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Whoa, Mars might have as much water underground as Earth does

If you’re planning on helping to colonize Mars, you’ll be thrilled to hear that a recent analysis of Martian meteorites indicates that there may be more water on Mars than we previously thought — a lot more. Scientists now think that the amount of water that’s underground on Mars could rival that of Earth. The…

io9 George Dvorsky

Our Summer Must-Read Book List, Plus Kim Stanley Robinson Tells All

This week on the io9 show, we share our summer science fiction must-read list — so you can escape to other worlds when you hit the beach. We also interview Kim Stanley Robinson about his brand new book, 2312. You can catch more episodes of the io9 Show on YouTube or Revision3. We’re also on…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

10 Law Enforcement Careers That You Can Have in the Future

In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate but equally important groups. But in the future? We’re going to need more groups than that. There are going to be a lot of new opportunities for crime, and that will mean a whole bunch of new policing jobs. Here are 10 jobs…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

More evidence that a drink (or two) won’t hurt your unborn baby

While going off on a tequila bender is decidedly not a good thing if you’re carrying an unborn child, there’s an increasing body of evidence that suggest low to moderate drinking might not be the worst thing imaginable for your baby. A cohort of five papers have just been published from Denmark, looking at maternal…

io9 Tim Barribeau

What happens when our robot soldiers go rogue? Watch the impressive Prototype trailer now!

The folks behind Act of Valor are going scifi. Check out their first trailer for their mandroid film The Prototype. So far, this looks good! The movie follows a humanoid robot — who appears to be linked with his government scientist creator in some way — who escapes from its cargo hold and goes “rogue.”…

Trailers Meredith Woerner

This is what a cyborg looked like in 1964

On May 3, 1964, The Miami News ran this fanciful illustration of the man-machine of tomorrow, abutting this article explaining why plastic-organed cyborgs will not land on the Moon. (Short answer: cost, reality, human spirit blabbity-blah.) I adore the now-anachronistic accessories like the tape-recorder ears and the movie camera eyes. He’s like Inspector Gadget, but…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Brave shows how to create a brand new fairy tale from scratch

Pop culture is obsessed with fairy tales right now. But it’s all retreads of the same few stories from the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen — and not even the original, dark-as-hell stories, but rather the warmed-over Disneyfied versions. Where are the people creating brand new fairy tales from scratch? And why don’t these…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Living alone could send you to an early grave

Two studies published this week have drawn a link between either living alone or feeling lonely — and an increased risk of death. Your lone wolf habits could be driving you to an early end. Top image: Pond5.com/Stephane106 The first simply looked at people living alone, and their chances of cardiovascular disease or death. What…

io9 Tim Barribeau

Child mugshots of the 1800s were like a depressing episode of The Little Rascals

During the Victorian era, kids as young as eleven received adult sentences for minor crimes. Here’s an assortment of children’s mugshots taken in Newcastle, England during the early 1870s. If some of them weren’t labeled “PHOTOGRAPH OF PRISONER,” you might mistake these portraits for yearbook photos. These photographs — which were shot between December, 1871…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Concept art for Monsters University shows Sulley and Mike on the creepy quad

You’ve seen the adorable teaser trailers for the prequel to Monsters Inc., Monsters University set during Mike and Sulley’s college days. Now take a look at a few bits of concept art that reveal MU’s campus. We adore the giant monster-shaped building whose mouth is the entrance. Brilliant! https://gizmodo.com/watch-the-first-trailer-s-for-the-monsters-inc-preque-5919826 [Via Slashfilm]

Movies Meredith Woerner

For-profit healthcare doesn’t necessarily take better care of patients

When developing countries try to boost their health care systems, people often advocate letting the free market take care of it. After all, isn’t the private sector meant to be a model of efficiency compared to the public sector? Unfortunately, it turns out that’s not always the case, at least not in the developing world.…

io9 Tim Barribeau

The Ivy League of Ancient Roman Gladiator Schools

If you got sent back in time 2,000 years to ancient Rome, you probably wouldn’t want to choose a career as a gladiator. After all, it was a messy existence, with a fairly low life expectancy. But if you were up to your eyeballs in debt, or wanted a chance at fortune or fame, you…

io9 Keith Veronese

Korean scientists push to keep evolution in schools

A small cohort of Korean scientists is fighting to reintroduce some sanity to the country, after creationist group Society for Textbook Revise successfully campaigned to see examples of evolution removed from high school bio textbooks. https://gizmodo.com/south-korea-will-remove-evolution-from-its-high-school-5915908 According to Nature News Blog: The group say the textbook publishers were wrong to remove examples of the evolution…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Michael Bay gives an explosive preview of what to expect from Transformers 4!

Check out a spoiler-y new Amazing Spider-Man clip. There’s an ultra creepy new Twilight photo, showing Jacob and his new love interest. Anna Torv discusses Olivia’s Fringe future. Plus spoilers galore for True Blood, American Horror Story, and Once Upon a Time! It’s spoilers all the way down! Top image from Fringe. The Amazing Spider-Man…

Television Alasdair Wilkins

100 sharks eating a dead whale close to shore = worst beach day ever?

When you go surfing off the coast of Australia, there’s always the chance you may bump into a shark. But 100 hungry sharks all going bonkers at the same time…right next to the beach? That’s grounds to take up extreme bocce. Last week, surfer Rachel Campbell encountered this amazing scene on a beach near Warroora…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Picture of the Day: June 21, 2012

THE ROBOT IN THE LAKE | Stunning robot concept art by Maciej Kuciara. See more of Maciej’s work over at Concept Robots. Want to read today’s io9 stories a different way? Check out our blog view. Or visit Observation Deck, our general discussion forum.

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Descriptions of the first picture of mating humpback whales are priceless

An Australian photographer claims to have snapped the world’s first photograph of humpback whales making love. We can call it that now — love making, that is — based on the detailed description provided by Jason Edwards, who captured the moment off the coast of Tonga. We can’t show you the image here for copyright…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

At least Hotel Transylvania has an adorable Goth vampire girl protagonist. That’s something, right?

We were not impressed with the first trailer for Adam Sandler’s gag-laden Hotel Transylvania. However, the next trailer looks quite a bit better. https://gizmodo.com/what-bright-shiny-hell-is-this-the-trailer-for-adam-sa-5896924 Mostly, that’s because the focus has shifted to Dracula’s adorable little Goth vampire daughter, Mavis. Who just happens to look and dress like most of us in Jr. High. Hopefully the…

Trailers Meredith Woerner

Poetic Physics: Measuring Stars By Their Internal Music

Asteroseismology is letting us measure distant planetary systems with sunlike stars. How? By measuring the way a star “breathes” in response to its on internal music. Find out how physics takes another run at getting its master’s degree in poetry. A mysterious star system was recently discovered. Usually, solar systems consist of rocky planets hugging…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Your preference for beer shows that you’re into casual sex — and other fun facts pulled from dating sites

Online dating sites are not only a boon for people looking to start relationships — they’re also proving to be extremely beneficial for people who like to crunch lots of data. Some psychologists and mathematicians are taking the copious amounts of information that you’re putting into these sites to get a better sense of our…

io9 George Dvorsky

Whoa, Mars might have as much water underground as Earth does

Our Summer Must-Read Book List, Plus Kim Stanley Robinson Tells All

10 Law Enforcement Careers That You Can Have in the Future

More evidence that a drink (or two) won’t hurt your unborn baby

What happens when our robot soldiers go rogue? Watch the impressive Prototype trailer now!

This is what a cyborg looked like in 1964

Brave shows how to create a brand new fairy tale from scratch

Living alone could send you to an early grave

Child mugshots of the 1800s were like a depressing episode of The Little Rascals

Concept art for Monsters University shows Sulley and Mike on the creepy quad

For-profit healthcare doesn’t necessarily take better care of patients

The Ivy League of Ancient Roman Gladiator Schools

Korean scientists push to keep evolution in schools

Michael Bay gives an explosive preview of what to expect from Transformers 4!

100 sharks eating a dead whale close to shore = worst beach day ever?

Picture of the Day: June 21, 2012

Descriptions of the first picture of mating humpback whales are priceless

At least Hotel Transylvania has an adorable Goth vampire girl protagonist. That’s something, right?

Poetic Physics: Measuring Stars By Their Internal Music

Your preference for beer shows that you’re into casual sex — and other fun facts pulled from dating sites

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