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Steven Universe Is Quickly Becoming A Show About Flawed Mothers
In a way, Steven Universe has always been about the struggle of motherhood—a main character born out of an absent mother, raised by surrogates with their own problems. But since its return, the show is...
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The Two Men (And the One Dinner) That Uncovered the Cause of Botulism
Today we bend Clostridium botulinum to our will, forcing it to make our faces smoother and our actors less able to do their jobs. Once, though, people had no idea what caused the “sausage disease.” It...
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io9 Newsstand is Not As Obsessed With Serial Killers As You Are
This week’s featured story is about two kinds of disturbing people. One is a type that we, as a culture, are fascinated by to the point of reverence. And the other, we turn from uncomfortably and don’t...
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We Have a Crazy Theory About How Darth Vader Might Fit Into Star Wars: The...
The first trailer for The Force Awakens announced to the world there was a brand new Star Wars villain. We then learned his name: Kylo Ren, owner of the ominous, hilted red lightsaber. A second...
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What Japan Can Teach Us About Prepping for a Major Earthquake
Earlier this year, it was revealed that the US Pacific Northwest could face a 1-in-10 chance of a suffering a catastrophic, 9.0 earthquake within the next 50 years. We have to do a better job preparing...
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Something Bizarre Is Happening On the Surface of Rosetta's Comet
They may not look like it, but each of these photos from Rosetta is of the same site on Comet 67P/ Churyumov-Gerasimenko, within just six short weeks. Something big is happening up there—but what is...
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Meet the Engineers Trying to Prevent the Destruction of Humanity
From asteroid impacts to robot takeovers to superbug pandemics, there are a thousand ways human civilization could be destroyed. Most of us prefer not to dwell on the End Times, but for the folks at...
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Doctor Who’s New Season Premiere Is Not For Novice Viewers
We’ve seen both halves of the Doctor Who season opener, which starts tomorrow on BBC America at 9 PM. The good news? The time-traveling eccentric Doctor, played by Peter Capaldi, is as electrifying as...
View ArticleTravel Into the Future With The Simpsons To See Their 75th Anniversary Special
The Simpsons has never been afraid to travel into the future to see what’s in store for Springfield’s favorite family. They’re taking that a step further next week, premiering the 75th anniversary...
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British Scientists Seek Permission to Genetically Modify Human Embryos
Just five months after scientists in China made history by modifying the germline of human embryos, a research team in the U.K. is requesting permission to do the same, but strictly for research into...
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Which Final Scene in a Movie Haunted You for Hours Afterwards?
This grainy image from The Blair Witch Project is unremarkable on its own. But contextualized within the film’s carefully-crafted mythology and nerve-jangling buildup, this simple shot was a terrifying...
View ArticleDeadspin Who’s Funding Kevin Johnson’s Secret Government?
Deadspin Who’s Funding Kevin Johnson’s Secret Government? | Gizmodo How That Ice Ball in Your Cocktail Inspired a Cool Physics Experiment | Jalopnik Qatari Sheikh Whose LaFerrari Terrorized Beverly...
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Five New Board Games You Should Play
In the board game world, the North American convention season is mostly over. Gen Con saw a unique attendance of almost 62,000 people and had slightly over 400 new games. The upcoming convention at...
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The 25th Ig Nobel Awards Were The Greatest Moment In The History of (Silly)...
For years, the Ig Nobel Awards have been famous for celebrating the most offbeat and ludicrous forms of scientific discovery. And last night, I was lucky enough to attend the 2015 Ig Nobel ceremony,...
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DC Comics' Most Hilarious Duo Could Be Coming To The Big Screen
If Man of Steel, Batman v Superman and Suicide Squad are any indication, the DC Cinematic Universe is going to be much darker and grimmer than Marvel’s. But a new rumor suggests it’ll eventually get a...
View ArticleJoe West Gives Aquaman a Sick Burn This Deleted Scene From The Flash
Poor, poor Aquaman. No matter what, he’s always going to be the easy punchline to a joke about superpowers. In this case, he’s used to make Barry Allen look more pathetic. Oof.[via Entertainment...
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This Is How Much Food It Would Take to End World Hunger
There are over 500 million hungry people in the world—but that number only tells part of the story. The other part of it is the amount of the actual food shortfall. So how much food would we need to...
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Inside the Twisted World of the "Co-Ed Killer," Whose Bloodlust Could Not Be...
When he was 15, Edmund Kemper shot his grandparents, curious about what it would feel like to commit murder. A stint in a maximum-security prison hospital did little to cure him; after his release at...
View ArticleThis Touching Star Wars Fan Film Will Probably Bring A Tear To Your Eye
With all its rampant speculation and consumerism, we sometimes forget that Star Wars is all about wonder. About that feeling we got first seeing the movies and being transported to somewhere magical....
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Galactic collision!
Galactic collision! The Hubble Space Telescope captured this beautiful look at NGC 3921, a pair of disk galaxies in the late stages of merger. These galaxies, both about the same size, began merging...
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