io9 is a blog

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 launched in 2008 by Gawker Media

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. The blog focuses on the subjects of science fiction

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, futurism

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, and advancements in the fields of science

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 and technology

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It is edited by Annalee Newitz

Annalee Newitz

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, a former policy analyst for the Electronic Frontier Foundation

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 and contributor to Popular Science

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, Wired

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, and New Scientist

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. Other contributors include Geoff Manaugh (BLDGBLOG

BLDGBLOG

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), Graeme McMillan (Newsarama

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), Charlie Jane Anders, Meredith Woerner, Alasdair Wilkins, and Lynn Peril. Since October 2010, io9 has hosted the Geek's Guide to the Galaxy

Geek's Guide to the Galaxy

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 podcast, produced by John Joseph Adams

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 and David Barr Kirtley

David Barr Kirtley

David Barr Kirtley is an American short story writer and the co-host of the Geek's Guide to the Galaxy podcast. His short fiction appears in magazines such as Realms of Fantasy and Weird Tales, in online magazines such as Orson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine Show and Lightspeed, and on...

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In 2008, shortly after Newitz's project, "other magazine," ceased print publication, Gawker media asked her to start a science and sci-fi blog.

The blog is indexed by Google News

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. In February 2010, it was named one of the top 30 science blogs by Michael Moran of The Times

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Eureka Zone blog, who wrote, "Ostensibly a blog for science fiction enthusiasts, io9 finds space for pieces on cutting-edge technology, the wilder fringes of astronomy and the more worrying implications of grey goo

Grey goo

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io9 was referenced in the American television series Dollhouse

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