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Which scientific ideas do we need to get rid of?

It’s the start of the new year, and that means it’s time for the Edge’s annual Big Question — and as always, it’s a provocative one. Nearly 170 prominent thinkers were asked: “What scientific idea is ready for retirement?” Here’s what they said. “Science advances by a series of funerals,” writes Edge.org editor John Brockman.…

io9 George Dvorsky

The trippy light created by ice from the arctic vortex in Toronto

Sunchaser Pictures’ Gavin Heffernan is back with another incandescent timelapse, this time of the city of Toronto covered in glistening ice after the arctic vortex passed through. Writes Heffernan: I was home over the holidays in Toronto during the epic ice storm of 2013 and I managed to bundle up and face the insanely cold…

io9 Annalee Newitz

The Huygens Principle explains why waves turn corners

No matter where you are in a room, you can hear sound that emanates from a single hole. You can see light that spills through a small crack. You are picking up on waves, even though they’re getting through spaces that aren’t anywhere near you. Christian Huygens figured out why. If you’ve seen a wave…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Intelligence ended a major mystery from the pilot in the 2nd episode

We’re only two episodes in and Intelligence’s approach to plot arcs is already crystal clear: why take a whole season (or more) to delve into something when it can be dispatched right at the beginning? The pilot mentioned Gabriel’s wife so much, you’d think the writers would spend the whole season slowly moving the search…

Television Katharine Trendacosta

Incredibly Strange Railway Systems

During the heyday of railway travel, people believed trains would be with us for centuries. Engineers floated many futuristic train ideas, and some were even realized, before automobiles took over. Here are some of the craziest trains ever conceived. The Vitznau-Rigi Railway, Switzerland, had standard gauge rack fitted vertical boilered locomotives. The system was patented…

io9 Vincze Miklós

When Sleepy Hollow Exorcises Demons, Everybody Wins

With “The Vessel,” Sleepy Hollow’s back from the long winter of Ichabod’s convoluted backstory for an episode of madcap supernatural shenanigans featuring the Mills and campy demons, and reminding us why we love the show in the first place. Sleepy Hollow is back! And I don’t mean from hiatus. After several weeks that waded dutifully…

io9 Genevieve Valentine

What killed off the world’s largest apes?

At 10 feet tall and up to 1,200 pounds, the aptly-named Gigantopithecus blacki were the largest apes the world has ever seen. These beasts went extinct some 100,000 years ago, and surprisingly, they may have been taken down by a diet that was too rich in fruit. No doubt, these animals were huge. Paleontologists aren’t…

io9 George Dvorsky

It’s Crazy How Much of The Wolf of Wall Street Is Actually CGI

Thor? CGI all over the place. Pacific Rim? Ditto. The Wolf of Wall Street? Surprisingly, also yes. You might not have thunk it, but there’s CGI slathered all over that thing. https://gizmodo.com/watch-the-visual-effects-reel-of-thor-the-dark-worlds-1485422347 Unlike sci-fi movies where it’s CGI or nothing, there’s not much in The Wolf of Wall Street that can’t exist in the real…

Movies Eric Limer

What is the most unhappy ending in a science fiction or fantasy movie?

The bad guys have won. The zombies have eaten everyone’s brains. Your hero is dead. What is the most unhappy ending you’ve ever seen in a science fiction or fantasy movie? Please include a picture or video with your answer, just to really make us feel utterly awful about these endings. And yes, there will…

Movies Annalee Newitz

Young Who fan dresses up as all 11 Doctors without his parents’ help

Meet Shaw. He’s a better Doctor Who fan than you… or at least more industrious. The first-grader took it upon himself to use his own (not insignificant) wardrobe to cosplay as all eleven Doctors, and the results are as impressive as they are adorable, and they are preposterously adorable. Here’s Shaw as the First Doctor:…

io9 Rob Bricken

You won’t believe how amazing this footage of Saturn’s moon Titan is

In 2005, an international team sent a probe called Huygens down to the surface of Saturn’s moon Titan. This is a moon with a thick atmosphere, and which we now know has lakes, sand dunes, salt flats, and seasonal rains (of liquid methane). At the time, however, we’d never seen its surface below cloud cover.…

io9 Annalee Newitz

McDonalds thinks Adventure Time is just for boys

McDonalds has made a huge mistake. The fast-food chain just revealed its new Adventure Time Happy Meal line, which conveniently cut out all the female characters. But don’t worry girls, McDonald’s also has some Paul Frank crap that’s pink because Adventure Time is for boys, apparently. McDonalds has been making gender-centric Happy Meal toys forever,…

Television Meredith Woerner

The Emperor’s Blades may be the year’s breakout epic war fantasy

Brian Staveley’s debut novel, The Emperor’s Blades, opens with a chilling scene: a father turns on his daughter, afflicted with Rot. It sets up some disturbing backstory, and pulls us into the complicated world of the Annurian Empire where this story is set. It’s a good opening for a promising fantasy debut. Some spoilers below.…

Books & Comics Andrew Liptak

These sculptures reveal the muscles, bones, and organs inside toys

The internal spaces of toys are made up of cotton, plastic, and air. But these amazing sculptures reveal an entire re-imagined internal anatomy for our favorite toys — ranging from Lego man, to My Little Pony, to Barbie — complete with bones, detailed musculature, and internal organs. The sculptures are the work of Jason Freeny,…

io9 Ria Misra

Prank victims attacked by horrible mechanical devil baby

Imagine seeing an unattended stroller careening through the park. If you’re not a monster, your first instinct would be to help. But if you stopped this screaming pram all you’d find inside is a demon. Gross. Obviously this is some sort of marketing campaign for the Devil’s Due horror movie coming up, but more importantly…

io9 Meredith Woerner

NBC greenlights Constantine series as DC suddenly starts conquering TV

Yesterday, Gotham. Before that, The Flash and Arrow. Now NBC has ordered a full pilot for a series based on Constantine, a.k.a. Hellblazer, and suddenly Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and in-development Netflix series are looking more than a bit anemic. https://gizmodo.com/foxs-gotham-tv-series-is-going-to-be-batman-the-high-1500516368 On the plus side for Marvel, at least, is: 1) a pilot doesn’t mean…

Television Rob Bricken

Ender’s Game sequel could deviate entirely from Orson Scott Card’s books

Ender’s Game didn’t perform very well at the box office, but that’s not going to stop VOD spin offs and potential TV series pitches. Producer Bob Orci even wants to pen an original “teen Ender” spinoff without Orson Scott Card’s help. Spoilery talk ahead. https://gizmodo.com/enders-game-could-live-on-inside-your-television-1460901518 The idea kind of makes sense as the next book,…

Movies Meredith Woerner

The io9 Book Club is in session! Let’s talk about Ancillary Justice

Welcome to the monthly meeting of the io9 Book Club. In December, we read Ann Leckie’s Ancillary Justice. Jump into comments to get started talking about it! For those unfamiliar with the io9 book club, here’s how it works: You read the book. We create a special book club post on io9 when the meeting…

Books & Comics Annalee Newitz

The best, weirdest and wildest comics coming in 2014

Telling you it’s a good time to be a comic book fan is like telling you oxygen is a helpful thing to inhale. You know this already. It’s just a fact. We’ve been treated to some of the best, most thoughtful, and most fun comics of all time over the last several years, and that’s…

Books & Comics Rob Bricken

On Almost Human, what Facebook knows about you can kill you

Last night’s Almost Human was light on the android-cyborg banter, but heavy on the evils of consumer identity tracking software. When a technologically enhanced bullet can find and kill any specific individual, that application that matches you with the right designer optical implants seems a little less friendly. This is a rather odd episode to…

Television Lauren Davis

Which scientific ideas do we need to get rid of?

The trippy light created by ice from the arctic vortex in Toronto

The Huygens Principle explains why waves turn corners

Intelligence ended a major mystery from the pilot in the 2nd episode

Incredibly Strange Railway Systems

When Sleepy Hollow Exorcises Demons, Everybody Wins

What killed off the world’s largest apes?

It’s Crazy How Much of The Wolf of Wall Street Is Actually CGI

What is the most unhappy ending in a science fiction or fantasy movie?

Young Who fan dresses up as all 11 Doctors without his parents’ help

You won’t believe how amazing this footage of Saturn’s moon Titan is

McDonalds thinks Adventure Time is just for boys

The Emperor’s Blades may be the year’s breakout epic war fantasy

These sculptures reveal the muscles, bones, and organs inside toys

Prank victims attacked by horrible mechanical devil baby

NBC greenlights Constantine series as DC suddenly starts conquering TV

Ender’s Game sequel could deviate entirely from Orson Scott Card’s books

The io9 Book Club is in session! Let’s talk about Ancillary Justice

The best, weirdest and wildest comics coming in 2014

On Almost Human, what Facebook knows about you can kill you

Logitech Wireless Keyboard and Mouse Combo Falls Under $25, a Budget Bundle Deal in the Final Hours of Spring Sale

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