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The Large Hadron Collider Just Detected Extremely Rare Particle Decays

Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider have just announced the detection of a rare particle decay “harder to find than the famous Higgs particle.” The strange B meson is certainly a lot less famous than the Higgs boson, but it also has an important role to play in the Standard Model of particle physics. For…

Physics & Chemistry Sarah Zhang

Brighten Your Day By Watching John Rhys-Davies Invent A Time Camera

Any day where you get to see John Rhys-Davies (Sliders, Lord of the Rings, Indiana Jones) do his thing is already a good day. So here’s a deleted scene from the new movie Time Lapse, which is coming out on VOD, iTunes and select theaters on Friday, in which the man himself creates a camera…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

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It’s been a long time coming, but we’re finally going to run out of internet. Back in 2011, we warned that this web reckoning was upon us, and now we have a more substantial timeframe. According to The Wall Street Journal, we’ll be fresh out of IP addresses in the next few months. Back in…

Tech News Darren Orf

Britney Spears And Iggy Azalea’s Remake Of Earth Girls Are Easy Is Awful

Here it is — the video for “Pretty Girls” by Britney Spears and Iggy Azalea, which is supposedly inspired by the classic movie Earth Girls Are Easy. The best part is where the women say things like “Your alien powers are like totally radical” to Iggy, who’s a visiting alien who just wants to party.…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

A Star Wars Toy Calendar Filled With Reminders To Buy New Star Wars Toys

Star Wars’ relationship with Toys has long been an intrinsic part of the franchise’s history. But there’s something about a Calendar filled with adverts for toys old and new, while also at the same time constantly reminding you when you can go out and buy new toys, that is baffling to comprehend. And yet, such…

Tech News James Whitbrook

Documentary On Biggs Darklighter, A Character Mostly Cut From A New Hope

Biggs Darklighter was Luke Skywalker’s best friend in the first Star Wars movie, but most of his scenes were cut from the final version of the film. In this installment of Jamie Benning’s Filmumentaries, Garrick Hagon, who played Biggs, talks about his experience on the Star Wars set and his feelings about the movie. Benning,…

io9 Lauren Davis

Flying Rescue Drones Will Claw Like Eagles and Swarm Like Bees

Nature-inspired engineering isn’t new—but engineers are still finding new ways to take cues from biology. We got the beastly lowdown at day 3 of the RoboUniverse conference in New York this morning. Vijay Kumar, who’s recently been named Dean of Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania, delivered a keynote about the future of flying ‘bots.…

Tech News Bryan Lufkin

New Crimson Peak Trailer Reveals Guillermo Del Toro’s Latest Monsters

Tom Hiddleston, Charlie Hunnam, Jessica Chastain and Mia Wasikowska star in Guillermo del Toro’s “kinky” new gothic horror movie Crimson Peak. This new trailer finally pulls back the dusty tapestry on this haunted house picture and reveal the supernatural entities that lurk inside. This is our first real taste of a plot from this feature,…

Trailers Meredith Woerner

Hope You Weren’t Expecting a Single Version of Windows 10

Microsoft announced Windows 10 as one big, free operating system that ran on everything: tablets, phones, PCs, televisions, game consoles and more. The fine print betrayed that marketing line, though: it would only be a free upgrade for non-enterprise customers, which meant there would still be Home, Pro and Enterprise versions of Windows 10. Now…

Tech News Sean Buckley

Honor Harrington Confronts Her Past In This Newest Comic Prequel

Captain Honor Harrington returns to comic books next month — but before she does, a team of female creatives is bringing the character life through a series of short prequel comics. io9 is proud to exclusively unveil the second story in Facets of Honor, Mended! Set between Honor’s recent return to comics in the Free…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

8-bit Captain America: The Winter Soldier is almost as fun as the movie

Captain America: The Winter Soldier smartly buoyed what could have been a pretty bland character with other fun ones which all added up to a really fun movie. One of Marvel’s best, probably. Here it is summed up in 8-bit video game style, which Captain America looks great in. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow…

Sploid Casey Chan

The 12 Deadliest Living Weapons Ever Created

What makes a living weapon? Well, first of all, living, obviously. But like normal weapons, living weapons are designed solely to hurt and kill others. They aren’t soldiers, who can take a variety of orders, or assassins, who may choose to kill in secret. Living weapons use their powers for one reason: destroying their targets.…

Books & Comics Rob Bricken

A Map Of Colonial Africa Just Before The Outbreak Of World War I

By the turn of the 20th Century, Africa had been invaded, occupied, and colonized by several European nations. This wonderful map by redditor whiplashoo21 shows how the Scramble for Africa divided the Dark Continent. Image credit: whiplashoo21. European powers were slow to realize the benefits of grabbing African territories, but once the mad rush to…

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Study: Robot Handshake Just As Good As Human Handshake For Negotiations

How do we know that we live in the future? Politicians are shaking hands with robots. Like a lot. The practice may seem silly, but new research shows that shaking hands with a robot can actually be useful for building trust during business negotiations — provided the robot is controlled by a human negotiator. A…

Tech News Matt Novak

So THAT Was The Point Of Skye’s Story On Agents Of SHIELD

The first two seasons of Agents of SHIELD have largely been built around the journey of Skye, along with Phil Coulson’s identity crisis. Last night’s season finale paid off Skye’s storyline, and we finally got to see what it was really all about. Spoilers ahead… When we first met Skye back in season one, she…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

The RadioShack Name Just Got Sold to the Highest Bidder

RadioShack, whose carrion corpse has been slowly picked apart by various consumer retail chains, is only a shambling zombie of its former DiY electronics self. But Standard General just pulled a Frankenstein, adding a jolt of electricity to the bankrupt brand and snatching up the rights to the iconic chain’s name. Auction of the dilapidated…

Tech News Darren Orf

How Viruses Hide Inside Your Eyeballs, Even When You’re No Longer Sick

Last week brought the horrifying news that the Ebola virus can live in the eyeballs of survivors, even after it’s been eliminated from the rest of the body. It shouldn’t have been a surprise, though. Viruses have always hidden in parts of our bodies you’d never expect. In fact, we’re all walking virus reservoirs. It’s…

Tech News Sarah Zhang

The Complex Penile Chemistry Behind Erectile Dysfunction Pills

Viagra. Levitra. Cialis. Stendra. For millions of men with erectile dysfunction, these drugs are the action heroes of the bedroom, breaking down the barriers that keep them from a normal sex life. Here’s how they work. [Top image: Soru Epotok/Shutterstock] A normal erection depends on a complex dance of relaxation and blood flow. When the…

Tech News Diane Kelly

3D-Printing Oddly Shaped Pills Can Change How Fast They’re Absorbed

Medicine is one of the more exciting fields that 3D printing promises to radically innovate. Doctors have already used the technology to help repair damaged airways in children with a 3D-printed splint, but researchers in the pharmaceutical field have instead been dabbling with custom-shaped pills optimized for every patient’s treatment needs. Drugmakers currently mass-produce pills…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

What Psychological Problems Do You Need To Be An Action Hero?

You’re a cop on the edge, an ex-marine with nothing left to lose, or just an everyday guy who’s too old for this shit. Whatever you are, the one thing you’re not is psychologically healthy. In fact, in order to be an action hero, you basically need to be maladjusted in these very specific ways.…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

The Large Hadron Collider Just Detected Extremely Rare Particle Decays

Brighten Your Day By Watching John Rhys-Davies Invent A Time Camera

We’re Running Out of Internet

Britney Spears And Iggy Azalea’s Remake Of Earth Girls Are Easy Is Awful

A Star Wars Toy Calendar Filled With Reminders To Buy New Star Wars Toys

Documentary On Biggs Darklighter, A Character Mostly Cut From A New Hope

Flying Rescue Drones Will Claw Like Eagles and Swarm Like Bees

New Crimson Peak Trailer Reveals Guillermo Del Toro’s Latest Monsters

Hope You Weren’t Expecting a Single Version of Windows 10

Honor Harrington Confronts Her Past In This Newest Comic Prequel

8-bit Captain America: The Winter Soldier is almost as fun as the movie

The 12 Deadliest Living Weapons Ever Created

A Map Of Colonial Africa Just Before The Outbreak Of World War I

Study: Robot Handshake Just As Good As Human Handshake For Negotiations

So THAT Was The Point Of Skye’s Story On Agents Of SHIELD

The RadioShack Name Just Got Sold to the Highest Bidder

How Viruses Hide Inside Your Eyeballs, Even When You’re No Longer Sick

The Complex Penile Chemistry Behind Erectile Dysfunction Pills

3D-Printing Oddly Shaped Pills Can Change How Fast They’re Absorbed

What Psychological Problems Do You Need To Be An Action Hero?

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The Large Hadron Collider Just Detected Extremely Rare Particle Decays

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New Crimson Peak Trailer Reveals Guillermo Del Toro’s Latest Monsters

Hope You Weren’t Expecting a Single Version of Windows 10

Honor Harrington Confronts Her Past In This Newest Comic Prequel

8-bit Captain America: The Winter Soldier is almost as fun as the movie

The 12 Deadliest Living Weapons Ever Created

A Map Of Colonial Africa Just Before The Outbreak Of World War I

Study: Robot Handshake Just As Good As Human Handshake For Negotiations

So THAT Was The Point Of Skye’s Story On Agents Of SHIELD

The RadioShack Name Just Got Sold to the Highest Bidder

How Viruses Hide Inside Your Eyeballs, Even When You’re No Longer Sick

The Complex Penile Chemistry Behind Erectile Dysfunction Pills

3D-Printing Oddly Shaped Pills Can Change How Fast They’re Absorbed

What Psychological Problems Do You Need To Be An Action Hero?

Even the ‘Avatar’ Fighting Game Is Disrespecting ‘Legend of Korra’

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