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Space Nuptials Open Door For Inter Species Wedding Parties

The Japanese are taking theme weddings to a whole new height: 60 miles above the Earth. A company called First Advantage will help you organize a wedding that ends with a one-hour space flight for the couple and three guests. The package includes a a four-day training program before lift off. Click through for more…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Mutant Monster Chickens Stalk “The Farm of Tomorrow” (1954)

Modern machinery and any number of tasty hybrids populate “The Farm of Tomorrow,” the last (whew!) of Tex Avery’s “of Tomorrow” cartoon cycle. We’ve already got cloning and embryo transfer technology—it’s only a matter of time until a giant-drumsticked chicken shows up on your dinner table.

io9 Lynn Peril

Andre Norton’s Legacy Becomes A Battleground

You may soon get to read some unpublished works by science fiction grandmaster Andre Norton, author of Star Born, Star Ka’at, The Cross Roads Of Time and many other SF novels. Since Norton died in 2005, her will has been tied up in court, with her caretaker and her biggest fan both claiming the rights…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Mad Science Contest: Build a Lifeform and We’ll Send You to Hong Kong or Give You $1000

io9 wants to encourage mad scientists in every field, but especially in the area of synthetic biology. That’s because synthetic biologists are the people who are going to build new life forms, like ligers and unicorns and people with claws and glowing eyes. OK, they might build bacteria that can clean up oil spills and…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Bill Nye The Science Guy Tells Larry King He’s All Alone

Larry King let Bill Nye The Science Guy on his show to smack down conspiracy theorists who believe that Roswell was so much more than just a weather balloon. Read the transcript to see Nye trying to use logic on King’s guests who firmly believe that Roswell is host to a plethora of government lies…

io9 Meredith Woerner

The Transformer Attack You Never Got To See

Click to viewAn aircraft carrier morphs into a massive robot and goes on the attack, in this gorgeous piece of Transformers concept art by Tim Flattery. We already showed you some of James Clyne’s amazing Transformers concept art a while back, but Flattery’s images of giant robots striding through water eruptions and jets of flame…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Russell T Davies On Life Post-Who

Now that he’s almost done with Doctor Who, having wrung all of his fan fantasies dry with this weekend’s season finale, Russell T Davies finds himself at a crossroads. So what’s next for the man who brought television’s favorite time traveler back to life? Davies hints at possibilities below the jump. Talking to the UK’s…

io9 Graeme McMillan

A Robot Spartacus, Crucified In A Bleak Future

A grim warning to all robots looms over a pile of dirt and rubble on the set of The Surrogates, now filming in Hopedale, Massachusetts. In The Surrogates, based on a graphic novel, every human has a robot copy so they never have to leave the home. Willis plays a cop that has to go…

io9 Meredith Woerner

New “Earth Stood Still” Isn’t Just Eco-Horror

If Keanu Reeves seems to be acting a little stiffly in the new remake of the 1951 classic The Day The Earth Stood Still, it’s entirely intentional. Reeves spent a lot of time thinking about his movements in the film, trying to use his physicality to seem as alien as possible without acting too quirky,…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Watch a Movie Inside a Giant Gundam

Japanese architect Kazushi Takahashi used to build ships, then jumped into building design. Now he’s made another conceptual leap. He’s created a movie theater in Tokyo that looks like the carapace of a Gundam robot. [via PingMag]

io9 Annalee Newitz

Are Mercury’s Days as a Planet Numbered?

Click to viewEver since the International Astronomical Union demoted Pluto to a dwarf planet (does it even deserve a capital “P”???) in 2006, astronomers around the world have been at odds to describe just what they mean when they say the word “planet.” For the moment, the solar system is holding steady with eight of…

io9 Michael Reilly

It’s Crunch Time On Stargate Atlantis

The big news on TV this week is the return of Stargate Atlantis. (Plus, a new season of Burn Notice, which sadly may not be scifi enough for us to mention. Except we just did.) Other big news: new eps of The Middleman, Charlie Jade, Doctor Who, Ben 10: Alien Force and Venture Bros. Don’t…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Nicholas Cage Faces Apocalypse By Numbers

A time capsule turns out to have eerily accurate predictions of future catastophes, in Knowing, which opens next March. It’s up to grade school teacher Ted Myles (Nicolas Cage) to convince the nation of our next huge tragedy. Judging from this teaser trailer, the scariest thing in Knowing is a bunch of circling numbers. Let’s…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Would You Watch Alien 5?

Sigourney Weaver says she’s still considering suiting up for another Alien movie. She even hints that original director Ridley Scott might come back: “I would definitely do another if I had a director like Ridley Scott and we had a good idea…Ridley is enthusiastic about it.” I’m all for more gooey alien action, as long…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Neal Stephenson Explains Who Should Play Spock

In a tone of deep seriousness that sounds practically professorial, scifi author Neal Stephenson shared some grave thoughts a couple of months ago about science fiction actors. In this clip, the author of The Diamond Age and Cryptonomicon tells a London audience how SF actors’ careers are “bifurcated” — they’re famous among scifi fans, but…

Movies Annalee Newitz

Previously Unseen Invisibles Available To View

Writing the ultimate supernatural SF comic The Invisibles may have almost killed Grant Morrison, but that didn’t dissuade him from attempting to adapt it into a television show for the BBC. While the show itself never made it to air for multiple reasons, that doesn’t mean that you can’t read the completed scripts and dream…

io9 Graeme McMillan

All the Ways We Can Mess Up Your Brain

Yesterday we told you all about a recent study where a group of researchers identified the genes responsible for brain development in the womb. We pointed out, in our usual excitable way, that this discovery is the first step on the road to tinkering with those genes to produce mega-geniuses and mindless drones. The researchers…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Mobile-Suit Gundam 00 To Air On Sci Fi

If you were worried that the upcoming end of Battlestar Galactica would mean an end to religious undercurrents and dystopic quests in your science fiction, then the Sci Fi Channel has good news for you: They’re bringing critically-acclaimed anime Mobile Suit Gundam 00 to your screens this winter to meet all of your needs. The…

io9 Graeme McMillan

More New Joker-Isms From The Dark Knight

A three-day weekend means an extra huge batch of spoilers – including a plot synopsis of the new animated Star Wars movie. There’s also some new info on the Dark Knight, including new videos and new Joker-isms. The X-Files 2 soundtrack listing hints at some plot points, plus there’s a new detail about G.I. Joe…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Scientists Identify Genes that Could Turn Ordinary People into Supergeniuses (or Mindless Drones)

Click to view It’s clear that there’s a specific set of genes responsible for brain development when you’re in the womb, and that those genes affect your ability to learn later on. But now a group of researchers in the U.S. and Canada have identified those genes. And their discovery could represent the first step…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Space Nuptials Open Door For Inter Species Wedding Parties

Mutant Monster Chickens Stalk “The Farm of Tomorrow” (1954)

Andre Norton’s Legacy Becomes A Battleground

Mad Science Contest: Build a Lifeform and We’ll Send You to Hong Kong or Give You $1000

Bill Nye The Science Guy Tells Larry King He’s All Alone

The Transformer Attack You Never Got To See

Russell T Davies On Life Post-Who

A Robot Spartacus, Crucified In A Bleak Future

New “Earth Stood Still” Isn’t Just Eco-Horror

Watch a Movie Inside a Giant Gundam

Are Mercury’s Days as a Planet Numbered?

It’s Crunch Time On Stargate Atlantis

Nicholas Cage Faces Apocalypse By Numbers

Would You Watch Alien 5?

Neal Stephenson Explains Who Should Play Spock

Previously Unseen Invisibles Available To View

All the Ways We Can Mess Up Your Brain

Mobile-Suit Gundam 00 To Air On Sci Fi

More New Joker-Isms From The Dark Knight

Scientists Identify Genes that Could Turn Ordinary People into Supergeniuses (or Mindless Drones)

Trump’s New White House App Is Mildly Concerning and Weird for a Lot of Reasons

Bloodsucking Ticks Can Survive Inside Your Home Longer Than You Might Think

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Judge Denies Liking LinkedIn Post Critical of Elon Musk But Reassigns His Cases Anyway

Amazon Slashes 50% Off Keurig K-Cup Pod Coffee Maker, Now a Budget Alternative to Breville and Nespresso Espresso Machines

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