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![Science Fiction's Deadliest Plants [Triviagasm]](http://imageserver.news.speeple.com/4/8/e/b/0/a/9/d/1/c/a5380c3358d2248fd447b7.jpeg) |
Science Fiction's Deadliest Plants [Triviagasm]io9 - 15 hours ago The BBC announced last week that it plans to remake The Day of the Triffids, the classic tale of flesh eating plants that prey on a blinded humanity. Plants may seem sweet and innocent, rooted to the ground or sitting … Also tagged: aliens, vegetables, trees, plants, spores, triffids |
![Hot Flashes: 10 Uses For Lightning That Ben Franklin Never Guessed [Triviagasm]](http://imageserver.news.speeple.com/1/e/4/f/a/2/d/1/d/4/de7cb50beca762c2f49309.jpeg) |
Hot Flashes: 10 Uses For Lightning That Ben Franklin Never Guessed [Triviagasm]io9 - Nov 30, 2008 It can power a time machine, steal Superman's strength and even help Zack Morris graduate high school. Oh, lightning – is there anything you can't do? Long before nuclear energy and genetic engineering joined the team … Also tagged: doctor who, superman, back to the future, lightning, x files, frankenstein, saved by the bell, the munsters, lois and clark |
![The Emerald-Skinned Women Who Make the Universe a Greener Place [Triviagasm]](http://imageserver.news.speeple.com/d/3/d/a/b/0/9/5/6/c/f99a383087077584bf34de.jpeg) |
The Emerald-Skinned Women Who Make the Universe a Greener Place [Triviagasm]io9 - Nov 28, 2008 The most recent Star Trek trailer briefly featured a particular species of green-skinned female known for their seductive powers. Green women are a force to be reckoned with in science fiction, and they range from … |
![10 Mall Massacres With Robots, Freaks And Monsters [Mall Massacres]](http://imageserver.news.speeple.com/d/e/7/6/d/d/4/c/9/a/6ab931e77dfa1f46d37da6.jpeg) |
10 Mall Massacres With Robots, Freaks And Monsters [Mall Massacres]io9 - Nov 28, 2008 Black Friday! Even its name conjures visions of a horrifying battle for survival in the most hostile environment known to humanity — the overcrowded shopping mall. But it could be worse. Science fiction has given us … Also tagged: top, the simpsons, chopping mall, s p somtow, mall massacres, chopping malls |
![Science Fiction’s Most Dysfunctional Families [Triviagasm]](http://imageserver.news.speeple.com/9/1/e/5/c/5/6/0/b/f/74f1e176a9b987a6195698.jpeg) |
Science Fiction’s Most Dysfunctional Families [Triviagasm]io9 - Nov 25, 2008 As Thanksgiving approaches, families around the US are gathering to give thanks, eat food, and annoy the hell out of one another. When your family starts arguing about your uncle’s drinking, your sister’s convict … Also tagged: aliens, star wars, family, battlestar galactica, x files, terminator, sandman, dysfunctional, dune, the venture bros |
![Why You Can’t Travel Back in Time and Kill Hitler [Triviagasm]](http://imageserver.news.speeple.com/f/f/d/8/7/f/a/b/7/9/76424c0afe022512fadff5.jpeg) |
Why You Can’t Travel Back in Time and Kill Hitler [Triviagasm]io9 - Nov 20, 2008 Next month sees the release of Valkyrie, a film about Claus von Stauffenberg, the man who tried to assassinate Adolph Hitler. Plenty of time travelers have had the same idea, although their plan was to kill Hitler … Also tagged: books, movies, television, hitler, time travel, paradox |
![Aliens Who Can’t Tell Fact From Fiction [Triviagasm]](http://imageserver.news.speeple.com/9/1/b/c/a/7/d/3/4/6/2298a2eb9972a7d3cf92e1.jpeg) |
Aliens Who Can’t Tell Fact From Fiction [Triviagasm]io9 - Nov 13, 2008 When extraterrestrial life forms start monitoring our airwaves, they may get strange ideas about what life on Earth is like. They might think we've mastered faster-than-light travel, Laura Roslin is our president, or … Also tagged: aliens, movies, television |
![Fictional Companies That Destroy the World [Triviagasm]](http://imageserver.news.speeple.com/6/e/8/4/7/f/8/0/2/0/ea91426660f7d69b6f2581.jpeg) |
Fictional Companies That Destroy the World [Triviagasm]io9 - Nov 11, 2008 WALL*E, Pixar’s tale of a future Earth destroyed by corporate greed, seems prescient now in a world of bank bailouts, undulating stock markets, and a global credit crisis. The end of the world could come from an alien … Also tagged: top, companies, apocalypse, corporations |
![Tasty Super Scifi Cereal Breakdown [Triviagasm]](http://imageserver.news.speeple.com/a/2/b/e/b/6/b/a/3/d/a59328d5282216056fcaa6.jpeg) |
Tasty Super Scifi Cereal Breakdown [Triviagasm]io9 - Nov 8, 2008 As a child, I was forbidden to eat marshmallowy cereal unless it was a special occasion - - so naturally, like any youth told that they can't have something, I became obsessed. I wanted to know what the Teenage Mutant … Also tagged: star trek, star wars, feature, gi joe, et, cereal, batman, teenage mutant ninja turtles, jurassic park, gremlins, powerpuff girls, bill and ted |
![Women Who Pretended to Be Men to Publish Scifi Books [Triviagasm]](http://imageserver.news.speeple.com/7/5/9/7/0/a/1/a/3/0/f2de96e351eae4b4cda4a6.jpeg) |
Women Who Pretended to Be Men to Publish Scifi Books [Triviagasm]io9 - Nov 6, 2008 In 1980, science fiction writer and editor Ben Bova told a group of women writers, “Neither as writers nor as readers have you raised the level of science fiction a notch. Women have written a lot of books about … Also tagged: women, books, short stories, authors, feminism |