Your spine keeps a record of all your body’s pain
You slam your hand in a door, and the experience becomes etched into your brain. You remember the swinging panel, the sound as it crushes your flesh, and the pain as your skin gives way. Your body remembers it too. For days afterwards, the neurons in your spine carry pain signals more easily form your…
William S. Burroughs’ Wild Ride with Scientology
In 1959, the same year Olympia Press published his most famous novel Naked Lunch, the writer William S. Burroughs visited the restaurant of his friend and collaborator, Brion Gysin, in Tangiers. There, Burroughs met John and Mary Cooke, a wealthy American hippie couple who were interested in mysticism. Burroughs recalled, “There was something portentous about…
The Gawker Media Census Numbers Prove It—the Pen is Mightier than the Spectacle. Take It and Win an iPad 2!
So far, over 3,000 io9 readers have shared their feedback with us via the 2011 Gawker Media Census. And we’ve learned that 46% think that the best way to experience Sci-Fi is by reading it. (The director of that new giant robotic squid trilogy is going to be so disappointed.) But have no fear, movie…
