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What If The Moon Crashed Into The Earth?

Well, we’d be screwed for one thing. Plus it’s doubtful that the chunks of the moon would remain identifiable and intact like they are in this piece of concept art… but it’s still haunting and beautiful. It’s strange to imagine something that’s been hanging in the sky your whole life plummeting into your world, but…

io9 Kevin Kelly

Blake’s 7 Poised To Launch A New Rebellion

The time may finally be right to bring the BBC’s gritty space opera Blake’s 7 back to television. British satellite network Sky One has ordered two 60-minute TV movies, for a possible “event series,” BBC News reported. (I’m guessing “event series” means the occasional one-off TV movie or special.) The production company that owns the…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

The Slowest, Stretchiest Countdowns In Science Fiction History

When life and death for everyone hangs on a ten-second countdown, those ten seconds can feel endless because of your adrenaline rush and your super-focused attention. Or maybe those seconds actually are endless. (Like this awesome moment from Time Chasers via MST3K — thanks t3knomanser!) Science fiction TV shows (and some movies) have a long…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Girl’s Meeting With Her Alternate Self: Worst Date Ever

Who says that the alternate-world genre has been killed by lackluster treatment in things like Sliders, Jet Li’s The One, or DC’s Countdown comic? British indie SF movie Schrödinger’s Girl aims to change that, showing the accidental downside to one woman’s attempt to prove the existence of other versions of herself throughout the multiverse. Here’s…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Super-Fast Evolution Means Capricans Would be Hideous, Not Hot.

Brace yourselves, Battlestar fans: in real life Starbuck would probably be ugly as sin. Think more like a Ferengi, less like a supermodel. So would anyone else from the 12 Colonies, most likely. That’s the implication of a new study of evolution here on Earth, which shows that natural selection can work at break-neck speeds.…

io9 Michael Reilly

Fight For Your Tribe In A Post-Human Wasteland

After humans have colonized the solar system, a mysterious shard from space arrives, killing or warping everything around it — until our civilization is all but wiped out. Thousands of years later, the only humans left on Earth survive in five mega-cities or roam the post-apocalyptic wasteland in combative tribes. Black Sea Studios’ upcoming “next…

io9 Ed Grabianowski

Space To Be Filled With Magazine About Space

While most SF magazines and websites dream of some variation on world domination, British magazine SFX has gone one further and taken their particular variation on nerditry to another stratosphere. Literally. In another example of publicity stunts that make little sense, each and every issue of SFX from now on will be turned into radio…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Darth Vader Goes Low Rent In New Jedi Attack

Years after you thought he’d reformed and ended his war against the Jedi, Darth Vader is back and making trouble for those who learn from the teachings of zen muppet Yoda. Or, at least, that’s what a Welsh court heard recently, as they learned about one of the most amusing physical attacks caught on camera…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Aliens Want Your Beer

This alien invader is so eager to get hold of your beer supply, he’s disguising himself as a mini-fridge. Okay, so it’s not the most cunning disguise ever, but he’s counting on the fact that alien-looking fridges and other housewares are all trendy nowadays. At least, British furniture brand Established & Sons thinks so —…

io9 LISA KATAYAMA

Superhero Spoof “Hancock” Has A Real Story

The first trailer for Will Smith’s drunken-superhero movie Hancock was mostly a litany of scenes where Smith crashes into stuff and causes mayhem, and it looked like a less likeable version of Greatest American Hero. But this new trailer, which aired during last night’s American Idol, shows a more rounded version of Hancock, including some…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Find Out How The Cylon Religion Got Its Start

Welcome to another batch of morning spoilers. This time, we’ve gotten tons of details about Caprica, the prequel to the robot-fighting Battlestar Galactica… including the script for the TV movie’s very last scene. We’ve also got a new clip from Saturday’s Doctor Who, and details of one of this fall’s episodes of Stargate: Atlantis. And…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Toxic Avenger Goes On All Singing, All Dancing Rampage

One of the weirdest mutant exploitation movies of all time has been turned into a musical, being staged in New Jersey. The Toxic Avenger, formerly a bizarre B-movie about a skinny nerd who becomes a deformed super-hero after falling into a barrel of toxic waste, has been adapted into a stage musical twice before —…

io9 Meredith Woerner

The Best Abstract Giant Robot Ever

I am convinced that this giant robot, from the 1957 movie Kronos: Ravager of Planets, is perhaps the very best of the abstract giant robots. And by “abstract,” I mean Kronos here looks basically like a modernist building — just a big box on giant struts with a spherical head topped by two antennae. Sure…

Movies Annalee Newitz

Stars Flare Into Life Around A Massive Black Hole

Omega Centauri is one of the biggest star clusters orbiting our own galaxy, with the light of millions of stars blazing from it — including some visible with the naked eye. But those stars aren’t all the same age, as this new image from the Spitzer Space Telescope shows. Combining visible and infrared images, this…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Life Expectancy Going Down in the United States

In some parts of the United States, medicine has not improved the average life expectancy — and in fact, the average lifespan has been going steadily downward since the 1980s. No, immigration is not to blame for these shifting numbers. These are U.S. citizens in hundreds of different counties whose lives are getting shorter while…

io9 Annalee Newitz

The Science Fiction Gadgets That Make You Go… Wha?!

We have a serious love affair with the cool gadgets of science fiction, but every now and then one will come along that will make you scratch your head and say “What!?” Yes, even in the world of scifi, you can sometimes go a bit too far. Check out our list of beyond-the-pale gadgets. https://gizmodo.com/six-awesomest-scifi-gadgets-that-fit-in-your-pocket-335306…

io9 Kevin Kelly

Murakami Tells io9 About His Secret Love For J.J. Abrams

We had a chance to see the amazingly eye-blistering @ Murakami exhibit in Los Angeles a couple of months ago before they packed everything up and headed to Brooklyn. The same exhibit is now on display at the Brooklyn Museum until July 13th, and is definitely worth checking out. We nabbed a few moments with…

io9 Kevin Kelly

NextGen Wind Power Goes Local

The world needs to figure out its energy problems. Fast. Enter our saviors: a new salvo of gonzo wind power generation systems that break the solution into small, bite-sized parts. From odd, transparent windmills that fit on your urban rooftop (pictured) to handheld devices, wind power might just save us all. And it isn’t just…

io9 Michael Reilly

The Pseudo-Sciences You’re Most Likely to See in the Next 50 Years

For every scientific breakthrough, you can expect a new branch pseudo-science that will mirror genuine science in some distorted way. In the nineteeth century, the young branch of engineering that spawned electrical current also spawned quack “electrotherapies” that promised to heal you with the amazing powers of electricity. And phrenology (reading your personality through bumps…

io9 Annalee Newitz

The Cloverfield Ending That Went Too Far For Theaters

The DVD of January’s monster-smashes-NYC movie Cloverfield came out yesterday, and it includes two alternate endings of the movie, along with some deleted scenes. Here’s one of the alternate endings, courtesy of Yahoo movies, including a new Coney Island scene. It’s not that different, but it’s worth watching to appreciate how much restraint the final…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

What If The Moon Crashed Into The Earth?

Blake’s 7 Poised To Launch A New Rebellion

The Slowest, Stretchiest Countdowns In Science Fiction History

Girl’s Meeting With Her Alternate Self: Worst Date Ever

Super-Fast Evolution Means Capricans Would be Hideous, Not Hot.

Fight For Your Tribe In A Post-Human Wasteland

Space To Be Filled With Magazine About Space

Darth Vader Goes Low Rent In New Jedi Attack

Aliens Want Your Beer

Superhero Spoof “Hancock” Has A Real Story

Find Out How The Cylon Religion Got Its Start

Toxic Avenger Goes On All Singing, All Dancing Rampage

The Best Abstract Giant Robot Ever

Stars Flare Into Life Around A Massive Black Hole

Life Expectancy Going Down in the United States

The Science Fiction Gadgets That Make You Go… Wha?!

Murakami Tells io9 About His Secret Love For J.J. Abrams

NextGen Wind Power Goes Local

The Pseudo-Sciences You’re Most Likely to See in the Next 50 Years

The Cloverfield Ending That Went Too Far For Theaters

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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