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more about #mystery more comments → Roklimber: Here's a simulation of the simplest and most likely explanation for what happened. more » twophrasebark: That looks familiar... more » twophrasebark: more » cylon_conspiracy: If it's a portal to a new dimension it's not like the world's governments are going to come clean on that--if they even know what it is. Every unexpl... more » Dirk Anger: more » GodofMonkeys: Wow. I never suspected our Alien Overlords would start in Norway. Damn clever Alien Overlords. more » reddingofish: I miss that show. more » Mathmos: Maybe spectral analysis would show something, but I don't know how much could be gleaned from ordinary cameras and videocams. more » lazyeight: I saw many noctiluminescent clouds from launches at Vandenberg, but because the view was downrange they always appeared to be 'knotted' due to high al... more » queensowntalia: I watched the drama unfold online as news got out about this. The rampant speculation was terribly fun - and my first view of the object, still then a... more » CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard): I think the Hadron Colliders working just fine. Or in Norways case...really badly!! more » Dr.Quatermass Sc.D: Purveyor of Truth, Disseminator of Lies: Like most of the io9 community, I love things like things, but probably not for the same reasons. Mine? I love things like this because it gives ever... more » bluehinter: The blue spiral looks an awful lot like the Doctor's sonic screwdriver. more » Julius Seizure - Canuck: My fault. Sorry. Got distracted and microwaved the Jiffy-Pop "frying pan" again. Won't happen again, I swear. more » geesejuggler: It kinda reminds me of the episode of X-Men, when Storm's godson was attacked by the Shadow King. Wow, I guess my geekdom is a little exposed. Sorry. more » -
#mysteryspiral
Mysterious Light Spiral Appears Over Norway
Is it an alien signal? An interdimensional portal? A supervillainous hypnosis ray? This mysterious spiral burst into the night sky over Northern Norway, leaving witnesses wondering just what caused it. More » -
#paradox
The BBC's Version Of FlashForward Is Part Cop Drama, Part Temporal Paradox
Once you glimpse the future, can you change it? That's the question asked by the BBC's new miniseries Paradox, about a scientist and a detective who team up to prevent a major catastrophe, using clues sent from the future. More » -
#bookreview
Fairies With Guns Stalk A Dark San Francisco
"Someday I'll figure out why everything in Faerie seems to end up in San Francisco," the narrator muses in Rosemary And Rue, Seanan McGuire's debut novel. Whatever the reason, the city throngs with fae... and some of them turn deadly.
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#webcomicreview
Take a Trip Down the Lynchian Rabbit Hole
Fans of surreal mysteries like Lost and The Prisoner would do well to check out Sin Titulo, Cameron Stewart's creepy noir comic involving malevolent nursing home employees, teleportation, and people psychically connected through a vision of a dead tree. More » -
#bookreview
KOP And Ex-KOP Are Pure Noir Candy
Science fiction noir doesn't come much nastier than the KOP novels by Warren Hammond. The adventures of a bent cop on a rotten planet, they're like Dashiell Hammett mixed with Philip K. Dick. Spoilers ahead.
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#triviagasm
Science Fiction Solves the Mystery of Jack the Ripper
The case of Jack the Ripper has never been solved, leaving us to wonder who he was, why he committed his crimes, and why the killings suddenly stopped. Here’s how science fiction solved the case. -
