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#megapollution
Portrait of a Polluted Land
NASA's Aqua satellite captured this image of a massive smog bank smothering huge portions of China today. This blanket of pollution has been hovering over the country for over a week now, exacerbated by cool air and smoke from fires. More » -
#cosplay
io9 Halloween Costume Show: Party Edition
All I can say is that io9ers know how to make great costumes, and they know how to party. This is our final edition of the io9 Halloween Costume Show, and we've got some standouts. More » -
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#analysis
The Darko Mythos
With The Box hitting theaters this weekend, we're about to get another dose of director Richard Kelly's evolving mythos, which began with Donnie Darko and continued with Southland Tales. So what is Kelly's Darko Mythos? More » -
#drugs
Pirate Agricultures of the California Coast
When every crop has to be licensed from patent owners like Monsanto, only those practiced in the art of pirate agriculture will have reasonably-priced food. This gorgeous series of photographs from Mendocino's pot harvest might be a glimpse of that future. More » -
#giantmonsters
Together At Last! Dinocroc Vs. Supergator!
First there was Dinocroc, and then there was Supergator (both produced by Roger Corman, of course). Now the long-awaited smackdown stomps onto DVD next year, with some David Carradine thrown in for good measure. Check the monsters. More » -
#megageophysics
Rapidly-Forming Rift in African Desert Could Become an Ocean
Four years ago, a volcano opened this massive crack between the African and Arabian tectonic plates in Ethopia. New research shows it could be the beginning of a new ocean shoreline. More » -
#foundfootage
The Aztec UFO Crash That Was Bigger (and More Classified) Than Roswell
Enough with the fake documentary Fourth Kind - we've got some alien evidence from real documentary Lies & Deception. Apparently there was a UFO crash in the 1940s that put Roswell to shame. At last you can hear about it! More » -
#moviereview
"The Fourth Kind" Is A Hoax
Alien abduction flick The Fourth Kind bills itself as containing "actual footage" from case histories. But this footage is so poorly faked that it insults the audience's intelligence. So why are people still calling this movie scary? Spoilers ahead. More » -
#madmedicine
Biotech Company Sued for Accidentally Growing Extra Bones In People's Bodies
A company called Stryker Biotech was in court last week defending a bone-growth product it sold for years, despite reports that it would "drift" in the body, causing bones to grow in random locations. More » -
#badvertising
The Cluelessness Continues with "Jennifer's Body" DVD Cover
Remember how all the clueless boy-oriented sexbot marketing killed Jennifer's Body, which is actually a nightmarish chick flick about how best friends can turn into monsters? Seems like FOX is still riding the clueless train with its DVD marketing scheme. More » -
#conceptart
Monsters From the Old Testament Who Want to Eat Your Kishkes
Feast your eyes on this glowing, fire-spewing sea monster known as Leviathan. Created by Dungeons & Dragons illustrator Mike Dubisch, it's one in a series of fantastic monster paintings from Jewish folklore and the Old Testament. More » -
#heroesrecap
Remember 3 Years Ago, When Heroes Was a Good Show?
Cast your mind back, to the days on Heroes when Hiro was semi-badass and Sylar was actually scary. Those days were here again, briefly, on last night's time travelly episode. Plus, HRG is closer than ever to getting laid! More » -
#books
The Experts' Picks for Notable Books of the Year at World Fantasy Con
At the World Fantasy Convention this weekend, I moderated a panel about the most notable books of the past year. Experts from the worlds of publishing, bookselling, and fandom weighed in. Here are their picks.
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#exclusive
A Stunning First Look at Sandy Collora's "Hunter Prey"
Fanfilm auteur Sandy Collora is a legend. In 2003 he released a tiny-budget short about Batman (Dead End) whose gritty stylishness anticipated Dark Knight by years. Now his first original feature, Hunter Prey, is finished - and we saw it. More » -
#supernaturalrecap
Grumpy Old Men and Witch Bonding On Supernatural
On last night's Supernatural, our monster of the week was a witch who defied all expectations about what witchiness should be. And Dean learned all about why cheeseburgers cause acid reflux. More » -
#io9costumeshow
The Most Awesome Creations In Our Costume Show This Week
From an alarmingly gigantic Frankenstein, to an extremely tiny steampunk mechanic whose wrench is bigger than she is, this week the io9 Costume Show is packed with awesome. Check out some standouts, and submit your own! More » -
#rant
Scare Fail!
A horror movie that fails to make you scared is worse than bad. There's something embarrassing about watching it, akin to the feeling of having to turn down the advances of a well-meaning but unsexy friend. More » -
#maps
During the Ice Ages, An Arctic Paradise Bloomed
This incredible map shows "Beringa," a region that existed millions of years ago during the Ice Ages. What it reveals is that, oddly, far northern regions like the Yukon and Siberia were hotbeds of ice-free life. More » -
#bookreview
"Finch" Is Interdimensional, Extraterrestrial Biosteam Noir
Reading Jeff VanderMeer's latest novel Finch, out this week, you're tempted to make up descriptors like "biosteam" and "spore noir." Inventive and haunting, the book is a hardboiled detective story set in a city overrun by spore-hacking mushroom people.
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#conceptart
A Nightmare of Genetically-Modified Animals
In her biotech apocalypse novel Oryx and Crake, author Margaret Atwood depicts a future where genetic engineering has warped the animal kingdom into "pigoons" (pictured), "snats," glowing bunnies, and worse. Now an artist has captured her dystopia in images. More » -
#evolution
In France, Brown Bears Desperately Need Women
The brown bear population has been declining in parts of France for decades, but now a group of scientists say they have an unorthodox solution. Just bring in more female bears. But not for the reasons you might think. More » -
#gallery
A Rogue's Gallery of Haunted Spaceships
Though spaceships exist firmly in the realm of science and rationality, that doesn't mean they can't be invaded by fantastical visions and spooky ghosts. Here's a gallery of space vessels whose crews aren't entirely of this universe. More » -
#sculpture
A Pirate's Life For Robots
When robots take over pirate ships, all the high seas thievery gets far more efficient. They can swashbuckle recursively and hoist their Jolly Rogers in parallel. More » -
#madscience
Your Next-Generation DVD May Be Made From Mantis Shrimp Eyes
Scientists have discovered that the eyes of the mantis shrimp (pictured) possess a feature that could make DVDs and CDs perform better than ever before. More » -
#io9backgrounder
Lovecraft 101: Get To Know The Master of Scifi-Horror
You've heard about Cthulhu, and you've probably heard about the man who created this tentacled horror, H.P. Lovecraft. Now you want to try delving into the world of Lovecraft, but where to start? Let us help you. More »
