As a woman who just had to research childbirth, labor, and all of the pain and trauma therein for work, I am 100% for this idea. I have been saying for years that I want Bujold's Uterine Replicators to be a reality. I wish science would get on this. For one thing, I feel it would push the mindset of child-rearing into…

Agreed. I would think the cost would be prohibitive enough, at first, that people wouldn't be just running out and having babies, willy-nilly. Only people who truly desired them and had the means to do it.

Another thought is that it would also be beneficial if educated, upper-class people had more babies—provided they…

This only reinforces what I have long said. IKEA is not so much a store as it is a Temple to an ancient, evil deity that lives on the life force and energy it drains from humans. The lighting, the layout, the furniture, the inevitable bickering argument you will have with whoever you came with, the sad disappointment…

I have to disagree. I think you're looking at Arrow with rose colored glasses, as it was not at all better when it started out. If anything it was worse because there was no levity. If I wasn't being pestered by so many people to watch Arrow, I'd never have watched past the pilot. If not for Felicity and Abs…

Iris is the worst so far. Nothing wrong with the actress, the writing is horrible. Just, so very cliched, and I'm already over her being such a ditz who constantly needs Barry to explain things to her. If I were a guy who were a genius, and I had a super power that enabled me my pick of the ladies, I'd like to think…

"Impulsiveness is what got me into this chair..."

I liked this episode, but the Elijah/baby Marcel interaction was a little bit "Lassie Come Home" for me. I would have liked to have seen a bit more of a twist. For example, baby Marcel actively choosing Klaus over Elijah, out of a sense of loyalty (since Klaus originally saved him) and Elijah reacting badly as a…

I'm Genevieve. I was a young adult author on a reality show about nerds and as a result was propelled me into a career behind-the-scenes in reality TV. My first love is always sci-fi and fantasy, though, which is why I keep coming back to io9. I also love genre television and science so it just feels like a good fit.

I…

D'oh, you are correct. For some reason, every time I search "average height for women in the united states" it keeps returning the average height of women living in the Dinaric Alps. I have no idea why. So apologies, these women are averaged height. That being said, anything over 5'6" as a lady and you're basically…

I am thinking the best way is to take a tape measure and measure from your inseam to the base of your neck. Then deduct the inseam measurement from the total length and see how your measurements compare. The waists look stretchy so that should be fine, then the bust will be the next measurement to care about. That…

Love, love, love the concept and they look adorable.

So discouraged by the fact that all of the models are shorter than 5'4". Clothing manufacturers continue to ignore the fact that women taller than 5'6" do, in fact, exist. Looking at the torso / length measurements, I highly doubt the jumpsuits will fit anyone…

Meanwhile they can talk about how they're a good "Christian" institution. This happened to my mother when she worked at a Catholic hospital. She got pregnant, decided to keep the baby despite the fact that she wasn't married, the father (who also worked there) admitted to the administration it was his, and so the…

Normally I'm terrified of spiders. When I moved into my house, there were several garden spiders that built such beautiful, enormous webs, I couldn't help but be impressed. We named one Charlotte because we saw it (her?) all of the time. Unfortunately, about two years ago brown widows moved into the neighborhood and…

Me too! I was seven when this came out, and my mother was so eager to see it she took me to the theater on opening night. Love my mom dearly, but there is no question I saw Aliens, Terminator, and every other 1980s-early 90s action flick way too young. I did and still love the movie, but I have had nightmares about…

I dislike the sound of my voice intensely. Growing up, I would practice practice practice lowering my timbre to try and sound older. If I think about it, I can modulate it, but the moment I get distracted or excited, it goes back to its normal self. When I first found out that you hear voices lower in your head then…

The problem with Arrow is that it never, ever, really got good. And I've watched every episode of every season. For some reason, I keep watching. I think because people expect me to, and because I have a bizarre sense of kinship with Felicity and I feel invested in finding out how she will survive while being the only…

Thank you, I was just coming here to say that but you summed it up nicely. Also I would point out that Barrayaran Empire is also part of an over-arching inter-galactic community that is by and large very well thought out.

I can see both sides of this. On the one hand, I don't want to see wild animals killed for following their nature (in other words, hunting). On the other hand, I love my pets. One of my cats was being watched during my honeymoon, got out of the house, and was most likely killed by a coyote though we'll never know for…

I just finished Space Raiders. It was pretty darn awful, including a death scene clearly done in one take, because the alien/human does a roll to his death, trips, re-orients himself, and then falls "dead".

I'm a frequent lurker who enjoys seeing intelligent conversation and always reads the comments. I have past moderating experience with a popular doll collecting message board which, believe it or not, had its fair share of controversies, so I believe I would bring a level head to commenting proceedings. I also enjoy a…