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Europe’s earliest cave art may be the work of Neandertals, not humans

Were Europe’s first artists Neandertals? An international team of archaeologists says it’s a strong possibility. Improved dating techniques have revealed that the practice of cave painting began at least 40,800 years ago, around the same time that modern humans arrived in Europe. But the paintings — which, at 40,800 years old, are easily the most…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

The Incredible Beauty of Titan’s Tropical Methane Lakes

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has spotted methane lakes in the so-called “tropics” of Saturn’s moon, Titan. (Where temperatures reach a balmy −179 °C, or −290 °F.) The lakes were a bit of a surprise to researchers who had assumed that the long-standing liquid bodies would only exist at the poles. The discovery also raises the unique…

io9 George Dvorsky

Check out every single kind of microbe in your body online — all 5 million of them

The initial phase of the Human Microbiome Project has come to an end — and with it, the mapping of the full community of microbes that inhabit all the various nooks and crannies of the healthy human body. The results of the exhaustive study will be published as a collection in PLoS, making their findings…

io9 George Dvorsky

This is easily the creepiest Wizard of Oz related photograph you’ll ever gaze upon

Here’s further evidence that The Wizard of Oz was nightmare-inducing long before Return to Oz scarred your psyche. Behold this postcard advertising an Oz performance for Jack Singer’s Passing Review, a theater company in the early 1900s. According to this photograph’s auction description (from top to bottom) that’s the Tin Man, Dorothy, and the Scarecrow.…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Cooked squid inseminates woman’s “tongue, cheek and gums”

Here’s a story that could put you off calamari for a while. According to a scientific paper from the Journal of Parasitology, a 63-year-old Korean woman “experienced severe pain in her oral cavity immediately after eating a portion of parboiled squid along with its internal organs.” She spat out the food in her mouth, but…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

New trailer for Resident Evil Retribution turns Alice into a housewife

Resident Evil Retribution brings back Oded Fehr! Hells yes. Sure he’s dead but there are all sorts of ways to get around that — like implanting Alice’s brain with false memories so they can… well we’re never really 100% of the evil Umbrella Corp’s motivations any more. The next Resident Evil movie promises more of…

io9 Meredith Woerner

10 Weirdest Urban Ecosystems On Earth

Cities are havens for weirdness. From communities built around garbage to dogs that ride the subway, urban environments have fostered all manner of weird patterns. Here are the 10 freakiest urban ecosystems on the planet. The other day, we showed you the Kowloon Walled City — a bizarre, super-dense development that arose as an accident…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders and Kelly Faircloth

Testing female athletes to make sure they’re feminine enough is not cool, scientists say

South African sprinter Caster Semenya created a stir a few years back on account of her “intersexed” characteristics — prompting some to demand that sporting authorities screen for these sorts of biological anomalies in the name of fairness. But a Stanford University School of Medicine bioethicist and her colleagues now say that it’s unacceptable to…

io9 George Dvorsky

This transcendent time-lapse of New Zealand is a journey to Middle-earth

For his short film Aotearoa — a.k.a. the Māori name for New Zealand — photographer Nathan Kaso captured the Tolkienesque views of South Island. He explains of this video, “Locations include Queenstown, Arrowtown, Wanaka, Kinloch, Glenorchy, Fox Glacier, Mount Cook National Park, Twizel, Lindis Pass and Haast Pass.” We’re assuming the Nazgûl extended the momentary…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

A first look at the Star Trek/Doctor Who crossover comic!

The comic book miniseries Star Trek: The Next Generation/Doctor Who: Assimilation² sees two venerable science fiction television shows meet up for the first time ever. So far in the series, Matt Smith’s Eleventh Doctor, Amy, and Rory are on a crash course to meet up with Jean-Luc Picard’s Enterprise crew. Courtesy of IDW Publishing, here’s…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

Zombie movie World War Z is an undead disaster

Brad Pitt’s feature film based off the amazing “zombie war oral history” book World War Z is allegedly in shambles. With a budget raising up to $170 million and five weeks of possible reshoots, what went wrong with this movie? The Hollywood Reporter has a behind-the-scenes look at what went awry. Apparently Quantum of Solace…

io9 Meredith Woerner

After nine months, authorities still don’t know the true identity of Germany’s “Forest Boy” (UPDATED)

Do you know or recognize Ray? The teenage boy turned up in Berlin nine months ago claiming to know little about himself beyond his name and birthday (June 20, 1994). When pressed to divulge more about himself and his history, he claims he is unable to remember. Now, after close to a year of investigation,…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Calvin Coolidge: Mummy Slayer, the no-budget sequel to Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

To demonstrate that the “President + Monster” formula can be exploited to no end, sketch comedy group The Sketchersons have created a trailer for Calvin Coolidge: Mummy Slayer. This film sees the alliterative (and largely uncelebrated) Chief Executive of 1923-1929 battle hordes of meticulously preserved Egyptian corpses. If this trend continues, we should see Millard…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Could aliens have created life on Earth?

We know a lot about the history of life on Earth, but how it began is still one of our greatest scientific mysteries. One hypothesis is that life actually originated on another planet, and many scientists today take the idea quite seriously. Though it sounds like the plot from recent scifi movie Prometheus, it’s an…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Watch the latest Amazing Spider-Man videos! Plus an Arrested Development star joins the Munsters remake!

Total Recall director Len Wiseman explains why his reboot isn’t just copying the original. Tim Burton discusses the weird kids of Frankenweenie. Tom Cruise starts filming Oblivion. A Next Generation legend joins Warehouse 13. Plus a new Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter clip! Spoilers from here on out! Top image from Total Recall. The Amazing Spider-Man…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Picture of the Day: June 13, 2012

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io9 Charlie Jane Anders

This Is Not a Comic Book

You could technically refer to Sharon Moody as a comic book artist, but that description would only be a half-truth. She was responsible for all the artwork in this issue of Superman, but only because that’s actually a hyper-realistic painting of the comic book. Sharon uses an oil painting technique called trompe l’oeil, and it’s…

Books & Comics Andrew Liszewski

Some Amazing Science Fiction Picture Books For Your Kids (And You)

We’re used to seeing lots of fantasy picture books aimed at little kids — so it’s nice to find a bunch that are more geared towards science fiction. Check out a look at some new science fiction picture books… plus one classic. Spoilers ahead… Top image: Oh No! Not Again!: (Or How I Built a…

io9 Michael Ann Dobbs

Falling Skies Season 2: No More Magic Bullets

Falling Skies season one gave us a sometimes-intense look at the world after a devastating alien invasion. But in season two, the stakes get massively raised, and life gets a lot harder for the Second Mass, according to the show’s stars and showrunner. We were lucky enough to speak to stars Noah Wyle, Moon Bloodgood,…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Scientists cure ebola in monkeys — and humans could be next

Monkeys infected with the Ebola virus have been cured by a chemical cocktail administered 24 hours after the initial exposure. The breakthrough could eventually result in a similar human treatment for this disease, which kills up to 90% of those infected. According to the report in Nature, researchers based at the National Microbiology Laboratory in…

io9 George Dvorsky

Europe’s earliest cave art may be the work of Neandertals, not humans

The Incredible Beauty of Titan’s Tropical Methane Lakes

Check out every single kind of microbe in your body online — all 5 million of them

This is easily the creepiest Wizard of Oz related photograph you’ll ever gaze upon

Cooked squid inseminates woman’s “tongue, cheek and gums”

New trailer for Resident Evil Retribution turns Alice into a housewife

10 Weirdest Urban Ecosystems On Earth

Testing female athletes to make sure they’re feminine enough is not cool, scientists say

This transcendent time-lapse of New Zealand is a journey to Middle-earth

A first look at the Star Trek/Doctor Who crossover comic!

Zombie movie World War Z is an undead disaster

After nine months, authorities still don’t know the true identity of Germany’s “Forest Boy” (UPDATED)

Calvin Coolidge: Mummy Slayer, the no-budget sequel to Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

Could aliens have created life on Earth?

Watch the latest Amazing Spider-Man videos! Plus an Arrested Development star joins the Munsters remake!

Picture of the Day: June 13, 2012

This Is Not a Comic Book

Some Amazing Science Fiction Picture Books For Your Kids (And You)

Falling Skies Season 2: No More Magic Bullets

Scientists cure ebola in monkeys — and humans could be next

Apple Offers Rare Olive Branch to Liquid Glass Haters

Mamdani Lifts NYC TikTok Ban for City Employees, but with Some Unusual Restrictions

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

School Forced to Replace Toilets After Kids Flush Vapes

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