Blog Profile / io9
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| Filed Under: | Genres / Sci Fi | |
| Posts on Regator: | 44117 | |
| Posts / Week: | 161.4 | |
| Archived Since: | February 24, 2008 | |
Blog Post Archive
A sneak peek inside Guillermo del Toro's Kaiju-killing machines
What's the POV of the Jaeger pilots in Guillermo del Toro's new giant monsters vs. giant robots movie Pacific Rim? We gleaned a collection of images ripped from the new trailer that show off what's happening inside the head of the giant mecha machine. Read more...
7 Signs We Are Heading for a Mass Extinction
Today, many scientists believe we are on the cusp of a sixth mass extinction which could wipe out most life on Earth as we know it. Here are seven signs that they could be right. Read more...
Disney reveals its new Star Wars cartoon, Rebels
It isn't a first look, exactly, but Disney has announced its new Star Wars cartoon, which will be called Rebels. Here's everything we (now) know: Read more...
Meet a real-life climate science troll
Ever wonder what an internet climate science troll is like in person? Here's your chance to find out. Read more...
This week's TV: The Tourettes Outbreak That Racked a Small Town
Summer TV season is starting, which means television is getting weird. There's a new sitcom where Anne Heche communicates with God. There's a taste of Disney XD's brand new Avengers show. There's new proof that mermaids are real. And there's a documentary about the town whose teen girls got Tourettes Syndrome. Plus tons more! Read more...
Teen trillionaires have problems too in this preview of Green Team #1
Money is its own kind of superpower; just ask Bruce Wayne or Lex Luthor. But when yo aren't a genius or vengeance-fueled vigilante, how can you use it to help people? That's what the Green Team wants to know in this unlikely relaunch of an obscure DC comic from 1975. Read more...
Interstellar distances, measured in memes
If aliens are listening in on Earth, a speed-of-light delay dictates that many of pop culture's jokes and catch phrases are only just now being heard. Read more...
How the Runaways Movie That Never Happened Helped to Fuel Iron Man 3
Before Drew Pearce co-wrote Iron Man 3, he was working on a screenplay of Brian K. Vaughan's amazing comic The Runaways. And before that, he created the superhero sitcom No Heroics. He talked to io9 about how those projects helped lead to Iron Man 3, and also addresses Iron Man 3's most controversial twists. Maximum spoilers! Read more...
Pretty Little Liars is secretly about the supernatural world
ABC Family hit Pretty Little Liars has become the teenage version of Desperate Housewives, full of backstabbing pretty people with an undercurrent of murder. Oh, and also? Vampires and other magical beings. A spinoff, Ravenswood, will deal with the Liars' paranormal side. Read more...
Your first new rumored Star Wars: Episode VII cast member is...
Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, according to Latino Review. There's no telling if it's true, if it'll happen, or who the hell he'll play if it all works out, but I think he does look like he could be Han and Leia's kid if they want to go the Star Wars: The Next Generation route. Read more...
What is Evolution?
A fantastic primer on descent with modification. Read more...
The fraud who worked with Einstein
Emil Rupp spent the late 1920s and early 1930s being lauded as the most impressive experimental physicist in the world. He managed to pull off experiments that no one else could. He worked with Einstein. And he'd made it all up. Read more...
Matt Smith and David Tennant chat about Doctor Who's 50th birthday!
Joss Whedon reveals what Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch will bring to The Avengers 2, while Edgar Wright explains why he’s waited so long to make Ant-Man. Aaron Eckhart really wants you to know about the hardcore stick fighting in I, Frankenstein. Plus Karl Urban previews Fox’s new robot cop show Almost Human! Spoilers alive! Read more...
A Starry Night in the Valley of the Roses
Let us close out the weekend with this striking piece from artist Jemma Salume. Here's hoping your week will be filled with beautiful dreams. Read more...
Guess Which Disney Princess This Is
The correct answer is: It's Brave's Merida. The more correct answer: It could be any of the white ones (so... almost all of them?) with a wavy — it's not even curly! Jesus! — red wig on. Ugh! Read more...
Profound and hilarious poetry written by arranging book spines
Nina Katchadourian borrows the words she uses for her unusual poetry from the spines of books. She arranges those spines, book upon book, so that they form brief poems that are often insightful and surprising. Read more...
If you've ever wondered what a tornado looks like on radar
This is easily the clearest and most defined example of a tornado on radar that I've come across. This is from the tornado in Oklahoma that struck Carney not long ago. Started out smallish and grew into a mile-wide wedge shaped tornado. Read more...
The clones come out of the closet on Orphan Black
When Dr. Leekie comes to town, things are not looking so good for our clones. The cops are closing in on their secret, and Alison has set her life to self-destruct. So Sarah and Alison wonder: What would happen if they came out of the clone closet? Spoilers ahead. Read more...
Eye-Poppingly Gorgeous Underground Stations from Around The World
The history of rapid-transit began 150 years ago, with the opening of the Metropolitan Railway in London in 1863. In the next century and a half, dozens of architects and engineers have worked on underground tunnels and stations. Some are abandoned now, but others are as good as new. Here are some of the most wonderful underground railway stations. Read more...
Retro Futurism: Desert Edition
Retronaut has a neat pair of photos today of a proposed desert crossing vehicle. It was designed in the early 1930s to safely cross Central Asia. I wasn't able to find any additional information about the vehicle that wasn't in German. However, I was struck by how similar it was to the Khetanna, Jabba's sail barge in Return of the Jedi. Take a look for yourself. Read more...