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What Would Lost Look Like If It Was A Sunday Morning Comic Strip? [Cartoons]

J.J. Harrison's Lost In Comics series recasts the castaways as a bright and cheery comic strip while simultaneously emphasizing the show's dark, totally screwed-up streak. Check out Harrison's funny pages take on Dharma food drops and the ill-fated Oceanic pilots. More »
Inside Scoop On Predators And The Avengers! Plus See A New Side Of Walter Bishop [Morning Spoilers]

Learn why the Predators want Adrien Brody's company, and the possible villain of The Avengers. Fringe pics reveal a startling Walter Bishop makeover. Ron Moore promises Caprica explanations. Annabeth Gish joins FlashForward! Plus Doctor Who, Supernatural, Lost and The Phantom. More »
Kick Ass Preview: Nic Cage Channels Adam West, And An 11-Year-Old Girl Knifes You [First Impressions]

We just saw the violently entertaining Kick-Ass. Read our first impressions and learn why any film that makes fun of The Dark Knight, Spider-Man and the Spirit is OK in our book. Get ready for Nic Cage's latest superhero freakout. More »
Music and Swords from io9's Timebender Party [SXSW]

It's last night's South by Southwest party - now with the amazing live-action video technology you've been hearing so much about. See a clip of MC Frontalot (filmed singing "Goth Girls" by avinyl) live at our party, plus more swordfighting! More »
Psychopaths Won't Stop Until They Get Enough [Neuroscience]

A Vanderbilt University study has new findings on how psychopaths weigh risk and reward. The study suggests that psychopaths may possess amped-up dopamine reward systems that compel them to pursue their goals regardless of personal cost. More »
The Perfect Playlist For Your Pi Day Party [Music]

Today (3/14) is Pi Day, a hallowed celebration in which radius and circumference lovers everywhere convene to eat circular pastries and challenge each other to decimal-reciting contests. Score your festivities with the awesomely underrated soundtrack to Darren Aronofsky's Pi. More »
Stormtroopers, Swordfighters, and MC Frontalot - io9's Timebender In Pictures [South By Southwest]

It was like the dreams of a million geeks compressed into a highly-explosive substance and launched at high speed into the heart of Austin. It was io9's Timebender party at South by Southwest. Here is photographic evidence. More »
Sorry, Fritz Leiber — The Wanderer Is Terrible [Blogging The Hugos]

It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel SO BORED AND ANGRY. If Fritz Leiber's 1965 Hugo winner proves anything, it's that the award isn't a stamp of guaranteed quality. More »
100+ Starlings Fall Dead Out Of The Sky And Into British Woman's Yard [Mysteries]

Last week, Julie Knight of Coxley, England came home to a gruesome sight. More than 100 dead and injured starlings had fallen out of the sky and onto her property. Was it an invisible UFO or a Flashforward-like event? More »
See The Clashing Of Steel From io9's Timebender Party Last Night [Timebender]

We'll be posting pictures soon from last night's io9 South by Southwest party, but for now feast your eyes on one of the evening's diversions - an amazing swordfight staged by the Association for Renaissance Martial Arts. More »
The Most Self-Explanatory Painting In Human History [Concept Art]

It's Batman. With a lightsaber. Fighting a shark. Don't ask why this is happening. It just is. This tableau is pure id. I want this image to flash before my eyelids before I fall asleep each night. [via Nerdcore] More »
Which Expanded Universe Is Most Unnecessary? [Poll]

As everyone knows, you can't have a franchise without licensed spin-offs these days, even if no-one demanded them. But which Expanded Universe is a book/comic book/videogame too far? You decide! More »
Tomorrow's Skyscrapers Look Like Energy-Efficient Pasta [Architecture]

Witness a model of new energy-producing skyscraper from Polish architects mode:lina that mixes wind, kinetic and water production for maximum efficiency, while looking curiously organic and mechanic at the same time. If this is the future, we like it. [Designboom] More »
For Human Sperm, Sex Is A Running Man Death Match [Sex]

In tonight's National Geographic special Sizing Up Sperm, the act of conception is re-imagined as an insane, dystopian game show replete with booby traps, gangs of killer leukocytes, and 250 million pushy contestants. More »
"Unsafe" LHC To Be Shut Down For 12 Months [Large Hadron Collider]

It was only two weeks ago that we were getting excited about the Large Hadron Collider preparing to smash some serious atoms, but now it's been announced that it will be shut down for a year for safety issues. Why? More »
Robert Downey Goes Into Orbit, Becomes New Angelina Jolie [Gravity]

Not satisfied with fighting corporate crime as Iron Man or investigating steampunk crimes in the revitalized Sherlock Holmes, Robert Downey Jr. is negotiating for another SF project, this time directed by Children of Men's Alfonso Cuaron. More »
Lady Gaga's Latest Masterpiece Of Scifi Music Weirdness [Music]

The music video for Lady Gaga's new single Telephone is full of sexy jailhouse nihilism - and a whole lot of scifi references. More »
For Ninety Grand, You Too Can Own a Jetpack [Jetpacks]

A New Zealand aerospace company has developed the world's first commercially available jetpack. It travels sixty miles an hour, can reach altitudes of a mile and a half, and you don't need a license to fly one. More »
Kick-Ass 2's New Villain Could Be Named "The C*nts" [Kick-ass]

Say what you will about Kick-Ass creator Mark Millar, the man isn't afraid to throw around the C-word. In fact, he fancies it so much it might be the name to Kick-Ass 2's frightening new villain. Kick-Ass spoilers ahead! More »
Cloverfield Director Says He Won't "Americanize" His Remake Of Let The Right One In [Let Me In]

Matt Reeves has the very difficult and not too popular task of remaking the wonderful Swedish vampire film Let The Right One In. He was taken to task on a SXSW panel when asked about his plans for the feature. More »
These Are The Tiny Voyages Of The Tiny Starship Enterprise [Mini-Trek]

Introducing the world's smallest Enterprise. Measuring just 8.8 micrometers in length (1 micrometer = 1000th of a millimeter), this model was created by Takayuki Hoshino and Shinji Matsui using a 30 kV Ga+ focused-ion-beam CVD. [Nerdesque] (Thanks, Arthur!) More »
San Francisco Gets New Who Two Weeks Before Everyone Else [Doctor Who]

Want to see the Doctor Who season five premiere two weeks before the rest of the US? Then make sure you're at Wondercon in San Francisco on Saturday, April 3rd for two evening back-to-back showings of the first episode. [Wondercon] More »
Where Is Our Wonder Woman Smallville? [Steal This Pitch]

With Smallville headed to its 10th season, it's time to ask the question that we've been wondering since day one: Why haven't producers tried to make lightning strike a second time, with the most obvious other candidate - Wonder Woman? More »
It's a Slime Mold's World, We're Just Living In It [Biology]

It seems we're always learning something new about slime molds, the bizarre roaming cell-colonies where countless biological principles can be found writ in miniature. Here's a point-by-point breakdown of why the slime mold deserves your respect. More »
That Superman/Batman Rivalry Comes 'Round Once Again [Superman/Batman]

Celebrating DC Comics' 75th anniversary, Entertainment Weekly wonders who'd win in a fight: Batman or Superman. Clearly, it's Superman (Flight, strength, speed and heat-vision advantages are hard to beat), but Batman Vs. Wonder Woman...? That's the one we wonder about... More »
Adrien Brody Gained 25 Pounds, Gave Up Sex For Predators [Predators]

We just saw more footage from Robert Rodriguez's and Nimród Antal's Predators, including a clip featuring our first meeting with Laurence Fishburne's sole survivor. And Adrien Brody explained to us how he prepared to star in Predators. Spoilers explode below! More »
Why Nuking A Killer Asteroid Won't Work [Armageddon Fail]

It's the thrilling climax to many asteroid apocalypse movies, but it doesn't stand up to science. Apparently, blowing up a large object in space comes with its own problems... not the least of which is, it probably won't work. More »
Spider-Man Musical Like Being Dumped, Says Star [Spider-man]

Now missing a Mary Jane, will the Spider-Man musical ever happen? Alan Cumming, the show's Green Goblin, thinks so, but likens his involvement to a bad relationship where he's been hurt once too often. We sense another musical split coming... More »
NBC's Superhero Soap Wins Over Geek Blog Crowd In One Simple Move [Glauwatch]

The makers of new NBC drama The Cape have proven that they knows how to win over tastemakers in the nerd field with the news that they have cast Summer Glau in the show... as a crusading blogger. More »
2 Minutes Of Footage From Robert Rodriguez's New Predators [Predators]

Behold the "darkest" Predators yet, and their new canine best friends. Last night at SXSW, producer Rodriguez and the director Nimrod Antal showed the first ever footage of their new Predators film. Check out this video sneak peek. More »
"Clash Of The Titans" Remake Has a Sense of Humor About Itself, Say Writers [Exclusive]

This afternoon I spoke to Clash of the Titans writers Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi about the upcoming monsterfest featuring Sam Worthington, swords, and a really giant kraken. They gave me hope that this adventure tale won't take itself too seriously. More »
Honestly The Worst Scary Monster Sex Scene Of All Time (Maybe NSFW) [Found Footage]

Whenever you see a Slutty Girl and a Redneck having sex in the woods where a Scary Monster is lurking, you know something bad is about to happen. Add a Naughty Santa's Helper outfit, and you've got Maximum Wrongness. NSFW? More »
Finally, The Secrets Of Firefly's Shepherd Book Will Be Told! [Firefly]

We've been waiting years for the comic book that tells the backstory of Firefly's Shepherd Book, called The Shepherd's Tale. And now it's finally coming out, written by Zack Whedon from a detailed scene-by-scene outline by his brother Joss. More »
The Shiniest Stories On io9 Last Week [Best Of The Week]

Up to your ears with Ben Linus' homework all week? Never fear we have the best of the week right here. This week extreme dwarf systems, exclusive pics from the "Latin District 9" Monsters, and insights from the FlashForward cast. More »
Physicists Move One Step Closer to Discovering The Anti-You [Cosmology]

Seconds after the Big Bang, the Universe was a soup of matter and antimatter. But today, everything around us is matter. So what and where is the antimatter? Last week, scientists came one step closer to finding out. More »
Sony Pushes The Shadow And Sam Raimi Off On Another Studio [The Shadow]

Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of studio execs? Sony let the movie rights lapse on Sam Raimi's dream pulp project The Shadow. Undaunted, Raimi's shopping around the rights to other studios, and possibly recruiting a Twilight director. More »
Coheed And Cambria Singer Writes Novel Version Of New Album, With Peter David [Prog Rock]

Prog rock and science fiction have always gone hand in hand, but Coheed and Cambria has taken it further, creating elaborate narratives with each album. And now singer/guitarist Claudio Sanchez has teamed up with Peter David to write a novel. More »
Comic-Book Costumes That Actually Look Good In Movies [Costume Calamaties]

The biggest miracle about Iron Man 2 so far is that Black Widow's skintight jumpsuit looks decent. Often, superhero costumes from comics are just ridiculous on the big screen. Here are 10 other comic-to-movie costume translations that actually work. More »
Genetically-Modified "Terminator" Trout Have 20% More Muscle [Monsters Among Us]

A new transgenic trout has been designed to have so much muscle that its body has developed a bulging hump on its back. What turns a trout into the Terminator? More »

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