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One-star reviews of Fahrenheit 451 will make you want to burn everything down

If you want to lose all your faith in the human race and surrender to the fear that we’re going to turn into some kind of nightmarish dystopia — then check out the collection of one-star reviews of Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 over at Least Helpful. Sample review: I think this book was a very…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

Alfonso Cuarón’s astronaut epic Gravity really does begin with a single 17-minute opening shot!

Christopher Nolan talks Dark Knight Rises villains, while Joss Whedon hints at a Captain America character’s fate. Plus a crucial Doctor Who casting update, and more on Man of Steel, Lock-Out, Fringe, American Horror Story, and the Short Circuit remake! Spoilers ahead! Top image from The Dark Knight Rises. The Dark Knight Rises Christopher Nolan…

Television Alasdair Wilkins

Picture of the Day: April 11, 2012

COME TO CRASH YOUR TOWN | A lonely war machine rampages through a city of ashes, in “Endzeit” by concept artist Michael Kutsche. Check out some of his John Carter, Thor and Alice in Wonderland concept art at CG Hub. Want to read today’s io9 stories a different way? Check out our blog view. Or…

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Neal Stephenson has a hard time talking about swordplay, in the Mongoliad trailer

Neal Stephenson attempts to talk about swords and medieval battles… only to be told he’s not doing it “big” enough, in this new trailer for The Mongoliad Vol. 1, the anthology he and some friends created about a secret history of Eurasia. We’re thrilled to be able to bring you your exclusive first look at…

Trailers Charlie Jane Anders

What is a dung beetle’s favorite kind of manure?

Yes, that’s a serious scientific question, especially now that animals are moving into unfamiliar territories and bringing their poop along with them. After two years and over 9,000 dung beetles, I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised by the answer… Researchers from the University of Nebraska system tested fifteen different species of dung beetle native to…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Doctor Who in Central Park, from WENN.com

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The story of radioactive super-scientist Marie Curie, as told with finger puppets

Marie Curie was a wife, a mother, a scientist, and a self-sacrificing, public-spirited patriot. She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, and the only person in history to be awarded Nobel Prizes in two scientific fields. It really goes without saying that the woman was a badass of the highest order, but…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Everyone Around You Is An Impostor: Inside the Mind’s Most Bizarre Delusions

Imagine that your best friend has been replaced by an exact double, or that everyone you meet is really the same person wearing lots of disguises. These aren’t just plots of The Prisoner episodes — they’re all real mental delusions. The various delusions I just described are examples of monothematic delusions, which are simply any…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Can this Game of Thrones fighting game really exist, please?

Sadly, this Game of Thrones fighting game only exists as a single image by illustrator Roberto Flores, but take some solace that he’s working on a Cersei versus Tyrion brawl. Hopefully the latter will flaunt his patented Joffrey Slap super combo. Related: Game of Thrones music, even more old-school. https://gizmodo.com/the-music-of-game-of-thrones-and-doctor-who-a-la-ninten-5899223 [Via Topless Robot]

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Latest Dark Knight Rises Pic: Batman’s Bat-Buckle, Catwoman’s Pointy Ears

This week’s Entertainment Weekly has The Dark Knight Rises on the cover, and it’s your best look yet at Catwoman’s pointy ears. And my god, does Anne Hathaway look anorexic to anyone else? I know that she bragged that she lived on “kale and dust” for Dark Knight Rises, but I hadn’t seen her looking…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Want to bring peace to the Middle East? Use some science

In which international organization do delegates from Israel and Iran sit side-by-side in harmony? Hint: It’s not the U.N. SESAME, or Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East, has united several countries in the quest to bring a light synchrotron to the Mid-East. Top image of SESAME facility: SESAME.org.jo In a light…

io9 Sophie Bushwick

The Neil DeGrasse Tyson Book You Should Give To All Your Friends

Astrophysicist and advocate Neil DeGrasse Tyson is someone that more people should listen to — and with his new book, you have a chance to win over your friends who haven’t yet heard his pro-science message. His latest book, Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier, is an excellent collection of essays gathered from numerous sources…

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Indian politicians place $2000 bounty on marauding vampires

The villages around the Indian town of Dharmapuri are in the midst of an unusual problem. Unsubstantiated reports of vampires draining cattle have frightened entire communities such that residents are staying off the streets after sunset. To quell the spread of this unmitigated bullpucky, local politicians have placed a price on these nonexistent vampires’ heads.…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

The Making of One of The Coolest Recent Special Effects: The Shred

Last December’s The Darkest Hour wasn’t exactly our favorite movie — but it did have a few really neat visuals, including the way the invisible electric aliens killed people: The Shred. For a movie that saved on its budget by having aliens that were invisible most of the time, Darkest Hour did find a cool…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Pop Culture’s 100-year Obsession With Eugenics

Everybody knows Khan Noonien Singh. He’s one of the most famous Star Trek characters who isn’t a starship crewmember. But he’s also the poster boy for eugenics, the notion that you can improve the human race by rewriting our genes. For the past century, pop culture has told plenty of stories about eugenics. Some of…

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Computer simulation reveals how we worked together to evolve bigger brains

Why do humans have such enormous brains for our size? One popular explanation is that we needed the added cognitive capacity to deal with large, complex social groups. And now, a fascinating new computer simulation suggests that cooperation really did make us smarter. A team of researchers at Trinity College Dublin simulated fifty very simple…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Say hello to the Moon’s true “dark” side

If you’ve ever heard someone talk about the Dark Side of the Moon, there’s a decent chance they were actually referring to its far side — i.e. the face of the Moon that is permanently pointed away from Earth. If this was the case, they were actually using the term “dark side” incorrectly; the far…

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How to Suspend Liquid Water in Midair

YouTuber mrbibio calls the optical illusion you see here “the static flow of water.” The description, of course, is an oxymoron; how can something that is static also be flowing? And yet, the water in this video — which you can hear trickling, and surely must be flowing — appears to be suspended in midair.…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Exclusive Photos from Doctor Who‘s New York Set

The Doctor and his pair of married companions (Amy and Rory) were spotted mid-picnic atop the rocks of New York’s Central Park. Doctor Who’s new season has been filming all around New York City, we’ve already spotted The Doctor with a few familiar villains at a couple of places NYC spots (warning: spoilers). https://gizmodo.com/doctor-who-filming-weeping-angels-gallery-5900197 But…

Television Meredith Woerner

Scientists created a pain measurement scale by burning the hands of women in labor

In the 1940s, a group of doctors at the University of Cornell set out to create a unit of pain intensity. Using the “dol” as a unit, the physicians created a 21-point quantitative scale, but through unusual means — testing pain reactions on medical students and women in labor between contractions. They did this by…

io9 Keith Veronese

One-star reviews of Fahrenheit 451 will make you want to burn everything down

Alfonso Cuarón’s astronaut epic Gravity really does begin with a single 17-minute opening shot!

Picture of the Day: April 11, 2012

Neal Stephenson has a hard time talking about swordplay, in the Mongoliad trailer

What is a dung beetle’s favorite kind of manure?

Doctor Who in Central Park, from WENN.com

The story of radioactive super-scientist Marie Curie, as told with finger puppets

Everyone Around You Is An Impostor: Inside the Mind’s Most Bizarre Delusions

Can this Game of Thrones fighting game really exist, please?

Latest Dark Knight Rises Pic: Batman’s Bat-Buckle, Catwoman’s Pointy Ears

Want to bring peace to the Middle East? Use some science

The Neil DeGrasse Tyson Book You Should Give To All Your Friends

Indian politicians place $2000 bounty on marauding vampires

The Making of One of The Coolest Recent Special Effects: The Shred

Pop Culture’s 100-year Obsession With Eugenics

Computer simulation reveals how we worked together to evolve bigger brains

Say hello to the Moon’s true “dark” side

How to Suspend Liquid Water in Midair

Exclusive Photos from Doctor Who‘s New York Set

Scientists created a pain measurement scale by burning the hands of women in labor

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

Trump’s New White House App Is Mildly Concerning and Weird for a Lot of Reasons

Bloodsucking Ticks Can Survive Inside Your Home Longer Than You Might Think

The Best New Toys of March 2026

Judge Denies Liking LinkedIn Post Critical of Elon Musk But Reassigns His Cases Anyway

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

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

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

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

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

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

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