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io9Major Spoilers For Iron Man 2, Transformers 3, BSG, Fringe, Supernatural And Stargate Universe!
Today’s spoilergasm includes more vague Star Trek statements, but also hints on Iron Man 2 and Transformers 3. Plus crazy pics from Torchwood, Fringe and FlashForward. Edward James Olmos talks BSG’s “The Plan.” Also: Supernatural, Stargate and Vampire Diaries spoilers. Star Trek: Yet another day of vague statements about the next Trek film. I missed … Continued
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io9Long Before Virtuality, Another Star Trek Alum Tried To Get Edgy With The Holodeck
Melinda Snodgrass is best known for writing the Star Trek episode where Data’s personhood gets put on trial. But in the mid-1990s, she created Star Command, which took Trek’s holodeck much, much further. Just check out this holo-torture sequence. Edgy! Star Command is a totally ludicrous attempt to do a Trek-esque space opera on a … Continued
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Can Humans Awaken Their Bat-Senses?
We may not all have pointy ears and sharp teeth, but Spanish scientists are convinced that inside every human lurks the best bat-power: echolocation, or navigating by sound. And they’re determined to show us all how to unlock it! Juan Antonio Martínez and a team of researchers at the University of Alcalá de Henares taught … Continued
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io9Television
New Eureka Is All About Love, Baby Gadgets And Letting The Cop Direct
We got to spend some going back to Eureka, with the local sheriff, Colin Ferguson and co-creator Jamie Paglia, who talked about the new direction of the midseason. This year everyone is in love, except for Jack and Allison. How is the story arc going forward? CF: From an acting perspective, what’s really nice is … Continued
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New Microscopic X-Ray Technology Revolutionizes Microbiology
This fish was the first lucky organism to have its cells imaged using microscopic X-ray vision. This kind of image was never possible before. But now scientists can watch as living cells transform within your body. Professor Vasilis Ntziachristos and his researchers at the Helmholtz Zentrum München used a combination of lasers and ultrasound machines … Continued
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Fantasy & Science Fiction’s New Workshop Creates A Controversy
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction has established a new writing workshop with former Asimov’s Magazine editor Gardner Dozois, and F&SF editor Gordon Van Gelder says the workshop will supply stories to F&SF in future. Although it’s great for experienced editors like Dozois and Van Gelder to share their hard-won wisdom with aspiring writers, … Continued
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Replacement Joint Coating Brings Us One Step Closer To The Reign Of The Cybermen
Scientists in Israel have come up with a way to cover prosthetics and joint replacements with a human tissue-like coating. A new application of a 200 year old electroplating process might be the future of complication-free joint replacements. Replacement joints have always been sprayed with a compound that helps trick the body into thinking that … Continued
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Korean Officials Train For Nuclear Attack On Pee Wee Herman’s Boat
With North Korea reportedly moving forward with its uranium-enrichment program, South Korea is bracing itself for World War III. South Korea’s Coast Guard staged a training exercise in Incheon with this somewhat cartoony “mock ship.” More training-for-apocalypse photos below. According to AFP: Policemen from the South Korean Coast Guard’s Special Sea Attack Team (SSAT) board … Continued
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io9Comics
The Nobody’s Invisible Charms Become Slowly Evident
The Nobody, Jeff Lemire’s reimagining of HG Wells’ classic The Invisible Man, can seem aimless, slow and frustrating at times… but is also haunting, moving and a book that’ll stay with you for a long time after reading. The first project for DC’s Vertigo imprint by Lemire, known for his indie series Tales From Essex … Continued
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io9Movies
Lake Placid 3, Now With Baby Raptor Crocs
Giant crocodiles will never ever die, and while I’ve yet to see my anaconda versus giant crocodile showdown, at least we’re getting Lake Placid 3, which is shooting in Bulgaria with Eureka’s Sheriff Carter. In an interview with the press about the new season of Eureka, local law man Colin Ferguson spilled the beans about … Continued
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io9Television
Could Fox’s Reincarnation Detective Show Signal The Death Of Scifi?
A pair of detectives tackle old unsolved crimes by talking to the reincarnated victims. It sounds like a totally off-kilter premise for a TV show, but Fox’s Past Life actually made me question the future of genre television. Spoilers ahead. Past Life, airing spring 2010 on Fox, seems to be trying to piggyback on the … Continued
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Next Blood Soaked Tokyo Gore Hero Is A Geisha Robot
Noboru Iguchi, of Machine Girl and Tokyo Gore Police fame, is following up his phallic-faced ladies with an army of robot geishas. But don’t worry, just because she’s proper doesn’t mean her face doesn’t turn into a buzz saw. Thanks to Twitch for the tip and scoring the first look. It’s pretty amazing to think … Continued
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io9Books
Photography Through Electrocution
Robert Buelteman takes electrifying photographs, but he doesn’t even use a camera. Instead, he places flowers directly onto film and shocks them with 80,000 volts. His process is a refined, high art version of Kirlian Photography—a photographic technique popularized in the 1930s. Buelteman places a whittled, near translucent flower directly onto color film, then he … Continued
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Divas, Alien Invasions And America Reborn In This Week’s Comics
After the busy-ness of the last few weeks, it’s not too surprising that this week’s raft of new releases hitting your local comic store is much smaller than usual. But with new Star Wars and Reborn, it’s not less interesting. DC Comics launches two new series this week; Justice League: Cry For Justice is a … Continued
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Indulge In The Incestuous World Of The X-Men
Missed out on the last 40+ years of X-Men comics and feel like you need a scorecard to work out just who knows, is in love with or has married, one another? You’re in luck: Such a scorecard exists. The X-Men Universe Relationship Map – seen in miniature form below just to give you a … Continued
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“Cloverfield” Director Promises He Won’t Turn His “Let The Right One In” Remake Into “Twilight”
Matt Reeves, of Cloverfield fame, is still plugging away at his American adaptation of Swedish vampire film Let The Right One In. I shudder to think of what’s being changed, because the original was basically flawless. The original foreign film was based on John Ajvide Lindqvist’s original novel, from which it deviated here and there, … Continued
