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USA Postpones Mr. Robot Finale Due to Similarities to WDBJ Shooting

The finale of USA’s buzzed about hacker show Mr. Robot will not be seen Wednesday evening because of a scene that shared similarities with the tragic shooting in Virginia earlier today. In a statement, USA said the following: “The previously filmed season finale of Mr. Robot contains a graphic scene similar in nature to today’s…

io9 Germain Lussier

Birds Are Way More Lethal Than Bullets on This Week’s Zoo

After last week’s rat-pocalypse, the team gets back to facing enemies of a more human sort: the villainous puppet masters at Reiden Global and the vengeful FBI. But this wouldn’t be Zoo without some animal insanity, and the episode’s title, “Murmuration,” offers a big ol’ hint to keep watching the skies. Spoilerzzzz… As you’ll recall…

Television Cheryl Eddy

Anne Hathaway Is Making a Movie About Meteors That Turn Men into Aliens

Working with Christopher Nolan must have given Oscar-winner Anne Hathaway a taste for space. The Interstellar co-star just signed on to make The Shower, a film about a baby shower that turns into a meteor shower that turns men into blood-thirsty aliens. The Shower was written by Jac Schaeffer and made the Black List in…

io9 Germain Lussier

This Webcomic Perfectly Captures the Awe and Poetry of Astronomy

Boulet has done it again. The cartoonist’s latest installment is a quasi-animated pixel comic that challenges the notion that science has somehow robbed the universe of poetry. Recalling his own experiences looking at the night sky through his telescope, Boulet takes us on a lovely and lyrical tour of the cosmos. “Brassens in Space” is…

io9 Lauren Davis

Scientists Discover That Proteins in Your Body Can Make Plutonium Glow

There’s bad news and there’s good news in this post. The bad news is proteins from your own body accidentally smuggle radioactive metals into you. The good news is that those proteins can make those materials glow. Do you know how the periodic table has that unconnected band of elements that kind of floats below…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Here Is Adobe’s Attempt to Stop People From Using the Term “Photoshop” All Willy-Nilly

Poor Adobe. Along with everyone pre-eulogizing Flash, the only other property of theirs you can name—Photoshop—is in danger. Intellectual property danger. What Adobe’s been worried about for years is “genericization,” which is when the brand name becomes a synonym for a product. Which is how the Bayer-trademarked “aspirin” took over for the real name for…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta

DC’s 1982 Character Style Guide is a Beautiful Treasure Trove of Comic Book Nostalgia

If you’re a fan of classic DC comics, then it’s probably the artwork of the ‘80s that is burned into your memory—more specifically it might be the art featured in the rare, never-released-for-sale 1982 style guide. While bits and pieces have made their way online in the past, we’ve never had a chance to see…

io9 James Whitbrook

Michael Emerson Doesn’t Expect Person of Interest To Have a Happy Ending

Person of Interest has been getting darker and darker as the show delves deeper into its premise about artificial intelligence. And even though we want these tortured heroes to find happiness in the end, star Michael Emerson tells io9 it’s probably not going to happen. He also told us what to expect in season five.…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

How Much Water is Enough? How Much is Too Much?

The health tip about drinking eight 8-ounce glasses of water a day has been roundly dismissed by scientists, doctors, and upstanding bloggers for years, but this baseless myth refuses to die. Meanwhile, exercise-associated hyponatremia, a consequence of overhydration, is being reported across a broader range of athletes. Aaron E. Carroll, professor of pediatrics at Indiana…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

How the Hell Is This JPG of Han Solo Worth $225?

Would you spend almost $225 for a single digital image of Han Solo from the original Star Wars? For most people, the answer is obviously “No.” But many of us who are using the app Star Wars: Card Trader, from Topps, would kill to have that singular image in our collections. And some people will…

io9 Germain Lussier

This is the First Time This Creature Has Been Seen in Over 30 Years

Allonautilus scrobiculatus is a species of nautilus that hasn’t made an appearance for over three decades. Take a look at how it compares to a more common species of nautilus, and learn how nautiluses are more isolated than you might think. Peter Ward, a biologist from the of the University of Washington, was baiting nautiluses…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

10 of the Most Maddening Delays in Comics History

Comic Book release schedules are, more often than not, a little fluid. Sometimes a release is only pushed back a week. Sometimes, a month. But sometimes, a comic can be delayed for months and years, like the recently re-announced Batman: Europa. Here are some of the longest and most frustrating delays in modern comics history.…

io9 James Whitbrook

A Super-Hot Star Shines At the Center of a Nebula

Star Hen 2-427 (also known as WR 124) is the bright spot in the middle of nebula M1-67. Both live in the familiar constellation of Sagittarius, 15,000. Hen 2-427 is a super-hot type of star called a Wolf–Rayet star, while the nebula M1-67 is a cosmically young 10,000 years old. Here’s the full image: Image…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta

This New Game of Thrones Theory Is Almost Certainly Wrong, But It’s Still Fascinating

A shocking new theory about Jon Snow is floating around the nerdosphere. It’s actually not about his mysterious parentage, but rather whether he, being Game of Thrones’ equivalent of Luke Skywalker, might have a twin sister kicking around Westeros as well. Basically, the theory—which, again, I sincerely doubt is correct—starts with the very popular, almost…

io9 Rob Bricken

How Batman’s Butler Alfred Evolved from a Joke Character to a Total Badass

Bruce Wayne has always been a vigilante and billionaire. Since a vigilante needs a lot of help around the house and a billionaire has the money to buy that help, most Batman fans assume that Alfred was in the comics from the beginning. Maybe he wasn’t in that first issue back in 1939, but surely…

Books & Comics Esther Inglis-Arkell

Oh God Spiders Are Using Textspeak Now

Photographer Heather Ar’ite stumbled upon this web, created by a spider with more than a passing familiarity with online chatting. What was it lol-ing at, I wonder? Did it see a caterpillar trip? Did a fly escape its web only to fly directly into another spider’s web? Did it lay eggs in my ear while…

io9 Rob Bricken

There’s a Hidden Conveyor Belt Under the Capitol That Was Just for Moving Books

Most people who work in the U.S. Capitol don’t know about the 100-year-old book conveyor tunnel underneath them that used to connect the building to the Library of Congress. It’s long since abandoned, but it’s still down there. Before the separate library was finished in 1897, books had been kept in the Capitol itself, and…

Books & Comics Elliot Carter

Nothing About This Star Wars Toy Event Makes Sense to Me

Can’t wait for Force Friday, the event where Hasbro has talked retailers into opening their doors at midnight so people can purchase the first action figures and merchandise of The Force Awakens? Well, good, because Maker Studios is giving people a sneak peek of the toys—in an 180hour, international, completely insane unboxing video. Let’s just…

io9 Rob Bricken

Marvel May Be Planning A New Blade Movie—Starring His Daughter

Who is Kylo Ren working for in Star Wars: The Force Awakens? Seminal British historical comedy Blackadder could be making a comeback. The Flash casts yet another speedster from the comics. Plus behind the scenes on Ash vs Evil Dead and Heroes Reborn. To me, my spoilers! Blade A rumor is circulating that a purported…

io9 James Whitbrook

A Viking Battles Monsters in This Cartoon—And Every Second is Hilariously Gruesome

With a title like Odin’s Afterbirth, you would hope that this short animated film brought plenty of over-the-top gore. And it doesn’t disappoint with its grotesque story of a viking heck-bent on revenge, even in defiance of the Norse All-father himself. NSFW for violence and monster junk. Joseph Bennett released the first chapter of Odin’s…

io9 Lauren Davis

USA Postpones Mr. Robot Finale Due to Similarities to WDBJ Shooting

Birds Are Way More Lethal Than Bullets on This Week’s Zoo

Anne Hathaway Is Making a Movie About Meteors That Turn Men into Aliens

This Webcomic Perfectly Captures the Awe and Poetry of Astronomy

Scientists Discover That Proteins in Your Body Can Make Plutonium Glow

Here Is Adobe’s Attempt to Stop People From Using the Term “Photoshop” All Willy-Nilly

DC’s 1982 Character Style Guide is a Beautiful Treasure Trove of Comic Book Nostalgia

Michael Emerson Doesn’t Expect Person of Interest To Have a Happy Ending

How Much Water is Enough? How Much is Too Much?

How the Hell Is This JPG of Han Solo Worth $225?

This is the First Time This Creature Has Been Seen in Over 30 Years

10 of the Most Maddening Delays in Comics History

A Super-Hot Star Shines At the Center of a Nebula

This New Game of Thrones Theory Is Almost Certainly Wrong, But It’s Still Fascinating

How Batman’s Butler Alfred Evolved from a Joke Character to a Total Badass

Oh God Spiders Are Using Textspeak Now

There’s a Hidden Conveyor Belt Under the Capitol That Was Just for Moving Books

Nothing About This Star Wars Toy Event Makes Sense to Me

Marvel May Be Planning A New Blade Movie—Starring His Daughter

A Viking Battles Monsters in This Cartoon—And Every Second is Hilariously Gruesome

School Forced to Replace Toilets After Kids Flush Vapes

‘Scream 7’ Just Won’t Stop Making Money as ‘Scream 8’ Gets Started

The Curtain Has Closed on Meta’s Movie Rating-Inspired Content Filters

Good News! You Can Finally Change That Ridiculous Gmail Address

ExpressVPN Just Launched ExpressAI: Your Prompts Are Now Invisible

VR Just Took Another Massive Body Blow

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