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Lovecraft Country‘s Most Terrifying Monsters Come to Life in This Exclusive Clip

Of all the changes that differentiated HBO’s adaptation ofLovecraft Country from the horror novel it was based on, few were quite as disconcerting and genuinely messed up as Topsy and Bopsy, a pair of demonic twins summoned by racist cops to stalk and torment young Diana Freeman across Chicago. It just so happens that io9…

io9 Charles Pulliam-Moore

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Astronomers Found a ‘Benjamin Button’ Galaxy

Taking shape in the early universe, the galaxy ALESS 073.1 should have the chaotic look of a youthful galaxy—a fledging, diffuse group of stars and gas. Instead, this primordial starburst galaxy has a central bulge and rotating belt that makes it look billions of years older. This odd corner of the universe was recently imaged…

Space & Spaceflight Isaac Schultz

HBO’s Game of Thrones Prequel Adds Devs‘ Sonoya Mizuno and More

The Thronesverse just expanded, thanks to HBO’s latest casting announcement. House of the Dragon, a Targaryen family-based Game of Thrones prequel, has added four new stars to its already impressive roster. Joining Paddy Constantine, Olivia Cooke, Emma D’Arcy, and Matt Smith, HBO announced today that Steve Toussaint, Eve Best, Rhys Ifans, and Sonoya Mizuno are…

io9 Courtney Enlow

Valentine’s Day Gifts to Ensure You’re Single on Feb. 15

Lovers, this is not the content you seek. Everyone else, please step right in. Not even a pandemic can free us from having to buy Valentine’s Day gifts, so friends, it is time to consider your options. This list is not for the lovebirds, those with outdoor restaurants (or takeout) already booked for Feb. 14,…

Tech News Catie Keck & Victoria Song

How Whale Songs Can Help Us Explore the Ocean

Some whale songs can give scientists valuable information about the ocean’s geography, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Science. What’s more, their songs can be used as a form of seismic testing, which uses blasts of sound to map out the ocean floor. Forms of this technology can be harmful to whales…

Earther Molly Taft

Hello Again, Sweetie—Doctor Who‘s Alex Kingston Has Penned a River Song Novel

Doctor Who’s River Song is returning in a sci-fi noir novel that casts her as an international and interdimensional woman of mystery. Even better: our patron saint of spoilers’ new novel, The Ruby’s Curse, will be penned by Alex Kingston herself. The Ruby’s Curse follows Song and her own seemingly fictitious alter ego on a curse-laden adventure…

Books & Comics Courtney Enlow

This App Uses Your Phone’s Camera to Automatically Count Up a Pile of Objects

If you’re reading this, you’ve probably already mastered the skill of counting. But just because something is easy doesn’t mean it’s enjoyable, so the makers of a documenting-scanning app for smartphones has added a new AI-powered feature that can automatically count up similar objects in a photo for you. This is truly a gift for…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Twitter Wants to Bring Tipping to the Platform

Pretty soon, you might be able to tip your favorite tweeters. Why you’d want to is anyone’s best guess. On Wednesday, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey hinted that this fan-funded model is just one of the potential forms of digital payment that Twitter will be bringing on in the near future. The idea here, at least…

Social Media Shoshana Wodinsky

Black Panther: Sins of the King Blurs the Line Between Life and Death

Though Serial Box’s Black Panther: Sins of the King audiobook is set firmly outside the continuities of Marvel’s Cinematic Universe and its comic books, the new narrative drama is coursing with the same epic, politically charged energy that first made T’Challa and the nation of Wakanda some of the most iconic myths to spring from the…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore

A Proposal for Healthier News Consumption Habits

I have a nasty habit. Maybe you have it, too. I have a drive to stay up to speed on what’s happening in the world, which is, in itself, a good thing! But this drive can quickly turn into an unhealthy tailspin of compulsive behavior wherein I am refreshing my go-to news websites over and…

Internet Brent Rose

The Stand Ended With a Wheeze, Despite the Hand of Stephen King

From its earliest episodes, we already knew weren’t all that jazzed on CBS All Access’ new take on Stephen King’sThe Stand. But the fact that King himself penned a new prologue as part of the final episode, “The Circle Closes,” made us curious enough to stick with it. Was it worth it? Well… The Stand…

io9 Cheryl Eddy

Apple Watch Can Detect Covid-19 a Week Early, Study Finds

In the early days of the pandemic, dozens of researchers launched studies trying to see whether wearables of all sorts could potentially identify covid-19 before symptoms began. In one such study, researchers from Mount Sinai discovered that the Apple Watch was capable of detecting the onset of covid-19 up to seven days before current testing…

Gadgets Victoria Song

Give Cats More Meat and Playtime, Says Study Definitely Not Written by Cats

People looking to keep their outdoor cats from killing local wildlife might want to heed the findings of a new study released Thursday. It suggests that feeding your feline a diet rich in meat and playing with them regularly will help satiate their appetite for hunting. Animal researchers in the UK enlisted the aid of…

Biology Ed Cara

AI-Powered Treat Dispenser Helps Train Dogs by Automatically Recognizing and Rewarding a Good Boy

Training a dog isn’t a complicated process, it just requires repetition and positive feedback. But it’s a time-consuming process that can sometimes frustrate pet owners. There are no shortcuts, but researchers from Colorado State University have created an AI-powered device that can recognize when a dog obeys a command and rewards it with a treat.…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Leaked Sony FX3 Could Pose Big Threat to Canon and Black Magic

Sony’s camera division has been on a warpath lately with the recently announced Alpha 1 serving as a direct response to Canon’s EOS R5. But now info has leaked about a new Sony cinema cam that could pose a serious threat to both Canon and Black Magic. Based on a tweet from respected leaker Nokishita,…

Gadgets Sam Rutherford

Shell Says It Has Reached Peak Oil Production

Shell says oil is on its way out. In a Thursday statement, the fossil fuel giant said its “oil production peaked in 2019,” and that we can now expect it to decline gradually by 1 or 2% per year. Shell also said its total carbon emissions peaked in 2018 at 1.7 gigatonnes. The statement doesn’t…

Earther Dharna Noor

Star Trek‘s New Browser Game Will Let You Fail the Kobayashi Maru as Many Times as You Want

And it will be a lot. CBS has announced a partnership with Scopely—who already make the Star Trek: Fleet Command game for mobile platforms—to release Star Trek: Kobayashi Maru, a retro-stylized decision-making game that puts you in the hot seat as a Starfleet cadet preparing to take the academy’s most infamous command-track test: the Kobayashi…

Games James Whitbrook

It’s Okay to Be Optimistic About Ending the Pandemic

If you’re feeling like covid-19 will never end, like things will keep getting worse, like the variants will render the vaccines useless, like 2021 is turning out to be just two 2020s in a trench coat: Take heart. There’s actually good reason to be optimistic right now, and a return to a more normal life…

Health Ed Cara

Facebook Is Letting a Pipeline Company Run Ads While Muzzling Its Opponents

Since the election, Facebook has cracked down on political ads across its platform in an attempt to squelch misinformation. But those ad policies may be letting polluters—including powerful pipeline companies—promote their messages while simultaneously restricting ads from green and Indigenous groups. “If you have a David and Goliath fight, with all of us tiny nonprofits…

Earther Molly Taft

Hacked Florida Water Plant Reportedly Had No Firewall and Poor Password Security

The water plant in Oldsmar, Fla. targeted by a hacker in a horrifying cyberattack last week is said to have exhibited very weak IT security practices. Recent updates from government authorities claim the facility did not have some basic network protections—including a firewall. In case you missed it, a hacker allegedly hijacked the plant’s operational…

Privacy & Security Lucas Ropek

Lovecraft Country‘s Most Terrifying Monsters Come to Life in This Exclusive Clip

Astronomers Found a ‘Benjamin Button’ Galaxy

HBO’s Game of Thrones Prequel Adds Devs‘ Sonoya Mizuno and More

Valentine’s Day Gifts to Ensure You’re Single on Feb. 15

How Whale Songs Can Help Us Explore the Ocean

Hello Again, Sweetie—Doctor Who‘s Alex Kingston Has Penned a River Song Novel

This App Uses Your Phone’s Camera to Automatically Count Up a Pile of Objects

Twitter Wants to Bring Tipping to the Platform

Black Panther: Sins of the King Blurs the Line Between Life and Death

A Proposal for Healthier News Consumption Habits

The Stand Ended With a Wheeze, Despite the Hand of Stephen King

Apple Watch Can Detect Covid-19 a Week Early, Study Finds

Give Cats More Meat and Playtime, Says Study Definitely Not Written by Cats

AI-Powered Treat Dispenser Helps Train Dogs by Automatically Recognizing and Rewarding a Good Boy

Leaked Sony FX3 Could Pose Big Threat to Canon and Black Magic

Shell Says It Has Reached Peak Oil Production

Star Trek‘s New Browser Game Will Let You Fail the Kobayashi Maru as Many Times as You Want

It’s Okay to Be Optimistic About Ending the Pandemic

Facebook Is Letting a Pipeline Company Run Ads While Muzzling Its Opponents

Hacked Florida Water Plant Reportedly Had No Firewall and Poor Password Security

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