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Why Do Physicists Keep Finding New States of Matter?

Ah, yes, the three states of matter: Solids, liquids, and gases. What a simple way to understand our physical world. Of course, if you remember a bit of high school science, you probably recall a fourth state of matter, plasma. And if you pay attention to science news, you’ve probably heard of another, Bose-Einstein condensates.…

Physics & Chemistry Nathaniel Scharping

Rick and Morty‘s New Season 4 Trailer Reveals the Next Episodes Are Going to Be Wild as Hell

Though Rick and Morty’s been on a bit of a hiatus as of late, the Samurai & Shogun short film made it obvious that the creative team behind the series has been hard at work getting the remaining episodes of the fourth season just right before rolling into production on the dozens more episodes Adult…

io9 Charles Pulliam-Moore

How to Improve Your Wifi Speeds When Everyone’s Home

Chances are, your home internet is under a lot more strain than normal at the moment: With schools and workplaces temporarily closing all across the globe, you might well be fighting with your family or your housemates for any available bandwidth. If you want to limit buffering and maximize speeds, we’ve got a few tips…

Gadgets David Nield

Stargirl Reveals Its Young New Justice Society

Edward Chiado says there’s been talks to bring Killer Klowns From Outer Space back. Colin Trevorrow drops a tiny little tease for Jurassic World: Dominion. Don’t expect a sequel to Solo any time soon. Plus, what’s to come when Siren returns, and we could be getting a glimpse of Halloween Kills soon. Happy liars day!…

Television James Whitbrook & Gordon Jackson

Ah, Looks Like It’s Already That Time of Year When Marriott Gets Hacked Again

It’s been a bad month for hotel chain Marriott International. Last week, it furloughed tens of thousands of workers as travel plummeted in the wake of the covid-19 pandemic, and its stock price has plummeted over 50 percent from the start of the year. On Tuesday, it also disclosed that it was hacked, again, with the…

Privacy & Security Tom McKay

FBI Issues Warning, NY Attorney General Makes Inquiry After Wave of Zoom Hijackings

The FBI has issued a warning about video messaging service Zoom, and New York Attorney General’s office has made an inquiry into its cybersecurity practices, after a string of disturbing incidents involving takeovers of teleconferences. Per Agence France-Presse, malicious individuals have been taking advantage of lax security and the surge in teleconferencing during the coronavirus…

Privacy & Security Tom McKay

In the Greenland Trailer, Master of Disaster Gerard Butler Faces Down a Planet-Killing Comet

Gerard Butler’s career has been taking us on a delightfully baffling journey for years, and his next big CG-stravaganza, Greenland, just dropped a new trailer that does not disappoint. His foe this go-round is a crumbling comet that’s making fiery Swiss cheese out of the Earth. And we do mean cheese. The subtitles add an…

Trailers Cheryl Eddy

Edgar Wright May Direct a Pop Culture-Infused Robot Movie and We’re Freaking Out

Any day there’s news of a new Edgar Wright film, that’s a good day. When that news is Wright will direct a movie about a robot who becomes so inspired by movies of the 1980s and ‘90s he goes on a quest to convince the world of robot humanity, that’s not just a good day,…

Movies Germain Lussier

The Coronavirus Outbreak Has Put the Comics Industry Between a Rock and a Hard Place

More and more comic book stores across the United States are having to close their doors because of the ongoing covid-19 outbreak—whether that’s due to state restrictions or an actual lack of new product. One of the biggest questions looming has been what, if any, steps publishers and distributors like Diamond might be able to…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore

FCC Will Enforce Robocall Crackdown by June 2021

The Federal Communications Commission has announced it’s approved new rules that will require carriers by June of next year to implement protocols to protect consumers against scammers and spoof callers attempting to mask their unfamiliar numbers. The agency said Tuesday that the newly adopted rules requiring carriers to adopt STIR/SHAKEN protocols for protecting consumers against…

Tech News Catie Keck

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Friday the 13th Unleashes Terror and Thanos Gets a Love Letter in the Latest Gaming News

Welcome back to Gaming Shelf, io9’s column all about board games and tabletop roleplaying games. It’s now been a couple of weeks since social distancing started, making at-home game nights feel more important than ever. We’ve got some suggestions on things to play at home, as well as some upcoming releases that take Thanos, Friday…

Games Beth Elderkin

An Anti-Gay Charity Is Running a Coronavirus Tent Hospital in Central Park [Updated]

A charity group is stepping in to help New York City, facing the worst outbreak of covid-19 in the country, by building an emergency field hospital in the middle of Central Park to handle overflow patients. But the group and its founder’s history of anti-gay sentiment is making people question whether it can truly provide…

Health Ed Cara

Florida’s Ancient Calusa Kingdom Was Powered by Ingenious Fish Corrals

Despite having no agriculture, the Calusa managed to dominate southwest Florida for centuries. New research suggests this inventive Native American civilization built “watercourts” to capture and store live fish, resulting in a bountiful surplus of food that facilitated sociopolitical complexity and ambitious construction projects. Appearing around 2,000 years ago, the expansive Calusa kingdom of Florida…

Human History George Dvorsky

Tales From the Loop’s Showrunner on How Sci-Fi Can Bring Us Comfort in Uncertain Times

Amazon’s new series Tales From the Loop was a unique creative challenge. Instead of adapting a book like Game of Thrones or His Dark Materials, showrunner Nathaniel Halpern was making a series out of paintings. Specifically, the Tales From the Loop artbook from Simon Stålenhag. Luckily for Halpern, he was “uniquely cut out” for this. io9…

io9 Beth Elderkin

Terrifying Things Happen When an AI Generates Fake Faces Synced to Music

We’re still trying to figure out the best applications for neural networks, machine learning, and all the recent advancements in artificial intelligence. Amongst all the practical research being conducted, there’s also lots of frivolous experimentation being done with results that walk the line between fascinating and terrifying. Automated image processing has emerged as a strong…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

10 Genre Road Trip Movies to Satisfy Your Need to Get Out

Practicing social distancing means doing everything you can to minimize the need to physically leave your house so as to avoid exposure to/transmission of the novel coronavirus. Being cooped up, though, can lead one to feeling the need to wander out into the open world. The problem is, that’s not in the public’s best interest.…

Movies Charles Pulliam-Moore

New Rapid Coronavirus Tests Could Scale Up U.S. Testing

Scientists across the U.S. are developing new tests meant to detect whether someone is infected by the novel coronavirus in much less time than conventional tests now available—from five hours to as short as five minutes. But these newer tests still present familiar challenges, namely whether they’ll be accurate or accessible enough. In Ohio, one…

Health Ed Cara

Apple Buys Dark Sky, Kills Android App and API

Android users have many reasons to hate on Apple, but the company just gave them one more: It’s taking away the popular weather app Dark Sky. Dark Sky announced in a blog today that it was joining Apple, and as a result, it’s ending API access in 2022 and killing off the Android app. While…

Tech News Victoria Song

The Bizarre Hellscape of Coronavirus Stock Art

Since the start of the coronavirus outbreak, a growing portfolio of dystopian artworks has engulfed the popular photo marketplace Getty Images. A premium subscription image syndicate for news organizations and product designers, Getty provides a mix of images of world events by photojournalists and… this sort of thing: a high-quality image of an iPhone screen…

Tech News Whitney Kimball

What It’s Like to Be Sick and in Quarantine at the Epicenter of Spain’s Coronavirus Outbreak

We haven’t been able to go outside since March 14, when Spain’s prime minister Pedro Sánchez announced a state of emergency and national lockdown because of the covid-19 pandemic. But every evening at 8 p.m., people all over Spain go to their windows, balconies, or terraces. The noise begins softly, but builds up immediately and…

Tech News Jody Serrano

Why Do Physicists Keep Finding New States of Matter?

Rick and Morty‘s New Season 4 Trailer Reveals the Next Episodes Are Going to Be Wild as Hell

How to Improve Your Wifi Speeds When Everyone’s Home

Stargirl Reveals Its Young New Justice Society

Ah, Looks Like It’s Already That Time of Year When Marriott Gets Hacked Again

FBI Issues Warning, NY Attorney General Makes Inquiry After Wave of Zoom Hijackings

In the Greenland Trailer, Master of Disaster Gerard Butler Faces Down a Planet-Killing Comet

Edgar Wright May Direct a Pop Culture-Infused Robot Movie and We’re Freaking Out

The Coronavirus Outbreak Has Put the Comics Industry Between a Rock and a Hard Place

FCC Will Enforce Robocall Crackdown by June 2021

Friday the 13th Unleashes Terror and Thanos Gets a Love Letter in the Latest Gaming News

An Anti-Gay Charity Is Running a Coronavirus Tent Hospital in Central Park [Updated]

Florida’s Ancient Calusa Kingdom Was Powered by Ingenious Fish Corrals

Tales From the Loop’s Showrunner on How Sci-Fi Can Bring Us Comfort in Uncertain Times

Terrifying Things Happen When an AI Generates Fake Faces Synced to Music

10 Genre Road Trip Movies to Satisfy Your Need to Get Out

New Rapid Coronavirus Tests Could Scale Up U.S. Testing

Apple Buys Dark Sky, Kills Android App and API

The Bizarre Hellscape of Coronavirus Stock Art

What It’s Like to Be Sick and in Quarantine at the Epicenter of Spain’s Coronavirus Outbreak

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