Blog Profile / io9
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| Archived Since: | February 24, 2008 | |
Blog Post Archive
Familiar Star Wars fans tell J.J. Abrams what should be in Episode VII
J.J. Abrams stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live last night to promote Star Trek Into Darkness, at least until he was asked about the Star Wars sequel. When he admitted he and his team were having some writer's block, a group of fans helpfully offered their opinions on what we should see in Episode VII. I tell you, I think that third fan is really onto something. Read more...
How a pregnancy test for humans caused a wave of global extinctions
The deadly fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis has been wiping out amphibian species across the globe for decades. But how did this global environmental disaster get started? A new study suggests that it came from doctors importing frogs for use in pregnancy tests. Read more...
Scientists Use Cloning to Create Embryonic Stem Cells
It’s a major scientific breakthrough, and it could lead to new treatments for diseases like Parkinson’s and diabetes — but this development also takes us one step closer to human reproductive cloning. The howls of outrage have already begun. Read more...
Fossils reveal the evolutionary split between monkeys and apes
Scientists have discovered fossils of two newfound primate species, dating back to 25 million years ago. One fossil belongs to the group that contains great apes (hominids), while the other is from the group that includes Old World monkeys. The discovery may mark the moment when our primate ancestors first diverged into the two lineages we have today. Read more...
First Official Pics of Tomorrow People, The 100 and Star-Crossed!
We were just saying yesterday that The CW seems to be where a lot of the most insane genre action is happening — and now here are promo photos of the network's four new SF/fantasy shows. The Originals and The Tomorrow People debut this fall, and Star-Crossed and The 100 come in spring 2014. Read more...
New Brain Stimulation Technique Makes You Better At Math
After just five days of non-invasive brain stimulation and a bit of cognitive training, researchers at Oxford University were able to enhance people's high-level abilities, such as mental arithmetic and manual calculations. And remarkably, the effect lasts for months. Read more...
Just when you thought Pacific Rim couldn't look any more incredible...
...THIS trailer comes along. It shows way more of how the Kaiju came to Earth, and how they laid waste to our cities, and then how we created fricken great robots to stomp their asses. And that ocean combat scene? TAKE OUR MONEY. Read more...
Rock Out with a Couple of Robots and Jack Conte
Jack Conte is upstaged in his new video Pedals by two rocking robots. Nothing on the video's Millennium Falcon-inspired set beats the little DJing, claw pumping hexabot. The high energy and catchy Pedals is available for free download with the rest of Conte's new EP. Read more...
Earth’s Oldest Flowing Water Found at the Bottom of a Canadian Mine
Working at a depth of 1.5 miles, geoscientists have discovered an ancient and isolated reservoir that contains water estimated to be anywhere from 1.5 to 2.7 billion years old. It’s the oldest free-flowing sample of water ever discovered — and now the researchers want to know what’s in it. Read more...
The 11 Greatest Science Fiction-Themed Bands
So many musicians are fans of science fiction it can be hard to keep track. But there are bands that take it a step further — bands that actually consist of aliens, robots, time travelers and other creatures. Here are 11 bands that don’t just like scifi, they are scifi. Read more...
Find out who dies in the Arrow season finale
"Sacrifice," the Arrow season finale, finally deals out the deaths that fans have been predicting all season, along with a generous helping of trailer-worthy lines like, "You have always known the man he is," and "Someone needs to put an end to this." Let us applaud all the characters as they exit, stage left — some never to return. Read more...
Star Trek Into Dumbness
The new Star Trek movie isn't a terrible film. Star Trek Into Darkness has some bravura action scenes, and some brilliant comic bits. But it's also aggressively, tragically stupid. It's not even a great popcorn film, because it fails to deliver on its own promises. And it's not half as good as J.J. Abrams' first Star Trek. Read more...
Oh my god, the new Hulk cartoon is a @#$%ing reality show
I did not have high hopes for Marvel and Disney's upcoming Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. cartoon, and now I discover I overestimated it grossly. As this first look reveals, the cartoon is presented as a reality show where Hulk, Red Hulk, She-Hulk, A-Bomb and his son Skaar live together. This is the stupidest fucking thing I have ever heard of. Read more...
These inside-out horses are both creepy and cool
Horses Inside Out is an organization that educates horse enthusiasts about the anatomy and biomechanics of horses — by painting the innards of the horse on their outsides. These startling and kind of macabre paint jobs give you an inside look at how a horse moves and functions. Read more...
The science that discredited the "sons" of Marie Antoinette
For most modern people, the story of Marie Antoinette ends with her death. For some, though, it didn't end until 1998, when one of the most credible pretenders to the throne of France was, posthumously, discredited. See how genetics solved a 200-year-old mystery. Read more...
Lifting weights with Wax Wolverine is a totally normal thing to do
Every once in a while a gem of a photo crosses our paths. This time, it's a photo of a collection of personal trainers pounding the gym with a questionably sweaty, wax figure of Hugh Jackman as Wolverine. What do you think they're saying here? Read more...
The Kepler space telescope is spinning out of control
After four years of service, NASA’s planet-hunting Kepler telescope has suffered a second serious malfunction — one that threatens to permanently end the mission. Controllers on the ground can no longer control its orientation. It looks bad, but NASA isn’t giving up hope. Read more...
Magic: the Gathering's Summer Set Preview -- Megantic Sliver
The weird hive-mind creatures known as slivers are returning for Magic: the Gathering's summer core set, M14. But they seem... different. Read more...
An Italian Design Firm is Creating High Fashion Mutants
Italian design firm Do the Mutation is creating high-fashion (and high concept) "mutants," using individualized 3-D-printed masks. This blend of a science fiction aesthetic with cutting-edge design is creating something new and unique. Read more...
The surprise guest star on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. isn't who you think!
Plus, Agent Coulson himself explains why S.H.I.E.L.D. represents the Marvel universe's human side. Simon Pegg says Scotty isn't comic relief in Star Trek Into Darkness. Dredd 2 might still happen. Christopher Nolan's Interstellar will soon be ready to film. Plus looks at the futures of Arrow and The Vampire Diaries! Spoilers! Read more...