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Chris Carter Wrote Another X-Files Movie, Because He Enjoys Our Pain

Chris Carter deserves all the credit in the world for creating The X-Files. But he has never, ever been the series’ strongest writer. And, man, have the movies never been a particularly great venue for his creation. So maybe he should just leave his script for X-Files 3 in a drawer. On Fox’s Television Critics…

Movies Katharine Trendacosta

Here’s Jane Lynch as a Scary Clown. You’re Welcome.

No, Angel From Hell hasn’t miraculously become a good TV show yet. It does still have Jane Lynch being kind of bizarre while surrounded by cardboard characters. Here’s the best scene, where Lynch decides to help Allison “face her fears,” by showing up as a terrifying clown. Charlie Jane Anders is the author of All…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Flying Demons Are Probably The Least Unsettling Thing In This Creepy New Horror Movie

The great thing about a horror anthology film is if you aren’t scared by one segment, odds are the next one will get you. That won’t happen with Southbound though because, as you can see in the first trailer, all four of the segments are ultra creepy. Directed by Radio Silence, Roxanne Benjamin, David Bruckner…

Trailers Germain Lussier

The Wonder Woman Movie Has a Brilliant Approach To Getting Diana Right

The Wonder Woman movie is making a pretty bold change to her origin—but this isn’t just another example of DC Comics screwing needlessly with its characters. I’m here to tell you why this particular alteration is a brilliant idea. Spoilers ahead… If you haven’t heard the rumors (or seen the set pics), it might have…

Movies Rob Bricken

Cyborg Sperm Could Revolutionize Fertility Treatments

Some men produce sperm that are poor swimmers, a major cause of infertility. To help, researchers from Germany have developed motorized cyborg “spermbots” that can be guided directly to an egg. This isn’t the first time that scientists have fooled around with sperm. Back in 2013, a team led by Oliver G. Schmidt positioned bull…

Tech News George Dvorsky

This Plan to Turn Stockholm Into a City Full of Sky Ways Looks Incredible

We know that cities will need to get taller and denser in the next few decades. Yet it’s not easy to convince residents to build skyscrapers. This Swedish proposal for Stockholm’s downtown incorporates light, greenery, and public space into its tall buildings. It makes density look beautiful. The plan named Klarastaden, “clear city” in Swedish,…

Tech News Alissa Walker

Colony Is Terrifying Because It Feels Like Real Life

Mr. Robot was a thrilling experience because it touched on real-world issues and concerns in a way that felt visceral and grounded. And now, USA’s latest drama, Colony, seems to be pulling off the same trick—only for an alien invasion story. Colony is a dystopia that you can actually see yourself living in. It’s scary…

io9 Bryan Lufkin

What the Hell Is Going On With the Avengers in the Comics?

It’s taken them a while, but Tony Stark has finally, officially brought back the Avengers for Marvel’s All-New, All-Different universe! It’s about time, especially when you realize that Marvel has been putting out two additional Avengers comics for several months now. Confused? We can help. https://gizmodo.com/the-all-new-avengers-team-has-finally-assembled-sort-1746195899 A quick recap: late last year, Marvel rebooted its…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

Google Hopes Free Goodies Will Persuade You To Use Android Pay

Mobile payments, like Apple Pay and Android Pay, is a nascent technology saddled with the ambitious goal of unseating the simple, plastic-y way of paying for things. It hasn’t been going so well. Now, Android Pay is using another tactic to change your mind—giving away free stuff. Google’s calling it Tap 10. Although the company…

Tech News Darren Orf

10 Heroes Whose Parents Were Somehow Not Dead or Evil

All of our favorite characters are orphans. Or else, they had horrendously abusive childhoods. Basically, giving characters childhood trauma is an all-purpose motivation—why else would someone be a vigilante/wizard/etc. unless something had gone wrong in their lives? But here are 10 people who had normal families that weren’t already dead—but they went on to become…

Movies Katharine Trendacosta

Bitcoin Has Died—For the 89th Time

Did you hear? Bitcoin is dead. It’s over. Or wait, is it just dying? Is it having a crisis? There is trouble in paradise. The ideals have been lost. In a Medium post, former Bitcoin developer Mike Hearn declared that the Bitcoin experiment had run its course. The community had failed. The technology couldn’t develop…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

Watch Star Wars Rebels Go Into Jedi Hyperspace With This Astonishing New Trailer

And you thought those trailers for Star Wars: The Force Awakens were good? The latest one for Star Wars Rebels gives those a serious run for their money, with three minutes of insane action, jaw-dropping teases and plenty of connections to the Star Wars universe as a whole. Be aware though. This trailer for the…

Trailers Germain Lussier

Everything You Need to Know About Obama’s Autonomous Car Plan

In his final State of the Union, President Obama hinted about building a “21st century transportation system.” Now we know he was actually sitting on a plan to dramatically change the way Americans get around. 2016 has already been a wild ride for autonomous car news. First Google was rumored to announce something at CES.…

Tech News Alissa Walker

Watch Caity Lotz and Brandon Routh Suddenly Realize That Their Space Simulation Is a Little Too Realistic

In the new movie 400 Days, a group of astronauts are being sequestered for over a year to make sure they’re psychologically equipped to make a trek into deep space. But mere days into the trip, things take a turn for the weird. Is this part of the simulation… or something else? The set up…

Movies Germain Lussier

Scream Queens Has Been Renewed, But It’s Leaving College Behind

Like a masked killer who won’t stay dead, Scream Queens will be back for a second season. But we won’t have to spend any more time on the dreaded Wallace University campus, because the new series will be set at a hospital—a pretty natural choice for Ryan “American Horror Story: Asylum” Murphy. The Twitter announcement,…

Television Cheryl Eddy

Making Every Part of a Book from Scratch Is So Much More Work Than I Thought

A book is a very simple thing, right? It’s just a bunch of paper with some scribbles. But if you wanted to make a book from scratch, it’s basically an impossible task. Watch as Andy George from How to Make Everything chops wood, strips papyrus, makes glue from hide, carve out a pencil from a…

Sploid Casey Chan

The Last-Minute Decision That Saved a Mission to Mars

In August 2012, millions of Earthlings watched live as a hovering sky crane dropped the Curiosity rover onto the surface of Mars, 140 million miles away. Rocket scientist Adam Steltzner was on the front lines for that mission, and takes us behind the scenes in his new book, The Right Kind of Crazy: A True…

Books & Comics Adam Steltzner

The Directional Pad on This Retro NES Bluetooth Speaker Really Works

8Bitdo is probably best known for its Bluetooth gaming controllers, including the NES30 that paid homage to Nintendo’s original 8-bit console. But the company is now expanding its catalog with a new Bluetooth speaker that longtime gamers will find equally hard to resist. Like the NES30, the 8Bitdo Retro Cube Speaker borrows most of its…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

We Are Programmed To Bring You This Friday GIF Party!

It’s Friday, and it’s been the longest week ever. But that’s why it’s most excellent to engage in our traditional celebration, the gif party. What gifs have you got for us this week? Contact the author at [email protected] and follow her on Twitter @CharlieJane

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

RIP Robert Banks Stewart, the Man Who Gave Doctor Who One of its Best Monsters

British writer Robert Banks Stewart, best known as the creator of Doctor Who’s shapeshifting alien menace the Zygons, has passed away at the age of 84. The Zygons might be Stewart’s most famous creation, but his brief association with the series gave us some of its finest episodes. Stewart was a journalist before he turned…

io9 James Whitbrook

Chris Carter Wrote Another X-Files Movie, Because He Enjoys Our Pain

Here’s Jane Lynch as a Scary Clown. You’re Welcome.

Flying Demons Are Probably The Least Unsettling Thing In This Creepy New Horror Movie

The Wonder Woman Movie Has a Brilliant Approach To Getting Diana Right

Cyborg Sperm Could Revolutionize Fertility Treatments

This Plan to Turn Stockholm Into a City Full of Sky Ways Looks Incredible

Colony Is Terrifying Because It Feels Like Real Life

What the Hell Is Going On With the Avengers in the Comics?

Google Hopes Free Goodies Will Persuade You To Use Android Pay

10 Heroes Whose Parents Were Somehow Not Dead or Evil

Bitcoin Has Died—For the 89th Time

Watch Star Wars Rebels Go Into Jedi Hyperspace With This Astonishing New Trailer

Everything You Need to Know About Obama’s Autonomous Car Plan

Watch Caity Lotz and Brandon Routh Suddenly Realize That Their Space Simulation Is a Little Too Realistic

Scream Queens Has Been Renewed, But It’s Leaving College Behind

Making Every Part of a Book from Scratch Is So Much More Work Than I Thought

The Last-Minute Decision That Saved a Mission to Mars

The Directional Pad on This Retro NES Bluetooth Speaker Really Works

We Are Programmed To Bring You This Friday GIF Party!

RIP Robert Banks Stewart, the Man Who Gave Doctor Who One of its Best Monsters

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