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This newly discovered planet is just 22 light-years away. Its discoverers are calling it the "new best candidate" to support water, and possibly life. The planet's unique features could even make it the ideal home for creatures like the Predator! More »
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Say goodbye to your innocent childhood vision of multi-colored Space Invader bugs dancing happily across the sky. Character artist Tom Carruthers would like to replace it with a fang-filled piece of fleshy nightmare fuel. More »
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As a last-ditch effort to distract predators and escape, some animals will remove a limb or organ from their body. Geckos take this already hardcore survival strategy to insane new levels — their tails effectively remain alive long after amputation. More »
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When we imagine great predators like bears, lions, sharks, and the T. rex, they're generally just chowing down on whatever hapless animal wanders in front of them. But if beetles are anything to go by, predators have a surprisingly nutritious diet. More »
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Alien vs. Predator was by no means brain candy, but that doesn't mean you and an opponent can't settle your differences using this natty Xenomorph versus Yautja chessboard. Hell, go the extra mile and indulge in some chessboxing. Emulate AVP's hammy fight scenes! More »
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We've seen fan films that are extremely grim takes on their source material and those that cast characters from entirely different franchises. Mark Cheng's G.I. Joe fan film Operation Red Retrieval mixes these two elements with aplomb. More »
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Many of the creatures that lived in the seas half a billion years ago were far too soft to leave behind many fossils. But their footprints remain, and one of the most striking finds is a giant, predatory sea millipede. More »
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If you put a dragonfly next to one of its biggest predators, it's way less likely to live a long, healthy life... but not for the reason you think. Fish can quite literally scare dragonflies to death. More »
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Why feature a boring ordinary Jack O'Lantern, when you can confront trick-or-treaters with Khan? Or a Xenomorph? Or the incredible cuteness of Totoro? Here are some of our favorite science fiction and fantasy icons, immortalized as glowing pumpkins, to help inspire your own Halloween decorations. More »
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What is the scariest science fiction or fantasy film of all time? Which movies stand above the rest off all horror flicks as the most terrifying? More »
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Xenomorphs are the (giant, deadly, and acid-filled) cockroaches of the universe, so it's no surprise they've encountered such famous superheroes as Batman and Green Lantern. Here are ten occasions the Aliens invaded someone else's franchise.

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This Friday, the prequel to The Thing comes out, and we're going to get to find out all about what happened before John Carpenter's totally self-contained movie. Will Hollywood never stop tacking on prequels to the beginning of movies that don't need them? Probably not. More »
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The predator-prey relationship between frogs and beetles seems like it would be pretty obvious doesn't it? Frog spots beetle, frog stealthily approaches beetle, frog eats beetle. Done, done and done. More »
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What if your boss was one of the greatest fictional monsters in the universe? It could be a terrifying experience, one your career might never recover from. More »
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Humans and most other animals are only able to see light in the visible spectrum. But what about infrared, which the alien in Predator famously uses to see prey approaching just by their heat signature. Why can't we do that? More »
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In the normal course of things, beetles will generally stick to eating insects, worms, and any dead meat it happens to come across. But if conditions are right, one species will kill and devour frogs many times its own size. More »
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One of the all-time classics of science fiction could be getting a movie adaptation at long last. After a few failed attempts by different producers to make a Martian Chronicles film, Paramount has greenlit a version with producer John Davis. More »
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Predator is probably the most unflinchingly macho film in existence, but does the blockbuster's chain guns and shoulder cannons and cigar smoking hide a much more nuanced tale of sexual awakening? Here's a cheeky psychoanalysis of everyone's favorite Yautja thriller. More »
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If aliens are going to land tomorrow, and you can only pick one movie to watch the night before you fight off the alien swarm, Battle: Los Angeles would be a pretty good choice. More »
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Over a month ago Arnold Schwarzenegger announced that he was ready to start acting again. And now Hollywood has come a calling with a remake, reboot or some sort of spin-off of every great action movie he's ever been in. More »
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A Jawa runs into K-9, the Doctor's robot friend, but he needs the Doctor's sonic screwdriver to repair the poor tin dog. This advertisement for the Corsham Sci-Fi Family Funday in England is ridiculously cute. More »
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You've seen Jon and Al Kaplan's Arnoldriffic musical revues of Conan, T2, and Total Recall. For their Schwarzenegger swan song, the brothers bring us "If It Bleeds, We Can Kill It" — a rousing number about murdering the universe's number one ugly motherfucker — featuring vocals from Dutch, Anna, Mac, Billy, Dillon, and those other guys who weren't the Governor of Minnesota. More »
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When we think of T. Rex, we imagine the most frightening predator that ever walked the Earth, stalking through the Cretaceous in search of unsuspecting herds of plant-eating dinosaurs. But the real story might not be quite as scary...or flattering. More »
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At the Wat Rong Khun Buddhist temple in Chiang Rai, Thailand, Batman, Ultraman, and other scifi stalwarts are inexplicably hanging out in religious paintings. I'm no religion scholar, but something tells me the Predator never factored into Siddhartha Gautama's teachings. More »
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This year's best movies played with genres in ways that changed their audiences' perceptions. Video-game movies, action movies, heist movies and superhero movies — they all had dazzling reinventions. Here are the 10 best and worst SF/fantasy movies of 2010. More »
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In a series of beautifully ugly (and tenuously legal) Russian kids' books, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles meet "Space Hunter," a crab-faced alien with dreadlocks. They fight at first, but the creatures later reconcile and enjoy poorly drawn pizza together. More »
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Ridley Scott is hard at work creating two prequels to his 1979 classic Alien. But if the Brothers Strause's plans had materialized, their second Aliens Vs. Predator movie would have been an Alien prequel. They told us what they'd planned. More »
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Wondering where all the off-color humor was in Robert Rodriguez's Predators? Danny Trejo and Topher Grace have your answer — check out this exclusive deleted scene from the Predators DVD. More »
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Halloween is almost upon us, but you haven't had time to make a costume. What does the prefab costume industry have for you this year? Lots of superheroes, Predators, skanky robots... and Lady Gaga. Prepare to bleach your eyes. More »
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The 1991 miniseries Batman vs. Predator was the apotheosis of a great comic crossover, as it contained a prolonged sequence of Batman beating the Predator with a baseball bat. But what if this comic had been a mid-90s total bomb? More »
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It's time for another io9 flashback, with this awesome video remix of every scene we could find where a human punches an alien. Set to L.L. Cool J's "Mama Said Knock You Out," for maximum impact! More »
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Predators pretty much ruled — but after we walked out of it, we were left going, "Waaaaait a minute." Because this movie's trailers were deceptive as heck. They included one iconic shot that wasn't quite in the actual film. Spoilers! More »
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Robert Rodriguez's Predators is stuffed with tributes to past Predator installments, from the music to Predator comic book characters. We rounded up all the nods we caught so you can catch them in the theater. Minor spoilers ahead... More »
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Can't find the time to re-watch the entire original Arnold Schwarzenegger Predator film? Check out this amazing video that tells the tale of human versus alien beast, in the form of a rap that you'll be reciting to your friends. More »
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It may be the middle of summer, but Syfy doesn't care — they're premiering new seasons of Eureka and Warehouse 13, plus a new series. There's new True Blood, Futurama, Doctor Who, and more. Plus a classic movie's TV debut! More »
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When asked if a sequel to Predators is in the works, director Nimród Antal mentioned that he and producer Robert Rodriguez have been discussing one, but that his next project will be his own dystopian film, Paraffin. More »
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We've been waiting for the ultra-gory, blood-soaked R-rated Predators trailer forever! It's finally here, so hold on to your spinal cords — it's time for some good old fashioned monster mayhem in the jungle. More »
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In many ways, Predator 2 was the sequel no one wanted: It didn't have Arnold; it didn't have big, awesome guns; and it had the laughable Jamaican voodoo posse threat. But it deserves another look. Honest. More »
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Captain America's latest enemy is the last person you'd expect. Check out Transformers 3's new Bumblebee, and a mysterious John Carter set pic. Plus Lost, Predators, Despicable Me, Green Hornet, Splice, True Blood, Chronicles Of Riddick, Chuck, Caprica and Supernatural. More »
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Illustrator Mark Todd takes classic comic book covers featuring the Fantastic Four and the Micronauts and reconstructs them as trippy collages that evoke both Jack Kirby and DIY zine art. And this Thursday (4/15), Todd's having an exhibition in Brooklyn. More »
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