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io9Watch every single Doctor Who episode ever, in a single hour
If you happen to be in Sydney, Australia, and feel the need to catch up on your Doctor Who watching, there’s a golden opportunity coming up. Comedian Patrick “Doublethreat” Magee has crafted a show called “Every Episode of Doctor Who Ever Live on Stage,” which is just what it sounds like. Needless to say, covering … Continued
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Everything’s not lost: America’s youth are living healthier lifestyles
Close to 100 million Americans are obese, making the U.S. the fattest country in the developed world. But while the AMA recently declared obesity a disease, the country’s youth actually appear to be eating better and exercising more, according to a report published today in the journal Pediatrics. https://gizmodo.com/fat-maps-show-where-the-obesity-epidemic-has-hit-the-5934298 https://gizmodo.com/the-american-medical-association-has-declared-obesity-a-517862216 Top photo by KG Sand … Continued
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The 10 Most Memorable Dungeons & Dragons Monsters
The classic role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons borrowed countless creatures, myths and monsters to fill its fiend folio, but not all of them. Gary Gygax and the other D&D creators added a few ideas of their own to the lexicon of monsters. Here are 10 creatures that will never be forgotten, especially by the role-players … Continued
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Was our universe created by a four-dimensional black hole?
Based on what we know of our universe, many cosmologists believe it all began when the Big Bang spat a bunch of matter into being. But a lot of questions remain. That’s why a Canadian astrophysicist has suggested that there’s another possibility. Maybe our universe began with a 4D black hole? Writing in Nature, Zeeya … Continued
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AMC plans a Walking Dead spinoff series
The Walking Dead was a massive success, so it makes sense the AMC is hoping to squeeze out another post apocalyptic money maker. So Robert Kirkman and Gale Anne Hurd are planning a spinoff series. THR is reporting that this new “companion series” will feature all new characters but it will be set in the … Continued
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io9This Week’s TV: The Most Entertaining Pilot of the Fall Season!
That’s right — there are some really exciting pilots airing later this fall, but the absolute most knock-down, drag-out entertaining opening episode airs this very week. Plus there are three season premieres, and a few season finales as well. Check out our complete guide to the week’s television, below! Top image: Sleepy Hollow Today: Adventure … Continued
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What the atomic tests of the 1950s looked like from Los Angeles
Even though the Nevada Proving Grounds were about 270 miles from Los Angeles, the eerie glow of the atomic tests could still be seen from the City of Angels. Top image: A disturbingly cheery postcard-like photograph courtesy Los Angeles Public Library. These pictures were taken between 1951 to 1955. No photographer name has been credited … Continued
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We are not the boss of natural selection. It is unpwnable.
Last week, David Attenborough told The Guardian that humans “have put a halt to natural selection,” and with it our genetic and physical evolution. In this expertly crafted rebuttal, University of Rhode Island anthropologist Holly Dunsworth explains why he’s wrong. https://gizmodo.com/sir-david-attenborough-says-the-future-is-going-to-tota-1284214476 Top photo by Ricardo Moraes, via Reuters. It should come as no surprise that … Continued
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io9Make Doritos a Super Bowl commercial, win a job on the Avengers 2 set
Every year Doritos manages to scam free ads for the Superbowl by crowd-sourcing the public. The winners get a Super Bowl spot and 30 seconds of fame. But this year they’ve upped the rewards big time, and the two bests Super Bowl commercial creators will win jobs on Avengers 2. https://gizmodo.com/astronauts-satan-and-the-rock-dominate-the-best-super-5981448 But you also know … Continued
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The most delicious severed hands and feet you’ll ever eat
Sorry, aspiring cannibals — these hands and feet are actually made out of chocolate, not the dead. They’re entrants in Miss Cakehead’s annual Eat Your Heart Out Halloween event, but they are full of the event’s sponsor, Kraken rum. It’s like eating pieces of the world’s sweetest deceased alcoholic! [Via Laughing Squid]
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The Union Jack on the Moon
In January-July 1939 the British Interplanetary Society concluded a 2-year engineering study of a manned moon landing. Its spaceship was a radically new design, completely different than anything previously suggested. In fact, this was the first time in history a group of engineers and scientists had ever sat down and designed a realistic, scientifically feasible … Continued
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Meet io9’s first community editor, Ria Misra!
Please welcome Ria Misra, io9’s first community editor. She’ll be fighting for the users, which means if you have questions or problems with comments, you can ask her. Plus, she’ll be working on posts designed to showcase the brilliance and awesomeness of io9’s commenter community. Ria has written about farmers hacking agricultural equipment to deal … Continued
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Last night’s Breaking Bad was the best—and most grueling—episode ever
Yesterday’s episode of Breaking Bad was a gruelling squirm-a-thon from start to finish, featuring a number of major developments — and it proved to be one of the best of the entire series. Serious spoilers incoming. The episode, titled “Ozymandias,” opens with a flashback from season one showing Walt and Jesse conducting their first cook … Continued
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This may be the strangest human brain known to science
Remarkably, this is a photograph of what was once an actual adult human brain — but without the characteristic ridges and folds. But because the patient’s medical records were lost, we may never know what life was like for this person. Image credit: Adam Voorhes. Here’s what we do know. The person to whom this … Continued
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io9Did Jamie Foxx reveal some fairly major Amazing Spider-Man 2 secrets?
Keanu Reeves cryptically discusses the darkness that has engulfed Bill & Ted 3. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. has a plan for Agent Coulson, that goes far beyond the little matter of his un-death. Check out behind-the-scenes videos for Carrie and The Walking Dead. Plus another actor joins Game of Thrones. Spoilers ahead! Top image from Amazing … Continued
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io9A boy strikes a bargain with a dying wolf in this animated fable
Lost in a cold and dark wood, a young boy encounters a dying wolf, who asks him for a favor. But will the boy be able to fulfill his promise in the end? The stylized darkness of Jeff Le Bars’ Carn is wonderful, as if its characters stepped out of a truly Grimm fairytale. And … Continued
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These rules helped make the Bill Nye the Science Guy show great
It’s always wonderful to see children’s television staffers pay care and attention to the important details of their shows. And this short list of Bill Nye the Science Guy’s “Rules of the Road” lays out the basics of creating an engaging show that gets people excited about learning. You can read a transcript of this … Continued
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This dazzlingly bright star is a cosmic lighthouse
This star is RS Puppis, and it isn’t just the stellar equivalent of a pretty face; it’s absolutely crucial to our understanding of the universe. This is a Cepheid variable star, which in part means its brightness increases and decreases on an exact, predictable schedule. And because it’s surrounded by a giant nebula that reflects … Continued
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io9Please don’t try to turn the Star Trek movies into Deep Space 9
One of the things that surprised many viewers of Star Trek Into Darkness is that the film portrayed a less than virtuous Starfleet, something some folks have likened to the series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. But Deep Space Nine’s portrayal of Starfleet reflects that series’ role in the larger Star Trek universe and doesn’t … Continued
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