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Congratulations To This Year’s Nebula Award Winners!

Last night, the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America announced the winners of the 2013 Nebula Awards. Let’s see who took home this year’s trophies. Novel Winner: Ancillary Justice, Ann Leckie (Orbit US; Orbit UK) Nominees: We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves, Karen Joy Fowler (Marian Wood) The Ocean at the End of the…

io9 Lauren Davis May 18 '14

Space this Week

The week is busy, and it’s easy for news to slip through the cracks, so here’s your dose of planetary science news in one tidy package for your viewing pleasure. × It’s that time of the week again! I’ll shamelessly plead for your help in bringing traffic into the Space subsite, then pass along all…

Tech News Mika McKinnon May 18 '14

Orphan Black Spills Some Major Secrets About Its Cloning Program

We may not know everything about Orphan Black’s Project Leda just yet, but this episode brings us a whole lot closer. Plus, one scene brought a heartfelt tear to our eyes. Spoilers ahead. At one point during last night’s episode, Scott, Cosima’s friend from her PhD program, asks why he can’t come out to the…

io9 Lauren Davis May 18 '14

Researchers Make a Circuit So Flexible, It Can Wrap Around a Vein

If we really want to get the dream of implantable electronics off the ground, we’ll need to figure out how to make circuit boards flexible enough to morph and move with our bodies. Thankfully, a team at The University of Texas at Dallas seems to have solved that, with thin film transistors that are flexible…

Tech News Bob Sorokanich May 18 '14

Gorgeous Photos Show Bears and Wolves Feasting Together on a Dead Whale

When a dead whale washes ashore, it’s a meaty bounty for whatever carnivores happen to find it. Researchers were surprised to find brown bears and wolves, two predators that don’t usually get along, sharing a whale carcass for more than four months. And they have the photos to prove it. On May 5 2010, a…

Biology Jason G. Goldman May 18 '14

Crazy Humans Explain Why They Swim Outdoors in Below-Freezing Temps

There are some folks for whom stripping down to a Speedo in the dead of winter to hop into in a snow-lined outdoor pool sounds like a special kind of frozen-over hell. And then there is this dedicated gang of water-lovin’ types who will get their laps in at the London Fields Lido no matter…

Tech News Jordan Kushins May 18 '14

Law And Order: Game of Thrones Is The Procedural We Deserve

This unites two of the most epic names to ever bring ideas to television: Dick Wolf and George R.R. Martin. The only thing this video is missing is the absolutely necessary “In Westeros, the people are represented by . . .” opening monologue.

io9 Katharine Trendacosta May 18 '14

This Planetarium Watch is Elegant, Impressive, and Expensive

Watches are for telling time, but this planetarium watch steps it up by following the orbits of planets in our solar system. Mercury through Saturn move around the dial tracing the real-time motion of planets around the sun while a comet marks the more practical time of day. Pragmatically speaking, I don’t need a watch…

Tech News Mika McKinnon May 18 '14

These Are the Streets You Want to Avoid When You’re Riding Your Bike

Whether you’re a commuter or a leisure rider, when you head out on your bicycle you want to be safe. That could mean wearing a helmet, making sure your bike’s tuned up, or avoiding the streets where the most bicycle crashes happen. That last part just got a little easier, thanks to these data-derived maps…

Tech News Bob Sorokanich May 18 '14

Report: Facebook Is Building an App to Take On Snapchat (Again)

Well if you can’t beat ’em (or buy ’em), might as well try to beat ’em again. Not quite as catchy as the original, but according to a report by the Financial Times, it’s Facebook’s newest strategy when it comes to ephemera. We could very well be seeing a Facebook-brand Snapchat clone as early as…

Social Media Ashley Feinberg May 18 '14

A Semi-Soft Silicone Ladle Would Scoop Out Every Last Drop

Trying to get every last drop of liquid out of a serving bowl with a ladel is all but impossible. The contours of the rigid scoop and the bowl never seem to match up. But designer Jeho Yoon had a brilliant solution. Since a ladel made entirely from silicone would have no rigidity, he compromised…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski May 18 '14

Here’s Our First Look At Gal Gadot On The Batman Vs. Superman Set

She’s not in her full Wonder Woman regalia, but actress Gal Gadot was spotted during the filming of the Man of Steel sequel as Diana Prince. Armen Darakjian watched the filming in Birmingham, Michigan, and managed to snap this photograph of Gadot’s Diana Prince look. She’s looking quite put together with the hair and the…

Movies Lauren Davis May 18 '14

You Can Now Make an Offer to Buy Dracula’s Castle

If you prefer your houses large, drafty, and associated with vampire lore, then now’s your chance to bid for Bran Castle. The castle isn’t technically up for sale, the owners insist, but they’re willing to entertain offers from the “right” people. Buyer beware though—this isn’t the only castle purporting to be Dracula’s. The confusion comes…

Tech News Sarah Zhang May 18 '14

Los Angeles’s Celebrity Mountain Lion is Recovering from Rat Poison

Last month we brought you the story of how P-22, the resident mountain lion mascot in LA’s Griffith Park, was treated for a severe case of mange brought about by the ingestion of rat poison. New camera trap photos show he’s recovering well. https://gizmodo.com/stop-using-rat-poison-its-killing-wildlife-1564538434 Miguel Ordeñana, a Natural History Museum and Griffith Park Connectivity Study…

Biology Jason G. Goldman May 18 '14

This Week’s Top Comedy Video: Mark Zuckerberg vs. Pat Cassels

Mark Zuckerberg turned 30 this week, which gave all of us nearly-30-somethings a reason to reflect on our chances of becoming the next social media billionaire. But not everybody’s willing to admit that Zuckerbergian success is probably not in their future. In case you missed it, here’s all the big comedy stuff that happened this…

Tech News SplitSider May 17 '14

A Science Fiction Comedy Webseries with Actual Women!

Space janitor promoted to captain, hijacked government spaceship, mysterious cargo, and an all-female cast except for one token guy. The self-described slash fic between feminism and science fiction just might be my new favourite concept for a comedy webseries. Space Happens is a webseries-in-potential, a Kickstarter project in its last few days to reach funding…

Tech News Mika McKinnon May 17 '14

Meet the Illustrator Who Drew Kids’ Books, Anti-War Posters, and Erotica

At one point in the documentary Far Out Isn’t Far Enough, French illustrator and provocateur Tomi Ungerer is sitting on a bench in a quaint town square, when from offscreen someone hands him a small, disembodied doll’s arm. His face lights up; then he picks his nose with it. Meet one of the most wonderfully…

Tech News Jordan Kushins May 17 '14

It Took Decades To Build A Ship To Ferry Them Through The Solar System

Artist Alex Ries designed this ship for his six-legged aliens, the birrin, so that they could cruise to the outer planets of their solar system—and perhaps journey to another star. We’ve been fans of Ries’ birrin illustrations for quite some time now, and the world he has developed for them gets richer with each new…

io9 Lauren Davis May 17 '14

In Continuum‘s Dystopian Future, There Are Monsters On Both Sides

Last night’s episode of Continuum was bleak and kind of disturbing. And even though Kiera seems to draw the conclusion that “I’m not asleep any more,” it feels as though she’s really just traded one fanatical trance for another. Spoilers ahead… Kiera is struggling with whether she did the right thing, turning in the nice…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders May 17 '14

Cancelled Superhero Cartoons On Days Of Future Past Cover Makes Us Sad

This take on the classic X-Men: Days of Future Past cover just reminds us of all of the animated superhero shows that are no longer with us—many of them cancelled before their time. Artist Xum Yukinori made this mashup for Comic Book Resources The Line It Is Drawn art challenge. This week, CBR asked artists…

io9 Lauren Davis May 17 '14

Congratulations To This Year’s Nebula Award Winners!

Space this Week

Orphan Black Spills Some Major Secrets About Its Cloning Program

Researchers Make a Circuit So Flexible, It Can Wrap Around a Vein

Gorgeous Photos Show Bears and Wolves Feasting Together on a Dead Whale

Crazy Humans Explain Why They Swim Outdoors in Below-Freezing Temps

Law And Order: Game of Thrones Is The Procedural We Deserve

This Planetarium Watch is Elegant, Impressive, and Expensive

These Are the Streets You Want to Avoid When You’re Riding Your Bike

Report: Facebook Is Building an App to Take On Snapchat (Again)

A Semi-Soft Silicone Ladle Would Scoop Out Every Last Drop

Here’s Our First Look At Gal Gadot On The Batman Vs. Superman Set

You Can Now Make an Offer to Buy Dracula’s Castle

Los Angeles’s Celebrity Mountain Lion is Recovering from Rat Poison

This Week’s Top Comedy Video: Mark Zuckerberg vs. Pat Cassels

A Science Fiction Comedy Webseries with Actual Women!

Meet the Illustrator Who Drew Kids’ Books, Anti-War Posters, and Erotica

It Took Decades To Build A Ship To Ferry Them Through The Solar System

In Continuum‘s Dystopian Future, There Are Monsters On Both Sides

Cancelled Superhero Cartoons On Days Of Future Past Cover Makes Us Sad

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