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And Now, the Sound of Farting Fish

How better to end the day than with some ichthyological flatulence? Thanks to an undersea robot, we’ve recorded some fish off the coast of Florida producing some previously unknown sounds. And the best explanation really is that the fish are farting. Specifically, fish such as menhaden and herring likely created the noise by releasing gas…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

High-energy radiation reveals a pair of secret Vincent Van Gogh paintings

This portrait of two half-naked wrestlers was painted by Vincent Van Gogh when he was an art student in Antwerp. It’s been hiding in plain sight for over 125 years, and its discovery also confirmed another disputed Van Gogh painting. These two wrestlers were painted around 1885, when Van Gogh was a 32-year-old art student…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

How do you buy organs on the black market?

Organ donors are scarce. Waiting lists are long. And life is short — especially if you really need a new heart or liver. So it makes sense that there’s a black market for organs out there. But how would you go about scoring an illicit pancreas if you desperately needed one? Follow the threads people…

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2012 Clarke Award finalists celebrate the diversity of science fiction

The Clarke Awards are always an interesting award to watch, because they’re selected by a panel of judges who read widely in the field — and thus, some surprises can creep in. This year’s six finalists include one book I’ve never heard of, and also run the gamut of every type of science fiction. Here’s…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Mythbusters‘ Grant Imahara Playing Sulu in a New Star Trek Fan Film!

Star Trek lives on in Star Trek Continues — starring James Doohan’s son and one of our favorite Mythbusters! According to their official website, the cast is: Captain Kirk (Vic Mignogna), Mr. Spock (Todd Haberkorn), Doctor McCoy (Chuck Huber), Mr. Scott (Chris Doohan), Mr. Sulu (Grant Imahara), Lieutenant Uhura (Kim Stinger), and Ensign Chekov (Wyatt…

io9 Meredith Woerner

More Movies That The CW Could Turn Into Teenage Soap Operas

Now that The Hunger Games is breaking box office records, one thing’s for sure: The CW is going to be racing forward with its TV version of Hunger Games, called The Selection. We can only hope it goes as amazingly bonkers as The CW’s answer to Twilight, The Vampire Diaries. Plus if you consider Arrow…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Eating chocolate could actually help you lose weight

Chocolate, like any other candy, makes you fat. That’s such a basic and well-known fact that it’s easily taken for granted… but it could be wrong. New research reveals that people who regularly eat chocolate are thinner than those who don’t. Top image: Shutterstock.com That’s the finding of UC San Diego researchers Beatrice Golomb, Sabrina…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

New scorpion species can fit on a dime… and hide pretty much anywhere

Big scorpions are definitely intimidating in their own right, but ask anyone who hails from the southwest and they’ll set you straight: it’s the little ones you have to look out for. It’s the tiniest of these pincer-wielding critters that scutter their way undetected into your shoes, the pile of laundry that you haphazardly dumped…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Artist attempts to teach geese to fly to the Moon. Adorableness ensues.

The year 1638 saw the publication of The Man in the Moone by English bishop Francis Godwin. In this utopian fantasy tale, humans travel to the Moon by harnessing a flock of specially trained, especially hearty geese, vacuum of space be damned. The realities of physics haven’t stopped artist Agnes Meyer-Brandis from training a flock…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Behold, a beautiful example of Earthshine

You’re looking at a stunning example of something astronomers and stargazers called “Earthshine.” Known by some as “the old Moon in the new Moon’s arms,” Earthshine is a phenomenon first formally described by Leonardo da Vinci some 500 years ago. Da Vinci wrote: Some have believed that the moon has some light of its own,…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Everything The Hunger Games Movie Left Out

Now that The Hunger Games has gobbled up all the world’s money, it’s time to take a hard look at how well it captured everything we loved from the book. While the movie stayed pretty faithful to Suzanne Collins’ book, there were still a lot of things missing. Here is our list of everything from…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Researchers uncover 8,000 years of human history hidden in the Middle East

How do you map the expansion of Earth’s earliest civilizations? For years, researchers have tackled this daunting task on a settlement-by-settlement basis, searching for clues in mounds of earth throughout the Middle East. But now, researchers have turned to satellite imagery to uncover a vast network of over 14,000 long-overlooked Mesopotamian settlements, spanning 8,000 years…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

No, the Magic Eye from Mallrats was never a sailboat

In director Kevin Smith’s Gen-X staple Mallrats, the character Willam (Ethan Suplee) spends the majority of the film fruitlessly attempting to see a schooner hidden in a Magic Eye stereographic image. But thanks to some 21st century Photoshop manipulation, we learn that there’s good reason Willam never could see that damn sailboat. How immensely cruel.…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

China’s most popular science fiction is about a world ruled by China

In the West, you commonly hear science fiction authors claiming that it’s impossible to write about the near future — the march of technology and the rise of new advances make predictions a futile endeavour. But Chinese science fiction has no such inhibition, according to a new article in the L.A. Times — and for…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

A colossal “superwind” is blowing all across this galaxy

Galaxy M82 isn’t just having kind of a blustery day — thanks to a recent near-collision with another galaxy, all its massive stars and supernovas are combining to create a massive galaxy-wide superwind. The result is that huge haze of red gas. All star systems create what’s known as solar wind, which is the stream…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

A sperm whale in a mecha suit needs no introduction

For this delightfully absurd test animation, 3D designer Hauke Scheer has imagined a dark polluted future where humans have teamed up with cetaceans in battle suits. Ergo, Mechawhales. Watch as the Human-Whale Alliance battles extraterrestrials invaders of the year 2037. The sheer impracticality of the whale’s exoskeleton absolutely kills me. [Mechawhales via Cartoon Brew]

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

First clip from Cabin in the Woods proves it’s this generation’s Scream

Here it is — the first ever clip from Cabin in the Woods is already channeling the self-aware-but-don’t-really-care antics of Wes Craven’s Scream. Watch as the gaggle of liquored up teens play Truth or Dare and casually associate strange happenings to “the wind.” Hot damn, we love this movie. Get More: Movie Trailers, Movies Blog…

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10 Things Alcohol is Excellent At (Besides Getting You Drunk)

Alcoholic beverages have come in many forms over the years, and gone by almost as many names. “Social lubricant,” “liquid courage,” “mother of bad-decisions”… the list goes on and on. Many of these names stem from alcohol’s most noteworthy quality: it’ll get you drunk. But alcohol — and ethanol, in particular — has many interesting…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Turkish Star Wars action figures are gloriously awful

These aren’t action figures depicting characters from the Turkish Star Wars (a.k.a. Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam or The Man Who Saved The World), but they’re almost as great. Hailing from Turkey, these are Uzay action figures, an unabashed rip-off of Kenner’s Star Wars line from the 1980s. https://gizmodo.com/head-splitting-karate-chop-makes-tie-fighters-explode-356105 In a comical attempt to skirt copyright, the…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

This Week’s TV: Leonard Nimoy plays Spock again! Plus Game of Thrones returns!

It’s finally here: Game of Thrones season two. You watch, or you die. (Or rather, you’re dead to us.) But also, a brand new Spider-Man cartoon launches, featuring Clark Gregg as Agent Coulson and J.K. Simmons as J. Jonah Jameson! Not only that, but Leonard Nimoy is returning to the role of Spock in the…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

And Now, the Sound of Farting Fish

High-energy radiation reveals a pair of secret Vincent Van Gogh paintings

How do you buy organs on the black market?

2012 Clarke Award finalists celebrate the diversity of science fiction

Mythbusters‘ Grant Imahara Playing Sulu in a New Star Trek Fan Film!

More Movies That The CW Could Turn Into Teenage Soap Operas

Eating chocolate could actually help you lose weight

New scorpion species can fit on a dime… and hide pretty much anywhere

Artist attempts to teach geese to fly to the Moon. Adorableness ensues.

Behold, a beautiful example of Earthshine

Everything The Hunger Games Movie Left Out

Researchers uncover 8,000 years of human history hidden in the Middle East

No, the Magic Eye from Mallrats was never a sailboat

China’s most popular science fiction is about a world ruled by China

A colossal “superwind” is blowing all across this galaxy

A sperm whale in a mecha suit needs no introduction

First clip from Cabin in the Woods proves it’s this generation’s Scream

10 Things Alcohol is Excellent At (Besides Getting You Drunk)

Turkish Star Wars action figures are gloriously awful

This Week’s TV: Leonard Nimoy plays Spock again! Plus Game of Thrones returns!

‘Scream 7’ Comes Home With Deleted Scenes We Hope Will Improve the Movie

A QR Code Too Small to See Hints at a New, Non-Annoying Use for the Format

Andy Weir Apologizes After ‘Star Trek’ Comment Backlash

Scientists Discover Hidden Behavior in Water That Helps Explain Why Ice Floats

The ‘Paradise’ Season 2 Finale Paved the Way for a Wildly Sci-Fi Season 3

A $1 Samsung Galaxy Smartphone Lands at Mint Mobile With Unlimited Data at 50% Off in a Clearance Push

Your Wimpy Workouts Aren’t Cutting It, Scientists Say

Anker Prime Power Bank Drops to an All-Time Low (200W, 20,100mAh, 3-Port) as Amazon Clears Out Remaining Spring Sale Stock

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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