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    vulcanized: FYI: From Wiki: The uncanny valley hypothesis holds that when robots and other facsimiles of humans look and act almost like actual humans, it causes ... more »
    AdamCabacha: Yes, I am afraid I don't understand the winning entry at all. The runners up I understand, but they don't appear to be all that amusing. more »
    None: Is it true second prize was TWO Zunes? more »
    jaxontyler97: What the hell does the first one even mean? more »
    crashedpc - Haifisch: Not bad, not bad. Congrats to all! (Comment whisperer program working now) more »
    Jesse Mrozowski: Honestly I don't think any of those were all that funny. more »
    omgwtflolbbqbye: I really wanted ComicDork 's "A Zune??? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH... you're kidding right? No? Thanks but no thanks..." to win. more »
    Roklimber: I know why I didn't win. It's all a conspiracy, really. io9 staffers don't like aliens like me. If I knew that ahead of time, I'd have offered to give... more »
    braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.: Oh, that's not fair! Joey Comeau's JOB is to come up with hilarious captions for pictures. You are a cheater, Joey Comeau, and WE ALL KNOW IT! more »
    Mount_Prion: I'm pissed I missed this. Because I would have won. Not that I'm coming up with anything now, but on Tuesdays I'm brilliant. more »
    Grey_Area: Congrats, Joey! So how many "Hokey Pokey" gags were there? I lost count at 250. more »
    alphanumeric1971: Hmph, and I went to all the trouble of making a motivational poster and everything. Well, at least I don't own a Zune now. There's something to be tha... more »
  • #winners

    Winners of the Caprica Caption Contest!

    On Tuesday, we promised we'd send you Zune packed with the the entire fourth season of Battlestar Galactica if you wrote an awesome caption for this image. Now we've got our winner (plus runners-up)! More »
  • #madsciencecontest

    Announcing the Winners of the io9 Mad Science Contest

    Politicians may be worried about the dangers of scientists "playing god" with genetic experimentation, but we want biology to be brazen. We're rooting for mad scientists with homebrew closet labs, grassroots geneticists, and garage genome hackers — because they're the researchers most likely to change the world. And so, almost three months ago, io9 announced the world's first "mad science" contest, named after the kind of hero who keeps pursuing scientific innovation against all odds. Our contestants were asked to build a real lifeform using MIT's registry of standard biological parts known as "biobricks," or by using other scientifically plausible materials. And now, without further ado, we bring you the winners. More »
  • #madsciencecontest

    The Blue Forest

    Elliott Gresswell is the winner of our "general synthetic lifeform" category for the Mad Science contest. His entry, about a lifeform called the "Blue Forest," is a fictional lab notebook written by a scientist working on a team that invents a form of plant life that lives on a kind of aquatic nano-goo. As the plant merges with the goo, it becomes a kind of multi-colored, floating forest that eats fish and (perhaps) other animals. More »