In 2005, Barry Marshall and Robin Warren were awarded a Nobel Prize in medicine for their study of the Helicobacter pylori bacteria's role in causing stomach ulcers. But Marshall's experience with the bacteria began much earlier, when he dosed himself with it to test out its effects.
Game of Thrones has killed off your favorite characters, tortured your darlings, and murdered your beloved dire wolves. But truly the "Hug Buddy" is the biggest evil to come out of this brilliant but brutal series.
Drill, baby, drill.
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Olivier Beguin's Employee of the Month is a goofy but fun short film that follows a day in the life of a vocational office worker as she tries to connect zombies, mummies, fairies, and all other manner of mythical being with new jobs. After hearing their employment histories, it's clear that it won't be easy.
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Wanna make a feature film? Try making your tale as a short that becomes a viral hit first. It's a trend that's gaining traction, and Realm, about a teenage girl who happens to be a demon hunter, is yet another example. Watch the short (it's just over three minutes long) below.
Have you ever heard a scream or sound effect in a movie that sounded strangely familiar? There's a good chance you weren't imagining things. Here are some of cinema's most iconic sounds – and where they originated.
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One less reason to be excited about upcoming movies: The Moon and the Sun, the movie version of Vonda McIntyre's beloved historical fantasy novel, has had its release date pushed back from April 12, 2015, to "TBA." Dammit.
Last week, we asked you to send us your favorite Avengers 2 trailer remixes and mash-ups. And the response was pretty awesome. Not suprisingly, there were a lot of Ultron/Terminator mash-ups, but also a beautiful Short Circuit/Age of Ultron combo. Here are our favorite Avengers: Age of Ultron trailer remixes!
Jennifer Lawrence has just announced that the '80s-set X-Men: Apocalypse will be her last X-movie. Given her immense popularity, it's not really a mystery why she wouldn't want to keep getting spray-painted blue. But it begs a question worth asking: What happens to the X-Men after Apocalypse?
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In July, New Horizons will pay a visit to Pluto and Charon. The historic flyby is expected to reveal surface features of these objects in extraordinary detail. Now, NASA and the SETI Institute, along with the International Astronomical Union, want your help naming these features.
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Valiant Entertainment turns 25 this year, and are celebrating their anniversary with a big convention tour across the US — not just to celebrate the company's milestone, but also to make sure you know everything there is to know about their characters before they're all turned into the next cinematic comic universe.
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When The Rolling Stones sang "Mother's Little Helper" back in 1966, they weren't talking about drugs. They were talking about a specific drug that was prescribed for everything from severely ill mental patients to recovering alcoholics to comfortable middle class people who sometimes felt anxious. It was called…
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Hey, the dynamic duo of directors we all love from Captain America: The Winter Soldier are coming back to Marvel to take the Avengers across a very ambitious finish line. Yep, the Russos are tapping out Joss Whedon, and that's fine by us.
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America's collective human waste contains millions of dollars worth of energy, water, and even rare and valuable metals like gold and palladium. The question is: How do we extract it?
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For the first time in over 3,000 years, the functional components of wooly mammoth DNA have been brought to life (albeit in a petri dish). The achievement represents an important step towards potential efforts to bring the extinct species back.
Hollywood heard you! Ruairí Robinson's proof-of-concept film The Leviathan is on track to become a full-length feature. X-Men writer and producer Simon Kinberg has signed onto the project as producer with Neill Blomkamp onboard as executive producer. Let's hope something great comes out of this.
io9's March Madness continues apace, and we're kicking this week off with the sweet sixteen. Well, technically the there are only fifteen — Star Trek's managed to hang in on both the TV and Movie side of this bracket. But is there any chance of a Star Trek vs. Star Trek final? Only one way to find out!
All 151 original monsters have now been caught by thousands of players controlling a single game of Pokémon on Twitch. It's the sort of impressive feat that most Pokémon players will never accomplish, despite having full control of the game.
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If you're a lover of Greek mythology like me, you've been constantly disappointed whenever anybody tries to depict Zeus, Hercules or their ilk on screen, because these movies and TV shows are always terrible. Based on this first trailer, Syfy's Olympus does not appear to be an exception.
