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Joss Whedon is a movie-making machine! The Avengers is almost done, his latest project Much Ado About Nothing has wrapped shooting, and now he's announcing a third movie — a supernatural romance titled In Your Eyes. More »
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If you crave romantic movies, there may be a neurological explanation. Researchers from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden have been looking at the connection between different types of social touch and their meaning. In the process, they discovered something interesting about what happens in the brain when you see a sensual touch, versus experiencing such a caress first hand. More »
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There's a genre of movies that can be summed up this way: "She dies in the end." In them, a beautiful, angelic, ethereal woman teaches a self-centered man to love and fully experience life - and then gets killed. A Gifted Man is the exact same genre inverted. Oh no, he doesn't die. She still dies. She just dies in the beginning. More »
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Tragic vampires can be romantic or tedious, depending on your point of view, but Dracula Mystery Club proves they can also be funny, especially when they're guzzling sunscreen, can't keep their shirts closed, and keep getting stalked by teenage girls. More »
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Researchers at Japan's Kajimoto Laboratory at the University of Electro-Communications are developing a device that allows the user to engage in some telepresence smooching by furiously tonguing an apparatus that resembles an electric toothbrush or talk box. Sexy futurism? More »
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You might think Fringe has the strangest love triangle of all time — after all, it just gets more unusual the more we learn about it. But actually, science fiction and fantasy have given us plenty of other freaky love triangles — here are 10 other contenders. More »
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We've been eagerly following the science fiction love story Upside Down (starring Jim Sturgess and Kirsten Dunst). The film follows two star-crossed lovers trapped in alternate universes. New images and details are slowly starting to reveal the different dimensions! More »
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Streaming on Netflix is a scifi romance with very deep philosophical roots. TiMER is about what would happen if a piece of technology could tell you when you would meet your soulmate. More »
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In today's foray into improbable research, Martin Gardiner takes a look at a Dutch study about the awkward logistics of going in for a kiss. More »
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Anyone under 30 who is dating knows that flirtation, romance, and even breakups take place via SMS, IM, and social networks like Facebook. A fascinating new study looks at how people act when they break up online. More »
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In what is possibly the cutest "geek meets geek - geek finds love" video that we have ever seen, a guy explains how "Cthulhu kisses" made his wife fall in love with him. More »
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How does one win coitus from an aficionado of the TARDIS? Wear a massive scarf. Also, tweed blazers and sneakers are essential. Here are some Who fans with a word or two on exterminating your romantic inhibitions. More »
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An Edgar Award-nominated mystery author has just sold her first zombie novel — and it's being published by Harlequin's speculative fiction imprint Luna. Could Sophie Crane's Aftertime be proof that genre-mashups are the new genres? More »
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When It Will Be Silent is the sophomore project for Israeli film student Dan Sachar. What are the odds Hollywood lets him stay through until graduation? More »
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When nerds pledge our undying devotion, we do it with a bit more style. Two recent geek weddings brought the geek love: One with Star Wars-themed wedding bands, and one with a study of oxytocin levels among the guests. More »
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Philip K. Dick's 1954 story "The Adjustment Team" is a classic paranoid work in which the world turns out to be a fabrication, which melts away. So of course the movie, starring Matt Damon, is a "modern love story." Buh? More »
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Werewolf Jacob may lose out to vampire Edward in the Twilight series, but the lycanthropic love story will soon have its day. Plans are underway for a big-screen adaptation of new werewolf romance Shiver, again thrusting werewolves into the limelight. More »
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We all know the future of sex involves robots and teledildonics, but what will love be like in centuries to come? Here are three possibilities, based on current trends. More »
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After he's regenerated as the Eleventh Doctor in the fifth season of Doctor Who, Matt Smith will experience a different sort of resurrection. In the first trailer for moody romance Womb he plays a man cloned by his grieving widow. More »
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The trailer for the timeslip romance, The Time Traveler's Wife, is finally online, and it shows the attractiveness, and horribleness, of a lover who can't stay. (Plus a nifty "dematerialization" effect.) And click through to see the poster. More »
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I don't know about you, but I got into scifi as a young teen because I was looking for sex. You know, hot human-on-alien action. And I've got some of that for you today. (NSFW) More »
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The final frontier of pulp literature is the romance novel, which is also the biggst selling book genre. So it's not surprising that a growing subset of romance novels also feature lovelorn spacemen (and women.) After all, astronauts need loving too. As the handful of romance books featuring spaceship battles and aliens has grown, the sub-genre has gotten more sophisticated — and closer to real science fiction. We give you a taste of these soft-core space operas. Just watch out for shirtless cover models and purple prose. More »
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Romance/SF author C.J. Barry just signed a big book deal with Penguin imprint Berkley Books for a new series of romance novels about an invasion by alien shapeshifters. It's just the latest proof of what we've been saying for ages — some of the biggest growth in science fiction publishing will come from genre hybrids. We talked to Barry, and it sounds like love is in the air (or in space) between a shapeshifter and one of the humans dedicated to destroying the changeling menace. More »
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Christian romance is one of the fastest growing book genres today, and Christian science fiction is an up-and-comer. So why not combine them? The cutting edge in Christian publishing may well be books about time-travelers who fall in love — and find Jesus along the way. We talked to Christian publisher Sheaf House's Joan Shoup about the new wave of Christian science-fiction romances. More »
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You can tell any kind of story using science fictional ideas, from alien invasion to small personal transformations. But somehow, whenever you mix science fiction and romantic comedy, you create a pungent ooze that eats away at the eyeballs of everybody in the audience. What with it being Valentine's Day and all, here's our tour through the wreckage of science fictional romcoms. More »
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Some of you humans are probably getting your knickers in a bunch over this thing called "Valentine's Day." There are rituals involving flowers and candy and romantic dinners — all to guarantee that your mate feels adequately adored. But what about the robots who want a kiss? The aliens who pine for love? And what about the humans whose lovers include two husbands, one wife, two robots, and one degenerate speck of hypermatter? When will they have their day? Take our poll and vote for which kinds of scifi romance will be legal by 2050. More »
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