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These two psychological tricks will get people to do you favors

There are two well-established methods get what you want through roundabout ways. Both actually work in practical situations. What’s the best way to get what you want? It depends on what you’re asking for. There are two famous psychology techniques that were recognized before they had names, and were elaborated on in countless studies after…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Watching Hans Rosling explain the world with LEGO is a wonderful thing

Statistician Hans Rosling is about to explain the connection between global population growth, climate change and child mortality, in three minutes. With LEGO. Previously: Watch Hans Rosling use rocks to deliver the shortest TED talk ever. https://gizmodo.com/watch-hans-rosling-use-rocks-to-deliver-the-shortest-te-5912155 Don’t know who Hans Rosling is? You should probably watch this. h/t Maria Popova

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

The oldest man to have ever lived has died

Japan’s Jiroemon Kimura has passed away at the age of 116 years and 54 days. Guinness World Records is recognizing him as the oldest man in recorded history. He died of natural causes in a hospital after being admitted for pneumonia on May 11. Over the past several days his response, blood-sugar level, and urine…

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Neill Blomkamp still wants to make that District 9 sequel someday

Zack Snyder and David S. Goyer discuss Justice League. Jamie Foxx explains why his Spider-Man villain sports a comb-over. Chloe Moretz explains how Hit-Girl grows up in Kick-Ass 2. (Hint: more swearing.) Director Noam Murro breaks down the 300 sequel trailer. Plus Denzel Washington is a sci-fi garbageman-turned-hitman. Spoilers! Top image from Man of Steel.…

Television Alasdair Wilkins

They’ll Never Catch Him Now

After leaking the data and incriminating details, he packed up his broadcasting machine. He was escaping to somewhere they’d never find him — beyond national borders, and beyond planetary boundaries. This portal was a one-way ticket to another dimension. Howard Lyon is an artist who has worked as a concept designer and illustrator for Wizards…

io9 Annalee Newitz

First Trailer for 300: Rise of an Empire Delivers Hot, Sweaty Action

Those 300 scantily-clad soldiers from 300 may be dead, but luckily Lena Heady is still alive and SHE WANTS BLOOD. Plus the scary super-tall King Xerxes from 300 is also still alive, and his greatest warrior WANTS BLOOD TOO. Prepare for more slo-mo fighting, giant-mouthed yelling, men in tiny metal underwear, and seriously badass sword…

Trailers Annalee Newitz

On the importance of storytelling in science

Many of you have probably heard of Story Collider, a traveling show (and weekly podcast) that features compelling stories about science. Each story is unique in its own way. Some are hilarious. Others are gut-wrenching. But they’re all stories – and that quality, more than anything, is what makes them so consistently fascinating, revelatory and,…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Are these really the most essential epic fantasy books ever written?

Five different people have taken a stab at creating lists of the top 50 most essential epic fantasy novels of all time. And their different lists reveal that… nobody’s quite sure how to define “epic fantasy.” And there’s been a noticeable shift in the parameters of the genre lately. Top image: Michael Whelan, via Staffers…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

Ex-NSA Official’s Advice to Edward Snowden: Lawyer Up, Watch Your Back

Thomas Drake may know better than anyone what NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden faces in the days to come. In 2010, the former Agency official was prosecuted for allegedly revealing classified information about the NSA’s warrantless wiretapping program. https://gizmodo.com/edward-snowden-the-nsa-whistleblower-explains-why-he-512212147 “Be lawyered up to the max and find a place where it’s going to be that much…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

No, China is not conducting a giant eugenics project

One of the stories about China you see cropping up a lot in U.S. media is that the nation is conducting a eugenics project to engineer a generation of hyper-smart kids who can conquer the world with their genius. The truth is a lot more interesting than that. In reality, researchers in China are trying…

io9 Annalee Newitz

The Weird and Occasionally WTF World of Matchbox Art

Every matchbox needs a little decoration on the outside. But sometimes package designers go the extra mile to make your moment with fire a truly trippy experience. Here are some of the weirdest matchboxes we’ve ever seen. The King Kong above is from Japan, and produced in the early 1930s. The Iron (Japan, c. 1935)…

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Say hello to the particle accelerator of the future

Behold the International Linear Collider — a proposed 31-kilometer electron collider that could shed light on new areas of physics — including dark matter. A five-volume report containing the blueprint for this futuristic particle physics project was published today by an international group of scientists. The designers say it will “compliment and advance beyond the…

io9 George Dvorsky

Honest Disney Movie Posters give it to us straight

What if Disney movie titles were a bit more honest? Basically, you’d be left with this beautiful collection of bullshit-cutting movie posters. Thanks to The FW for coming up with this clever concept. Even more titles at The FW, although we think 101 Dalmatians could just simply be called Hoarders.

Movies Meredith Woerner

How Unborn Turtles Choose To Become Male or Female

While in their eggs, turtle embryos move around to find the perfect spot that’s not too hot, not too cold, but just right. And because temperature determines what sex unborn turtles become, the embryos might be able to “choose” their own sex by staying in cooler or warmer areas of the egg, according to a…

io9 Joseph Bennington-Castro

Now you can smell just like Stan Lee — on purpose!

JADS international, makers of fine colognes inspired by the Avengers, has lost their fucking minds is releasing a cologne based on Stan Lee. The scent is called ‘Nuff Said. I am not making this up. https://gizmodo.com/avengers-colognes-bottle-the-hulks-radioactive-body-odo-5878453 While Lee is a creator of some of the most popular superheroes of all time and most definitely helped…

io9 Rob Bricken

This Is the End May Be the Greatest Stoner Movie Ever Made

I don’t want to freak you out, but I think Seth Rogen’s new comedy of dickish manners about the Apocalypse may be one of the Great American Stoner Epics. I’m talking Harold and Kumar level, OK? Maybe even Up in Smoke level. This is the real shit, man. It probably helps that the entire movie…

Movies Annalee Newitz

Look which characters we caught kissing on the Captain America 2 set!

Staight from the Captain America: The Winter Soldier set is a spoilery image of two major characters locking lips. But what does this big reveal mean for the future of these Marvel stars? Pictures and spoiler talk ahead. Thanks to Cleveland.com, we’ve got an inside look into Steve Rogers’ future. And as you can see…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Which Star Wars EU character do you want to see in the new movies?

Rumors have been flying about casting for Star Wars: Episode VII, which claim some characters from the Expanded Universe will be in the new movie. It’s too soon to know anything about characters in the new film, but it’s fun to speculate. Which people from the books, comics or cartoons do you wish would appear…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

The awesome trailer for Lunar reveals the dark side of robocops

In 2057, android cops created by Lunarcorp will patrol the streets and send the many, many criminals they arrest to the the company’s prison on the moon, where they are never seen or heard from again. One man tries to escape and become the first man to return to Earth in Tyson Wade Johnston’s Lunar.…

Movies Rob Bricken

Exclusive Man of Steel concept art shows Zod’s Kryptonian armor

Man of Steel hits theaters this weekend, and you’re going to want to see more of the insane new designs in this film. The visions of Kryptonian technology, including the spaceships and the battle armor, are amazing. And we’re happy to present an exclusive look at concept art of General Zod’s armor. This image comes…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

These two psychological tricks will get people to do you favors

Watching Hans Rosling explain the world with LEGO is a wonderful thing

The oldest man to have ever lived has died

Neill Blomkamp still wants to make that District 9 sequel someday

They’ll Never Catch Him Now

First Trailer for 300: Rise of an Empire Delivers Hot, Sweaty Action

On the importance of storytelling in science

Are these really the most essential epic fantasy books ever written?

Ex-NSA Official’s Advice to Edward Snowden: Lawyer Up, Watch Your Back

No, China is not conducting a giant eugenics project

The Weird and Occasionally WTF World of Matchbox Art

Say hello to the particle accelerator of the future

Honest Disney Movie Posters give it to us straight

How Unborn Turtles Choose To Become Male or Female

Now you can smell just like Stan Lee — on purpose!

This Is the End May Be the Greatest Stoner Movie Ever Made

Look which characters we caught kissing on the Captain America 2 set!

Which Star Wars EU character do you want to see in the new movies?

The awesome trailer for Lunar reveals the dark side of robocops

Exclusive Man of Steel concept art shows Zod’s Kryptonian armor

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