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Bryan Cranston explains why he’s bringing suave villainy back for Total Recall

We were lucky enough to spend 40 minutes with Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston, in between takes on his latest movie Total Recall. We found out everything we could about the final fate of Walter White, plus how he tackled the role of legendary astronaut Buzz Aldrin. And just how Cranston’s version of Total Recall’s…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Astronomers may have discovered the oldest galaxy in the Universe

A team of Japanese astronomers claims to have used the Subaru and Keck telescopes at Hawaii’s Mauna Kea, pictured above, to observe a galaxy 12.91 billion light years from Earth. If their findings are correct (and the majority of astronomers thus far agree they are), it could well be the oldest galaxy ever discovered. The…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

A Fantastic Conan Pastiche, and a Chance to be a Hero Yourself

Throne of the Crescent Moon author Saladin Ahmed has fallen on some rough times, and yesterday he put up a blog post asking for some help. (He says he’s already gotten enough support in the 24 hours since that post went up, but it’s never a bad thing to help more.) And because Ahmed’s a…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

This trippy noir cartoon is like Sin City meets Looney Tunes

This is Little Quentin, just your run-of-the-mill wordless animated short about a giant rabbit, a clown, and a hardened Sam Spade archetype out on the town in a hardboiled metropolis. As any good Twilight Zone fan knows, all is not what it seems when massive cottontails hang out with astronauts. This short comes to us…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

New computer simulation can predict negative side effects of drugs

Drug testing is a time consuming, expensive, and at times dangerous proposition. But a new set of computer models has successfully predicted the negative side effects of hundreds of current drugs, a development that could see more efficient development of pharmaceuticals – and without the risks of testing on human and animal subjects. Pharmaceuticals fail…

io9 George Dvorsky

Will Joss Whedon release an Avengers director’s cut in theaters this August?

Rumor has it Marvel and Disney aren’t satisfied with the trifling billion dollars that The Avengers racked up in the box office. Now they want Avatar money. And the best way to get that? Release another version of the film in theaters, which is great news for us. Ain’t It Cool and Comic Book.com both…

Movies Meredith Woerner

What can the DNA of bonobos teach us about what it means to be human?

An international team of researchers has mapped the genome of the bonobo for the first time, revealing that this great ape shares as much DNA with humans as its more aggressive cousin, the chimpanzee. Identifying and understanding how all three genomes overlap, researchers say, could offer new insights into what makes each species look and…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Some Amazing Killer Robot Action, Starring Fringe‘s Lance Reddick!

You can’t actually see Lance Reddick in this short teaser trailer, but luckily there’s more than enough killer robot action to compensate. Drone is a movie about autonomous killer drones that are humanoid, and there seems to be the optimal amount of robots going into bunkers and fucking up everything organic within reach. This webseries,…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Reminder: io9 Seeks Summer/Fall 2012 Interns

Join the io9 hivemind! We’re looking for interns who are obsessed with science, science fiction, and futurism. This internship is for summer/fall, and lasts from July through December. For more details, read on! An intern works 10 hours per week, during working hours PST, learning about research, fact-checking, and contacting sources in the science and…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Are these the dirtiest manuscript doodles of the Middle Ages?

We’ve previously discussed how medieval manuscript writers used the margins of documents to gripe and sketch. And indeed, artists sometimes used the margins to add bawdy levity to the text. The above manuscript (circa 1350, from Northern France or Belgium) depicts Jacques de Longuyon’s poem “Vows of the Peacock.” Outside this particular panel lies a…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Get Ready For The World’s Largest Optical Telescope

The European Southern Observatory has given the initial go-ahead to build the world’s largest optical/infrared telescope in the world. Called the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT), the Chilean-based telescope will provide insights into the earliest formation of planetary systems and the potential for life to exist elsewhere in the Galaxy. The telescope, which will be…

io9 George Dvorsky

Could a single pill make you fearless?

Researchers at Duke University and the National Institutes of Health have developed an experimental drug that calms the fears of anxious mice. They also believe that the exact same changes in brain chemistry could work on humans — a discovery that could lead to a “courage pill.” But would we want to live in a…

io9 George Dvorsky

George W. Bush’s severed head appeared on Game of Thrones [Updated]

There’s one hell of a dragon egg hidden in Game of Thrones season one. Turns out one of the many heads on a spike decorating King’s Landing belonged to ex-president George Bush. Warning spoilers ahead. If you keep your eyes peeled when King Joffrey takes Sansa Stark to gaze upon the spiked head of her…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Woolly mammoths went out with a whimper, not a bang

Scientists have long wondered why woolly mammoths became extinct. We’ve delved into such possibilities as inbreeding, climate change, human hunting, and an asteroid impact. None of these solutions have proven particularly satisfying — mostly because, as a new study suggests, no single cause can be attributed to their extinction. The mammoths, it would seem, died…

io9 George Dvorsky

10 Retro Body Armors That Will Transform You Into An Old-School Iron Man

Bad news first: Tony Stark’s futuristic exoskeleton does not exist in real life. Good news: it’s not hard to dress up as a retrofuturistic Iron Man! All you need is a bucket and a willingness to shoulder sixty pounds of heavy metal. Reality provides us with plenty of examples of inventors making low-tech battle suits,…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Battlestar Galactica cufflinks are the perfect addition to your workplace wardrobe

We all love cosplay — but sometimes circumstances require us to express admiration of our favorite fictional characters in more understated ways. (I don’t care how casual your work’s Casual Fridays are, chances are you’re not getting away with wearing any of these at the office.) That’s what’s so great about these Battlestar Galactica cufflinks.…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Brave director Mark Andrews explains why Merida isn’t your typical Disney princess

In less than two weeks, Pixar will introduce the world to its own version of the fantasy princess: the strong-willed redheaded archer Merida. But what makes Merida different from the Disney princesses that so many young girls regard as archetypes of femininity? Brave director Mark Andrews explains how his flawed princess protagonist is a different…

io9 Lauren Davis

A first look at next week’s issue of Catwoman

Here’s an exclusive sneak peek at next week’s issue of DC Comics’ Catwoman, which sees Selina Kyle trading the bullwhip for some firearms. This issue hits stores next Wednesday, June 20 — here’s the synopsis: CATWOMAN #10 Written by: Judd Winick Art by: Guillem March Cover by: Guillem March Meet DOLLHOUSE –- a psychotic who…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

NASA’s new hunt for black holes begins today — watch it live here

NASA is going hunting for black holes, and they’re using a new low Earth orbit telescope to do it. It’s called NuSTAR (short for Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array), and it’s scheduled to launch today beginning at 11:30 EDT. Check out the live webcast after the jump. NuSTAR is the first high energy X-ray telescope ever…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

How Ethan Hawke’s role in the new Total Recall changes everything

Len Wiseman’s Total Recall movie has a secret part plotted out for Ethan Hawke. If you go to the movie’s IMDB page Hawke is listed, but his character has no name. Suspicious! It looks like the secret might be out of the bag. UPDATED. Screenrant has highlighted this little gem from producers Neal Moritz and…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Bryan Cranston explains why he’s bringing suave villainy back for Total Recall

Astronomers may have discovered the oldest galaxy in the Universe

A Fantastic Conan Pastiche, and a Chance to be a Hero Yourself

This trippy noir cartoon is like Sin City meets Looney Tunes

New computer simulation can predict negative side effects of drugs

Will Joss Whedon release an Avengers director’s cut in theaters this August?

What can the DNA of bonobos teach us about what it means to be human?

Some Amazing Killer Robot Action, Starring Fringe‘s Lance Reddick!

Reminder: io9 Seeks Summer/Fall 2012 Interns

Are these the dirtiest manuscript doodles of the Middle Ages?

Get Ready For The World’s Largest Optical Telescope

Could a single pill make you fearless?

George W. Bush’s severed head appeared on Game of Thrones [Updated]

Woolly mammoths went out with a whimper, not a bang

10 Retro Body Armors That Will Transform You Into An Old-School Iron Man

Battlestar Galactica cufflinks are the perfect addition to your workplace wardrobe

Brave director Mark Andrews explains why Merida isn’t your typical Disney princess

A first look at next week’s issue of Catwoman

NASA’s new hunt for black holes begins today — watch it live here

How Ethan Hawke’s role in the new Total Recall changes everything

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