A spider woman puts her mark on a hapless ... [Afternoon Reading] 
Charlie Jane Anders via io9 on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
A spider woman puts her mark on a hapless goth kid, in Thomas Roche's awesome erotica story "Spider Bites," which is online at Circlet Press until tomorrow noon. It's part of Circlet's advent calendar — and yes, it's odd for a Halloween story to be part of a December holiday celebration, but let's just run with it. [Circlet Press]
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Had a Paranormal Experience? We'll Give You £5 [ESP]
Annalee Newitz via io9 on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
University of Edinburgh is looking for a few research subjects for some ESP experiments. To volunteer, you must be a native English speaker and have had at least one paranormal experience. No, that does not include owning a season of The Supernatural
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P.J. O'Rourke's Going To Tear Your Future Playhouse Down [House Of The Future]
Charlie Jane Anders via io9 on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
The future ain't what it used to be. Satirist P.J. O'Rourke took his family to see the newly opened House Of The Future at Disneyland, and it was closed for repairs. ("HoFII has a subprime mortgage, or so it appears," he writes.) But he did ge
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The True Scale Of Interplanetary War [Comic Book Economics]
Graeme McMillan via io9 on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
Courtesy of San Francisco comic retailer James Sime, a look at the span of Marvel Comics' Secret Invasion series in collected form - 22 books so far, and that's not even the complete story. Is this final proof that the cost of (reading about comic bo
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New TDTESS Clips Show Keanu's Klaatu Is Kind Of A Dick [The Day The Earth Stood Still]
Meredith Woerner via io9 on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
Extraterrestrial elitism is the worst kind of alien domination, especially when the alien in question has shown up because we humans have mismanaged the place so poorly. MTV has a couple of new clips from The Day The Earth Stood Still remake, and they sh
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Gifts for Geek Causes [Scifi Gift Guide]
Annalee Newitz via io9 on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
If you'd like to donate to a geek cause this holiday, we've got a big list of fifteen organizations you might consider helping out with a charity gift. Let's say you'd rather not get another sweater for the holidays (even if it has
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We Love Dystopia Because It's So Rich... With Meaning [Quote Of The Day]
Charlie Jane Anders via io9 on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
"Why does the land of plenty love dystopias?... Maybe the lure of dystopia is that it’s one of the few remaining popular genres that seem to invite tragedy. Not cheap accidental tragedy, but the real kind, the inevitable, ironic kin
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Zack Snyder Caves In And Cuts 15 Minutes From Watchmen [Watchmen]
Meredith Woerner via io9 on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
We know that Zack Snyder isn't too keen on cutting down his live-action adaptation of Alan Moore's Watchmen. But two hours and 50 minutes is too long for even the strongest of bladders to s
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You Will Sweat Nanoblobs: Your Future Workplace! [Kronk Burger]
Charlie Jane Anders via io9 on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
Chances are, you're reading this blog at work. At the same time, you're pretending to be a cat princess in a bestiality-quest MMO with your left hand, making a new Lynyrd Skynyrd/MC Frontalot mashup with your right hand and denouncing S
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NASA Explores How Spaceflight Changes Our Culture [Space]
Lauren Davis via io9 on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
The US Space Program is in peril. As the government deals with its spiraling economic crisis, many are questioning the value of space exploration, and the new administration may consider scaling back NASA’s Ares and Orion programs. But a recent report from NASA reminds us that the Space
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Help Classic Movie Monsters Save Stephen Colbert From Alien Scumbags [Aliens Versus Monsters]
Meredith Woerner via io9 on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
Now you too can protect America and our President Stephen Colbert from the evil invading aliens as the super secret monster agency, in the new Monsters Vs. Aliens 3-D video game. You can choose any character from the monster team (each
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Doctors Discover Rise in "Self-Embedding" Disorder [Epidemic]
Annalee Newitz via io9 on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
Radiologists, the people who examine the inside of your body using X-rays and other imaging tech, were among the first to discover a disturbing new syndrome called "self-embedding." No, it's not some cool piercing thing - here you can see the long, thin pieces of metal that a teenage girl has in
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Now You Too Can Be A Self-Loathing, Vampire-Loving Waitress [True Blood]
Meredith Woerner via io9 on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
Too late for Halloween but just in time for naughty cosplay, HBO is selling the slutty uniform of choice for Merlotte's servers. Get your perky-breasted see-through ensembles now, before you're picked off one by one by local murderers, vamp
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New Doctor Who Should Be Female, Say Female Scientists [Doctor Who]
Graeme McMillan via io9 on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
In all the furor about the identity of the next Doctor Who, one group has been notably silent — until now. And, unsurprisingly perhaps, Britain's female scientist demographic is hoping that the next Doctor will be... a female scientist. This latest casting recommenda
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New Lost And BSG Pics Will Make You Go "Buh?" [Morning Spoilers]
Charlie Jane Anders via io9 on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
Some days a mere spoiler warning isn't enough for our shameless unveiling of forbidden knowledge. Today is one such day, thanks to a Lost set report that sees your "WTF" and raises you one "holy polar bear on a stick." Also, the latest Battlestar G
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Tamsin Greig Is The Most Powerful Force In The Universe [Found Footage]
Charlie Jane Anders via io9 on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
You are already a fan of Tamsin Greig, whether you know it or not. She's dazzled in small roles in Shaun Of The Dead, Neverwhere, and of course Doctor Who (where she gave that Adam kid a third eye and his own frozen vomit.) Now she steal
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Drug-Maker Funds Study Showing Why Some People Can Be Cured with Placebos [Science]
Annalee Newitz via io9 on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
In one of those weird moments in corporate science, pharma mega-corp GlaxoSmithKline has funded a Swedish study that looked into the genetic underpinnings of susceptibility to placebos. Turns out that certain people are more easily cured by fake sugar pills (placebos) than others. Is Glaxo trying to figure out which people it needs to eliminate in order to ensure a population entirely dependent
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How You'll Get Around in Style After the First Global Superwinter [Concept Art]
Annalee Newitz via io9 on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
We're all worried about climate change, but few of us have really considered the cool new vehicles we'll get to use when the world become a snow-blanketed mess like in The Day After Tomorrow. Luckily, the Russians are all about getting through the 100-year winter in style. Here's a lat
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Can ABC Do Justice To Sawyer's Mind-Bending Novel? [Flash Forward]
Meredith Woerner via io9 on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
The new ABC drama Flash Forward is picking up the first members of its cast. And it sounds more and more as though the show, based on a novel by Robert J. Sawyer about a worldwide prophetic blackout, will be a worthy companion i
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Choose Your Wonder Woman [Rock The Nerd Vote]
Graeme McMillan via io9 on Tue, 02 Dec. 2008
Having already chosen a lead actor for the Captain America movie, Newsarama.com are asking their readers to now pick who should play Wonder Woman, if her movie ever makes it out of development hell. But while we'
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