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The Legend of Mike ‘The Durable’ Malloy, History’s Most Stubborn Murder Victim

This is the story of Michael Malloy, a Prohibition-era drunkard best known for his unpaid bar tabs and being (almost) impossible to kill. Here, Elemental’s Deborah Blum recounts how Malloy (who would come to be known as “Mike the Durable,” and “Iron Mike”) survived multiple attempts on his life — and some of the science…

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How a Time Traveler’s ‘Help Wanted’ Ad Became a Surprisingly Touching Movie

When you heard that they were making an indie movie based on the famous 1997 time travel-themed “help wanted” ad, you probably expected a screwball comedy, or some kind of stoner slapstick extravaganza. Something akin to Hot Tub Time Machine, perhaps. So it’s kind of a surprise when you see the movie Safety Not Guaranteed,…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Michael Bay’s Ninja Turtles shuts down. Are these turtles toast?

Michael Bay’s ridiculous Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot, that’s rumored to make the turtles alien non-mutants (and possibly not even teenagers anymore) has been canned. Paramount shut down the expensive production, perhaps due to the ridiculously expensive World War Z disaster we’re just learning the details of. Whatever the reason, the studio has shut down…

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Prometheus set photos show what’s under the Engineers’ robes, plus a never-before-seen character

Holy Space Jesus, the Engineers in Ridley Scott’s Prometheus are ripped. Those milky abs, goodness — they look like they came from Planet Albino Crossfit. Get a good hard look at all the rippled Engineer flesh in these amazing behind-the-scenes photos from Prosthetics Supervisor Connor O’Sullivan. We’ve got shots of their thighs, their super space…

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Plant comes up with a new chemical weapon in the war against mice

Plants have it rough. In order to spread their seeds, they have to cater to the animals that eat them, and that means watching their offspring get eaten in the hopes that they’ll be pooped out somewhere better. But when mice start thwarting the best-laid plans of vegetation, it’s up to the plants to strike…

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Neill Blomkamp’s Elysium: Yet Another Class Warfare Movie

Neill Blomkamp’s District 9 was one of the most memorable and inventive films of recent years — so there’s a lot of anticipation about his second movie, Elysium. A brand new synopsis for the film has been released — and no surprise here, Elysium is also dealing with some strong class warfare issues. Check it…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Must Read: Neil Gaiman’s Tribute to Ray Bradbury

The world is still mourning the loss of Ray Bradbury, one of the most indelible authors in any genre. Bradbury’s legacy is hard to summarize, hard even to encompass — so it’s lucky that his friend and biographer, Sam Weller, was already preparing a great tribute when Bradbury passed away last week. Weller co-edited a…

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This man can read the minds of vegetative patients

Neuroscientist Adrian Owen estimates that 20 percent of patients in a so-called “vegetative state” are, in fact, capable of communicating with the outside world. This is not a delusion. Using brain imaging techniques like fMRI, Owen — pictured above — has provided some remarkably compelling evidence that “non-responsive” and “unreachable” patients are often surprisingly cognizant…

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NASA says the Voyager 1 spacecraft has entered into an unprecedented region of space

Voyager 1 has been steadily working its way out of the solar system, and it now appears to have entered into a completely new region of space. NASA says it’ll only be a matter of time before the spacecraft exits the solar system completely, becoming the first human-made object to enter interstellar space. It takes…

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Uh, don’t criticize people for saying “Um,” “Uh,” and “Like”

We think of them as the sign of a slow mind, or verbal tics, but do these grunts actually serve a purpose, or even stand in for a useful mental function? Some people think so. The ‘um,’ the ‘uh,’ the ‘ah,’ and even the Californian ‘like,’ have been thoroughly mocked. In some sense, this mockery…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Meet fighter pilot Liu Yang, China’s first woman in space

On Saturday, China’s Shenzhou 9 spacecraft will carry three taikonauts on a mission to low Earth orbit, where it will attempt to dock for the first time with the country’s Tiangong-1 space station test module. The mission marks a major step in China’s push to become one of the world’s foremost space-faring nations, but it’s…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Swordfighting: Not What You Think It Is

To borrow a famous line, the problem with most people trying to understanding the true nature of historical sword combat is not that they’re ignorant — it’s just that they know so much that isn’t so. It’s amazing, really, how a subject that so permeates our modern pop culture, and is so ubiquitous, is one…

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Want to find alien life? Search for Dyson spheres

We’ve been searching for alien intelligences out there for decades, and so far we haven’t found a single blip. But maybe we’re just going about it the wrong way? Geoff Marcy, the chair for SETI at the University of California at Berkeley, recently told io9 he’d like to start searching the depths of space for…

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Brain Implants Powered by Spinal Fluid: Another Huge Step Towards Our Cyborg Future

The biggest question for would-be cyborgs is: How are you going to power all those brain implants? And now it looks like some MIT engineers may have stumbled upon the answer. They have developed a fuel cell that can run on your brain’s own glucose — a breakthrough that could result in powerful neural prosthetics…

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What’s more likely: a robot uprising, or humans becoming cyborgs?

Are you about to become a cyborg, or will you be crushed by robot overlords? This week’s io9 show looks at our future relationships with machines — and you’ll never be the same again. Robopocalypse author Daniel H. Wilson is in the studio to talk about his new novel, Amped, which is about future humans…

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A life lived in fear leads to a less-productive death

You remember the nutrient cycle from high school? How organic matter breaks down and spreads throughout the ecosphere? Now it looks like the role of animals in this cycle may be larger than previously thought, and far more direct. When the herbivorous grasshopper Melanoplus femurrubrum is under the stress of being in the presence of…

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10 Things Aliens Will Harvest From Humans

The biggest question about aliens isn’t whether they’ll overwhelm us with their superior technology, and subdue the human population. The biggest question is: Why? What could they possibly want from us that they can’t get anywhere else? Most of the resources on Earth are available in space, where they’re easier to get at, without any…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

First 3 clips from Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter inspire a drinking game

If you forgot that Timur Bekmambetov was behind the lens on Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, these clips will remind you. Each little moment is stuffed with slow motion action, screaming, and glorious colors. It’s like a campier Wanted. New drinking game idea for this film: Every time someone does something in slow motion, drink! When…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Why you should give Falling Skies another chance

Steven Spielberg launched two science fiction TV shows last year — in a time when science fiction seems to be a third rail of television. One was Terra Nova, a show about time travel and dinosaurs. The other was Falling Skies, a show about alien invasion and post-humans. There are two huge differences between these…

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Does brushing your teeth help prevent cancer? (Probably not.)

If there’s one thing emblazoned across every science writer’s desk, it’s the eternal quote “correlation is not causation”. As if to prove the eternal validity of this quote, we have a study from Sweden that tracked oral hygiene and cancer deaths over a period of 24 years for 1,400 individuals. Lo and behold, there’s a…

io9 Tim Barribeau

The Legend of Mike ‘The Durable’ Malloy, History’s Most Stubborn Murder Victim

How a Time Traveler’s ‘Help Wanted’ Ad Became a Surprisingly Touching Movie

Michael Bay’s Ninja Turtles shuts down. Are these turtles toast?

Prometheus set photos show what’s under the Engineers’ robes, plus a never-before-seen character

Plant comes up with a new chemical weapon in the war against mice

Neill Blomkamp’s Elysium: Yet Another Class Warfare Movie

Must Read: Neil Gaiman’s Tribute to Ray Bradbury

This man can read the minds of vegetative patients

NASA says the Voyager 1 spacecraft has entered into an unprecedented region of space

Uh, don’t criticize people for saying “Um,” “Uh,” and “Like”

Meet fighter pilot Liu Yang, China’s first woman in space

Swordfighting: Not What You Think It Is

Want to find alien life? Search for Dyson spheres

Brain Implants Powered by Spinal Fluid: Another Huge Step Towards Our Cyborg Future

What’s more likely: a robot uprising, or humans becoming cyborgs?

A life lived in fear leads to a less-productive death

10 Things Aliens Will Harvest From Humans

First 3 clips from Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter inspire a drinking game

Why you should give Falling Skies another chance

Does brushing your teeth help prevent cancer? (Probably not.)

Tesla Goes Ahead and Admits Its Robotaxis Are Sometimes Fully Human-Controlled

School Forced to Replace Toilets After Kids Flush Vapes

‘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

Good News! You Can Finally Change That Ridiculous Gmail Address

ExpressVPN Just Launched ExpressAI: Your Prompts Are Now Invisible

VR Just Took Another Massive Body Blow

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Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

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