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Who Should Be The Next Marvel Movie Star?

Now that Iron Man is officially the most successful movie with a character called “Tony” in it in the history of cinema or something like that, the movie industry’s collective eyes have moved to what’s next for Marvel Comics’ production house. And not The Incredible Hulk, either – The Hollywood Reporter is already asking what…

io9 Graeme McMillan

MechaSquirrel Leads BioSquirrels to Victory Over the Humans

While Japan gets ready to become the world’s most robot-friendly nation, the United States is more interested in helping integrate robots into rodent society. Hence the creation of robo-squirrel Rocky at Hampshire College in Massachusetts (pictured), where researchers are studying whether the robot’s squirrelly ways will allow it to mingle with the fully-biological, acorn-chomping natives.…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Ketamine Makes a Good Anti-Depressant

At first blush, you want to chuck this in the “no-kidding-that’s-why-it’s-abused” department. But the horse tranquilizer and hallucinogenic pleasure drug ketamine may have found a clinical home next to Prozac. A serious study by people smarter than most of us suggests ketamine (“Special K” to friends and close acquaintances) restores normal activity in an area…

io9 Michael Reilly

Play “Spot The Star Trek Actor” On This Week’s Shows

It’s when times are lean that you need a really good tracker — someone who can scout through the barren underbrush of the TV schedule and forage for programs worth watching. We’re still on a severe diet, thanks to last winter’s writers’ strike. But there are some worthy programs out there. We have two preview…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Refurbished 70s Mobile Home for the Road Trip of the Future

Who said the future of travel had to require brand new vehicles? Foreseeing a coming trend in land travel, designer Kevin Fitzsimons restored a 1978 Sovereign 31′ Airstream Land Yacht and turned it into a super-fancy high-tech mobile home for the luxe traveler. The Mobitat, or MObi for short, has built-in furniture with white leather…

io9 LISA KATAYAMA

Journey To The Heart Of The Dark Knight’s New Villain

The new Dark Knight trailer is finally up for the masses in HD. As we reported, this trailer gives you the first glimpse of the new Batman bad boy, in all his alarming, grisly greatness. And we have some images of this villain’s previous appearances, for comparison purposes. https://gizmodo.com/dark-knight-trailer-reveals-new-bat-villain-384998 The dashing White Knight of Gotham,…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Captain Wesley Crusher, Starfleet Investigative Services

The Star Trek franchise has always been about “big picture” stories, but the next Trek series should take the opposite approach, narrow the scope and focus on a few well-developed characters – primarily Wesley Crusher. Yes, the much maligned ensign should be brought back as the captain of a Starfleet science vessel that warps around…

Television Ed Grabianowski

Are Adults More Ignored Than Children In SF Lit?

They’ve published books, linked to and even interviewed each other, but now authors Cory Doctorow and John Scalzi are collectively wondering whether anyone is paying attention to their most recent books, and just what is the most under-appreciated genre of literature: Young Adult or Regular Science Fiction? Doctorow started the conversation by telling fans that…

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan

Decypher DC’s White Board Of Doom

It appeared at last month’s New York Comic-Con, and then again in last week’s DC superhero comics. Later, an easy-to-read version showed up as part of an interview with DC Comics head honcho Dan DiDio over the weekend. I’m talking about the whiteboard of doom. This is DC’s latest attempt to tease fans with hints…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Hugh Hefner vs. Robert DeNiro on Battlestar Galactica

Hope you enjoyed yet another “everybody is more psycho” episode of Battlestar Galactica on Friday, complete with ten percent more nervous breakdowns and a bit of sartorial madness. “The Road Less Traveled” also brings us the return of a certain creepy Cylon, who makes all the weirdness even weirder. And then there’s the ongoing mystery…

Television Annalee Newitz

Sex Secrets Of Hancock And Smallville’s Clark Kent

Spoiler fiends are the truest afficionados of media SF. We’re endlessly curious about everything: we actually care about drunken superhero Hancock’s sex life, and exactly what Mulder and Scully’s status is in X-Files 2. We pore over toy announcements to decipher the secret of Doctor Who’s season finale, and read between the lines to dope…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Holy Crap: MacGyver Blockbuster Film Coming!

Today at Maker Faire 2008, MacGyver creator (and real life inspiration) Lee David Zlotoff announced he has a big budget MacGyver movie in the planning stages. Zlotoff mentioned he somehow ended up with the movie rights years ago (extremely uncommon), giving him full control over the film. While few specifics were mentioned, and no formal…

Movies Adrian Covert

The Sunset Splendor of Ozone

This glorious picture of the sunset by Eschipul in Houston reveals a sky flooded with ozone, a form of airborne pollution. In fact, the American Lung Association just ranked Houston number 5 for ozone pollution in its annual list of most polluted cities. Pollution makes sunsets extra-beautiful, as you can see in the two other…

io9 Annalee Newitz

The Real Wonder Woman

The greatest Wonder Woman movie of all time has already been made — even if Joel Silver comes to his senses and offers Joss Whedon unlimited money and creative control. I’m referring, of course, to the Hong Kong film Heroic Trio, which featured Wonder Woman (Anita Mui), alongside Invisible Girl (Michelle Yeoh) and Thief Catcher…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Secret Government Codes Are Hidden In Your Sausage

Is the way your wallpaper feels classified information? For Andy Lipman, Sensory Archiver, it might be. The paranoid British short film And I Refuse To Forget follows a man as he struggles to hold on to memories that are being displaced from his head by government secrets stored in his senses. Directed and written by…

Movies Meredith Woerner

The Cutest Science Fiction Sidekicks, And Why They Fail

All sidekicks must have certain key lovable qualities, or else they lose that sparkle that makes them so endearing. But sometimes the cute-overload factor goes too far and a gag reflex kicks in, making people want to destroy that character. Compiled after the jump is a list of the most adorable sidekicks in science fiction…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Air Force Study Shows How to Boil Eyeballs with Lasers

We may not be using lasers on the battlefield yet, but when we do we’ll know exactly how to use them to make our enemies’ eyeballs explode. And how to create heat-induced bubbles inside “biological substances” (i.e., bodies). A researcher funded by the Air Force to study laser safety has inadvertently also produced a lot…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Giz Tip: Stay After the Credits Are Done in Iron Man

Don’t ask us how we know, but you need to stay all the way until the credits are done in Iron Man. Just do it. And if you’ve already seen the movie and want to see what you missed in shaky cameraphone footage, head here. Don’t even mouse over that URL unless you want a…

Movies Jason Chen

William Gibson And Rod Serling, Together At Last

Spook Country author William Gibson and Twilight Zone creator Rod Serling will be turned into life-size animatronic statues, which at some point will gain sentience and battle to the death. At least, that’ll be the case if the Science Fiction Hall Of Fame is as animatronic-happy as the Rock’n’Roll Hall Of Fame, which it really…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Satellite Smackdown — Which Moon is the Solar System’s Awesomest?

A little while back, io9er Ed said Titan was “The Awesomest Moon in the Solar System.” Well where I come from, them’s fightin’ words. What about Earth’s Moon? Mars’ Phobos? Europa?? There are boatloads of kickass moons in the solar system. We break down ten contenders in a highly scientific chart to settle this debate,…

io9 Michael Reilly

Who Should Be The Next Marvel Movie Star?

MechaSquirrel Leads BioSquirrels to Victory Over the Humans

Ketamine Makes a Good Anti-Depressant

Play “Spot The Star Trek Actor” On This Week’s Shows

Refurbished 70s Mobile Home for the Road Trip of the Future

Journey To The Heart Of The Dark Knight’s New Villain

Captain Wesley Crusher, Starfleet Investigative Services

Are Adults More Ignored Than Children In SF Lit?

Decypher DC’s White Board Of Doom

Hugh Hefner vs. Robert DeNiro on Battlestar Galactica

Sex Secrets Of Hancock And Smallville’s Clark Kent

Holy Crap: MacGyver Blockbuster Film Coming!

The Sunset Splendor of Ozone

The Real Wonder Woman

Secret Government Codes Are Hidden In Your Sausage

The Cutest Science Fiction Sidekicks, And Why They Fail

Air Force Study Shows How to Boil Eyeballs with Lasers

Giz Tip: Stay After the Credits Are Done in Iron Man

William Gibson And Rod Serling, Together At Last

Satellite Smackdown — Which Moon is the Solar System’s Awesomest?

National Film and Sound Archive of Australia Adds ‘Succulent Chinese Meal’ Guy

Feds Sniffing Around Polymarket After Suspicious Bets

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Don’t Get Too Attached to Any AI App

‘Paradise’ Writer Teases What’s Coming in Season 3 After That Huge Twist

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

The Best New Toys of March 2026

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

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

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