February 17, 2012 – HISTORIC LAUNCH | John Glenn's Friendship 7 spacecraft takes off on Feb. 20, 1962, on its way to make Glenn the first American to orbit the Earth. Want to read today's io9 stories a different way? [io9]
Ridley Scott’s Latest Prometheus Trailer: Cosmic Vistas, Melting Faces, Half-Naked Freakouts
February 16, 2012 – We're suffering from a serious shortage of movies featuring spaceships, massive spooky planets, and cosmic phenomena. Luckily, Ridley Scott's Prometheus is packed with enough of that stuff for ten movies, judging from the trailers. [io9]
Can time travel and alternate universes help solve a young woman’s murder from decades ago?
February 16, 2012 – James Renner's novel The Man from Primrose Lane takes a totally unique, mind-bending approach to the crime thriller — and we've got an exclusive excerpt, showing just how the limits of crime-solving might change in the next few decades. Here's the book's synopsis: [io9]
Your Exclusive First Look at George R.R. Martin’s New Book Covers
February 16, 2012 – Chances are, you're all familiar with George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series at this point. Even if you haven't read the books or seen the TV series, you know enough to mutter something about Ned Stark and honor, if the subject comes up. [io9]
How Your Dog Could Help Create Groundbreaking Treatments for Cancer
February 16, 2012 – If your beloved dog gets cancer, it could be a heartbreaking and scary event — but your dog's misfortune could help save a lot of people's lives down the road. [io9]
Upcoming Movie Sequels that Actually Have a Reason to Exist
February 16, 2012 – Hollywood's appetite for endless sequels shows no sign of slacking — Transformers 4 is coming! — and these films often feel like exercises in futility. [io9]
Darpa’s Magic Plan: ‘Battlefield Illusions’ to Mess With Enemy Minds
February 16, 2012 – Arthur C. Clarke once famously quipped that "any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." So perhaps it was inevitable that the Pentagon's extreme technology arm would eventually start acting like magicians - and try to create illusions on the front lines. [io9]
Picture of the Day: Feb. 15, 2012
February 15, 2012 – SENTINEL OF LIBERTY | "I Am Captain America" by Vitorugo at CGHub. And check out the Kid Magneto picture, too. Want to read today's io9 stories a different way? [io9]
A Shield That Could Protect Earth Against Asteroid Strikes
February 15, 2012 – Scientists aren't entirely sure when the last major asteroid hit the Earth, but it's certain to happen again. And Alan Harris, asteroid researcher at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; [io9]
Drugs that Give People Awesome Superpowers
February 15, 2012 – Where would we be without drugs? Half the great musical performances of the 20th century wouldn't exist. There would be no Mork and Mindy. Walter Bishop would have nothing to inspire his research. [io9]
Robots will steal your job, but that’s okay: How to Survive the Coming Economic Collapse
February 15, 2012 – You are about to become obsolete. You think that you are special, unique, and that whatever it is that you are doing is impossible to replace. You are wrong. As we speak, millions of algorithms created by computer scientists are frantically running on servers all over the world with one sole... [io9]
Another Mistake that Authors of Alternate History Fall Into
February 15, 2012 – Yesterday, we asked a bunch of our favorite alternate history authors to list the biggest mistakes that they see other writers making in creating new historical timelines. [io9]
New John Carter clips are chock full of Indiana Jones-style action!
February 15, 2012 – John Carter is a swashbuckling story of adventure, based on some of the most classic pulp novels of all time. And four new clips and a featurette showcase just how hard Wall-E director Andrew Stanton will push that sense of wonder and adventure. [io9]
Photographs That Make a Huge Splash
February 15, 2012 – Photographer Jim Kramer does stuff with fluid dynamics that we've never seen before. All of his photos depict droplets of water falling and splashing onto a hard surface — [io9]
Alcatraz is dragging. With mines.
February 14, 2012 – Remember last week, when we said Alcatraz was getting sorta interesting? Well... we may have spoken too soon. "Paxton Petty" was an exceedingly dull outing, in which the criminal mastermind of the week was a mad bomber, with like four bombs. [io9]
Picture of the Day: Feb. 14, 2012
February 14, 2012 – DWARF GALAXIES FEED ON EACH OTHER | A "stealth merger" of two dwarf galaxies, as discovered by an international team of astronomers led by David Martínez-Delgado of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg. [io9]
Nic Cage, God of Acting
February 14, 2012 – Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance comes out this weekend — which means we have a chance to pay tribute to one of the all-time great cult-movie method actors. [io9]
Alan Moore sums up everything that’s wrong with the entertainment industry
February 14, 2012 – From Co.Create's excellent article about the controversy over the Watchmen prequels, Alan Moore explains everything to you: There's been a growing dissatisfaction and distrust with the conventional publishing industry, in that you tend to have a lot of formerly reputable imprints now owned by big... [io9]
10 Worst Mistakes That Authors of Alternate History Make
February 14, 2012 – The past is another country — but an alternate history is a whole new world. The best alternate histories can make you see the real history of our world in a whole new way, and make you realize that events that seem like they were inevitable... [io9]
Picture of the Day: Feb. 13, 2012
February 13, 2012 – ARE YOU MY MUMMY? | Concept art from Beyond Beyond, a new animated movie from The Great Bear director Esben Toft Jacobsen, about a boy who lives on board a ship that has its own greenhouse and fishing nets. [io9]
