Artists’ Portraits of Science Fiction’s Greatest Writers

io9 backgrounder 820 29,160 Cancer is just as deadly as it was 50 years ago. Here’s why that’s about to change.

psychology 799 122,214 In 1995, New Mexico voted on a bill requiring psychologists to dress as wizards

daily 10 435 52,068 10 Movies and TV Shows Where Everybody Probably Died 5 Minutes After the End

evolution 196 11,106 Ancient humans just couldn’t stop having sex with Neanderthals

technology 185 6,980 How much of your online dating profile do people actually read?

biology 155 4,408 Most fish actually evolved on land, not the sea

physics 153 5,847 How Black Light Works

holy crap wtf 96 10,592 These Avengers and Spider-Man costumes have already ruined Halloween

tv preview 90 7,315 Three reasons to watch The River tonight, and one reason not to

daily 10 88 48,547 10 Reasons to go Back to Bed

spider-man 86 26,246 Sonogram reveals that woman is giving birth to the supervillain Venom

physics 73 10,435 The Large Hadron Collider takes us one big step closer to finding the Higgs boson

maths 63 18,773 The way we measure box office success is completely broken

holy crap wtf 52 6,869 SeaWorld is being sued… by five of its "enslaved" killer whales

materials science 49 29,480 The Nobel Prize-Winning Discovery that Got a Scientist Kicked Out of His Own Lab

geophysics 49 14,419 Scientists have (probably) made contact with Earth’s most alien lake!

transformers 48 9,608 This Optimus Prime snowman is the size of an apartment building

dc comics 42 6,036 An exclusive first look at Vertigo’s next supernatural comic book