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A luminescent portrait of cell movements in a developing embryo

February 13, 2012 – Imagine if you could track the movement of every single cell in a developing embryo, discovering what each undifferentiated cell turned into. It could allow you to reverse-engineer the construction of an organism. More »

Embryo porn? I think that may fall outside even the capacious Rule 34.

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io9 Book Club Reminder: Meeting 2/21 to discuss Erin Morgenstern’s The Night Circus

February 9, 2012 – The io9 Book Club meets every month to discuss a book, and then the author usually joins us for a chat. In February, we're meeting on the 21st to discuss Erin Morgenstern's The Night Circus. More »

And this is why I'm sad about ocean acidification. These poor little Cthulhus can't survive it.

I just figured our site was so plastered with ads for the show that people would be sick of seeing TONIGHT ON ABC at 9!

Agreed about miniseries. I love the way the BBC will say "here are 6 or 8 episodes." That's it! We're not drawing it out.

Three reasons to watch The River tonight, and one reason not to

February 7, 2012 – Produced by Steven Spielberg, and created by Paranormal Activity writer/director Oren Peli, new TV series The River boasts some pretty great credentials out of the gate. More »

Thanks for this moving comment - you've got a lot of fans here!

PLUS: In silhouette, the villain looks like a small Gojira.

You are a role model for us all.

Yeah, especially with this heated blanked cranked up to 11.

This is what it looks like when cancer gets smacked down by a T cell

February 6, 2012 – This incredible video captures a showdown between cancer cells and the T cells that act as the shock troops for your immune system. That's right - you're actually watching a T cell defeat cancer. More »

Alright everybody chill out. Seriously - personal attacks and insults are bannable offenses on io9 and we love you all and don't want to ban you.

A honeypot is not a rootkit - it doesn't "attack" you and start listening on your network and all its peripherals.

hur hur hur

I actually saw that r00t had put a directory on MY COMPUT0RZ yesterday! She is everywhere!

As well as the nice girl who works with the daughter in the restaurant on Big Love.

The rise of the Amazons, and the fall of Dean, on Supernatural

February 4, 2012 – I like to watch teenage Amazons eat weirdly poop-looking chunks of human flesh as much as the next person, but still last night's Supernatural didn't do much for me. More »

Agree with Ugg. Why body so close to cross and yet never found?

Why don't you ask a chicken what he thinks?

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