Scariest part of this, from the PhysOrg article on the same topic:

It almost reminds me of the Doctor Who Christmas special where the aliens thought it was a good idea to name a ship "Titanic" because it's the most famous Earth sea liner. "Hey, what are the best-known robots and robotics companies in the US? HAL and Cyberdyne? We should name our stuff after them!"

Two Amys. I can't even tell you what I'm thinking right now.

Because you asked nicely.

I think you misspelled the "The Eye Creatures."

Thank you for titling this "Stellar wormholes *could* link stars with tunnels of phantom matter" rather than "Do stellar wormholes link stars with tunnels of phantom matter?" Lately io9 has started to ignore the Zach Weiner Rule of Science Journalism, and I'd like to think you guys know better than that. Between this…

I see Smolin left off the "and such a discovery would work to be one step towards validating loop quantum gravity, my preferred explanation for unifying quantum mechanics and general relativity" part. Not that there's anything wrong with that; I've read enough of Smolin's work to be fairly sympathetic to his…

Relevant.

Wait, "the Earth stops spinning and gravity stops"? I could have sworn that the Earth's rotation has nothing to do with its gravity. In fact, if the Earth were to stop spinning, people near the equator should weigh more due to the sudden lack of centrifugal force.

And this is why we need to stop telling artists about biology: any attempt they make to employ biology just turns to shit.

I'm glad I wasn't the only one who thing this article would be about a more...direct method of "restarting the human race." Adam And Eve Plot, anyone? (WARNING: TvTropes.)

In other words:

Am I the only one who thinks that Marty is perfectly aware that Vince is The Cape? I thought when he first appeared in the back of Marty's car, Marty said "Vince! What are you doing here?" As to why Marty hasn't told Peter Fleming of The Cape's true identity, his loyalty is conflicted; he has to appear fully…

It's definitely established that Frank is an epidemiologist. Remember, he was in charge of handling the smallpox outbreak in North Texas. Now, why they kept consulting him after it became clear that the bugs weren't contagious, I don't know; I guess he just wanted the excuse to hang around Altlivia.

That "U.S. Patent No. 1" game makes a bit less sense when you remember that in the early years of the patent system, having the patent granted you a monopoly on the technology for merely 14 years. So unless you specifically plan to make a killing on time machines during the years 1790 to 1804, it's really only for…

Good call on the house/apartment thing. I kind of figured they left the debris in the alley until nightfall so they could look at it more carefully without looking suspicious...although, if a machine-gun-wielding robot bumblebee didn't seem to attract attention, I'm not sure why I think two people looking at…

CLICHÉ AHNOLD QUOTE!

Never mind the problem that optogenetics requires getting photosensitive genes into appropriate cell lines, so you can turn them on with the aforementioned beam of light; unless you think they're going to perfect gene therapy with viruses that insert the appropriate gene in just the right places, this could only be…