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Rare photographs of atomic bomb testing at Bikini Atoll

When io9 reader Chris Carey’s grandfather, a WWII veteran, passed away, he took it upon himself to assemble a slideshow for the funeral. While searching through a dusty photo album that he’d found in the attic, Carey made an incredible find: numerous photographs of the atomic bomb testing conducted at Bikini Atoll. Carey recounted his…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Today’s pop music really does all sound the same — and science can prove it

Music snobs, take heed. Detailed analysis of songs produced between 1955 and 2010 confirms what you’ve always known in your heart to be true: modern pop music really has gotten louder, and it all sounds exactly the same. All aboard the train to smug-town! Your vindication comes in the form of a peer-reviewed study, published…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

The Best Science Fiction Writer You Didn’t Know You’d Read, Part 2

Last month, we took a look at the comic novels of Fredric Brown — the greatest science fiction writer that everybody’s read without realizing it. Now, let’s take a look at his three more serious novels. https://gizmodo.com/the-best-science-fiction-writer-you-didnt-know-youd-rea-5918638 In between his classic comic SF novels What Mad Universe and Martians Go Home!, Fredric Brown came out…

io9 John Marr

The Hobbit’s Thorin Oakenshield tells us what happens when you get a dwarf drunk

The Hobbit’s Richard Armitage plays the stoic Thorin Oakenshield, the leader of the dwarves and a very strong presence throughout The Hobbit. But how will this lofty, Lordly character play with today’s movie audiences? We asked, and Armitage answered — plus find out what other songs we’ll be hearing from Armitage in the movie! Is…

io9 Meredith Woerner

How Top 10‘s Zander Cannon fell in love with science

Zander Cannon is best known for his stellar artwork for Alan Moore’s Top 10, the story of a superhero police force handling day to day problems in Neopolis, where everyone has super powers. But over the years, Cannon has become involved with creating graphic novels about factual science subjects. Cannon and longtime collaborator Kevin Cannon…

io9 Keith Veronese

Why do we hate seeing photos of ourselves?

You know what I’m talking about. There you are, clicking through your friend’s Facebook album, when suddenly you happen upon a picture of yourself — or rather, a slightly less attractive version of yourself. The “real” you appears to have been abducted, replaced with some second-rate knock off. What gives? you ask yourself. Is that…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

What shameful weakness causes dimples?

What causes those adorable dimples in people’s cheeks? A terrible muscular deficiency. That’s right — every time someone smiles and shows off dimples, they’re actually revealing their ultimate weakness. Or a little genetic quirk. Whichever. Dimples are especially common in the face, because the muscles pull the skin on the face around, instead of just…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

The Letter from Stanley Kubrick to Arthur C. Clarke that Sparked 2001: A Space Odyssey

Behold the first letter from Stanley Kubrick to science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke asking for his help penning a “really good science-fiction movie.” Five years later, the result was 2001: A Space Odyssey. Amazing. Here’s the most interesting part: I had been a great admirer of your books for quite a time and had…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Prince, the Great Unsung Fantasy Storyteller

Prince may call himself the Purple Yoda — but when he tries to tell a sweeping, transformative story, he always reaches for fantasy, not science fiction. Prince’s career is littered with weird little magical adventures, and it might even be fair to call him the Tolkien of funk. (Or maybe, just the Purple Hobbit.) Don’t…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Operation Plowshare: The Plan to Bomb America With Kindness

The Plowshare program was both a public relations ploy and a serious scientific study. It was an attempt to see if nuclear bombs could be used in peaceful constructive ways. If it had been successful, America would pretty much be humming by now. During the late 1930s and early 1940s, the entire focus of the…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Apple TV or Roku: Which Media Streamer Do You Use?

We know News Corp is sinking a whole bunch of money into Roku, thus upping the stakes of the streaming media box war that’s brewing amongst companies such as Apple, Boxee, Western Digital, Microsoft and Sony. While all the boxes are similar, each has its own strengths and weaknesses, . Which one do you use?…

Television Adrian Covert

Silent Hill: Revelation trailer reunites Eddard Stark and Jon Snow WITH BLOOD!

We are all oddly excited for the Silent Hill: Revelation movie. The creepy nurses are scary, the new mannequin monster looks excellent — and Sean Bean is reunited with his bastard son from Game of Thrones, Kit Harington. Check out the brand new trailer, which promises at least one scene of Harington whipping his hair…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Why Some Diseases Wait in Your Body For Decades Before Striking

Almost any disease will spend some time in your body before making you ill, summoning its forces or just lying in wait. But some maladies are even more patient than that. Some ailments can spend decades lurking in your body, dormant and unknown, until they suddenly spring to life. Let’s take a look at some…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

The graffiti of Pompeii was downright raunchy, and absolutely hilarious

Before being entombed with ash by Mount Vesuvius, Pompeii was a thriving city. There was government, there was infrastructure — and yes, there was graffiti. Very vulgar, very explicit graffitti. https://gizmodo.com/a-weird-chart-comparing-lewd-graffiti-in-ancient-pompei-5856858 Much of that graffiti, like the rest of the city, remains well-preserved to this day. Some of it is poetic, at times even poignant;…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Did somebody eat these missing mastodon bones in Central Florida?

A disturbing bit of news has bubbled up in Central Florida, where an 80,000-year-old mastodon skeleton has gone missing from the shed where it had been stored for over 20 years. CFNews13.com reports: City workers stumbled upon the skeleton in 1989 during construction for a water treatment plant off what was then 11th Street, now…

io9 Annalee Newitz

DARPA Moving Ahead with Building Zombie Frankensatellites

It’s like Alien meets Bride of Frankenstein, mixed with Night of the Living Dead: The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) wants to harvest components from dead, non-working “zombie” satellites to build new ones in space, all done remotely via a grasping, mechanical arm. The agency would like to have the first keystone mission of…

io9 Nancy Atkinson - Universe Today

Are Olympic athletes really mutants?

Athletes who perform at the elite level aren’t like the rest of us. Their feats of strength, accuracy, and endurance often appear superhuman — which probably explains why we enjoy watching them so much. And the suggestion that many of these athletes are somehow performing outside of “normal” human bounds is not an exaggeration. Professional…

io9 George Dvorsky

Explore the World’s Great Lost Cities!

This week on the io9 show, we explore the Lost City of Z in Brazil, and the ancient city of Catalhoyuk in Turkey! Genetic engineer and How to Defeat Your Own Clone author Terry Johnson shows us how fluids like corn syrup have memory thanks to laminar flow! And finally, help us find a mysterious…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

10 Recent Science Fiction Books That Are About Big Ideas

Nowadays, everybody says that science fiction has stopped talking about Big Ideas. Science fiction used to be the genre that asked the huge questions, about who we are and where we’re going. But somehow, people say, the genre lost its appetite for deep thoughts. But if you’ve been keeping up with recent science fiction books,…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Ridley Scott will remake disaster mockumentary The Day Britain Stopped

Ridley Scott is lining up yet another project we’ll be eagerly anticipating for years to come (along with The Forever War movie and the Blade Runner sequel). Scott and producing partner Steve Zaillian have nabbed the movie rights to the BBC mockumentary The Day Britain Stopped. The TV film originally aired in 2003 and was…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Rare photographs of atomic bomb testing at Bikini Atoll

Today’s pop music really does all sound the same — and science can prove it

The Best Science Fiction Writer You Didn’t Know You’d Read, Part 2

The Hobbit’s Thorin Oakenshield tells us what happens when you get a dwarf drunk

How Top 10‘s Zander Cannon fell in love with science

Why do we hate seeing photos of ourselves?

What shameful weakness causes dimples?

The Letter from Stanley Kubrick to Arthur C. Clarke that Sparked 2001: A Space Odyssey

Prince, the Great Unsung Fantasy Storyteller

Operation Plowshare: The Plan to Bomb America With Kindness

Apple TV or Roku: Which Media Streamer Do You Use?

Silent Hill: Revelation trailer reunites Eddard Stark and Jon Snow WITH BLOOD!

Why Some Diseases Wait in Your Body For Decades Before Striking

The graffiti of Pompeii was downright raunchy, and absolutely hilarious

Did somebody eat these missing mastodon bones in Central Florida?

DARPA Moving Ahead with Building Zombie Frankensatellites

Are Olympic athletes really mutants?

Explore the World’s Great Lost Cities!

10 Recent Science Fiction Books That Are About Big Ideas

Ridley Scott will remake disaster mockumentary The Day Britain Stopped

Apple Removes iPhone Vibe Coding App from App Store

China’s Biggest Social Media Celebrity Is… Kris Jenner?

Up to $1,550 Off on pCloud: Pay Once, Protect Data Forever for World Backup Day

National Film and Sound Archive of Australia Adds ‘Succulent Chinese Meal’ Guy

Feds Sniffing Around Polymarket After Suspicious Bets

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Don’t Get Too Attached to Any AI App

‘Paradise’ Writer Teases What’s Coming in Season 3 After That Huge Twist

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

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The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

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