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This is what a hippo attack looks like

In addition to whipping up literal shitstorms with its tail to mark its territory, the hippopotamus is renowned for being approximately three tons of tetrapod nastiness. Watch what happens when a safari jeep gets on the bad side of one of these incredibly aggressive creatures. [Via Boing Boing]

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

What’s the science fiction universe where you prefer the fanfic to the official stories?

Fandom can be miraculous. Fans bring so much creativity and love to science fiction and fantasy universes, and along the way they work an amazing transformation. And sometimes it feels like the stories the fans create are actually cooler than the works they’re based on. So what science fiction or fantasy universe do you prefer…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Once again, pandas prove they have the world’s most byzantine mating habits

Pandas, as a species, seem absolutely resolute in their desire not to breed, regardless of how much panda porn we seem to show them. Just to further drive this point home comes new research — not only do females pandas have a reproductive window, but the males do too. The reproductive cycle of female pandas…

io9 Tim Barribeau

We’ve seen the first 30 minutes of Pixar’s Brave!

Pixar is still putting the finishing touches on its Scotland-set, female-centered, arrow-flinging fantasy film Brave, but we got a sneak peek at the movie’s first 30 minutes. We can’t give you any spoilers, but we can tell you this: It’s going to be one gorgeous movie. Pixar screened a rough first third of the movie…

Movies Lauren Davis

First clip from Battleship shows off the aliens’ board game-inspired firepower

Even though the director Peter Berg refuses to admit that he clearly based Battleship’s alien weaponry on the red pegs from the board game, this new clip begs to differ. Watch the very first clip from Battleship, in which a collection of red cannonballs blast the military. Hot damn, this movie looks like Transformers IV:…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Why is everybody obsessed with Snow White right now?

Everybody wants a piece of Snow White this year. We’ve got two movies that retell the iconic fairy tale this season — Mirror, Mirror (released last week) and Snow White and the Huntsman (coming in June). Hit TV series Once Upon a Time centers on an updated version of the Snow White story. Another TV…

Movies Annalee Newitz

A 1793 map of England firing a tsunami of poop at revolutionary France

This is A New Map of England and France: The French Invasion, or John Bull Bombarding the Bum-Boats, a 1793 cartographic masterpiece that depicts an anthropomorphic Britain launching a tidal wave of feces across the English Channel at would-be French invaders and revolutionists. This piece was drawn by English caricaturist James Gillray, who made his…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

This human bar graph shows how we’ve grown taller over 80 years

The top half of this image is a chart of the heights of students at a college in 1914. The bottom half shows the heights at the same college in 1997. It seems we’re growing. It’s no secret that humans have been getting taller. Hormones in meat, better nutrition, ever decreasing fear of the tallest…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Low-income countries are a cigarette’s best friend

Between 1990 and 2009, cigarette consumption in regions of the world like Western Europe dropped by more than 25%. But according to the American Cancer Society’s newly released Tobacco Atlas, these numbers tell just a fraction of a much larger story. According to the extensive report, which you can access in its entirety on tobaccoatlas.org…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

New Prometheus images are gorgeous, but what do they mean?

Why can’t Ridley Scott’s Prometheus just be out now! A collection of new stills were released this week showcasing some additional hot holographic map porn. We’ve got Michael Fassbender staring up some alien rocks, Stringer at the helm, a shot of Earth (dum-dum-dum), and a holographic map of Splash Mountain. But seriously, what is that…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Teenage exorcist squad has its debutante ball on national news

Remember Reverend Bob Larson’s crack team of Satan-battling ingénues? Well, these holy warriors have gone national with their quest to vanquish evil, one horseback-riding montage at a time. https://gizmodo.com/you-can-hire-a-teenage-girl-exorcist-franchise-to-repel-5830999 Yes, Brynne, Tess and Savannah — those black-belt-wielding teen exorcists of Phoenix, Arizona — are currently attempting to sell America wholesale on their fresh-faced brand of…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Tom Hiddleston reveals why Loki is the right villain to make the Avengers assemble!

Captain America 2 is a go. FX is still trying to make the Powers pilot happen, even if it means starting from scratch. Alex Kurtzman gives an Ender’s Game update. Plus Doctor Who set photos from the Ponds’ final episode! It’s all spoilers from here on out! Top image from The Avengers. The Avengers Tom…

Television Alasdair Wilkins

What if Alien were an Easter movie?

A group of filmmakers have updated the Nostromo crew’s misadventures with lots of chocolate. Behold Alien: The Easter Edition, a stern reminder not to pilfer someone else’s Easter basket. Hat tip to Daniel.

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

Watch James Cameron’s new CGI model of the Titanic sinking

As part of an upcoming documentary commemorating the one-hundredth anniversary of the Titanic disaster, National Geographic has released this updated animation of the sea-liner’s collapse by noted detail stickler James Cameron. Using forensic data from the wreckage, Cameron and his team have amended the ship’s 1912 foundering. The sinking was not adjusted for the Titanic…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Picture of the Day: April 5, 2012

MAKE WAY FOR GIANT SNAILS | “Fairy Hunter” by Ricardo Juarez, via CoolVibe.com Want to read today’s io9 stories a different way? Check out our blog view. Or visit Observation Deck, our general discussion forum.

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

The Adventures of Abraham Lincoln’s Corpse

Abraham Lincoln was one of the most celebrated and mysterious presidents in the in U.S. (maybe this is why he made such an excellent vampire hunter.) His assassination sent a nation into mourning, and was followed by a two week funeral tour by train car. But Lincoln’s body did not find rest at the end…

io9 Keith Veronese

Seanan McGuire Branching Out into Medical Thrillers About Parasites That Turn Against Us

She’s tackled urban fantasy with the October Daye novels and zombies with the Newsflesh books, and cryptozoologists with the Incryptid books. And now Seanan McGuire, aka Mira Grant, is moving into the medical thriller genre. The good news is, it sounds like she’s got a really fresh spin on the “medical science gone wrong” idea.…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

We can already program nanodrugs to fight cancer

Everybody’s looking for a “magic bullet” to fight cancer, but progress remains frustratingly slow. But that could change soon — because nanomedicine is finally coming of age. https://gizmodo.com/cancer-is-just-as-deadly-as-it-was-50-years-ago-heres-5883180 The first treatment using nanomedicine to target a specific area has reached human trials, and is proving to be remarkably effective in attacking tumors. Top image: Victor…

io9 Tim Barribeau

You can’t face down Optimus Prime’s honking big gun

Transformers Prime has given us some of our favorite scenes of robot-on-robot violence and comedy. And now, we’ve got a couple badass images from the next episode, which airs this Saturday. Behold Optimus Prime’s massive gun that goes boom. https://gizmodo.com/youve-never-seen-optimus-prime-so-gloriously-outnumbere-5847542 https://gizmodo.com/optimus-prime-turns-out-to-have-impeccable-comic-timing-5801152 Check out another image, featuring the Mech Monitors, below. Here’s the official description for…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

The Most Inappropriate Science Fiction Movie Thongs on the Internet

You’ve seen our collection of Avox Thongs from the Hunger Games and Twilight face panties. But there are actually scarier pieces of movie-themed underwear available on the internet. https://gizmodo.com/the-most-disturbing-hunger-games-merchandise-5893608 https://gizmodo.com/the-25-most-disturbing-twilight-products-of-2011-5860232 The most soul-crushing underthings online might actually be the Brazil, Blade Runner or 2001: A Space Odyssey panties. We searched Cafe Press and 12.50 to…

Movies Meredith Woerner

This is what a hippo attack looks like

What’s the science fiction universe where you prefer the fanfic to the official stories?

Once again, pandas prove they have the world’s most byzantine mating habits

We’ve seen the first 30 minutes of Pixar’s Brave!

First clip from Battleship shows off the aliens’ board game-inspired firepower

Why is everybody obsessed with Snow White right now?

A 1793 map of England firing a tsunami of poop at revolutionary France

This human bar graph shows how we’ve grown taller over 80 years

Low-income countries are a cigarette’s best friend

New Prometheus images are gorgeous, but what do they mean?

Teenage exorcist squad has its debutante ball on national news

Tom Hiddleston reveals why Loki is the right villain to make the Avengers assemble!

What if Alien were an Easter movie?

Watch James Cameron’s new CGI model of the Titanic sinking

Picture of the Day: April 5, 2012

The Adventures of Abraham Lincoln’s Corpse

Seanan McGuire Branching Out into Medical Thrillers About Parasites That Turn Against Us

We can already program nanodrugs to fight cancer

You can’t face down Optimus Prime’s honking big gun

The Most Inappropriate Science Fiction Movie Thongs on the Internet

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‘Paradise’ Writer Teases What’s Coming in Season 3 After That Huge Twist

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

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