Blog Profile / io9
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| Archived Since: | February 24, 2008 | |
Blog Post Archive
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Gawker For Sale: A Video of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford Smoking Crack Cocaine | Lifehacker Remember the "Sometimes, Always, Never" Rule When Wearing a Suit Coat | Jalopnik The Ten Most Expensive Airline Tickets You Can Buy | Gizmodo How Much Would It Cost to Build the Starship Enterprise? Read more...
Smoking Pot Offers Relief to the Lonely
This seems a bit counter-intuitive, but a new study has shown that marijuana protects people from the emotional pain of being socially excluded. Read more...
When Sliders went to paradise, it was pure hell for viewers
There’s one thing you need to know about “This Slide of Paradise,” and that is it’s Sliders’ season 3 finale. Not only do Quinn, Wade, Rembrandt and Maggie think they’re going home, this is supposed to be the amazing hour of television that keeps viewers interested and eager to watch another season. Show More Summary
Cataplexy: When emotions paralyze you
And not figuratively, either. Sometimes people have found that certain emotions literally cause their muscles to unhook from their brains. They collapse entirely. This is not some strange disease, or weakness — tt's the misapplication of a necessary function. Read more...
The Biggest Explosion Ever Seen on the Moon!
Two months ago, a boulder-sized object smashed into the surface of the Moon. The resulting flash — which could be seen by the naked eye — was 10 times brighter than anything witnessed before. Read more...
Lost's Sawyer is a super-solider for the Info Age in Intelligence
I don't know if Josh Holloway's character in Intelligence has a chip on his soldier, but he definitely has a chip in his head — a microchip! (See what I did there?) Holloway plays a soldier whose brain has access to the "global information grid" in CBS' new scifi action series. Read more...
When will we see Star Trek 3? And will we ever see The Incredibles 2?
Damon Lindelof discusses the early, early status of Star Trek 3. Check out a video update from Godzilla director Gareth Edwards. Breaking Bad's Mark Margolis discusses his role as a fallen angel in Darren Aronofsky's Noah. Brad Bird won't rule out The Incredibles 2. Plus a final preview for this week's big Doctor Who finale! Read more...
Just Another Day in the Ultimate Killing Machine
It's always a great feeling of satisfaction to watch the sun go down on your ultimate mobile death fortress, and know that you've put in a proper day of crushing and incinerating. With a spot of imploding, for good measure. Concept art by Manchu SF. Read more...
The Atlantic Rim movie is somewhat less spectacular than Pacific Rim
Well, of course famed movie rip-off artists The Asylum were going to take on Pacific Rim, and of course their attempt would be called Atlantic Rim. What I wasn't expecting that it would look actually kinda good. Read more...
Is Dean Winchester the worst hero ever? Or just one of the worst?
It's official: Anything bad that happens to anybody on Supernatural from now on is Dean Winchester's fault. Last night's season finale was apparently aimed at those people who feel as though the "Dean is always right" stuff had gotten out of hand. Spoilers ahead... Read more...
Chris Hadfield finds that home isn't nearly as interesting as space
Poor Commander Hadfield. Without that wondrous zero gravity environment to work in, Earth has become a rather boring place. Read more...
That Wonder Woman-in-high-school show will just not die
Did you exhale a sigh of relief when you saw that Amazon, The CW's in-development show about a young Wonder Woman attending high school right after leaving Themyscira, was not on their fall 2013 schedule? Your relief may be short-lived — the CW has announced the show is being redeveloped, with hopes of a premiere next year. Read more...
Strange and Wonderful Moments in the History of Eyeglasses
Eyeglasses are a technological marvel. Chances are, many of you are reading this through glasses or contact lenses. But we didn't invent these devices overnight, and there were some pretty weird versions along the way. See for yourself. Read more...
3D print your own invisibility cloak
Got an industrial-grade 3D printer laying around that you don't know what to do with? 3D print your own "invisibility cloak"! Read more...
TWO "found footage" movies about time travel in the pipeline
We've had a slew of "found footage" horror movies lately, along with the superhero film Chronicle and the space movies Apollo 18 and Europa Report. So what's next? Apparently, "found footage" time travel movies. Read more...
Post-Punk/New Wave Icons as Super Heroes
This great super hero/post-punk hero crossover is pretty impressive. Created by Brazilian designer/illustrator Butcher Billy, you can buy them as prints, t-shirts and iphone covers - just click on the link. I quite fancy the Batman/Ian Curtis one as a t-shirt. Read more...
Did we just find the ruins of a famed lost city... using lasers?
Using an airborne mapping technique involving laser pulses, researchers have uncovered curious surface features deep in the rain forests of Honduras in Central America. Could archaeologists have actually found the legendary La Ciudad Blanca, "the White City"? Read more...
Check out the crazy-dangerous "phosphorus sun" demonstration
Ever seen white phosphorus? It takes very little heat to ignite, and burns on contact with oxygen. A phosphorus sun is an experiment that involves filling a glass vessel with pure oxygen and lowering phosphorus into it. It doesn't always go well, but at least it's always pretty. Read more...
The Central Problem With Steven Moffat's Doctor Who
This Saturday, we witness the end of Steven Moffat's third season as Doctor Who showrunner. And what an ambitious run thus far: a single story, starting with the crack and leading up to the Doctor's greatest mystery. You have to admire the boldness and cleverness of Moffat's plan. There's just one huge problem with all of it. Read more...
Familiar Star Wars fans tell J.J. Abrams what should be in Episode VII
J.J. Abrams stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live last night to promote Star Trek Into Darkness, at least until he was asked about the Star Wars sequel. When he admitted he and his team were having some writer's block, a group of fans helpfully offered their opinions on what we should see in Episode VII. I tell you, I think that third fan is really onto something. Read more...