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It’s Raining Oil in St. Croix for the Second Time This Year

A refinery on the island of St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands has shut down temporarily after oil rained down on surrounding residents’ homes and cisterns used to collect drinking water. Astonishingly enough, this nightmarish situation isn’t even new; it’s just the most recent incident in the past three months and has added to…

Energy Molly Taft

Kevin Smith’s He-Man Continuation Is Here, and It’s a Revelation

It seems like a long time since Kevin Smith first announced he was creating a new He-Man animated series that would be a “continuation” of the original ‘80s cartoon for eight-year-olds. Now, we finally have our first look at Masters of the Universe: Revelation, and I think I finally understand what Smith is doing…and I…

io9 Rob Bricken

Hundreds of Fossilized Footprints From Ancient, Bear-Sized Mammals Found in Wyoming

For years, paleontologists and paleobotanists have spent time on Wyoming’s Hanna Formation, a 58-million-year-old zone of rock in the southern part of the state that contains a wealth of fossils of marine fauna like ammonites and various forms of ancient plant life. In 2019, though, Anton Wroblewski stumbled across something new: a massive exposed trackway…

Biology Isaac Schultz

The East Coast Gas Frenzy Is a Warning for the Future of Driving

Americans are a panicky bunch, and the latest thing to set them off is the Colonial pipeline hack. Reports of the possibility of gas shortages have sent people streaming to gas stations, engaging in hand-to-hand combat, and maybe even filling bags with gas. (????) All this hoarding has created actual gas shortages. Energy Secretary Jennifer…

Earther Brian Kahn

Apple Take Note: You Can Park Lenovo’s New Cordless Mouse on a Wireless Charging Pad

It’s been over five years and the second-generation Apple Magic Mouse still needs to be awkwardly flipped on its back like a turtle to be recharged with a lightning cable—rendering it unusable in the process. A better approach is what Lenovo has done with its new Go mouse, letting it rest atop a wireless charging…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Updates on Loki, Birds of Prey 2, and More

Emily Blunt talks Marvel rumors, and Margot Robbieupdates us on the chance of a Birds of Prey sequel. Get a brief glimpse of Edgar Wright’s next film, Last Night in Soho. Loki gets a peculiar new friend in a poster for his new show. Plus, rejoice! Supergirl’s outta the Phantom Zone. Spoilers, go! The Last…

Television James Whitbrook & Gordon Jackson

New York’s Public Power Bill Could Be a Model for the Rest of the Country

Two years ago, New York enshrined the most ambitious statewide climate targets in the country. The legislation, called the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, requires the state to completely decarbonize its electric grid by 2040 and reduce emissions from all sectors by 85% within the following decade. A bill that’s currently gaining support in…

Energy Dharna Noor

Amazon’s New Echo Buds Are Annoyingly Good for the Price

Amazon is trying its hand at earbuds again after stumbling out of the gate with its first pair of Echo Buds in 2019. The improvements, I’m mildly irritated to say, are good. Amazon’s hardware is all over the place: Its Kindle lineup is excellent but still sports microUSB ports, its smart displays are very good…

Headphones Caitlin McGarry

Five Ohio Residents to Get $1 Million Each Just for Getting Vaccinated in New Lottery

Five lucky people in Ohio will win $1 million each just for getting vaccinated for covid-19, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced on Wednesday. The new lottery, which starts handing out cash weekly on May 26, will be administered through the Ohio Department of Health as well as the Ohio Lottery and will be paid for…

Health Matt Novak

For Its Next Trick, Motorola Is Working On Smartphones That Can Charge Wirelessly Over the Air

They haven’t all been home runs, but Motorola is known for taking chances. The company has repeatedly shown it’s not afraid to bet on new technology, from the recently phased-out Moto Mods back to the first wafer-thin Razr feature phones. Now, Motorola is trying its hand at remote wireless charging for smartphones by partnering up…

Gadgets Florence Ion

Apple Faces Employee Backlash for Hiring Antonio García Martínez Over His Views on Women, People of Color

Apple employees circulated a petition on Wednesday to express concern over a new hire and his apparently problematic views on women and people of color. In the petition — which is available to read in full over at The Verge — employees object to the hiring of former Facebook product manager and Chaos Monkeys author…

Tech News Brianna Provenzano

TCL’s First Absolutely Massive TVs Are Officially Here

After being teased at CES earlier this year, TCL has officially announced pricing and availability for its monster 80-inch-plus displays. You know, for those of us who want our screens to effectively take up an entire wall in our homes. TCL’s so-called XL Collection for 85-inch displays and above is its first for frankly outrageously…

Gadgets Catie Keck

Amazon Explains Lord of the Rings‘ Giant Budget, Which Is Still Smaller Than Jeff Bezos’ Yacht

Yes, the budget for Amazon’s Lord of the Ringsseries is almost half a billion dollars, but the woman behind it is happy to explain. In a new interview, head of Amazon Studios Jennifer Salke doesn’t deny last month’s reports that the show cost the studio about $465 million; she also blames both the market for…

io9 Germain Lussier

Tesla Says It Will No Longer Accept Bitcoin for Car Payments, Citing Fossil Fuel Concerns

Tesla has “suspended vehicle purchases using bitcoin,” CEO Elon Musk tweeted on Wednesday night, allegedly out of concern over the “rapidly increasing use of fossil fuels for bitcoin mining.” In the statement, which quickly went viral, Musk said that while cryptocurrency is a “good idea on many levels,” the resource-intensive nature of Bitcoin mining —…

Earther Brianna Provenzano

28-Year-Old Woman Infiltrates High School to Beef Up Her Instagram and Seriously, WTF?

Surely there are easier ways to pad your following on Instagram than trespassing on high school grounds while disguised as a teenager. That apparently did not occur to a 28-year-old Florida woman who was arrested after infiltrating a school in Miami-Dade County for the Gram on Monday. Really? That was your plan? Really? The grown-ass…

Tech News Tom McKay

Harley Quinn’s Margot Robbie Wants Poison Ivy in the DC Movies So Bad

Well, of course she does. At this point, who doesn’t? As Harley Quinn, DC Entertainment’s biggest—or at least the most consistently successful—star, Margot Robbie knows her character intimately, which means she’s read up on her Harley Quinn comics. The fact that Harley and her fellow Batman villain turned antihero Poison Ivy have had a long-running…

Movies Rob Bricken

Image: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/NASA/ESA, M.H. Wong and I. de Pater (UC Berkeley) et al.

Jupiter Looks Serene in Ultraviolet and Absolutely Terrifying in Infrared

Though named for the Roman riff on Zeus, the planet Jupiter looks every bit a happy home for Hades in an infrared image (below) captured by the Gemini North telescope of Mauna Kea’s Gemini Observatory. Meanwhile, the Hubble Space Telescope produced a lovely ultraviolet view of the planet. These contrasting images are a reminder that…

Space & Spaceflight Isaac Schultz

Senate Cyber Hawk Calls for ‘Criminal Penalties’ for Negligent CEOs After U.S. Pipeline Hack

Sen. Ron Wyden, historically a leading proponent of heightened cybersecurity governance in both public and private spheres, called for congressional action Wednesday around all private firms operating in critical infrastructure sectors, saying the recent network breach at one of the largest U.S. pipelines paints a dismal picture of the nation’s susceptibility to attack. The cyber…

Privacy & Security Dell Cameron

The UK’s New Animal Welfare Plan Is Both Very Good and Not Nearly Enough

Separated from the European Union, the UK is implementing a series of new measures to improve the welfare of animals, both at home and abroad. Some of the reforms, such as recognizing animals as sentient beings and banning the import of hunting trophies, are a step in the right direction, but the new measures aren’t…

Conservation George Dvorsky

John Barrowman Removed From Doctor Who Immersive Experience in Wake of Allegations

After actor Noel Clarke was accused by over 20 women of engaging in repeated incidents of sexual harassment on set and off during his career—including his time playing Mickey Smith on Doctor Who—fellow co-star John Barrowman was also embroiled in accusations of inappropriate sexual behavior. Now, it seems like the BBC is starting to take…

io9 James Whitbrook

It’s Raining Oil in St. Croix for the Second Time This Year

Kevin Smith’s He-Man Continuation Is Here, and It’s a Revelation

Hundreds of Fossilized Footprints From Ancient, Bear-Sized Mammals Found in Wyoming

The East Coast Gas Frenzy Is a Warning for the Future of Driving

Apple Take Note: You Can Park Lenovo’s New Cordless Mouse on a Wireless Charging Pad

Updates on Loki, Birds of Prey 2, and More

New York’s Public Power Bill Could Be a Model for the Rest of the Country

Amazon’s New Echo Buds Are Annoyingly Good for the Price

Five Ohio Residents to Get $1 Million Each Just for Getting Vaccinated in New Lottery

For Its Next Trick, Motorola Is Working On Smartphones That Can Charge Wirelessly Over the Air

Apple Faces Employee Backlash for Hiring Antonio García Martínez Over His Views on Women, People of Color

TCL’s First Absolutely Massive TVs Are Officially Here

Amazon Explains Lord of the Rings‘ Giant Budget, Which Is Still Smaller Than Jeff Bezos’ Yacht

Tesla Says It Will No Longer Accept Bitcoin for Car Payments, Citing Fossil Fuel Concerns

28-Year-Old Woman Infiltrates High School to Beef Up Her Instagram and Seriously, WTF?

Harley Quinn’s Margot Robbie Wants Poison Ivy in the DC Movies So Bad

Jupiter Looks Serene in Ultraviolet and Absolutely Terrifying in Infrared

Senate Cyber Hawk Calls for ‘Criminal Penalties’ for Negligent CEOs After U.S. Pipeline Hack

The UK’s New Animal Welfare Plan Is Both Very Good and Not Nearly Enough

John Barrowman Removed From Doctor Who Immersive Experience in Wake of Allegations

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