The 33rd annual Ig Nobel Prizes in improbable research that make people “LAUGH, then THINK,” according to its website, were revealed this week. The awards are produced by the Annals of Improbable Research magazine.
Ig Nobel Prizes for Unusual Science Feature Fossil Lickers, ‘Stanford Toilet’, and Corpse Nose Hairs
AWA—Artists, Writers, and Artisans—a fully creator-owned company, has given io9 the exclusive first look at the opening pages of Red Light, a capitalist, neon-noir cyber-future erotic thriller.
NASA wrapped up a year-long investigation into hundreds of sightings of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP), and its independent study team released a 36-page report that was largely inconclusive. The space agency is not letting up, however, assigning a director of research into the unidentified phenomena and…
In sentences that sound like shitposts but are in fact actual news, akin to Bryce Dallas Howard Is Yaddle, the BBC has confirmed that one of Doctor Who’s deep-cut villains for its 60th anniversary specials, Beep the Meep, will be suitably voiced for such a triumphant return by acting icon
The internet is buzzing with images of tiny mummified bodies with three fingers and an elongated head, the alleged corpses of extraterrestrial life. A congressional hearing held in Mexico on UFOs is the latest to join a string of recent headlines on aliens, but are we any closer to finding out the truth of whether we…
Sorry, Lando, I’m going to have to disagree with you here. This news is getting better all the time.
Blink-182 famously sang about all the small things, but now its lead singer is embracing some very big things.
Brazilian scientists have found some new species of spiders that will hopefully live long and prosper. Researchers with the Emilio Goeldi Paraense Museum have identified the three new species and named them after some iconic characters from Star Trek.
“Star Wars! Nothing but Star Wars! Give me those Star Wars! Don’t let them end...” Just as Bill Murray said it in 1978, we’re still saying it today.
With all the buzz about UFOs—more recently dubbed “Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena,” or UAPs—coming from sources