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The Thing prequel's cast and crew reveal their favorite nods to the John Carpenter classic hidden in the new film. Which we then chopped up and recreated with original 1982 Carpenter footage so you'll know exactly what to look for inside this horror film. More »
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In the prevailing view, elliptical galaxies are long-dead places, full of stars that are all at least seven to ten billion years old and without the gas needed to form new stars. The truth may not be that simple. More »
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We've made a few small changes to the site today, including putting more stories on the front page for you to read. Welcome to the modern age! More »
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Just days after he touted The Walking Dead's second season at Comic-Con, rumors are flying that showrunner Frank Darabont is stepping down as the head zombie-wrangler on AMC's hit undead series. What. The. Fuck. More »
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For decades, zoologists have been dismayed to watch frog and other amphibian populations shrinking dramatically all over the world. In some areas, as many as a third of the local frog species are threatened with extinction. Some scientists say it's more like half of all species. More »
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We think of cancer as a disease, a form of runaway cell growth within an organism. But we might not have realized what cancers really are: separate, brand new parasitic species that evolve from and prey upon their human hosts. More »
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Welcome to the monthly meeting of the io9 Book Club. In July we read Genevieve Valentine's novel Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti. Jump into comments to get started talking about it! More »
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BAE System's Mk 38 chain gun was already a formidable opponent: a 250millimeter cannon capable of putting 180 rounds per minute into the air from the deck of a naval ship, strongly urging those without clearance to keep a safe distance (of about 2,000 yards). More »
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Comic-Con yawns out a deluge of news, and it can be a chore to sift through the press releases and panel hubbub. Now that the dust has settled, we present to you 15 comic-related tidbits for your perusal. More »
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The small moon Enceladus is constantly shooting water vapor out of its geysers. But that water isn't staying on the satellite - it's actually making its way to Saturn, making Enceladus the first known moon to shape its planet's composition. More »
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We had a lot of burning questions about the big Spider-Man reboot, The Amazing Spider-Man. Is Peter Parker cool now? Where does Emma stand on the Gwen Vs. Mary-Jane debate? How does Dr. Curt Connors fit into this webby world they've created? More »
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Everybody knows that villains are cooler than heroes — it's just the way things are. But if a villain hangs around long enough, sometimes he or she gets reformed and joins the good guys. Usually, this results in a tragic loss of coolness. More »
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Ever since the end of Fringe season three, we've been wondering what's up with Peter Bishop. Does this video which played at the show's Comic-Con panel give a hint? More »
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Though scientists believed volcanoes on the Moon to be long dead, a recent discovery suggests they were active as recently as 800 million years ago, which is fairly recent in geological time. Even weirder, volcanoes studied on the far side of the Moon appear to have erupted with a very unusual kind of lava, made of a super-viscous liquid rock almost never seen on the satellite. More »
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There was once a time when, upon the discovery of a chewed-on corpse in a secure underground military bunker, it was impossible to determine whether responders were dealing with a regular sociopath or a full-scale zombie invasion. Those dark times have ended. Scientists can now tell the difference between a fingerprint made by a living body or dead flesh. More »
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Behold the Boy Who Lived and friends — redrawn with a Manga flavor! An amazing artist named Nakagawa has redrawn the entire gang from Hogwarts with an Anime edge. And it's actually pretty beautiful! More »
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Whoa-ho-ho there, True Blood. Last night delivered the sex fantasies out the wazoo. Let's take a ride on Jason Stackhouse's pansexual odyssey and visit Eric's handsome dreams in the wardrobe (a.k.a. Viking Vampire Narnia). We break it down, Pro/Con style. More »
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With tonight's episode, Eureka launches a long storyline about a space mission. The show's focus on space exploration started with Fargo's recent impromptu space voyage — and it came right after the final Space Shuttle Mission. More »
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This weekend, we saw Ghost Rider urinate hellfire and heard Nicolas Cage compare the supernatural anti-hero's stride to that of a cobra. Now the first photos from Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance are out, courtesy of Empire magazine. Check out Nic Cage getting hot around the collar and Idris Elba as Moreau, a French dipsomaniac monk. More »
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Another muppet parody has been released, showing Sam the Eagle in the rugged, leather Captain America gear. We kind of love these Disney Marvel mash-ups. Please please please do a Ms. Piggy/Asbestos Lady combination next! More »
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Between those bizarre structures, the impossible colors up in the night sky, and the fact that this photo was apparently taken in the middle of a busy star cluster, how can this not be from some far distant alien world? More »
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How do you go about topping Paul Verhoeven's Total Recall? Len Wiseman, who's directing the remake, has a few ideas — such as introducing a few new futuristic gadgets to the updated flick. More »
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Television has many thrills in store for you this week — but chief among them is the return of Lion-O in the Cartoon Network's new ThunderCats series! But he's not alone: There's also a bitchin new Wolverine anime series. More »
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The people of a Chinese village thought they'd encountered E.T. — but it turned out to be a malnourished monkey with no hair. Mao Xiping spotted the creature eating cucumbers in her garden in Gezhai Village, and thought it was a rabbit at first. "At first I thought it was a rabbit, then I was shocked to see it had an alien face," she said. "My neighbors agreed it was like nothing we'd seen before. It stopped eating cucumbers when we gave it peaches and now it won't eat anything else." Scientists eventually decided the creature was of terrestrial origin after all. [UPI] More »
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The star and writer of Prometheus explain that, while the original was about how in space no one can hear you scream, this movie is about how space changes you forever. Also, just how classy is Charlize Theron's Prometheus nudity? More »
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Here it is, the first ever trailer for the brand new Avatar series featuring Korra, a hotheaded member of the Southern Water Tribe. Take a look at the growth of the four nations, 70 years after the Avatar reign of Ang. More »
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Here's a "sizzle reel" for the second half of Doctor Who season six that we just watched at San Diego Comic Con. Including our first look at Adolf Hitler! And the Cybermen having a spot of bother. More »
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Stare into the green face of Mark Ruffalo!. Marvel has just released the first ever concept art for The Incredible Hulk for their next comic book blockbuster The Avengers, along with an amazing poster with all six Avengers assembled! More »
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At Comic-Con, your io9 correspondent received an exclusive, unparalleled look into the psyches of Venture Bros. co-conspirators Doc Hammer and Jackson Publick. Do they prefer fangs or stingers? The venom's coming no matter what. Clearly, this is the most important interview we've ever published. More »
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William Shatner and Avery Brooks joined together for a lively discussion at San Diego Comic-Con moderated by Kevin Smith about the Epix Pictures documentary The Captains, a series of conversations between Shatner and other Captains of the Star Trek universe. More »
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Snow White and the Huntsman is still days away from shooting, but the Comic-Con panel revealed these photos of stars Chris Hemsworth, Charlize Theron, Kristen Stewart, and Sam Claflin, plus they confirmed which badass Brits* are playing the movie's dwarfs. More »
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After working in the world of moving pictures for a while, Y: The Last Man scribe Brian K. Vaughan is coming back to the funny books with his new ongoing monthly science fiction series Saga. More »
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Yesterday, Comic-Con saw the first two clips from the ThunderCats reboot — including the young Lion-O brandishing his sword and getting powered up with lightning and red-eyed glory. Here's your first real look at ThunderCats in action! More »
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Tarsem Singh's Immortals just screened a bunch of new footage, including an absolutely epic extended fight scene between gods and monsters. Disemboweling and decapitation have never looked so visually striking. Read on for our spoiler-y description of the footage! More »
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We're pleased to host the online premiere of award-winning short film Cockpit: The Rule of Engagement, which just showed at Comic-Con this morning. It's the action-packed story of warfare at the edge of the galaxy, where an alien enemy can mess with human minds — as well as blowing up ships. More »
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Steven Spielberg announced a fourth Jurassic Park movie yesterday — but he already has a huge dinosaur epic in the works. Terra Nova is a hugely ambitious time-traveling dinosaur TV show — and we've seen the first episode! More »
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These days, director David Cronenberg does Oscar-style fare like A History of Violence, but back in the 1980s he made splattery body horror cheesefests. Scanners is one of the best of the lot, giving us a spooky, memorably gross, look at the lives of outcast telepaths who were the victims of government experiments. Also, there were a lot of exploding heads. Now, Weinstein Co.'s Dimension Films is producing a TV series based on Cronenberg's weird flick. More »
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Chuck came back to Comic-Con in a big way — with a specially shot comedy skit in which the cast tries to cope with the huge curveball the show threw at the end of the previous season. More »
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A nervous Andrew Garfield read his love letter to Spider-Man during a panel at Comic-Con yesterday. It was an emotional prelude to the movie's first footage, filled with teen angst, mechanical web shooters, and an adorable first chat with Gwen Stacy. More »
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At Comic-Con, we got a sneak peek at a ton of crazy footage from the Fright Night remake. Find out more about David Tennant's douchey vampire "expert," an explosive loophole in the vampire invitation rule, and a seriously bloody car chase. Plus, Christopher Mintz-Plasse's Evil Ed got in a quick dig at Twilight. More »
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