http://io9.comWe come from the future.enThu, 20 Jun 2013 02:12:29 GMTThu, 20 Jun 2013 02:12:29 GMT30http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/io9/full/~3/EPR7q11e1RM/how-could-we-engineer-humans-to-have-more-empathy-514480050<p class="has-media media-640"><img alt="How could we engineer humans to have more empathy?" height="360" width="640" src="http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18rclp4ocrqkfjpg/ku-xlarge.jpg" class="transform-ku-xlarge"/></p><p class="first-text">People are capable of amazing kindness, but also of unbelievable callousness. We go out of our way to help strangers, but we also turn a blind eye to misery. But what if you could make human beings kind all the time? What does science teach us about empathy, and how to create it in people? We decided to ask the experts.</p><p><a href="http://io9.com/how-could-we-engineer-humans-to-have-more-empathy-514480050">Read more...</a></p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://io9.feedsportal.com/c/34975/f/647163/s/2d869a55/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fhow-could-we-engineer-humans-to-have-more-empathy-514480050&t=How+could+we+engineer+humans+to+have+more+empathy%3F" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fhow-could-we-engineer-humans-to-have-more-empathy-514480050&t=How+could+we+engineer+humans+to+have+more+empathy%3F" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a 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class="transform-ku-xlarge"/></p> <p class="first-text">We are thrilled to announce Neil deGrasse Tyson will narrate the Museum's newest Space Show, premiering this fall at the Hayden Planetarium.</p><p><a href="http://kinja.amnh.org/we-got-a-narrator-over-here-neil-tyson-to-voice-planet-514469995">Read more...</a></p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://io9.feedsportal.com/c/34975/f/647163/s/2d86a5f9/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fkinja.amnh.org%2Fwe-got-a-narrator-over-here-neil-tyson-to-voice-planet-514469995&t=We+Got+a+Narrator+Over+Here%3A+Neil+Tyson+to+Voice+Planetarium+Show" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a 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Gonzalez to io9http://kinja.amnh.org/we-got-a-narrator-over-here-neil-tyson-to-voice-planet-514469995http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/io9/full/~3/S8anTAwme1U/nasa-unveils-a-spellbinding-billion-pixel-panorama-of-m-514412670<p class="has-media media-640"><img alt="NASA unveils a spellbinding billion-pixel panorama of Mars" height="360" width="640" src="http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18rc56ery76c4jpg/ku-xlarge.jpg" class="transform-ku-xlarge"/></p><p class="first-text">In a beautiful demonstration of Curiosity's imaging abilities, NASA has just released a stunning interactive 1.3-<em>billion</em> pixel panorama of the surface of Mars, as photographed by the rover's Mastcam.</p><p><a href="http://io9.com/nasa-unveils-a-spellbinding-billion-pixel-panorama-of-m-514412670">Read more...</a></p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://io9.feedsportal.com/c/34975/f/647163/s/2d86a2d4/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fnasa-unveils-a-spellbinding-billion-pixel-panorama-of-m-514412670&t=NASA+unveils+a+spellbinding+billion-pixel+panorama+of+Mars" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fnasa-unveils-a-spellbinding-billion-pixel-panorama-of-m-514412670&t=NASA+unveils+a+spellbinding+billion-pixel+panorama+of+Mars" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fnasa-unveils-a-spellbinding-billion-pixel-panorama-of-m-514412670&t=NASA+unveils+a+spellbinding+billion-pixel+panorama+of+Mars" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fnasa-unveils-a-spellbinding-billion-pixel-panorama-of-m-514412670&t=NASA+unveils+a+spellbinding+billion-pixel+panorama+of+Mars" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fnasa-unveils-a-spellbinding-billion-pixel-panorama-of-m-514412670&t=NASA+unveils+a+spellbinding+billion-pixel+panorama+of+Mars" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665720104/u/49/f/647163/c/34975/s/2d86a2d4/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665720104/u/49/f/647163/c/34975/s/2d86a2d4/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165665720104/u/49/f/647163/c/34975/s/2d86a2d4/a2t.img" border="0"/><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/io9/full/~4/S8anTAwme1U" height="1" width="1"/>jet propulsion laboratoryphotographyjplmarsmslmars rovercuriositypanoramascienceWed, 19 Jun 2013 23:30:00 GMT514412670Robert T. Gonzalezhttp://io9.com/nasa-unveils-a-spellbinding-billion-pixel-panorama-of-m-514412670http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/io9/full/~3/XtytXbkP-e4/no-dolphins-are-not-your-therapists-so-just-stop-it-514288019<p class="has-media media-640"><img alt="No, dolphins are not your 'therapists.' So just stop it." height="360" width="640" src="http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18rb7xoka55hhjpg/ku-xlarge.jpg" class="transform-ku-xlarge"/></p><p class="first-text"> Though it might not fit with New Age dolphin lore, the reality is that dolphins, even those born in captivity, are wild. There's absolutely no evidence to support the burgeoning practice of dolphin-assisted therapy. Here's why dolphins are not healers — and why this practice needs to stop. </p><p><a href="http://io9.com/no-dolphins-are-not-your-therapists-so-just-stop-it-514288019">Read more...</a></p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://io9.feedsportal.com/c/34975/f/647163/s/2d862501/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fno-dolphins-are-not-your-therapists-so-just-stop-it-514288019&t=No%2C+dolphins+are+not+your+%27therapists.%27+So+just+stop+it." target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fno-dolphins-are-not-your-therapists-so-just-stop-it-514288019&t=No%2C+dolphins+are+not+your+%27therapists.%27+So+just+stop+it." target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fno-dolphins-are-not-your-therapists-so-just-stop-it-514288019&t=No%2C+dolphins+are+not+your+%27therapists.%27+So+just+stop+it." target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fno-dolphins-are-not-your-therapists-so-just-stop-it-514288019&t=No%2C+dolphins+are+not+your+%27therapists.%27+So+just+stop+it." target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fno-dolphins-are-not-your-therapists-so-just-stop-it-514288019&t=No%2C+dolphins+are+not+your+%27therapists.%27+So+just+stop+it." target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665255838/u/49/f/647163/c/34975/s/2d862501/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665255838/u/49/f/647163/c/34975/s/2d862501/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165665255838/u/49/f/647163/c/34975/s/2d862501/a2t.img" border="0"/><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/io9/full/~4/XtytXbkP-e4" height="1" width="1"/>dolphinsbioethicsethicsconsciousnessanimalszoologydebunkeryscienceWed, 19 Jun 2013 22:40:00 GMT514288019George Dvorskyhttp://io9.com/no-dolphins-are-not-your-therapists-so-just-stop-it-514288019http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/io9/full/~3/XqjGYvb0yQA/real-life-flying-saucers-prove-that-the-truth-is-right-514253166<p class="has-media media-640"><img alt="Real-Life Flying Saucers Prove That the Truth Is Right Here" height="360" width="640" src="http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18rcdkobk71nvjpg/ku-xlarge.jpg" class="transform-ku-xlarge"/></p><p class="first-text"> We introduced you some of <a href="http://io9.com/the-weirdest-aircraft-of-the-20th-century-456552834">the weirdest aircraft of the 20th century</a><inset id="456552834"></inset> before, but now it's time to talk about Earth's fleets of flying saucers. Check out these vehicles and concepts that show how we've been building UFOs all along.</p><p><a href="http://io9.com/real-life-flying-saucers-prove-that-the-truth-is-right-514253166">Read more...</a></p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://io9.feedsportal.com/c/34975/f/647163/s/2d862504/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Freal-life-flying-saucers-prove-that-the-truth-is-right-514253166&t=Real-Life+Flying+Saucers+Prove+That+the+Truth+Is+Right+Here" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Freal-life-flying-saucers-prove-that-the-truth-is-right-514253166&t=Real-Life+Flying+Saucers+Prove+That+the+Truth+Is+Right+Here" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Freal-life-flying-saucers-prove-that-the-truth-is-right-514253166&t=Real-Life+Flying+Saucers+Prove+That+the+Truth+Is+Right+Here" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Freal-life-flying-saucers-prove-that-the-truth-is-right-514253166&t=Real-Life+Flying+Saucers+Prove+That+the+Truth+Is+Right+Here" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Freal-life-flying-saucers-prove-that-the-truth-is-right-514253166&t=Real-Life+Flying+Saucers+Prove+That+the+Truth+Is+Right+Here" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665255837/u/49/f/647163/c/34975/s/2d862504/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665255837/u/49/f/647163/c/34975/s/2d862504/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165665255837/u/49/f/647163/c/34975/s/2d862504/a2t.img" border="0"/><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/io9/full/~4/XqjGYvb0yQA" height="1" width="1"/>retro futurehistoryufosengineeringflying saucersaerospacesecret historyWed, 19 Jun 2013 22:37:00 GMT514253166Vincze Miklóshttp://io9.com/real-life-flying-saucers-prove-that-the-truth-is-right-514253166http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/io9/full/~3/Y5Ib6_zpWtY/the-robot-revolution-movie-from-the-zombieland-writers-514446910<p class="has-media media-300"><img alt="The robot revolution movie from the Zombieland writers has a director" height="228" width="300" src="http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18rcanc2645wbpng/ku-medium.png" class="transform-ku-medium"/></p><p class="first-text">Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick found a clever twist on zombie uprisings with <em>Zombieland</em>, and now they're giving us a look at the aftermath of a failed robot revolution, with their new movie <em>Epsilon</em>. Which just found itself a somewhat surprising director.</p><p><a href="http://io9.com/the-robot-revolution-movie-from-the-zombieland-writers-514446910">Read more...</a></p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://io9.feedsportal.com/c/34975/f/647163/s/2d8635da/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fthe-robot-revolution-movie-from-the-zombieland-writers-514446910&t=The+robot+revolution+movie+from+the+Zombieland+writers+has+a+director" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fthe-robot-revolution-movie-from-the-zombieland-writers-514446910&t=The+robot+revolution+movie+from+the+Zombieland+writers+has+a+director" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fthe-robot-revolution-movie-from-the-zombieland-writers-514446910&t=The+robot+revolution+movie+from+the+Zombieland+writers+has+a+director" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fthe-robot-revolution-movie-from-the-zombieland-writers-514446910&t=The+robot+revolution+movie+from+the+Zombieland+writers+has+a+director" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fthe-robot-revolution-movie-from-the-zombieland-writers-514446910&t=The+robot+revolution+movie+from+the+Zombieland+writers+has+a+director" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665718885/u/49/f/647163/c/34975/s/2d8635da/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665718885/u/49/f/647163/c/34975/s/2d8635da/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165665718885/u/49/f/647163/c/34975/s/2d8635da/a2t.img" border="0"/><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/io9/full/~4/Y5Ib6_zpWtY" height="1" width="1"/>rhett reeserobotspaul wernickepsilonmoviesWed, 19 Jun 2013 22:30:52 GMT514446910Meredith Woernerhttp://io9.com/the-robot-revolution-movie-from-the-zombieland-writers-514446910http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/io9/full/~3/AoaN5yIsiWw/behold-a-piece-of-art-that-could-only-be-created-in-zer-513898344<p class="has-media media-640"><img alt="Behold a piece of art that could only be created in zero gravity" height="640" width="640" src="http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18rc9ag2o52ebpng/ku-xlarge.png" class="transform-ku-xlarge"/></p><p class="first-text"> What do you do if you're a physicist and want to get experiments done in microgravity, but can't drum up the cash to go to space? You use magnets to both get results and make a picture that looks like it came out of <em>2001: A Space Odyssey</em>.</p><p><a href="http://io9.com/behold-a-piece-of-art-that-could-only-be-created-in-zer-513898344">Read more...</a></p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://io9.feedsportal.com/c/34975/f/647163/s/2d8635df/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fbehold-a-piece-of-art-that-could-only-be-created-in-zer-513898344&t=Behold+a+piece+of+art+that+could+only+be+created+in+zero+gravity" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fbehold-a-piece-of-art-that-could-only-be-created-in-zer-513898344&t=Behold+a+piece+of+art+that+could+only+be+created+in+zero+gravity" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fbehold-a-piece-of-art-that-could-only-be-created-in-zer-513898344&t=Behold+a+piece+of+art+that+could+only+be+created+in+zero+gravity" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fbehold-a-piece-of-art-that-could-only-be-created-in-zer-513898344&t=Behold+a+piece+of+art+that+could+only+be+created+in+zero+gravity" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fbehold-a-piece-of-art-that-could-only-be-created-in-zer-513898344&t=Behold+a+piece+of+art+that+could+only+be+created+in+zero+gravity" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665718884/u/49/f/647163/c/34975/s/2d8635df/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665718884/u/49/f/647163/c/34975/s/2d8635df/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165665718884/u/49/f/647163/c/34975/s/2d8635df/a2t.img" border="0"/><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/io9/full/~4/AoaN5yIsiWw" height="1" width="1"/>self-organizing structuresmicrogravityphysicsartificial outer spacescienceWed, 19 Jun 2013 22:20:00 GMT513898344Esther Inglis-Arkellhttp://io9.com/behold-a-piece-of-art-that-could-only-be-created-in-zer-513898344http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/io9/full/~3/MNZCPXYYUNI/a-teenagers-brain-converted-into-a-binary-decision-tr-514444900<p class="has-media media-640"><img alt="A teenager's brain, converted into a binary decision tree" height="978" width="640" src="http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18rcbgrlo9bg5jpg/ku-xlarge.jpg" class="transform-ku-xlarge"/></p><p class="first-text"> This is an amazing chart. Found by cultural historian <a href="http://io9.com/5488790/advertising-the-space-race/">Megan Prelinger</a><inset id="5488790"></inset>, it's from a 1963 book where the authors wanted to represent what a binary decision tree looks like. They modeled their &#34;decision&#34; example on the steps a teenager makes in deciding whether to be truant or not.</p><p><a href="http://io9.com/a-teenagers-brain-converted-into-a-binary-decision-tr-514444900">Read more...</a></p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://io9.feedsportal.com/c/34975/f/647163/s/2d8635dc/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fa-teenagers-brain-converted-into-a-binary-decision-tr-514444900&t=A+teenager%27s+brain%2C+converted+into+a+binary+decision+tree" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fa-teenagers-brain-converted-into-a-binary-decision-tr-514444900&t=A+teenager%27s+brain%2C+converted+into+a+binary+decision+tree" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" 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href="http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/index.htm" target="_blank">a newly-released estimate from the UN</a>, humanity is on track to grow to a global population of 11 billion people by the end of this century.</p><p><a href="http://io9.com/by-2100-there-could-be-11-billion-people-on-the-planet-513902771">Read more...</a></p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://io9.feedsportal.com/c/34975/f/647163/s/2d8676ca/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fby-2100-there-could-be-11-billion-people-on-the-planet-513902771&t=By+2100%2C+there+could+be+11+billion+people+on+the+planet" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fby-2100-there-could-be-11-billion-people-on-the-planet-513902771&t=By+2100%2C+there+could+be+11+billion+people+on+the+planet" 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Ever Printed On NFL Team Letterhead</a> | <strong>io9 </strong><a href="http://bit.ly/11MF1OK" target="_blank">This breathtaking short film is becoming a TV series</a> | <strong>Jalopnik </strong><a href="http://bit.ly/10yrMHj" target="_blank">Investigators Hint Real Cause Of The TWA 800 Air Disaster Covered Up</a></p><p><a href="http://lauren.kinja.com/gizmodo-microsoft-just-gave-up-on-its-xbox-one-drm-de-514431433">Read more...</a></p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://io9.feedsportal.com/c/34975/f/647163/s/2d8676c9/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Flauren.kinja.com%2Fgizmodo-microsoft-just-gave-up-on-its-xbox-one-drm-de-514431433&t=Gizmodo+Microsoft+Just+Gave+Up+On+Its+Xbox+One+DRM+%7C+Deadspin+The+Greatest+Letter+Ever+Printed+On+NF" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a 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io9http://lauren.kinja.com/gizmodo-microsoft-just-gave-up-on-its-xbox-one-drm-de-514431433http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/io9/full/~3/ywXn9QovnFg/whats-the-worst-star-trek-episode-of-all-time-514338294<p class="has-media media-640"><img alt="What's the worst Star Trek episode of all time?" height="361" width="640" src="http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18rbzv8o8270pjpg/ku-xlarge.jpg" class="transform-ku-xlarge"/></p><p class="first-text">With over 700 episodes, <em>Star Trek</em> offers enough raw television to saturate your brain for months. Including some of the greatest moments in television history... and some of the worst. But what's the absolute WORST <em>Star Trek</em> episode ever made?</p><p><a href="http://io9.com/whats-the-worst-star-trek-episode-of-all-time-514338294">Read more...</a></p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://io9.feedsportal.com/c/34975/f/647163/s/2d858b82/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fwhats-the-worst-star-trek-episode-of-all-time-514338294&t=What%27s+the+worst+Star+Trek+episode+of+all+time%3F" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fwhats-the-worst-star-trek-episode-of-all-time-514338294&t=What%27s+the+worst+Star+Trek+episode+of+all+time%3F" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fwhats-the-worst-star-trek-episode-of-all-time-514338294&t=What%27s+the+worst+Star+Trek+episode+of+all+time%3F" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fwhats-the-worst-star-trek-episode-of-all-time-514338294&t=What%27s+the+worst+Star+Trek+episode+of+all+time%3F" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fwhats-the-worst-star-trek-episode-of-all-time-514338294&t=What%27s+the+worst+Star+Trek+episode+of+all+time%3F" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665176494/u/49/f/647163/c/34975/s/2d858b82/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665176494/u/49/f/647163/c/34975/s/2d858b82/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165665176494/u/49/f/647163/c/34975/s/2d858b82/a2t.img" border="0"/><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/io9/full/~4/ywXn9QovnFg" height="1" width="1"/>enterprisestar trek voyagerds9star trek the next generationtelevisionstar trekstar trek deep space ninestar trek enterpriseopen channeltngWed, 19 Jun 2013 21:40:00 GMT514338294Charlie Jane Andershttp://io9.com/whats-the-worst-star-trek-episode-of-all-time-514338294http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/io9/full/~3/qSf_uMWvBNo/why-god-why-the-disney-princesses-as-space-warrior-s-514429732<p class="has-media media-640"><img alt="Why, God, why: The Disney Princesses as space warrior-strippers" height="380" width="640" src="http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18rc85q2i39kejpg/ku-xlarge.jpg" class="transform-ku-xlarge"/></p><p class="first-text">Hey, did you want the spunky innocence of the Disney Princesses to be forever tarnished in your eyes? No? Well, TOO BAD, thanks to this digital art courtesy of <a href="http://kuhsor.deviantart.com/art/Happily-Ever-After-367831337" target="_blank">Mike Roshuk</a>. Now let us never speak of it again.</p><p><a href="http://io9.com/why-god-why-the-disney-princesses-as-space-warrior-s-514429732">Read more...</a></p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://io9.feedsportal.com/c/34975/f/647163/s/2d858b7f/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fwhy-god-why-the-disney-princesses-as-space-warrior-s-514429732&t=Why%2C+God%2C+why%3A+The+Disney+Princesses+as+space+warrior-strippers" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fwhy-god-why-the-disney-princesses-as-space-warrior-s-514429732&t=Why%2C+God%2C+why%3A+The+Disney+Princesses+as+space+warrior-strippers" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fwhy-god-why-the-disney-princesses-as-space-warrior-s-514429732&t=Why%2C+God%2C+why%3A+The+Disney+Princesses+as+space+warrior-strippers" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fwhy-god-why-the-disney-princesses-as-space-warrior-s-514429732&t=Why%2C+God%2C+why%3A+The+Disney+Princesses+as+space+warrior-strippers" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fwhy-god-why-the-disney-princesses-as-space-warrior-s-514429732&t=Why%2C+God%2C+why%3A+The+Disney+Princesses+as+space+warrior-strippers" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665176493/u/49/f/647163/c/34975/s/2d858b7f/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665176493/u/49/f/647163/c/34975/s/2d858b7f/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165665176493/u/49/f/647163/c/34975/s/2d858b7f/a2t.img" border="0"/><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/io9/full/~4/qSf_uMWvBNo" height="1" width="1"/>artplease go nodisneyWed, 19 Jun 2013 21:40:00 GMT514429732Rob Brickenhttp://io9.com/why-god-why-the-disney-princesses-as-space-warrior-s-514429732http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/io9/full/~3/8vbOoEdui2c/mary-jane-has-been-edited-out-of-amazing-spider-man-2-514422004<p class="has-media media-640"><img alt="Mary Jane has been edited out of Amazing Spider-Man 2" height="445" width="640" src="http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18rc5mmtchw9rjpg/ku-xlarge.jpg" class="transform-ku-xlarge"/></p><p class="first-text"> Just days after announcing plans for <em><a href="http://io9.com/get-ready-for-the-amazing-spider-man-3-and-4-513887825">Amazing Spider-Man 3 </a><inset id="513887825"></inset></em><a href="http://io9.com/get-ready-for-the-amazing-spider-man-3-and-4-513887825">and</a><inset id="513887825"></inset><em><a href="http://io9.com/get-ready-for-the-amazing-spider-man-3-and-4-513887825"> 4 </a><inset id="513887825"></inset>, </em>Sony has also decided<em> that Amazing Spider-Man 2 </em>doesn't need to feature Peter Parker's future wife, Mary Jane Watson. Spider-man's red-headed love interest has been cut out the sequel. </p><p><a href="http://io9.com/mary-jane-has-been-edited-out-of-amazing-spider-man-2-514422004">Read more...</a></p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://io9.feedsportal.com/c/34975/f/647163/s/2d85884e/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fmary-jane-has-been-edited-out-of-amazing-spider-man-2-514422004&t=Mary+Jane+has+been+edited+out+of++Amazing+Spider-Man+2" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fmary-jane-has-been-edited-out-of-amazing-spider-man-2-514422004&t=Mary+Jane+has+been+edited+out+of++Amazing+Spider-Man+2" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fmary-jane-has-been-edited-out-of-amazing-spider-man-2-514422004&t=Mary+Jane+has+been+edited+out+of++Amazing+Spider-Man+2" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fmary-jane-has-been-edited-out-of-amazing-spider-man-2-514422004&t=Mary+Jane+has+been+edited+out+of++Amazing+Spider-Man+2" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fmary-jane-has-been-edited-out-of-amazing-spider-man-2-514422004&t=Mary+Jane+has+been+edited+out+of++Amazing+Spider-Man+2" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665176173/u/49/f/647163/c/34975/s/2d85884e/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665176173/u/49/f/647163/c/34975/s/2d85884e/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165665176173/u/49/f/647163/c/34975/s/2d85884e/a2t.img" border="0"/><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/io9/full/~4/8vbOoEdui2c" height="1" width="1"/>spider-manamazing spider-man 2moviessuperheroesWed, 19 Jun 2013 21:28:00 GMT514422004Meredith Woernerhttp://io9.com/mary-jane-has-been-edited-out-of-amazing-spider-man-2-514422004http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/io9/full/~3/RUSmvvkq7tE/we-are-way-off-target-if-we-hope-to-feed-everyone-by-20-514122382<p class="has-media media-640"><img alt="We are way off target if we hope to feed everyone by 2050" height="360" width="640" src="http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18r8e3danwqj7png/ku-xlarge.png" class="transform-ku-xlarge"/></p><p class="first-text"> A comprehensive study suggests that food production is not on track to keep up with population growth. That means food prices are going to rise in coming decades. This trend could also reverse the progress we’ve made in world food security.</p><p><a href="http://io9.com/we-are-way-off-target-if-we-hope-to-feed-everyone-by-20-514122382">Read more...</a></p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://io9.feedsportal.com/c/34975/f/647163/s/2d8596f1/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fwe-are-way-off-target-if-we-hope-to-feed-everyone-by-20-514122382&t=We+are+way+off+target+if+we+hope+to+feed+everyone+by+2050" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fwe-are-way-off-target-if-we-hope-to-feed-everyone-by-20-514122382&t=We+are+way+off+target+if+we+hope+to+feed+everyone+by+2050" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fwe-are-way-off-target-if-we-hope-to-feed-everyone-by-20-514122382&t=We+are+way+off+target+if+we+hope+to+feed+everyone+by+2050" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fwe-are-way-off-target-if-we-hope-to-feed-everyone-by-20-514122382&t=We+are+way+off+target+if+we+hope+to+feed+everyone+by+2050" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fwe-are-way-off-target-if-we-hope-to-feed-everyone-by-20-514122382&t=We+are+way+off+target+if+we+hope+to+feed+everyone+by+2050" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165666263869/u/49/f/647163/c/34975/s/2d8596f1/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165666263869/u/49/f/647163/c/34975/s/2d8596f1/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165666263869/u/49/f/647163/c/34975/s/2d8596f1/a2t.img" border="0"/><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/io9/full/~4/RUSmvvkq7tE" height="1" width="1"/>food securitypredictionsagriculturalfuturismcrop yieldssustainabilityenvironmentforesightWed, 19 Jun 2013 21:14:00 GMT514122382George Dvorskyhttp://io9.com/we-are-way-off-target-if-we-hope-to-feed-everyone-by-20-514122382http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/io9/full/~3/NS6cmwLC8LM/holy-crap-this-puppet-from-king-kong-the-musical-is-i-514407978<p class="has-media media-640"><span class="flex-video widescreen"><iframe mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" webkitAllowFullScreen="webkitAllowFullScreen" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" class="youtube" height="360" width="640" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/zyakw0wwYhA?wmode=transparent&#38;rel=0&#38;autohide=1&#38;showinfo=0" id="youtube-zyakw0wwYhA"></iframe></span></p><p class="first-text"> How do you make a <em>King Kong</em> musical? Apparently just like this. Melbourne's Regent Theatre has constructed a giant King Kong for their musical adaptation of the 1933 movie, and it is completely nutso. We love it! </p><p><a href="http://io9.com/holy-crap-this-puppet-from-king-kong-the-musical-is-i-514407978">Read more...</a></p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://io9.feedsportal.com/c/34975/f/647163/s/2d8596f2/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fholy-crap-this-puppet-from-king-kong-the-musical-is-i-514407978&t=HOLY+CRAP%2C+this+puppet+from+King+Kong%3A+The+Musical+is+INSANE" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fholy-crap-this-puppet-from-king-kong-the-musical-is-i-514407978&t=HOLY+CRAP%2C+this+puppet+from+King+Kong%3A+The+Musical+is+INSANE" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fholy-crap-this-puppet-from-king-kong-the-musical-is-i-514407978&t=HOLY+CRAP%2C+this+puppet+from+King+Kong%3A+The+Musical+is+INSANE" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fholy-crap-this-puppet-from-king-kong-the-musical-is-i-514407978&t=HOLY+CRAP%2C+this+puppet+from+King+Kong%3A+The+Musical+is+INSANE" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fholy-crap-this-puppet-from-king-kong-the-musical-is-i-514407978&t=HOLY+CRAP%2C+this+puppet+from+King+Kong%3A+The+Musical+is+INSANE" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165666263868/u/49/f/647163/c/34975/s/2d8596f2/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165666263868/u/49/f/647163/c/34975/s/2d8596f2/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165666263868/u/49/f/647163/c/34975/s/2d8596f2/a2t.img" border="0"/><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/io9/full/~4/NS6cmwLC8LM" height="1" width="1"/>king kongking kong the musicalmoviespuppetmusicalsWed, 19 Jun 2013 21:13:00 GMT514407978Meredith Woernerhttp://io9.com/holy-crap-this-puppet-from-king-kong-the-musical-is-i-514407978http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/io9/full/~3/obJhESjfCKY/could-spider-man-really-come-over-to-marvels-movie-uni-514409215<p class="has-media media-640"><img alt="Could Spider-Man really come over to Marvel's movie universe?" height="400" width="640" src="http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18rc3cp21q688jpg/ku-xlarge.jpg" class="transform-ku-xlarge"/></p><p class="first-text">In the <em>Ultimate Spider-Man</em> cartoon, Spidey already rubs shoulders with Agent Coulson and the rest of the Marvel Universe. But in his live-action movies, he's on his own — because the films are made by Sony, and don't cross over with Marvel's own in-house productions. But that could change.</p><p><a href="http://io9.com/could-spider-man-really-come-over-to-marvels-movie-uni-514409215">Read more...</a></p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://io9.feedsportal.com/c/34975/f/647163/s/2d8539eb/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fcould-spider-man-really-come-over-to-marvels-movie-uni-514409215&t=Could+Spider-Man+really+come+over+to+Marvel%27s+movie+universe%3F" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fcould-spider-man-really-come-over-to-marvels-movie-uni-514409215&t=Could+Spider-Man+really+come+over+to+Marvel%27s+movie+universe%3F" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fcould-spider-man-really-come-over-to-marvels-movie-uni-514409215&t=Could+Spider-Man+really+come+over+to+Marvel%27s+movie+universe%3F" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fcould-spider-man-really-come-over-to-marvels-movie-uni-514409215&t=Could+Spider-Man+really+come+over+to+Marvel%27s+movie+universe%3F" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fcould-spider-man-really-come-over-to-marvels-movie-uni-514409215&t=Could+Spider-Man+really+come+over+to+Marvel%27s+movie+universe%3F" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665346266/u/49/f/647163/c/34975/s/2d8539eb/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665346266/u/49/f/647163/c/34975/s/2d8539eb/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165665346266/u/49/f/647163/c/34975/s/2d8539eb/a2t.img" border="0"/><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/io9/full/~4/obJhESjfCKY" height="1" width="1"/>spider-manamazing spider-man 2comicsmoviesiron manhulksuperheroesamazing spider-manavengersWed, 19 Jun 2013 20:56:02 GMT514409215Charlie Jane Andershttp://io9.com/could-spider-man-really-come-over-to-marvels-movie-uni-514409215http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/io9/full/~3/pkf_UcjqZcE/how-the-worlds-end-lives-up-to-the-legacy-of-shaun-of-514395127<p class="has-media media-640"><span class="flex-video widescreen"><iframe mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" webkitAllowFullScreen="webkitAllowFullScreen" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" class="youtube" height="360" width="640" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/yzf5Es4CJOU?wmode=transparent&#38;rel=0&#38;autohide=1&#38;showinfo=0" id="youtube-yzf5Es4CJOU"></iframe></span></p><p class="first-text"> The World's End is a standalone movie, but it's also the third movie of Edgar Wright's Cornetto Trilogy, with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, as this trailer explains. Following up <em>Shaun of the Dead </em>and <em>Hot Fuzz, </em>this movie raises the stakes by ending the world. What do you think?</p><p><a href="http://io9.com/how-the-worlds-end-lives-up-to-the-legacy-of-shaun-of-514395127">Read more...</a></p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://io9.feedsportal.com/c/34975/f/647163/s/2d8557d4/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fhow-the-worlds-end-lives-up-to-the-legacy-of-shaun-of-514395127&t=How+The+World%27s+End+lives+up+to+the+legacy+of+Shaun+of+the+Dead" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fhow-the-worlds-end-lives-up-to-the-legacy-of-shaun-of-514395127&t=How+The+World%27s+End+lives+up+to+the+legacy+of+Shaun+of+the+Dead" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fhow-the-worlds-end-lives-up-to-the-legacy-of-shaun-of-514395127&t=How+The+World%27s+End+lives+up+to+the+legacy+of+Shaun+of+the+Dead" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fhow-the-worlds-end-lives-up-to-the-legacy-of-shaun-of-514395127&t=How+The+World%27s+End+lives+up+to+the+legacy+of+Shaun+of+the+Dead" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fhow-the-worlds-end-lives-up-to-the-legacy-of-shaun-of-514395127&t=How+The+World%27s+End+lives+up+to+the+legacy+of+Shaun+of+the+Dead" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665715887/u/49/f/647163/c/34975/s/2d8557d4/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665715887/u/49/f/647163/c/34975/s/2d8557d4/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165665715887/u/49/f/647163/c/34975/s/2d8557d4/a2t.img" border="0"/><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/io9/full/~4/pkf_UcjqZcE" height="1" width="1"/>trailer frenzynick frostmoviesedgar wrightsimon peggWed, 19 Jun 2013 20:24:23 GMT514395127Meredith Woernerhttp://io9.com/how-the-worlds-end-lives-up-to-the-legacy-of-shaun-of-514395127http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/io9/full/~3/Gftb9uJnWCY/this-is-why-spider-monogamy-is-terrifying-514336927<p class="has-media media-640"><img alt="This Is Why Spider Monogamy Is Terrifying" height="360" width="640" src="http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18rbkzppfcii0jpg/ku-xlarge.jpg" class="transform-ku-xlarge"/></p><p class="first-text">In certain species of spiders and insects, females kill and eat their mates after sex. But the dark fishing spider experiences a very odd twist on this gruesome tale.</p><p><a href="http://io9.com/this-is-why-spider-monogamy-is-terrifying-514336927">Read more...</a></p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://io9.feedsportal.com/c/34975/f/647163/s/2d8554ad/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fthis-is-why-spider-monogamy-is-terrifying-514336927&t=This+Is+Why+Spider+Monogamy+Is+Terrifying" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fthis-is-why-spider-monogamy-is-terrifying-514336927&t=This+Is+Why+Spider+Monogamy+Is+Terrifying" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fthis-is-why-spider-monogamy-is-terrifying-514336927&t=This+Is+Why+Spider+Monogamy+Is+Terrifying" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fthis-is-why-spider-monogamy-is-terrifying-514336927&t=This+Is+Why+Spider+Monogamy+Is+Terrifying" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fthis-is-why-spider-monogamy-is-terrifying-514336927&t=This+Is+Why+Spider+Monogamy+Is+Terrifying" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665715532/u/49/f/647163/c/34975/s/2d8554ad/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665715532/u/49/f/647163/c/34975/s/2d8554ad/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165665715532/u/49/f/647163/c/34975/s/2d8554ad/a2t.img" border="0"/><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/io9/full/~4/Gftb9uJnWCY" height="1" width="1"/>monogamyspidersanimal behaviorarachnidszoologycannibalismmatingscienceWed, 19 Jun 2013 20:02:00 GMT514336927Joseph Bennington-Castrohttp://io9.com/this-is-why-spider-monogamy-is-terrifying-514336927http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/io9/full/~3/AEfPW4XY2G4/check-out-batmans-weird-enemies-and-weirder-head-in-be-514380390<p class="has-media media-640"><span class="flex-video widescreen"><iframe mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" webkitAllowFullScreen="webkitAllowFullScreen" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" class="youtube" height="360" width="640" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Q706SDHrU1M?wmode=transparent&#38;rel=0&#38;autohide=1&#38;showinfo=0" id="youtube-Q706SDHrU1M"></iframe></span></p><p class="first-text"> first look at Cartoon Network's new CG Batman cartoon,<em> Beware the Batman</em>, isn't terrible. The CG animation is all right, the fights seems well-choreographed, and the new villains look fun. Although since Batman's oddly shaped skull indicates he's apparently <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_erectus#Origin" target="_blank">a member of Homo Erectus</a>, I'd say Bat-Mite is also involved.</p><p><a href="http://io9.com/check-out-batmans-weird-enemies-and-weirder-head-in-be-514380390">Read more...</a></p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://io9.feedsportal.com/c/34975/f/647163/s/2d847a13/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fcheck-out-batmans-weird-enemies-and-weirder-head-in-be-514380390&t=Check+out+Batman%27s+weird+enemies+and+weirder+head+in+Beware+the+Batman" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fcheck-out-batmans-weird-enemies-and-weirder-head-in-be-514380390&t=Check+out+Batman%27s+weird+enemies+and+weirder+head+in+Beware+the+Batman" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fcheck-out-batmans-weird-enemies-and-weirder-head-in-be-514380390&t=Check+out+Batman%27s+weird+enemies+and+weirder+head+in+Beware+the+Batman" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fcheck-out-batmans-weird-enemies-and-weirder-head-in-be-514380390&t=Check+out+Batman%27s+weird+enemies+and+weirder+head+in+Beware+the+Batman" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fcheck-out-batmans-weird-enemies-and-weirder-head-in-be-514380390&t=Check+out+Batman%27s+weird+enemies+and+weirder+head+in+Beware+the+Batman" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665344323/u/49/f/647163/c/34975/s/2d847a13/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665344323/u/49/f/647163/c/34975/s/2d847a13/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165665344323/u/49/f/647163/c/34975/s/2d847a13/a2t.img" border="0"/><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/io9/full/~4/AEfPW4XY2G4" height="1" width="1"/>animationcartoon netwrokbeware the batmanbatmanWed, 19 Jun 2013 19:40:00 GMT514380390Rob Brickenhttp://io9.com/check-out-batmans-weird-enemies-and-weirder-head-in-be-514380390http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/io9/full/~3/XNd4XuxOMeM/all-of-your-biggest-pacific-rim-questions-answered-514358535<p class="has-media media-640first-text"><strong><img alt="All of Your Biggest Pacific Rim Questions, Answered!" height="360" width="640" src="http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18rbpcuiwqqt8jpg/ku-xlarge.jpg" class="transform-ku-xlarge"/></strong> io9 was on set for the most anticipated movie of the summer <em>Pacific Rim</em>. And this is what we saw and what we learned about the biggest monster movie of the year. </p><p><a href="http://io9.com/all-of-your-biggest-pacific-rim-questions-answered-514358535">Read more...</a></p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://io9.feedsportal.com/c/34975/f/647163/s/2d847a14/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fall-of-your-biggest-pacific-rim-questions-answered-514358535&t=All+of+Your+Biggest+Pacific+Rim++Questions%2C+Answered%21" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fall-of-your-biggest-pacific-rim-questions-answered-514358535&t=All+of+Your+Biggest+Pacific+Rim++Questions%2C+Answered%21" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fall-of-your-biggest-pacific-rim-questions-answered-514358535&t=All+of+Your+Biggest+Pacific+Rim++Questions%2C+Answered%21" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fall-of-your-biggest-pacific-rim-questions-answered-514358535&t=All+of+Your+Biggest+Pacific+Rim++Questions%2C+Answered%21" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fall-of-your-biggest-pacific-rim-questions-answered-514358535&t=All+of+Your+Biggest+Pacific+Rim++Questions%2C+Answered%21" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665344322/u/49/f/647163/c/34975/s/2d847a14/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665344322/u/49/f/647163/c/34975/s/2d847a14/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165665344322/u/49/f/647163/c/34975/s/2d847a14/a2t.img" border="0"/><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/io9/full/~4/XNd4XuxOMeM" height="1" width="1"/>monstersmoviesguillermo del torobehind the scenesset visitkaijupacific rimWed, 19 Jun 2013 19:36:00 GMT514358535Meredith Woernerhttp://io9.com/all-of-your-biggest-pacific-rim-questions-answered-514358535http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/io9/full/~3/UgZhZTatNdE/jonathan-demme-is-directing-the-pilot-for-amcs-mysteri-514374823<p class="has-media media-640"><img alt="Jonathan Demme is directing the pilot for AMC's mysterious new show" height="426" width="640" src="http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18rbuux8pirsgjpg/ku-xlarge.jpg" class="transform-ku-xlarge"/></p><p class="first-text">AMC is building on its <em>Walking Dead</em> cred with <a href="http://io9.com/science-fiction-show-begins-with-a-plane-crash-what-an-482853457">a new show about a mysterious plane crash</a><inset id="482853457"></inset> and a weird conspiracy, <em>Line of Sight</em>. And now, they've hired Silence of the Lambs director Jonathan Demme to helm the pilot.</p><p><a href="http://io9.com/jonathan-demme-is-directing-the-pilot-for-amcs-mysteri-514374823">Read more...</a></p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://io9.feedsportal.com/c/34975/f/647163/s/2d849b2a/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fjonathan-demme-is-directing-the-pilot-for-amcs-mysteri-514374823&t=Jonathan+Demme+is+directing+the+pilot+for+AMC%27s+mysterious+new+show" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fjonathan-demme-is-directing-the-pilot-for-amcs-mysteri-514374823&t=Jonathan+Demme+is+directing+the+pilot+for+AMC%27s+mysterious+new+show" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fjonathan-demme-is-directing-the-pilot-for-amcs-mysteri-514374823&t=Jonathan+Demme+is+directing+the+pilot+for+AMC%27s+mysterious+new+show" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fjonathan-demme-is-directing-the-pilot-for-amcs-mysteri-514374823&t=Jonathan+Demme+is+directing+the+pilot+for+AMC%27s+mysterious+new+show" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fjonathan-demme-is-directing-the-pilot-for-amcs-mysteri-514374823&t=Jonathan+Demme+is+directing+the+pilot+for+AMC%27s+mysterious+new+show" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665714455/u/49/f/647163/c/34975/s/2d849b2a/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665714455/u/49/f/647163/c/34975/s/2d849b2a/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165665714455/u/49/f/647163/c/34975/s/2d849b2a/a2t.img" border="0"/><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/io9/full/~4/UgZhZTatNdE" height="1" width="1"/>amceventtelevisionjonathan demmeline of sightWed, 19 Jun 2013 19:20:41 GMT514374823Charlie Jane Andershttp://io9.com/jonathan-demme-is-directing-the-pilot-for-amcs-mysteri-514374823http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/io9/full/~3/ygYGYvzVm70/looking-for-an-extra-boost-of-creativity-try-dimming-t-514329029<p class="has-media media-640"><img alt="Looking for an extra boost of creativity? Try dimming the lights." height="360" width="640" src="http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18rbsegotppyujpg/ku-xlarge.jpg" class="transform-ku-xlarge"/></p><p class="first-text"> A new study has found that dim lighting may actually boost your creativity. But here's the best part. The test subjects' creativity was assessed by having them make up a science fiction story and draw aliens. Yes, really.</p><p><a href="http://io9.com/looking-for-an-extra-boost-of-creativity-try-dimming-t-514329029">Read more...</a></p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://io9.feedsportal.com/c/34975/f/647163/s/2d849b2e/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Flooking-for-an-extra-boost-of-creativity-try-dimming-t-514329029&t=Looking+for+an+extra+boost+of+creativity%3F+Try+dimming+the+lights." target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Flooking-for-an-extra-boost-of-creativity-try-dimming-t-514329029&t=Looking+for+an+extra+boost+of+creativity%3F+Try+dimming+the+lights." target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Flooking-for-an-extra-boost-of-creativity-try-dimming-t-514329029&t=Looking+for+an+extra+boost+of+creativity%3F+Try+dimming+the+lights." target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Flooking-for-an-extra-boost-of-creativity-try-dimming-t-514329029&t=Looking+for+an+extra+boost+of+creativity%3F+Try+dimming+the+lights." target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Flooking-for-an-extra-boost-of-creativity-try-dimming-t-514329029&t=Looking+for+an+extra+boost+of+creativity%3F+Try+dimming+the+lights." target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665714454/u/49/f/647163/c/34975/s/2d849b2e/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665714454/u/49/f/647163/c/34975/s/2d849b2e/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165665714454/u/49/f/647163/c/34975/s/2d849b2e/a2t.img" border="0"/><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/io9/full/~4/ygYGYvzVm70" height="1" width="1"/>psychologyaliensanna steidlecreativitylioba werthenvironmental pyschologyscienceWed, 19 Jun 2013 19:15:16 GMT514329029Robert T. Gonzalezhttp://io9.com/looking-for-an-extra-boost-of-creativity-try-dimming-t-514329029http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/io9/full/~3/jeOakgemVRs/feed-your-inner-maths-nerd-with-this-ti-83-t-shirt-514284617<p class="has-media media-640"><img alt="Feed your inner maths nerd with this TI-83 T-Shirt" height="360" width="640" src="http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18rb5ryqgznlzjpg/ku-xlarge.jpg" class="transform-ku-xlarge"/></p> <p class="first-text">Loving this minimalist homage to the greatest mathematical companion/handheld gaming device of all time (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIAx7kjb9Gg" target="_blank">Falldown,</a> anyone?), created by Brooklyn Designer Jonathan Bobrow.</p><p><a href="http://io9.com/feed-your-inner-maths-nerd-with-this-ti-83-t-shirt-514284617">Read more...</a></p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://io9.feedsportal.com/c/34975/f/647163/s/2d846c37/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Ffeed-your-inner-maths-nerd-with-this-ti-83-t-shirt-514284617&t=Feed+your+inner+maths+nerd+with+this+TI-83+T-Shirt" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Ffeed-your-inner-maths-nerd-with-this-ti-83-t-shirt-514284617&t=Feed+your+inner+maths+nerd+with+this+TI-83+T-Shirt" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Ffeed-your-inner-maths-nerd-with-this-ti-83-t-shirt-514284617&t=Feed+your+inner+maths+nerd+with+this+TI-83+T-Shirt" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Ffeed-your-inner-maths-nerd-with-this-ti-83-t-shirt-514284617&t=Feed+your+inner+maths+nerd+with+this+TI-83+T-Shirt" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Ffeed-your-inner-maths-nerd-with-this-ti-83-t-shirt-514284617&t=Feed+your+inner+maths+nerd+with+this+TI-83+T-Shirt" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665342879/u/49/f/647163/c/34975/s/2d846c37/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665342879/u/49/f/647163/c/34975/s/2d846c37/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165665342879/u/49/f/647163/c/34975/s/2d846c37/a2t.img" border="0"/><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/io9/full/~4/jeOakgemVRs" height="1" width="1"/>sci fashioncalculator shirtmathstexas instrumentsti-83scienceWed, 19 Jun 2013 18:40:00 GMT514284617Robert T. Gonzalezhttp://io9.com/feed-your-inner-maths-nerd-with-this-ti-83-t-shirt-514284617http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/io9/full/~3/jyLUWajPlvs/9-hipster-zombies-who-took-over-the-world-514317601<p class="has-media media-640"><img alt="9 Hipster Zombies Who Took Over the World" height="331" width="640" src="http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18rbmyqtducwbjpg/ku-xlarge.jpg" class="transform-ku-xlarge"/></p><p class="first-text"> Being dead — yeah, it's a thing that happened. It was a little awkward. But get over it, OK? Use your app, take your meds, whatever. It sucks to be a hipster zombie, but here are nine examples of the hip and partially dead who are totally making the best of it.</p><p><a href="http://io9.com/9-hipster-zombies-who-took-over-the-world-514317601">Read more...</a></p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://io9.feedsportal.com/c/34975/f/647163/s/2d846c3b/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2F9-hipster-zombies-who-took-over-the-world-514317601&t=9+Hipster+Zombies+Who+Took+Over+the+World" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2F9-hipster-zombies-who-took-over-the-world-514317601&t=9+Hipster+Zombies+Who+Took+Over+the+World" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2F9-hipster-zombies-who-took-over-the-world-514317601&t=9+Hipster+Zombies+Who+Took+Over+the+World" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2F9-hipster-zombies-who-took-over-the-world-514317601&t=9+Hipster+Zombies+Who+Took+Over+the+World" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2F9-hipster-zombies-who-took-over-the-world-514317601&t=9+Hipster+Zombies+Who+Took+Over+the+World" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665342878/u/49/f/647163/c/34975/s/2d846c3b/kg/342-363/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665342878/u/49/f/647163/c/34975/s/2d846c3b/kg/342-363/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165665342878/u/49/f/647163/c/34975/s/2d846c3b/kg/342-363/a2t.img" border="0"/><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/io9/full/~4/jyLUWajPlvs" height="1" width="1"/>movieshipsterszombiessuperlistWed, 19 Jun 2013 18:38:00 GMT514317601Annalee Newitzhttp://io9.com/9-hipster-zombies-who-took-over-the-world-514317601http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/io9/full/~3/KZVFwKr5M-g/mechanic-accused-of-inventing-a-death-ray-for-israel-an-514339906<p class="has-media media-640"><img alt="Mechanic accused of inventing a death ray for Israel and/or the KKK" height="441" width="640" src="http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18rbluohnpgmxjpg/ku-xlarge.jpg" class="transform-ku-xlarge"/></p><p class="first-text"> A mechanic who worked at General Electric in New York spent the past several years perfecting a deadly, truck-mounted radiation weapon. According to the FBI, he tried to sell it to some Jews in his area, whom he figured could hand it over to Israel. Failing that, he tried to sell it to some friends in the KKK. </p><p><a href="http://io9.com/mechanic-accused-of-inventing-a-death-ray-for-israel-an-514339906">Read more...</a></p><img width='1' height='1' src='http://io9.feedsportal.com/c/34975/f/647163/s/2d8431b3/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fmechanic-accused-of-inventing-a-death-ray-for-israel-an-514339906&t=Mechanic+accused+of+inventing+a+death+ray+for+Israel+and%2For+the+KKK" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fmechanic-accused-of-inventing-a-death-ray-for-israel-an-514339906&t=Mechanic+accused+of+inventing+a+death+ray+for+Israel+and%2For+the+KKK" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fmechanic-accused-of-inventing-a-death-ray-for-israel-an-514339906&t=Mechanic+accused+of+inventing+a+death+ray+for+Israel+and%2For+the+KKK" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fmechanic-accused-of-inventing-a-death-ray-for-israel-an-514339906&t=Mechanic+accused+of+inventing+a+death+ray+for+Israel+and%2For+the+KKK" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fio9.com%2Fmechanic-accused-of-inventing-a-death-ray-for-israel-an-514339906&t=Mechanic+accused+of+inventing+a+death+ray+for+Israel+and%2For+the+KKK" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665170899/u/49/f/647163/c/34975/s/2d8431b3/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665170899/u/49/f/647163/c/34975/s/2d8431b3/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165665170899/u/49/f/647163/c/34975/s/2d8431b3/a2t.img" border="0"/><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/io9/full/~4/KZVFwKr5M-g" height="1" width="1"/>holy crap wtfradiationweaponsradiation weaponWed, 19 Jun 2013 17:39:00 GMT514339906Annalee Newitzhttp://io9.com/mechanic-accused-of-inventing-a-death-ray-for-israel-an-514339906