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Why do some of the stars not move in this time-lapse video?

This beautiful time-lapse video was taken from the world’s highest revolving restaurant atop a mountain in the Swiss Alps. It shows the stately procession of stars as they move through the night sky. So why are some stars not moving? The answer, of course, is that some of these points of light only look like…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

How often does dark matter collide with the human body?

Dark matter, say physicists, is everywhere. They say this because the gravitational forces that we observe in the known Universe are greater than the mass of visible matter would lead us to believe is possible. Dark matter, scientists speculate, is the source of the missing mass; in fact, by some estimates, dark matter accounts for…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Wolverine’s 10 Most Mortifying Moments

Wolverine’s a respectable bub. This is no small feat as he’s spent most of the last thirty-odd years wearing a banana-colored body condom and a Batman hat. Nonetheless, life has kicked the snikt out of Logan. When you’re the best there is at what you, it’s inevitable that you’ll have an off day…or ten. As…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

Watch Loki versus Iron Man in the battle of the snarky quips, in this new Avengers clip

Tony Stark, how we’ve missed you and your zingers. The latest clip for The Avengers is a snarky showdown between the very angry Loki and the unamused Iron Man. Watch as the two circle their prey, sniffing each other’s butts, and looking for the opportune moment to strike. Plus, check out this new featurette from…

Movies Meredith Woerner

What Happens When You Push the Button?

Serious drama, that’s what. In the best stunt I’ve ever seen for, well, just about anything, a Belgian TV channel staged this awesome prank, which literally left bystanders agape in astonishment. Push to add drama indeed. I wish all PR stunts were this good, although I think I would have run for the hills when…

Television Sam Gibbs

Why you’ll never go to space prison

Space prisons are a huge part of science fiction, because eventually we’ll run out of places on Earth to put our worst criminals. Mass Effect 2 features a prison ship. And this Friday sees the release of Lockout, in which a snarky hero goes inside a maximum-security satellite to rescue the President’s daughter. But could…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

This is the greatest closing paragraph to a scientific paper ever

This honor goes to Dr. Ronald Breslow of Columbia University, who ended his recent paper “Evidence for the Likely Origin of Homochirality in Amino Acids, Sugars, and Nucleosides on Prebiotic Earth” in the Journal of the American Chemical Society with an ominous editorial. After an otherwise technical paper about the prehistoric origins of amino acids,…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

A Letter To Batman’s Shark Repellent Bat-Spray, From A Lover Spurned

We both knew this letter has been a long time coming. Or at least I did, starting around the time The Riddler kidnapped those ichthyologists from Gotham University and forced them to custom-breed hammerhead sharks with question-mark-shaped heads. The nightwatchman at that deepwater crossword puzzle factory owes you his life. But here’s the thing —…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

Is the Mars Ocean Hypothesis all wet?

Evidence of Mars’ watery past continues to pile up, but details surrounding the extent and duration of the planet’s hydrous history remain muddled — just how wet was Mars, really? https://gizmodo.com/nasa-claims-to-have-found-bullet-proof-evidence-of-ma-5866195 https://gizmodo.com/evidence-is-piling-up-for-water-flowing-on-the-surface-5896293 Previous theories have held that the planet’s mysterious northern lowlands, pictured above in blue, once hosted oceans, but the latest climate models reveal…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Bender, Batman, and Dr. Zoidberg come together for one documentary, I Know That Voice

For the upcoming documentary I Know That Voice , the voices of our most beloved cartoon characters are finally stepping out of the sound booth to show you what their career is really like. Kevin Conroy (Batman), Billy West (Fry, Dr. Zoidberg, Professor Farnsworth), John Di Maggio (Bender) and 94-year-old industry legend June Foray (Rocky…

Trailers Meredith Woerner

In June, Ultimate Spider-Man will meet the plain old Amazing Spider-Man

Since its inception a decade ago, Marvel’s Ultimate line of comics (which occurs in an alternate reality known as Earth-1610) has been entirely cloistered from the publisher’s standard superhero books (which are set on Earth-616). For years, the “no crossovers” mandate reigned supreme. Heck, the entire concept of Marvel Zombies was initially written as a…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

New Prometheus footage reveals just why our heroes go in search of aliens!

Marc Webb reveals it’ll take more than just The Amazing Spider-Man to retell Peter Parker’s origins. Joss Whedon discusses the role of Black Widow in The Avengers and gives an update on the Dr. Horrible sequel. All that plus a look at the set of Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim, Alex Proyas is officially adapting…

Television Alasdair Wilkins

Picture of the Day: April 10, 2012

WE STILL MISS MOEBIUS | Just one of the absolutely stunning images by the late, lamented Jean Henri Gaston Giraud, aka Moebius, gathered over at Concept Ships. Moebius died on March 10, but his loss is still keenly felt. Want to read today’s io9 stories a different way? Check out our blog view. Or visit…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Dinosaurs were surrounded by constant fires

Dinosaurs once ruled the Earth — but now it appears they ruled in Hell. Ancient charcoal deposits suggest wildfires ran rampant throughout the Cretaceous period, meaning dinosaurs had to spend 80 million years looking out for the next inferno. So just why was the Cretaceous so fiery? According to researchers from London’s Royal Holloway University…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Niceness goes all the way down to the DNA level

There are two hormones, oxytocin and vasopressin, that generally make us more sociable, more caring, and just generally nicer. But now scientists have taken this a step further by finding the specific genetic receptors that make these hormones so effective. A team of researchers at the University of Buffalo and UC Irvine looked at how…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

What The Simpsons’ Springfield Looks Like in Real Life

At last, Matt Groening has revealed where The Simpsons is actually located: the actual Springfield is next to Eugene, Oregon, the state where Groening grew up. We went through the entire city to find what the most important locations look in real life. Talking to Smithsonian Magazine’s Claudia de la Roca, Groening finally confessed: Springfield…

Television Jesus Diaz

Could we create a perfect society by tweaking two areas of the human brain?

Want to create an egalitarian utopia? A rigid hierarchical hellscape? (Or an egalitarian hellscape and hierarchical utopia, depending on your politics?) You might just need to stimulate or suppress two crucial parts of the human brain. We’ve long since outgrown the idea that the mind is an ephemeral presence that can’t be tampered with physically.…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Where Being Human went wrong this season

Did anyone understand what happened during last night’s season finale of Being Human? After last week’s saddest episode ever, Being Human opted to conclude its soap operatic trend, with a collection of the most miserable decisions ever made, tied together with a shoe-horned theme about parenthood. Has this show gone completely off the rails? https://gizmodo.com/the-saddest-episode-of-being-human-ever-5898905…

Television Meredith Woerner

Veterans’ brain damage reveals the most detailed map of intelligence ever

The brain is arguably the most complex structure in the known universe, which makes linking specific regions to particular mental functions almost impossible. Now, 182 Vietnam vets have helped us get a huge step closer to unlocking the brain’s secrets. As University of Illinois neuroscience professor Aron Barbey explains in the video up top, a…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Stunning Avengers art T-shirts will make your torso twice as heroic

If you thought nothing could amplify your feverish excitement for the arrival of The Avengers, these new T-shirts could prove you wrong. WeLoveFine has selected the winners in its Avengers T-shirt design contest, and they include some pretty sweet art by Dean Trippe and a host of other great artists. Check out the winning designs…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Why do some of the stars not move in this time-lapse video?

How often does dark matter collide with the human body?

Wolverine’s 10 Most Mortifying Moments

Watch Loki versus Iron Man in the battle of the snarky quips, in this new Avengers clip

What Happens When You Push the Button?

Why you’ll never go to space prison

This is the greatest closing paragraph to a scientific paper ever

A Letter To Batman’s Shark Repellent Bat-Spray, From A Lover Spurned

Is the Mars Ocean Hypothesis all wet?

Bender, Batman, and Dr. Zoidberg come together for one documentary, I Know That Voice

In June, Ultimate Spider-Man will meet the plain old Amazing Spider-Man

New Prometheus footage reveals just why our heroes go in search of aliens!

Picture of the Day: April 10, 2012

Dinosaurs were surrounded by constant fires

Niceness goes all the way down to the DNA level

What The Simpsons’ Springfield Looks Like in Real Life

Could we create a perfect society by tweaking two areas of the human brain?

Where Being Human went wrong this season

Veterans’ brain damage reveals the most detailed map of intelligence ever

Stunning Avengers art T-shirts will make your torso twice as heroic

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

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