollhouse Production Shuts Down For 2 Weeks

Even the ‘Avatar’ Fighting Game Is Disrespecting ‘Legend of Korra’

Bluesky Has a New App, and It’s All About AI

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

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!