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A brief history of bears fighting lions

Tens of thousands of years ago, the caves of central Europe were full of two species: the aptly named cave bears and cave lions. Even bigger than their modern counterparts, these ancient monsters were locked in deadly battle for survival. Cave lions were particularly huge, about 25% bigger than modern African lions. While modern bears…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

This is the most important star in the universe

This star may not look like much, but in 1923 it changed our understanding of the universe forever. It showed us that the Milky Way wasn’t a lonely island universe, but instead just one of billions and billions of galaxies. It seems weird to think that less than a hundred years ago we still had…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

The Manhunt for the German scientists who faked the Roswell crash

New evidence is coming out that Area 51 was a Soviet conspiracy to destabilize the United States with a flight full of fake aliens. But who was really behind this scheme? An excerpt from Annie Jacobsen’s Area 51 reveals all. https://gizmodo.com/was-area-51-a-conspiracy-between-stalin-and-joseph-meng-5802211 This excerpt from chapter two of Jacobsen’s new book details the hunt for the…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

This is the new “Space Shuttle”

With the final launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour and only one more launch before the program is retired, NASA officially announced the shuttle’s replacement today: the Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV). How uninspiring of a name is that? [Jalopnik] https://jalopnik.com/the-two-most-amazing-shots-of-the-shuttle-endeavour-5802312 https://jalopnik.com/this-is-the-new-space-shuttle-5805152

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

A Beautiful Scene That Will Make You Believe In Vampires Again

We’re exceptionally excited about the all-girl vampire flick We Are The Night. Specifically for championing the “in crowd” bloodsuckers club (we miss you vampire David Bowie!) and bringing back gorgeous vampire transformations that are reminiscent of Interview With a Vampire. https://gizmodo.com/mean-girls-meets-the-hunger-in-new-vampire-movie-we-are-5802865 Watch our exclusive clip of the human-to-vampire changeover now! The latest batch of vampire…

io9 Meredith Woerner

We’ve seen ABC’s new fairytale show Once Upon a Time

Can a show about fairytale characters in the real world keep you wishing upon a star every week? ABC is hoping you’ll want to get to know Snow White and a host of fairytale characters in Once Upon a Time. We were lucky enough to watch the pilot of Once Upon A Time in advance,…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Geometry is hardwired into our brains

The Mundurucu tribe are an isolated group living deep within the Amazon rainforest. Their language doesn’t have exact terms for numbers or words for most geometric shapes…and yet they outperformed French and American schoolchildren on a geometry test. Leaving aside the knee-jerk reaction that this simply means American and French students are that horrendous at…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

What an erupting Icelandic volcano looks like from a helicopter

This video of the Grimsvotn volcano was captured by Jon Gustafsson on behalf of the Helicopter Service of Iceland. The music by Veigar Margeirsson is just the gravy on this spectacle. https://gizmodo.com/another-icelandic-volcano-blots-out-the-sky-5804684 Here was Gustafsson’s experience filming Grimsvotn last weekend: The eruption looked magnificent in the sunset. Once we landed 5 miles away from the…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Fly-throughs of space habitats from science fiction

What would it be like to fly through over the surface of a halo world, or zoom through a giant space habitat so enormous that it’s filled with diverse biospheres and cities? Now you can find out. In the videos we’ve collected here, concept artists show you what it would look like to see a…

io9 Annalee Newitz

The Tooth is the story (of the story) of a giant bicuspid who rips people’s arms off

In Oni Press’ graphic novel The Tooth, a massive mystical tooth takes up residence in a poor sap’s mouth and leaps out only to eviscerate criminals. Sounds like a straightforward tale, but it’s not that simple. Penned by Cullen Bunn (Sixth Gun) and Shawn Lee and illustrated by Matt Kindt (Revolver, Super Spy), the book…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

The love child of Cthulhu and Pikachu, crocheted for maximum cuteness

Behold Pikathulhu, the cuddly alien monster that the world has been waiting for. This delightful beast was created by Cthulhu Chick, whose cute eldrich horrors are yours for the taking via Etsy. I’m having a hard time picturing how the Deep One got it on with the Zingy Tiny One, but let’s not worry about…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Feuding white dwarf stars have been destroying each other for millions of years

Over a thousand light-years from Earth, there are two white dwarfs, the ghostly remnants of stars much like our Sun. But these stars aren’t ordinary white dwarfs, and their bizarre composition reveals a long, passive-aggressive history of mutually assured destruction. Most white dwarfs are composed of carbon and oxygen, the result of billions of years…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

The beautiful science behind the DNA discs, solar sailors and board rooms in Tron: Legacy

Did you know German Biologist Ernst Haeckel influenced the cold world of Tron: Legacy, inspiring realistic life inside the code? A few artists from the film have shared the behind-the-scenes secrets from the Tron: Legacy set. Check out our gallery. Fireworks Bradley G. Munkowitz created an entire firework reel over at his site. And explained…

io9 Meredith Woerner

10 Greatest Superhero Dogs!

Man’s best friend can be heroic. They can lead the blind, find explosives and rescue people. But as heroic as dogs can be, they’re not superheroic. But some dogs go further, using amazing superpowers and rocking awesome capes. Here are our 10 favorite canine superheroes from comics, science fiction and fantasy. 10. Dynomutt Dynomutt may…

io9 Michael Ann Dobbs

Wednesday brings us mature-readers comics…in spaaace!

This week’s comic bounty includes a groovy scifi compilation from Vertigo, a sentient grappling tooth, a Jack Kirby tribute project, and an artifact Brian K. Vaughan’s tenure penning everyone’s favorite mutant shapeshifter (no, I don’t mean Morph). First Issues First off, DC is releasing their new science fiction anthology Strange Adventures this week, which features…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

Mark Strong wore full Sinestro makeup and prosthetics on the Green Lantern set

Green Lantern looks like it’s all CG and motion capture, all the time. But one of the main characters in the film is wearing full practical makeup and prosthetics, at least on his face. Check out these photos of Mark Strong in his mo-cap suit as Sinestro, with full face makeup. It took Strong hours…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Watch a bridge kiss itself, and see a building frozen in the process of exploding

Feast your eyes on the architecture of Thomas Heatherwick. He’s a soft-spoken British architect who explains to the TED conference audience how he thought it was a shame that drawbridges became “broken” in order to do their drawing up, so he created one that turns into a circle. “We liked the fact the two furthest…

io9 Kristen Philipkoski

At last, we know what “the event” is on The Event

When a show gets canceled before its time, it can go out gracefully or it can go out like an oily smack on the trousers. Unfortunately for The Event, we got the full smackage. But I will give the series this: It stayed true to itself, with an ending that made no sense, yet was…

Television Annalee Newitz

In DC Comics’ Xombi, a nanotech-infused immortal fights the wrath of God…with an ax

We’ve been totally digging John Rozum and Frazer Irving’s relaunch of DC’s supernatural comic series Xombi, what with its crime-fighting nuns and exceedingly strange villains. Check out this exclusive five-page preview of the next issue. Xombi #3 is out tomorrow, May 25. For more information on Xombi’s weapons-grade weirdness, head on over to our recent…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

Pyr Books branching out into young adult fiction

Now that science fiction and fantasy are accounting for a bigger share of young adult titles, it’s only natural that SF publishers would want to move into publishing YA themselves. Pyr Books will publish some titles aimed at younger readers. According to Pyr’s press release, the first YA book will come out in November: K.D.…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

A brief history of bears fighting lions

This is the most important star in the universe

The Manhunt for the German scientists who faked the Roswell crash

This is the new “Space Shuttle”

A Beautiful Scene That Will Make You Believe In Vampires Again

We’ve seen ABC’s new fairytale show Once Upon a Time

Geometry is hardwired into our brains

What an erupting Icelandic volcano looks like from a helicopter

Fly-throughs of space habitats from science fiction

The Tooth is the story (of the story) of a giant bicuspid who rips people’s arms off

The love child of Cthulhu and Pikachu, crocheted for maximum cuteness

Feuding white dwarf stars have been destroying each other for millions of years

The beautiful science behind the DNA discs, solar sailors and board rooms in Tron: Legacy

10 Greatest Superhero Dogs!

Wednesday brings us mature-readers comics…in spaaace!

Mark Strong wore full Sinestro makeup and prosthetics on the Green Lantern set

Watch a bridge kiss itself, and see a building frozen in the process of exploding

At last, we know what “the event” is on The Event

In DC Comics’ Xombi, a nanotech-infused immortal fights the wrath of God…with an ax

Pyr Books branching out into young adult fiction

SpaceX Starlink Satellite Malfunctions, Breaks Apart in Orbit

‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ Stinks

‘Scream 4’ Is Back, and on Tape

Iran Threatens to Attack U.S. Tech Companies Starting April 1

Amazon Clears Out Netflix-Licensed Nebula Capsule 3 Mini Projector at 32% Off, Dolby Audio Home Theater for Less

Anker 160W Laptop Charger Briefly Returns to Black Friday Pricing in a Last-Minute Amazon Spring Sale Deal

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