Dan Weiss

Thinking about what existed before the big bang hurts my brain. How to kiss. Should the tides rise, San Francisco will look a lot more like I imagined it from…

Let the record show: a dingo did get their baby. Penguin sex totally grossed out old-timey Antarctic explorers. This is breaking all sorts of self-imposed rules here, but the world…

Wired looks at the science of Ray Bradbury. I, for one, am very concerned about cosmic climate change. 2012 is the year of slides. Monkey Orchids are a thing. The…

The question on everyone’s minds: can spiders kill in space? Christopher Herwig’s photos of Soviet bus stops are my favorite things today. Not to keep posting about the Diamond Jubilee,…

Yesterday’s news, today! Sci-fi writers remember Ray Bradbury. Big Picture has all the Transit of Venus pictures you could hope for. 1950s China imagines today. Science means getting to look…

The future is nothing but white skies as far the eyes can see. Women of 1937, this is the proper way to undress in front of your husbands. Have you…

IO9’s Death Week brings you the adventures of Lincoln’s corpse, and the economic perils of cryogenic freezing. Chinese people on invisible bikes. Perhaps you’d like to buy a secret Norwegian…

Space law you guys, space law. It is sometimes important to discuss reptiles’ chewing habits. Let’s take a look at the Olivetti buildings in Turin and Barcelona because they are…

Summer is (not technically) here! Enjoy National Parks from space! Just kidding, it’s spring! Let’s venture into the mole tunnels. Gothamist wants to share its favorite cats with you. Maybe it…

Relive the obnoxiousness of yesterday with the Museum of Endangered Sounds. What does mean if Autistic people are less inclined to believe in God? “In Praise of Excellence.” Class divisions…

Bad-ass watch: this dude turned his broke down car into a motorcycle to escape the desert. Robot animals are always neat. It is important to turn off the lights when…

In the future NASA will be all up in your business. In the future parking meters will text you when they are running out. In the future you’ll be able…