This week, a group of geologists report that they’ve found a lost continent off the coast of Scotland. 55 million years ago, about 10 million years after dinosaurs died out, a chunk of the seafloor erupted from beneath the water. More »
Super 8 is one of the only original science fiction movies this season, and it’s the brainchild of “sense of wonder” twins Steven Spielberg and J.J. Abrams. So yeah, there’s been a lot of hype about this flick. And no, it’s not entirely deserved. But that doesn’t mean it isn’t a likable, exciting movie. More »
Having recently been stranded in Denver Airport for 24 hours, I can tell you anecdotally that the place is hellish. Exit arrows point at each other instead of outside; corridors lead to nowhere; and security checkpoints seem to disappear mysteriously as you approach them. More »
In this io9 interview with Earth Scientist Jim Webster at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, you’ll learn why the technological revolution is dependent on volcanoes. They’re the source of most metals we use in our machines. More »
A scientist who studies the small, silver elephantfish may have stumbled on the key to speciation, the process that allows one species to evolve into two or more. And it’s all about developing new sensory perceptions. More »
What you’re looking at are neurons grown from a schizophrenic person. An incredible study, published today in Nature, reveals how scientists grew schizophrenic brain cells to understand the inner workings of this still-mysterious neurological disorder. More »
It’s unclear whether this memo is a hoax, but it has just appeared on the FBI’s “vault” website, devoted to once-classified documents that have become public. The brief memo contains information from an Air Force informant about “flying saucers”. More »
Media coverage of the Tokyo nuclear reactor leak makes it seem like the worst kind of power plant disaster that you would ever face. But when you look at the actual statistics and history of similar disasters, nuclear power plants are not the most dangerous energy sources – even when terrible accidents happen. More »
