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quote of the day 445 9,234 Alan Moore sums up everything that’s wrong with the entertainment industry

chemistry 183 1,694 DNA-tangling molecule could revolutionize treatments for cancer and HIV

geology 171 956 A visual account of the 22-year vertical trip into Lake Vostok

daily 10 160 68,495 10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Love and Sex

psychology 147 8,706 Babies can understand what you’re saying at just 6 months old

concept art 142 9,045 Behold, the Aztec mecha and Mayan cyborgs of our Mesoamerican future

this is a disaster 139 15,588 io9’s Official Valentine’s Day Cards, For That Special Geek In Your Life

space porn 113 2,238 Give your valentine one of the biggest roses in the Universe

transformers 110 9,397 Transformers 4 is coming. Also, Michael Bay won’t stop directing Transformers movies until the heat death of the universe.

this is awesome 101 41,018 Game of Thrones Valentines: So Full of Win, You’ll Die

star wars 91 33,766 The Best (And Weirdest) Science Fiction Toys from Toy Fair 2012

physics 49 14,185 How do we know the universe isn’t already ruled by giant space brains?

quote of the day 48 11,959 Why China’s most incendiary new political novel had to be science fiction

physics 48 9,724 This is the year the Large Hadron Collider finds out the truth about the Higgs boson

comics we crave 45 3,404 Moebius, angry trucks, and the B.P.R.D. invade comic books on Wednesday

biology 43 7,558 Controversial new theory claims life got its start in Russian hot springs

space 42 12,957 A super-sized Sun could explain why Earth didn’t freeze to death long ago