<![CDATA[io9: Science Is Awesome]]> http://cache.io9.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/io9.com.png <![CDATA[io9: Science Is Awesome]]> http://io9.com/tag/science is awesome http://io9.com/tag/science is awesome <![CDATA[OMFG: They've Made Real Lightsabers (Kinda)]]> An upcoming television show explains why real life lightsabers are a physical impossibility, before building the next best thing. It's like Mythbusters but, surprisingly, made with even more awesome. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5414133&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[2008 Science Visualization Challenge Reveals the Teeth in a Squid's Suckers]]> What you see above are actually the suckers on the arm of a squid, captured with an electron microscope. The color was added for the obvious effect. The National Science Foundation and the journal Science have announced the winners of the 6th annual International Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge. Incredibly talented scientist/artists wielding electron microscopes and more esoteric methods created a bunch of exceptionally cool images, such as this shot of Yog-Sothoth gibbering madly as he tries to force his way into our dimension. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5055100&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA["Earth's Twin" Discovered In Distant Solar System?]]> If life on Earth isn't doing it for you, then there's good news - an alternative may be around the corner. As German scientists announce that theoretical "Super-Earths" - planets 10 times the size of Earth with similar atmospheres - could support life for 35 per cent longer than our home planet, NASA scientists have discovered 55 Cancri f - a planet 45 times the size of Earth in a distant solar system that
spend[s] its entire orbit within what astronomers call the "habitable zone". The zone marks a "Goldilocks" band of space where the heat from a star leaves a planet neither too hot nor too cold to support liquid water, which is believed to be crucial for life.
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