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JJ Abrams Gets Small For Micronauts Movie?

JJ Abrams Gets Small For Micronauts Movie? #micronauts #jjabrams

5 Comics You're Not Reading (But Should Be)

5 Comics You're Not Reading (But Should Be) #essentialreading #5comicsyoushouldbe

"The Box" Contains A Conspiracy Wrapped In a Mystery Wrapped In 70s Retro

"The Box" Contains A Conspiracy Wrapped In a Mystery Wrapped In 70s Retro #moviereview #thebox

Roland Emmerich's 8 Rules For Ending The World

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Ewan McGregor Finally Made A Decent Star Wars Movie

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  • #supernaturalrecap

    Sinister Forces Will Torment You With "Gray's Anatomy" on "Supernatural"

    This week, Supernatural took us into the dark heart of darkest evil. The brothers are trapped . . . in an episode of Gray's Anatomy! And a bad sitcom. And a bad CSI spinoff. And yes, it was awesome. More »
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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 »
    11/06/09
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  • #moviereview

    "The Box" Contains A Conspiracy Wrapped In a Mystery Wrapped In 70s Retro

    Richard Kelly, director of Donnie Darko, has manufactured another dream of paranoid moral confusion with his latest film The Box. An uneasy tale of alien technology and human greed, The Box is science fiction done the emo way. Spoilers ahead. More »
    11/06/09
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  • #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 »
    11/06/09
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  • #meetup

    io9 Meetup in NYC on Thursday, Nov. 12

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  • #quoteoftheday

    AI Expert Says We Should Welcome An Economic Takeover By Robots

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  • #evolution

    Why Aggressive Men Finish Last

    Among the tiny insects known as water striders, males who aggressively attempt to mate with females don't wind up with as many offspring as their more gentlemanly counterparts. How can aggressive mating ever be a losing strategy? More »
    11/06/09
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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 »
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  • #poll

    Are There Any Truly Scary Alien Abduction Movies?

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  • #drugs

    Pirate Agricultures of the California Coast

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  • #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 »
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  • #megageophysics

    Rapidly-Forming Rift in African Desert Could Become an Ocean

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  • #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 »
    11/04/09
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  • #cosplay

    Don't Forget to Post Your Halloween Costume Pictures in io9's Gallery!

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  • #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 »
    11/04/09
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  • #madmedicine

    Biotech Company Sued for Accidentally Growing Extra Bones In People's Bodies

    11/04/09
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  • #badvertising

    The Cluelessness Continues with "Jennifer's Body" DVD Cover

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  • #paranormal

    Czech Mayor Promises New House to Family Plagued by Poltergeist

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  • #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 »
    11/04/09
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  • #heroesrecap

    Remember 3 Years Ago, When Heroes Was a Good Show?

    11/03/09
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  • #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. More »
    11/01/09
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  • #books

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    Annalee Newitz's picks

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    Jo Fletcher's Picks

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    Justin Ackroyd's Picks for 2008-09

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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 »
    11/01/09
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  • #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 »
    10/30/09
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  • #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 »
    10/30/09
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  • #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 »
    10/30/09
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  • #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 »
    10/30/09
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  • #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. More »
    10/30/09
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  • #awesomeness

    Let Us Contemplate a Monster and Antagonist Relative Classification Scheme

    10/30/09
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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 »
    10/30/09
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  • #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 »
    10/29/09
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  • #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 »
    10/29/09
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  • #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 »
    10/29/09
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  • #battlestargalactica

    Easter Egg in New Battlestar Galactica DVD Is For Fans of the Original Series

    10/29/09
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  • #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 »
    10/28/09
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  • #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 »
    10/28/09
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  • #rocketporn

    Brand-New Ares Rocket Blasts Off Into A Cone of Mist

    Early this morning, NASA launched the Ares I-X rocket on a sub-orbital test flight - this is the first new rocket tested in 30 years. A cone of cloud formed around the nose as it blasted upward. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara) More »
    10/28/09
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