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Concept Art Writing Prompt: Saturday Night at the Edge of the World

This week's writing prompt takes us out under the stars, where a couple looks out upon a domed city glowing in the distance. What story can you come up with for this couch-dwelling pair, or the people living under that dome? More »

Trippy Beyond the Black Rainbow trailer pits an imprisoned girl against her deranged therapist

This strangely hypnotic trailer for Panos Cosmatos' indie science fiction film Beyond the Black Rainbow looks like it traveled here in a time capsule from 1983. More »

11:00 AM
By Lauren Davis
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Featured comment by izikavazo: "Haha, I was just about to #tip this. This is the epitome of an io9 movie." More »

For no reason in particular, a giant hot dog eating Batman

I have no idea why someone made a video of a Batman being eaten by a giant hot dog, nor can I explain why I find it so mesmerizing. Maybe it's the ominous glowing mustard? More »

10:45 AM
By Lauren Davis
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8 comments

Featured comment by ManchuCandidate: "my Batman has a first name its.....ahhh..... B-R-U-C-E my Batman has a second name its....ummm... W-A-Y-N-E i luv to eat him every day and..." More »

Science fiction needs more scientist heroes — not scientist villains

Science fiction scientists have been responsible for numerous fictional disasters. They've reanimated corpses that have come back to kill them. They've cloned dinosaurs only to utterly lose control of them. More »

10:30 AM
By Lauren Davis
1,356 views
17 comments

Featured comment by OgilvyTheAstronomer: "Professor Challenger? The guy from The Collapsium? There are plenty of scientist heros in SF..." More »

Fringe is at its best when our heroes are a team — and a family

There was a lot to like about last night's new Fringe. There was a taut new mystery, a creepy town, a Crazies-style madness epidemic that turned out to have a cooler explanation, a real sense of jeopardy until the end, and some major hints as to where all this is going. But the biggest reason to... More »

10:00 AM
By Charlie Jane Anders
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24 comments

Featured comment by ImprobableJoe: "Did anyone else notice how much they used blue lighting that matched the original universe title sequence color?" More »

Parks and Rec/Spider-Man mashup casts Jean-Ralphio as the unitarded webslinger

More than a few people have noticed that Peter Parker-du-jour Andrew Garfield bears a passing resemblance to Ben Schwartz, the actor who plays failed entertainment mogul Jean-Ralphio on Parks and Recreation. More »

09:30 AM
By Lauren Davis
1,949 views
6 comments

Featured comment by mr_bigglesworth: ""Try as you might you can't catch me I'm the S to the P to the I to the D-E...R"" More »

Glowing rings around London’s monuments show how high sea levels could rise

In 1000 years, sea levels could rise as much as 28 meters, placing London, as well as many other cities, squarely underwater. Because it can be difficult to picture just what those rising waters mean, one artist has placed a glowing high-water mark around some of London's most prominent... More »

09:00 AM
By Lauren Davis
2,798 views
14 comments

Featured comment by aLynHall: "I don't differ with reducing our impact on the planet as much as possible, and as soon as possible, but..." More »

Jar Jar Binks outed as a scumbag Imperialist collaborator

Impossible as it may seem, Jar Jar Binks may be even worse than Star Wars fans originally thought. A deleted scene from Revenge of the Sith would have revealed the extent of the Gungan's collaboration with Emperor Palpatine to bring the Sith lord to power. Jar Jar as Patton image from Next Movie,... More »

08:45 AM
By Lauren Davis
6,744 views
26 comments

Featured comment by dan1138: "No. THIS Jar Jar flick is awesome." More »

Webcomic The Wormworld Saga traps a daydreamer on the wrong side of the looking glass

Jonas hasn't had the easiest eighth grade year. He just lost his mother in a house fire. His father won't tell him which high school he'll be going to. More »

08:30 AM
By Lauren Davis
2,674 views
6 comments

Featured comment by Bazzed: "Tried reading it a year ago but there wasn't much there. Each month, nothing added. Hopefully there's more..." More »

Daniel Radcliffe reads a tender Ron/Harry Potter slashfic scene

You've seen Voldemort do it, now it's Harry's turn. After coaxing Ralph Fiennes to read some particularly titillating Harry/Voldemort slashfic, Bravo's Watch What Happens Live host Andy Cohen manages to convince Daniel Radcliffe to read a bit of steamy Ron/Harry fan fiction. Harry/Ron makeouts by More »

08:00 AM
By Lauren Davis
4,520 views
7 comments

Featured comment by Vexxarr: "This was misfiled. It is clearly a case of Please God No!#corrections" More »

Disney moving forward with yet another Snow White film — this one with Saoirse Ronan and kung-fu

In a world that's already jammed with Once Upon a Time, Mirror, Mirror, and Snow White and the Huntsman, is there room for another Snow White in the world? More »

07:30 AM
By Lauren Davis
3,963 views
19 comments

Featured comment by jade_kadir: "Perhaps the author of the article was speaking about geographical distance to herself in the "near/far" sentence rather than geographical..." More »

Indiana Jones becomes a Pony and Dr. Doom meets Justin Timberlake!

This week we take a look at a pretty amazing episode of the Regular Show, check out parodies of Glee and Dolphin Tale on Mad, and see the finale of the Obi-Wan bounty hunter story arc on Clone Wars. More »

07:00 AM
By Keith Veronese
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16 comments

Featured comment by Silverlight the Pony: "Judging from their reactions when Rainbow Dash says "reading is for eggheads", I'd say the rest of the group is..." More »

Best of the Week: February 4-February 10, 2012

THE ULTIMATE CONFONTATION | "Finale," by B. Borkur Eiriksson, just one of 60 or so spaceship concept art wallpapers in our gallery. Cancer is just as deadly as it was 50 years ago. More »

Carmen Electra meets a mutant carnivore in 2 Headed Shark Attack

It's been a while since we've had a good schlocky direct-to-video (or direct to Syfy) feature like Sharktopus — so this new trailer for 2 Headed Shark Attack is quite possibly cause for rejoicing.

05:30 PM
By Charlie Jane Anders
10,293 views
15 comments

Featured comment by Vexxarr: ""It's been a while since we've had a good schlocky direct-to-video (or direct to Syfy) feature like Sharktopus..." Yes, it's been..." More »

A warrior angel has a hard time picking his battles, in Javier Grillo-Marxuach’s Ramiel

Javier Grillo-Marxuach originally created The Middleman as a comic book before turning into a beloved television series — so when he launches another new comic, it's best to jump in on the ground floor. More »

05:01 PM
By Charlie Jane Anders
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8 comments

Featured comment by ricefarmer: "some ugly ass artwork..." More »

Thank Goodness, Supernatural Love Triangles Where The Control Freaks Don’t Win

People always accuse The Vampire Diaries of being a Twilight clone — and if you only saw the first few episodes, there might be some justice to that accusation. More »

04:45 PM
By Charlie Jane Anders
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40 comments

Featured comment by ReelFashionista: "Can we talk about how easily Elena trusted Esther's "I must kill all of my children" talk at face value?..." More »

Behold, Dr. Zaius as Mark Twain, courtesy of John Hodgman

A while back, comedian/erstwhile Four Loko taste-tester John Hodgman saw a photo of actor Maurice Evans in full Dr. Zaius make-up on the set of The Planet of The Apes reading a biography of Mark Twain. More »

04:00 PM
By Cyriaque Lamar
5,349 views
20 comments

Featured comment by Jay042: "We need more famous literary interpretations such as this. I absolutely demand the existence of "Hamlet of the Apes"" More »

Suffering Scifi Duos Bond over their Adorable Shared Pain

Life isn't easy if you're a genetic experiment. Or an expendable minion, a powerful being wedged into an itty-bitty living space, or a recently downgraded scientific entity. More »

04:00 PM
By Lauren Davis
10,455 views
35 comments

Featured comment by Tamírki: "Pedantic question: is "I know that feel, bro" poor English; or some slang I'm not aware of?" More »

Cancer drug shown to reduce Alzheimer’s symptoms in mice by seventy-five percent

It's rare to get any good news associated with reports of Alzheimer's disease, but neuroscientists have just released word that one drug is dramatically reducing symptoms. More »

03:43 PM
By Esther Inglis-Arkell
3,435 views
18 comments

Featured comment by Arsnof: "Rise of the Planet of the Mice" More »

A US government program secretly injected people with plutonium

The horrors of the nuclear age, in terms of exploding reactors and nuclear bombs, are well known. Behind the well-publicized threat of mass death lies a secret history of nuclear projects being used to destroy individuals. More »

03:00 PM
By Esther Inglis-Arkell
13,881 views
54 comments

Featured comment by Corporobot: "No worries, it's only a vaccine for your visit to Fukushima!" More »

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