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Here’s Every 3D Movie Ever Made

Some day in the not-so-distant future, there’s going to be a bizarro Criterion Collection that goes about destroying the very worst that Hollywood has provided us. They’d be wise to start with this (gigundo) graphic that lays out every single 3D movie ever. BURN IT. BURN IT ALL. It looks as though Sony made this…

Movies Brian Barrett

An astounding collection of Super 8 concept art for the Spielberg fetishist

Looking as gorgeous as Drew Struzan’s Super 8 poster, this new batch of concept art images shows J.J. Abrams’ early vision for his creature feature (and reveals a few things that changed along the way). https://gizmodo.com/super-8-poster-5810003 Minor spoilers ahead… Drawn by Jamie Rama, a wonderful artist who we’ve highlighted before for his work on X-Men:…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Brain scans accidentally predict the next big pop music hits

Back in 2006, teenagers listed to clips from 120 unknown artists as part of a scientific study. One of those artists happened to be future American Idol winner Kris Allen. Could this study have predicted his future success? That’s what Emory University researcher Gregory Berns wanted to find out. He had originally taken the songs…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

The most wonderfully asinine superhero origin stories

Superheroic origins don’t always involve exploding planets, cosmic rings, or bites from radioactive fauna. No, sometimes heroes just happen to slug back bottles of experimental mutagens because they’re total dumbasses. Here are some of our favorite sadsack beginnings. The Top Gained His Powers By: Learning to spin around extremely fast. All of the Flash’s Rogues…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

Sport doctors raise false hopes in largest-ever study of beer’s benefits for athletes

Here’s some bittersweet news from the world of beer. In the largest-ever study of its kind, research scientists have shown that the consumption of wheat beer has a positive effect on athletes’ health, with one caveat: the study was conducted using non-alcoholic beer as the test beverage — a not-so-minor technicality decried by beer-enthusiasts the…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Genetically engineered cell becomes world’s first living laser

It looks like we’re one step closer to having laser vision (or at least, laser-based diagnostic and therapeutic techniques). Researchers at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston have genetically engineered the world’s first “living laser.” That’s right – a living cell can shoot laser light. Back in 2008, scientists Martin Chalfie, Roger…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

The Mysteries of Whores, on Game of Thrones

Are all women bought and sold? For that matter, are all men whores too? Last night’s Game of Thrones delved into sex worker psychology, while a major character made the ultimate sacrifice for a girl. Just what is a whore, and do whores have feelings too? Game of Thrones asks the tough questions so hard,…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Will you quit watching Game of Thrones after last night’s big reveal?

Spoilers! Last night’s Game of Thrones ended with a shocking death that many viewers didn’t see coming. Entertainment Weekly is reporting that a lot of fans who hadn’t read the books felt betrayed. Some are threatening to boycott the show. But HBO is confident they’ll come back: HBO executives knew what they were getting into…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Why is DC Comics canceling and restarting all its superhero lines?

You may have noticed that DC Comics is audaciously canceling their entire superhero line and restarting it with 52 first issues come September. Details about this relaunch are still fairly murky, but here’s a primer on what we do know. http://io9.com/5807156/dc-comics-renumbering-every-dcu-title-back-to-1-come-september Also, check out a complete listing of the cover art and synopses for all…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

A music video about a superhero family that’s as cute as The Incredibles

Here’s a great video about superheroes from popular Spanish indie band Vetusta Morla. The title of the song is “Lo que te hace grande.” The whole thing is adorable, but I especially love the ending, when the band members all drink beers with their fingers. Find out more about Vetusta Morla on their website.

io9 Annalee Newitz

Human mutation is much more unusual than we ever suspected

For the first time ever, we can track the number of genetic mutations in each generation of a human family. Humans are mutating at a downright glacial pace, with a shockingly tiny number of mutations passed on in each generation. Researchers have previously used various indirect methods to estimate just how many mutations are passed…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

New Star Wars TV series promises space hookers!

Who’s ready to explore the dark seedy underworld of George Lucas’ Coruscant? New details about the mysterious, live-action Star Wars TV show have surfaced, comparing it to the The Godfather. Which means two things: alien gangsters and space hookers! In an interview with the Czech Position LucasFilm producer Rick McCallum spilled quite a few details…

io9 Meredith Woerner

10 Ways of Looking at The Dark Knight

Widely recognized as one of the best superhero movies of the past decade, Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight is also much more than an action movie. It’s a brooding allegory about power, personal responsibility, and the politics of urban life. Here are ten ways you can look at The Dark Knight. 1. Vigilante justice is…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Octopus lamp will steal your heart, light the murky depths of your soul

It may look extraterrestrial, but the inspiration behind swedish designer Markus Johansson’s Cirrata lamp actually makes its home in the ocean deep. Borrowing from the shapes of cirrata, a sub-family of octopuses, Johansson molded heat-formable corian on wooden bases to give the lamps their dynamic form. Via designboom, where you can check out various stages…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Daughter Could Get Mom’s Uterus In World’s First Womb Transplant

A mom and daughter are poised to make medical history – the daughter, born without a uterus, could receive her mother’s as a transplant. Sara Ottoson, 25, has the rare Mayer Rokitansky Kuster Hauser (MRKH) syndrome, meaning she was born without some parts of her reproductive system. To help her have kids, doctors in her…

io9 Adam Pash

Use a White Noise Ringtone to Find Your Lost Cellphone Faster

We’ve featured numerous ways to call your lost phone so you can find it, but reader Java-Princess lets us know that a white noise ringtone on the other end will make it even easier to find. https://lifehacker.com/find-your-lost-cellphone-with-google-voice-5252595 I was recently in England and the fire alarm in the hotel we stayed in was quite different…

io9 Java-Princess

This Week’s TV: Game of Thrones ends, four new shows begin!

How much darker can Game of Thrones get? Find out in the season finale on Sunday! But first, it’s time to get together and form…Voltron! Plus aliens conquer the Earth, humans colonize a new world, and a girl gains superpowers. There are four new television shows debuting on your screens this week, plus the return…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

This is the coolest science experiment you’ll see all week

Start your week with this mind-blowing demonstration of laminar flow, courtesy of the University of New Mexico’s Physics Department. The apparatus, called a “Couette Cell,” was developed by John DeMoss and Dr. Kevin Cahill, and uses dyed corn syrup to demonstrate how a fluid with a sufficiently low Reynolds number will flow along distinct paths…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

UFO sightings in Argentina on the rise

Over the past few weeks, we’ve heard about several UFO sightings and mysterious animal mutilations in Argentina. Here’s the latest UFO sighting. Shot by journalist Nestor Sanchez about 180 kilometers west of the city of Salta, this object hovered over a hill and disappeared so quickly that Sanchez didn’t see it until he looked over…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Murder of crows gets into turf war with police officers

In a scene that’s equal parts Hitchcock and Assault on Precinct 13, aggressive, territorial crows near an Everett, Washington police station have singled out officers for divebomb attacks. How come? The antsy crows are defending their newly airborne chicks. Says State Fish and Wildlife Department biologist Ruth Milner, “If your cops have done something that…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Here’s Every 3D Movie Ever Made

An astounding collection of Super 8 concept art for the Spielberg fetishist

Brain scans accidentally predict the next big pop music hits

The most wonderfully asinine superhero origin stories

Sport doctors raise false hopes in largest-ever study of beer’s benefits for athletes

Genetically engineered cell becomes world’s first living laser

The Mysteries of Whores, on Game of Thrones

Will you quit watching Game of Thrones after last night’s big reveal?

Why is DC Comics canceling and restarting all its superhero lines?

A music video about a superhero family that’s as cute as The Incredibles

Human mutation is much more unusual than we ever suspected

New Star Wars TV series promises space hookers!

10 Ways of Looking at The Dark Knight

Octopus lamp will steal your heart, light the murky depths of your soul

Daughter Could Get Mom’s Uterus In World’s First Womb Transplant

Use a White Noise Ringtone to Find Your Lost Cellphone Faster

This Week’s TV: Game of Thrones ends, four new shows begin!

This is the coolest science experiment you’ll see all week

UFO sightings in Argentina on the rise

Murder of crows gets into turf war with police officers

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