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Comment of the Day: Theoretical Materials Edition

In today’s comments, we looked at some behavioral glitches in the animal kingdom, read physics journals with the hope of seeing the TARDIS in there (and it was!), and learned some fascinating new details about the world of theoretical materials science. We were joined for a Q&A today by Craig J. Fennie, a theoretical materials…

io9 Ria Misra

The physics of a popping bubble were never so gorgeous

Watch this bubble as it dissolves into drops. If you notice, the thinning portion loses it colors just before it bursts. Here’s why time, and decay, sap bubbles of their colors. These amazing photos of a breaking bubble show us the way color swirls on the bubble’s surface. Experienced bubblers know that colors change on…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Microgravity adds authenticity to ISS astronaut’s Superman costume

ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano wore a very simple Superman costume in honor of Halloween, but he gets extra points for floating around the International Space Station in a Superman pose. Well, with the shaved head, Parmitano’s costume isn’t quite Superman: But he’s certainly succeeded in making anyone who wore a similar outfit back on Earth…

io9 Lauren Davis

The terrifying syndrome that takes away your ability to speak

Most of us take speech for granted. This is why Landau-Kleffner Syndrome is so terrifying. It can take away a person’s ability to make or understand speech – again and again. Landau-Kleffner Syndrome was first discovered in 1957, when William Landau and Frank Kleffner outlined the disease, and identified six different cases. Generally, the cases…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Everything you need to know to catch Sunday’s rare hybrid solar eclipse

The last solar eclipse of the year is happening on Sunday, and it’s a weird one. Here’s where, when, and how to catch Sunday’s rare hybrid solar eclipse. Top photo by Abel Pardo López What is a Hybrid Solar Eclipse? A hybrid solar eclipse is really two kinds of solar eclipse in one. Over the…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Bizarre and vulgar illustrations from illuminated medieval manuscripts

How do you spice up the dull task of copying line after line of a medieval manuscript? Some monks added lighthearted touches to the marginalia of their manuscripts by doodling murderous beasts, penis monsters, and lots and lots of butts. Some images below are NSFW. Walking Fish from a 13th-century English Bible (via Discarding Images)…

io9 Vincze Miklós

The Complete Guide to November’s Must-See Science Fiction and Fantasy!

November is exploding with science fiction and fantasy goodness. There are new books by Gene Wolfe and Cherie Priest. The TV debuts of Steven Universe and Almost Human. J.J. Abrams is doing a book event. Plus the Hunger Games! Here’s everything you need to know about this month. Top image: Starhawk by Jack McDevitt. As…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

This is what happens when you try to scan a brain with a bullet in it

What you’re looking at is a CT scan from an 8-year-old girl who was accidentally hit by a bullet fired into the air during a marriage celebration. So why the distinctive pattern? Vaughan Bell from Mind Hacks explains: This pattern is an unintended consequence. It’s called a ‘streak’ or ‘star’ artefact and is caused by…

io9 George Dvorsky

Tom Hiddleston is a vampire in the Only Lovers Left Alive trailer

Jim Jarmusch’s vampire love song Only Lovers Left Alive has a PERFECT cast. Tilda Swinton and Tom Hiddleston play a pair of vampire lovers/rock and rollers who take on their wild little vampire sister Mia Wasikowska. Here is the very first trailer. The reviews have so far called this film fantastic, and we cannot wait…

Trailers Meredith Woerner

Watch the first trailer for James Cameron’s global warming documentary

The Avatar-director has teamed up with producer Jerry Weintraub and a cadre of celebrity correspondents to create Years of Living Dangerously – an eight-part documentary series on the human impact of global warming, to air on Showtime in 2014. “Everybody thinks that this is about melting glaciers and polar bears,” says Cameron about half-way through…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

R.I.P.D.’s Bloopers Reel is Funnier than the actual film

The R.I.P.D. gag reel is better than the entire film. No, really.

Movies Meredith Woerner

The Scientifically Accurate ThunderCats are loose and just horrifying

Fox’s ADHD, makers of the Scientifically Accurate DuckTales and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles videos, has set its sights on the ThunderCats, and the result may be the most disturbing one yet. There’s stupidity, poop eating, weird penises — you know the drill. ThunderCats, Nooooooooooo!

io9 Rob Bricken

Going into space accelerates the aging process

As if astronauts didn’t already have enough health-related concerns to be worried about, a new study shows that microgravity environments speed up biological aging and the onset of cardiovascular disease by affecting blood vessel cells. Simply put, humans are not built for space. Even after short bursts of exposure to microgravity, astronauts suffer muscle atrophy,…

io9 George Dvorsky

The best part of Revolution is its hatred for America

This scene is an example of how great the show Revolution could be. It’s about the corruption of government, the cynicism of the press, and a post-apocalyptic world that isn’t too far from our own. Revolution is beginning to come into its own in season two, especially when it deals with the evils of America.…

Television Annalee Newitz

70 gorgeous Thor 2 stills show off Asgard’s new look

Thor: The Dark World may look like it’s in the same fantasy Viking realm, but Thor’s home world of Asgard has had a few massive upgrades for the sequel. For starters, it no longer looks like a gold jewelry box. Odin’s palace is entirely more organic thanks to the work of director Alan Taylor and…

Movies Meredith Woerner

One of history’s most notorious Nazis is buried in a Jewish cemetery

He was head of Nazi Germany’s dreaded Gestapo and a pivotal figure in the orchestrated murder of more than a million Jews during the Holocaust. Heinrich Müller was last seen in Hitler’s bunker in 1945, his ultimate fate unknown. But a historian is now saying he was buried in a Jewish cemetery in central Berlin.…

io9 George Dvorsky

The 12 Most Abusive Women in Anime

Physical abuse is never funny… except in anime, apparently. There’s a widely used trope of women beating up men in Japanese cartoons that is always played for laughs, no matter how savage the assault may be. Now, these aren’t necessarily the most evil or the most violent women in anime — and some of them…

io9 Rob Bricken and Jason Krell

Check out Magneto’s new duds in X-Men: Days of Future Past

To clarify, it’s the new outfit of the young Magneto, as revealed in Entertainment Weekly. While the chest armor looks a bit Batman-ish, it’s still a nice mix of Magneto’s comics outfit combined with the costume Ian McKellen wore in the original X-Men movies. Plus I think the dark purple is very nice. What do…

Movies Rob Bricken

Geons have gravity, but no mass. Could they really exist?

John Archibald Wheeler is a physicist who coined a lot of terms. You may have heard of a few of them. Wormhole. Black hole. Quantum foam. And geon. Wait, geon? J A Wheeler was one of those people who seemed to be in exactly the right place, in exactly the right time, with exactly the…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

What the hell is a “technocrat,” and are you one of them?

You used to hear the word “technocrat” a lot, referring to a particular kind of gadget-lover. Batman has been called a technocrat, and so have Tony Stark and the Doctor from Doctor Who. But what does this word mean, and why does it have the same suffix as “aristocrat”? The Technocracy Movement Before there was…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Comment of the Day: Theoretical Materials Edition

The physics of a popping bubble were never so gorgeous

Microgravity adds authenticity to ISS astronaut’s Superman costume

The terrifying syndrome that takes away your ability to speak

Everything you need to know to catch Sunday’s rare hybrid solar eclipse

Bizarre and vulgar illustrations from illuminated medieval manuscripts

The Complete Guide to November’s Must-See Science Fiction and Fantasy!

This is what happens when you try to scan a brain with a bullet in it

Tom Hiddleston is a vampire in the Only Lovers Left Alive trailer

Watch the first trailer for James Cameron’s global warming documentary

R.I.P.D.’s Bloopers Reel is Funnier than the actual film

The Scientifically Accurate ThunderCats are loose and just horrifying

Going into space accelerates the aging process

The best part of Revolution is its hatred for America

70 gorgeous Thor 2 stills show off Asgard’s new look

One of history’s most notorious Nazis is buried in a Jewish cemetery

The 12 Most Abusive Women in Anime

Check out Magneto’s new duds in X-Men: Days of Future Past

Geons have gravity, but no mass. Could they really exist?

What the hell is a “technocrat,” and are you one of them?

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