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Quantum mechanics withstands twist on legendary experiment

The double-slit experiment is the best demonstration of quantum weirdness, in which electrons simultaneously act like particles and waves and seemingly violate basic laws of physics. Now we’re trying the triple-slit experiment to see if we can circumvent the strangeness… …and quantum mechanics absolutely crushed the scientists who were hoping they could find a loophole…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Jul 24

A sneak peek at The Cape (and a conversation with Vinnie Jones)

Yesterday we got a sneak peek of the pilot to NBC’s upcoming superhero drama The Cape, starring David Lyons, Summer Glau, and Vinnie Jones, who filled us in on his villainous turn as the reptilian crime boss Scales. The audience saw approximately 40-or-so minutes of the pilot at the panel. The footage wasn’t entirely complete,…

Television Cyriaque Lamar Jul 24

Chuck’s mom is the mother of all destiny!

We’re in the Chuck panel at San Diego Comic Con, and it’s just been announced that Linda Hamilton is playing Chuck’s mom this year. Does that make Chuck John Connor? Also, Jeffster premiered a Lady Gaga dance video!

Television Charlie Jane Anders Jul 24

New cosmic mapping method may be just what we need to find dark energy

Three-fourths of the universe’s matter and energy is thought to be dark energy, the mysterious thing that is causing universal expansion to accelerate. A new way of mapping huge cosmic structures might finally shed some light on this dark energy. The universe’s accelerating expansion was first discovered in 1998, and astrophysicists have spent the last…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Jul 24

Our first glimpse of Spielberg’s “Jericho meets Independence Day” series

In Falling Skies, Steven Spielberg’s TV series coming summer 2011, it’s six months since aliens wiped out most of humanity. How can Noah Wyle and Moon Bloodgood prevail? Our first glimpse of a trailer gave us some hints. Spoilers ahead… The panel, moderated by io9’s own Marc Bernardin, started with our first trailer for the…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Jul 24

Survey shows Americans spend most of their time working and watching TV

The New York Times posted a detailed infographic last year visualizing data gathered from the American Time Use Survey. Apparently, as you age, you spend less time working and more time watching TV and movies. We spotted this chart on Sociological Images, where Gwen notes: The averages for time spent at work seem pretty low,…

io9 Annalee Newitz Jul 24

Green Hornet brings on the scrotum jokes and eye-popping 3D visuals

We’ve seen the new trailer and 3D sneak preview for The Green Hornet, and we are digging how it balances comedy and action in an all-new kind of superhero movie. Plus exclusive thoughts from Seth Rogen and director Michel Gondry! The Green Hornet panel at Comic-Con unveiled both an extended trailer and a scene that…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Jul 24

Stranded on the planet of the mushroom people

Rado Javor is a Slovenian artist who loves to recreate classic spaceship scenes from pop culture, but transplant them into new landscapes. See more of Javor’s art here (Spotted on Concept Ships).

io9 Annalee Newitz Jul 24

Is this the ghost of a Romanian woman tortured to death by communists?

A woman in Braila, Romania, claims she managed to snap the picture of a ghost with her cell phone. It was hovering in a house that was once a commissary station where communists tortured political prisoners. Romanian publication Astigan reports: Manuela Chirosca, a local security worker was guarding an old building, no. 29 on Ana…

io9 Annalee Newitz Jul 24

Caprica trades angst for action in January’s new episodes

The first half of Caprica season one was about setting things in motion. But the second half, airing January, will be all action, the producers told us. And James Marsters talked about playing a religious fundamentalist who uses his sex-appeal. There are some spoilers for season 1.5 ahead, so be warned! In the second half…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jul 24

Joss Whedon says Captain America and Iron Man won’t be pals in his “Avengers”

Now that Joss Whedon is officially directing The Avengers, he’s willing to talk more about his ideas. He told us the Civil War rift between Captain America and Iron Man might show up. And he killed that Nathan Fillion/Ant-Man rumor. While working the press line at AMC’s From Dusk Till Con, Comic Con party we…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jul 24

Sequencing DNA just got easier

A specialized form of graphene could be used to ‘read’ a long strand of DNA like ticker tape. Graphene, mentioned on Io9 for being perfect for computer parts, invisibility cloaks, and lightweight, thin body armor, and mentioned on Physic.org for being perfect for biosensors, has added yet another possible skill to its resume. It can…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Jul 24

Priest takes us into a post-apocalyptic war between vampires and the superpowered clergy

If you’re looking for post-apocalyptic warfare between vampires and super-strong priest in a dark world of walled cities and space trains, then we present to you Priest, the latest supernatural action spectacular from the director and star of Legion. The movie is an adaptation of the Korean comic series by Hyung Min-woo. It’s set in…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Jul 24

Karl Urban confirms he’s playing Judge Dredd

Dr. McCoy is the law! We reported a rumor that Star Trek star Karl Urban would play the futuristic, fascistic lawman in the new Judge Dredd movie the other day. Asked about it at Comic Con, Urban said the rumor is “lookin’ good.” And he told another news outlet that director Pete Travis had actually…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jul 24

Michel Gondry’s next science fiction film could show us a future Earth

While chatting with Michel Gondry about all things Green Hornet we asked him when he was doing a space movie. Gondry said he’d love to, but his next movie takes place on Earth – in the future. We’d love to see you attack a space film. We’d love to see what you’d do [shooting] actual…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jul 23

Did Joss Whedon just name Nathan Fillion as the Avengers’ Ant-Man?

We didn’t get into the Joss Whedon panel at Comic Con just now, but reports are coming out that Whedon confirmed that Captain Hammer himself, Nathan Fillion, will be playing Ant-Man in his Avengers movie. And he also said he’s still developing his Wastelanders webseries project with Warren Ellis. More details when we get them!…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jul 23

A history of mass extinctions on Earth

During long history of planet Earth, massive extinctions and violent climate changes are the norm. We’ve created this infographic to help you chart the rise and fall and rise of life on Earth over the past few billion years. Humans may have evolved during an unusual period of relative climate stability (despite those ice ages).…

io9 Annalee Newitz Jul 23

Super is the ultrafunny, ultraviolent superhero comedy we’ve been waiting for

Super is an ultra-violent superhero comedy by Slither’s James Gunn that stars Rainn Wilson, Ellen Page, Kevin Bacon, and Nathan Fillion. They say it’s “an effed up, low-rent Watchmen,” and what we saw lived up to all that incredible promise. The movie focuses on Frank, a small town sad sack played by Rainn Wilson. His…

Movies Alasdair Wilkins Jul 23

Mysterious alien invasion movie Skyline could be the next District 9

The low-budget indie Skyline, where hostile aliens unleash hell on Los Angeles, just unveiled its first-ever footage. We saw a movie that definitely has the potential to be the next District 9…but on an even bigger scale. The premise of Skyline is simple. As the trailer and a preview showed us, a group of young,…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Jul 23

Inside Tron Legacy with the stars and director

We ventured inside Flynn’s, into the vivid glow of the Tron universe. We met Tron Legacy stars Garrett Hedlund and Bruce Boxleitner, plus director Joseph Kosinski and producer Sean Bailey. They told us how the new movie raises the game. We were lucky enough to ask a few questions each of Hedlund, Boxleitner, Kosinski and…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jul 23

Quantum mechanics withstands twist on legendary experiment

A sneak peek at The Cape (and a conversation with Vinnie Jones)

Chuck’s mom is the mother of all destiny!

New cosmic mapping method may be just what we need to find dark energy

Our first glimpse of Spielberg’s “Jericho meets Independence Day” series

Survey shows Americans spend most of their time working and watching TV

Green Hornet brings on the scrotum jokes and eye-popping 3D visuals

Stranded on the planet of the mushroom people

Is this the ghost of a Romanian woman tortured to death by communists?

Caprica trades angst for action in January’s new episodes

Joss Whedon says Captain America and Iron Man won’t be pals in his “Avengers”

Sequencing DNA just got easier

Priest takes us into a post-apocalyptic war between vampires and the superpowered clergy

Karl Urban confirms he’s playing Judge Dredd

Michel Gondry’s next science fiction film could show us a future Earth

Did Joss Whedon just name Nathan Fillion as the Avengers’ Ant-Man?

A history of mass extinctions on Earth

Super is the ultrafunny, ultraviolent superhero comedy we’ve been waiting for

Mysterious alien invasion movie Skyline could be the next District 9

Inside Tron Legacy with the stars and director

‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ Jumps to Big Opening Weekend

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