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Zoo kills “surplus” giraffe in front of children, feeds it to lions

Did this giraffe really need to die? A Danish zoo shot and killed Marius, a healthy giraffe in their care, before feeding him to their lions… in front of a group of school children. Saying that Marius’ genes were “over-represented,” The Copenhagen Zoo, which also has seven other giraffes, announced plans to put down Marius.…

io9 Ria Misra

Eliminating scarcity won’t stop us from being jerks

One thing nearly all utopian societies have in common is the elimination of scarcity. For them, limited resources are usually an antiquated concept, because everyone has enough. Unfortunately, one study shows that people in utopia might very well be the same grasping, avaricious jerks we know them to be right now. Zero-Sum Thinking Zero-sum thinking…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

These maps show where species will have to go as climate changes

As our planet warms, certain plants and animals will no longer be able to live in their accustomed locations. By tracking a half-century’s worth of data, scientists from CSIRO have determined where these species will need to go to find new homes. The new research, which was just published in Nature, shows how fast and…

io9 George Dvorsky

Japan’s insane Marvel Super Heroes anime/disk game is hilariously awful

We’ve told you about Marvel Super Heroes: Disk Wars, the anime series and about its Pokémon-esque, accompanying collectible disk game, that it’s basically just a commercial for. But did you know the game itself is basically pogs? Bandai has released this promo for the anime along with instructions on how the game, called Bachicombat, works,…

io9 Rob Bricken

The easy way to “prove” that zero is one and -1 is infinity

So you’ve been set a task: prove something which is clearly not true. That sounds much tougher than it is. All you need is basic math skills, an infinite series of numbers, and a playful spirit. Take a look. We’re going to look at how easy it is to “prove” impossible things if you can…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Curiosity has successfully crossed over the Dingo Gap dune

Fantastic news, everyone: NASA’s Curiosity mega rover has successfully crossed over the perilous Dingo Gap sand dune — opening the gateway to the science rich targets in the “Moonlight Valley” and Martian mountain beyond. “I’m over the moon that I’m over the dune! I successfully crossed the ‘Dingo Gap’ sand dune on Mars,” Curiosity tweeted…

io9 Ken Kremer — Universe Today

Could Independence Day 2 really happen without Will Smith?

One of those crazy Fantastic Four rumors was true after all… but which one? There’s a pretty definitive answer to the Baby Judith question on The Walking Dead. And Arrow’s not done with Nyssa yet. Plus, new photos from Captain America and Amazing Spider-Man 2! Fantastic Four Start speculating: Director Josh Trank said that he’s…

Television Katharine Trendacosta

Here’s your official 15-minute, Game of Thrones season 4 preview

You want new Game of Thrones? Well, you’ll have to wait until April 2nd. But you can get a taste with HBO’s 15-minute preview of the new players and places of season four, new characters, new relationships, new situations, new dangers, and the most new footage we’ve seen so far. Please don’t kid yourselves, though…

Television Rob Bricken

A webcomic fairytale about a princess who keeps worries in her hair

In Isabelle Melançon short webcomic Knot, a group of wizards is sent to figure out what is wrong with a perpetually sad princess. The humblest among them discovers the cause of the princess’s troubles, and comes up with a sweet solution. Melançon is also the artist behind the longform webcomic Namesake (which is partially set…

Books & Comics Lauren Davis

The Nine Planets Imagined as One

This oil painting by Steve Gildea combines the planets of our solar system (including Pluto but excluding the other dwarf planets) into a single globe, celebrating the variety of the planets. This nine-panel piece is part of the collection Merrimack College, where Gildea teaches digital design. Planetary Suite [Suite 3D via Katie Mack]

io9 Lauren Davis

Autumn leaves transform into origami animals in this magical animation

As autumn comes to a close, the dead leaves are bagged and ready to go. But instead of heading to the landfill, these leaves undertake one final transformation before winter comes. Alain Vu, Barbara Fisinger Skorjanc, and Mylène Cominotti made Binman as their graduation film for LTAM in Luxembourg. Now there are many folks across…

io9 Lauren Davis

The Enterprise tries to save an Orion slave girl in a fan-made episode

The fan-made web series Star Trek Continues is set immediately after the end of the original Star Trek series, following the Enterprise through the rest of its five-year mission. In this episode, the crew encounters a troubled Orion slave girl—but can they rescue her without causing an interstellar incident? We were impressed by the visual…

io9 Lauren Davis

What if velociraptors survived into the Victorian era?

Poor Jane. All she wanted was to marry a virtuous young man. But her mother, treated so poorly by her husband, claims there is no such thing and sabotages all suits for Jane’s hand. By eating the suitors. After seeing this, good luck not wondering what Victorian literature would have been like if it included…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta

Crowdfund shark research and a cyberpunk film by Larry Hama

The man who built up GI Joe’s mythology in comics has a new story to tell about Homeland Security’s Cyber Crime Division. You can also help fund documentaries about women in comics and Batman collaborator Bill Finger—or send your dollars toward research into the feeding habits of sharks. What are the feeding habits of threatened…

io9 Lauren Davis

Here’s the first recorded instance of the F-word in English

And it’s a monk expressing his displeasure at an abbot. In the margins of a guide to moral conduct. Because of course. Technically, “fuck” appeared two times before this. In 1500, it was used in a satirical poem to describe some friars. In that case, nothing like “fuck” was actually written out. Instead, the word…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta

What would Middle Earth look like from space?

J.R.R. Tolkien’s hand-drawn maps of Middle Earth have long fueled readers’ imaginations about the land of Hobbits, wizards, and Elves, and a group of fantasy cartographers are imagining what the world’s terrain might look like in 3D. The Middle Earth Digital Elevation Model Project is a collaborative effort to create a complete digital model of…

io9 Lauren Davis

A soldier in an experimental supersuit storms a Nazi research facility

Captain Joseph Colburn is a WWII special field operative who wears a prototype suit that can render its wearer invisible. But when he is sent to investigate a mysterious laboratory on the Polish border, Captain Coburn discovers a dark secret that could alter the course of the war. While Project Arbiter starts off as an…

io9 Lauren Davis

Good news! You can’t get pregnant via gun bullet!

Today medical journals rarely intentionally publish jokes. How pleasant that in the 1800s they took a more enlightened attitude towards merriment. Sure, it led to a brief period when the public was sure women could get pregnant via bullet, but think of the laughs. Legrand Capers was born in 1834. He went to medical school…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Artist draws silly new heads for his fellow commuters

Here’s a fun game that October Jones plays when he’s on the train: 1) Pick another passenger. 2) Choose a fictional character that you think matches the passenger or their attire. 3) Sketch that character’s head on a sticky note. 4) Ignore the stares from everyone else as you chuckle to yourself. Jones is probably…

io9 Lauren Davis

The 20 Best #SixWordPaperTitle Tweets

We’re not sure how the #SixWordPaperTitle hashtag began, but we know how it will end: in a sea of dry-witted honesty, one that deconstructs the verbose, jargon-y, and overwrought conventions that plague the titles of academic papers with wave after pithy wave of good-natured (and not-so-good-natured) criticism. As far as we can tell, this hashtag’s…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Zoo kills “surplus” giraffe in front of children, feeds it to lions

Eliminating scarcity won’t stop us from being jerks

These maps show where species will have to go as climate changes

Japan’s insane Marvel Super Heroes anime/disk game is hilariously awful

The easy way to “prove” that zero is one and -1 is infinity

Curiosity has successfully crossed over the Dingo Gap dune

Could Independence Day 2 really happen without Will Smith?

Here’s your official 15-minute, Game of Thrones season 4 preview

A webcomic fairytale about a princess who keeps worries in her hair

The Nine Planets Imagined as One

Autumn leaves transform into origami animals in this magical animation

The Enterprise tries to save an Orion slave girl in a fan-made episode

What if velociraptors survived into the Victorian era?

Crowdfund shark research and a cyberpunk film by Larry Hama

Here’s the first recorded instance of the F-word in English

What would Middle Earth look like from space?

A soldier in an experimental supersuit storms a Nazi research facility

Good news! You can’t get pregnant via gun bullet!

Artist draws silly new heads for his fellow commuters

The 20 Best #SixWordPaperTitle Tweets

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