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Topical cream causes toddlers to go through puberty

It’s one of those unintended consequences of medication that you rarely think about. What happens when parents are using a medical cream, and then they hug their kids? In two recent cases, it caused toddlers to go through early puberty. In a paper published recently in Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism, researchers describe two…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Halle Berry will play an astronaut whose baby might be an alien

Extant is an early contender for “show with the most complicated premise of 2014.” The TV show about a female astronaut whose husband made a robot baby, and who’s pregnant with a possibly alien baby, sparked a network bidding war. And now it has a high-profile star: Halle Berry. Berry has signed on to star…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Has a story ever changed your mind about a controversial topic?

Sometimes you believe something, and then you read a book or watch a movie and realize that you’ve been terribly, terribly wrong about it. Has this ever happened to you? Tell us about the story that changed your mind, and what it was that made the difference. Include a picture or clip to illustrate your…

io9 Annalee Newitz

One of the most ridiculously incredible fossils you will ever see

An oil company employee working in northwestern Alberta has unearthed the stunning fossilized remains of what is believed to be a massive duck-billed dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous Period. A Tourmaline Oil Corp. worker was operating heavy machinery when he stumbled upon the remains. He contacted officials at the Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum in…

io9 George Dvorsky

Batman Begins his driving exam in this exclusive ADHD short

He’s beaten the Joker, the Penguin, and even Bane, but can Batman defeat his fiercest foe: The Gotham City driver’s license exam? As this exclusive short from Fox’s Animation Domination HD reveals, he’d probably have any easier time going against Bane again.

io9 Rob Bricken

Doctors have vacuumed a 2-foot blood clot out of a patient’s heart

Doctors told Todd Dunlap, 62, that it was the largest blood clot they had ever seen. Then they gave him a choice: undergo open-heart surgery, or have the clot vacuumed out, via a new, minimally invasive procedure facilitated by a device called an “AngioVac.” Via UCLA Health: Here’s how it worked: A team of UCLA…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Hey Once Upon A Time, THIS is how you make Fairy Tales edgy

Tired of the new crop of “edgy” fairy tales that equate wearing dark colors with doing bad things? How about some bad Disney Princesses, that ENJOY being bad? Artist Rachel Wise brings your princesses-gone-bad desires to life, in a very clever way. FYI, One picture below is NSFW, because the Little Mermaid is topless, not…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Watch 10 seconds of high-frequency stock trading in super slow motion

Whoa, this is wild. It’s a video showing a mere 10 seconds worth of trade activity for BlackBerry on October 2 — and the whole thing runs for over three-and-a-half very busy minutes. The stock market certainly ain’t what it used to be. These days, computers execute trades at blisteringly fast intervals, resulting in incomprehensible…

io9 George Dvorsky

Africa’s true size will blow you away

We’ve seen this comparison made before, albeit never as lucidly as this. Behold: major countries of the world, overlaid atop an outline of the positively giant African continent. If this is your first time seeing this comparison (click here to see it in hi-res), you might be surprised by Africa’s immensity. If that’s the case,…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Would You Be on a Reality TV Show That Sends You to Space?

It’s everyone’s fantasy to get strapped to a giant rocket and blasted into the heavens. Right? Well, except for the space sickness, the difficult-to-operate space toilet, the inevitable contingency that your trip could turn out like the movie Gravity. Going to space is complicated. And it should make for great television. That must be why…

Television Adam Clark Estes

What do you think this goblin is saying on Jim C. Hines’ book cover?

We’re stoked to present the first exclusive look at the cover for Jim C. Hines’ new story collection, The Goblin Master’s Grimoire. But when you see the full cover (below), you’ll be left with a pressing question: What exactly is the goblin in the picture saying? Answer it, and you could win a signed copy…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

The awesome car chase scene from the CG Gatchaman movie that never was

The Japanese live-action Gatchaman movie has come and gone, but we’re still lamenting the loss of the CG animated Gatchman movie Imagi was working on before it closed its doors in 2011. This recently uncovered, unfinished car chase scene has us lamenting a little harder. The first video is a mix of early CG motion…

io9 Rob Bricken

Here’s all the ways Dario Argento’s Dracula 3D went wrong

I refuse to believe Dario Argento wrote and directed this film. I refuse to believe that the director of some of the greatest horror films ever — Suspiria, Opera, Phenomena — could ever make a movie as awful as Dracula 3D. So if you’re a fan of truly bad movies, this is going to be…

io9 Rob Bricken

Gorgeously crafted poster art for scientific lectures

Bob Goldstein isn’t just an awesome scientist who works with tardigrades (AKA waterbears, the LOLcuties of the microscopic world). He’s also a fantastic graphic designer, who creates these rock posters for scientific lectures at UNC Chapel Hill where he works. Check out his latest creations! We’ve covered Goldstein’s work before — here are some of…

io9 Annalee Newitz

This image shows us what a perfect water droplet looks like

This droplet of water describes a near-perfect sphere. It does this because the surface of the leaf does not allow for a lot of wetting. Wetting isn’t just the thing that occurs with blue liquid during tasteful diaper commercials. It actually has a scientific meaning. Wetting is the ability of a liquid to glom (scientific…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

The first Thor 2 clip shows us what’s happened to Loki

The biggest stand-out star from the Thor franchise has (surprisingly) been Loki. Tom Hiddleston is such a fan favorite that he was given center stage at Marvel’s Comic-Con presentation this year. So it’s only right that the very first clip from Thor 2 be all Loki, Loki, Loki. In this first ever clip from Thor:…

Movies Meredith Woerner

An Exclusive Look at Rare and Never-Before-Seen Star Wars Concept Art

You’ve seen a ton of Star Wars concept art before — but this galaxy still contains endless marvels that your eyes have not beheld. A brand new book called Star Wars Art: Concept features loads of artwork, selected by George Lucas himself, that tells the story of Star Wars from the beginning up to now.…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

How evolution could bring back the sabercat

Saber fanged cats ruled the Pleistocene and survived the last Ice Age, but went extinct at roughly the same time that humans were discovering agriculture. This is the first time in millions of years that sabercats haven’t roamed the planet. But we might just survive long enough to see them return. Evolution does not precisely…

io9 Brian Switek

Gravity Review: All Blockbusters Should Be This Intimate and Beautiful

As you would have guessed from the trailers, with Gravity director Alfonso Cuarón has made a horrifying movie about being stranded in space. But the best—and most surprising—thing about Gravity is that it’s also tasteful and elegant. It’s the minimalist blockbuster you never knew you’d been longing for. The modern blockbuster is a goddamn mess.…

Movies Mario Aguilar

I, Frankenstein could be the most bonkers movie of 2014

If you’ve had a dream about a shockingly in-shape Frankenstein’s monster with Wolverine’s personality who wields ridiculous blades when fighting a legion of evil gargoyles while things constantly explode, congratulations! I, Frankentsein is the movie of your dreams. Everyone else: Holy shit this looks insane. As Charlie Jane said in her review of this very…

io9 Rob Bricken

Topical cream causes toddlers to go through puberty

Halle Berry will play an astronaut whose baby might be an alien

Has a story ever changed your mind about a controversial topic?

One of the most ridiculously incredible fossils you will ever see

Batman Begins his driving exam in this exclusive ADHD short

Doctors have vacuumed a 2-foot blood clot out of a patient’s heart

Hey Once Upon A Time, THIS is how you make Fairy Tales edgy

Watch 10 seconds of high-frequency stock trading in super slow motion

Africa’s true size will blow you away

Would You Be on a Reality TV Show That Sends You to Space?

What do you think this goblin is saying on Jim C. Hines’ book cover?

The awesome car chase scene from the CG Gatchaman movie that never was

Here’s all the ways Dario Argento’s Dracula 3D went wrong

Gorgeously crafted poster art for scientific lectures

This image shows us what a perfect water droplet looks like

The first Thor 2 clip shows us what’s happened to Loki

An Exclusive Look at Rare and Never-Before-Seen Star Wars Concept Art

How evolution could bring back the sabercat

Gravity Review: All Blockbusters Should Be This Intimate and Beautiful

I, Frankenstein could be the most bonkers movie of 2014

‘Scream 7’ Just Won’t Stop Making Money as ‘Scream 8’ Gets Started

The Curtain Has Closed on Meta’s Movie Rating-Inspired Content Filters

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