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Crisis Just Shared a Bunch of New Photos, Including Our First Look at Kevin Conroy’s Live-Action Batman

It’s great that the CW’s Crisis on Infinite Earths is bringing back different actors who played various incarnations of Superman and Lois Lane, and that the event’s digging deep into WB history to give Smallville and Birds of Prey stans the kind of fan service they could scarcely dream of. But what everyone’s really hyped…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore

It’s Time to Kick Big Pharma Out of Antibiotics Research, Scientists Argue

In the wake of recent reports showing that antibiotic-resistant superbugs are on the rise, some scientists in the UK are pushing for a fix that might seem radical. They argue that the research and development of new antibiotics should be taken out of the pharmaceutical industry’s hands and publicly funded on a global scale. The…

Health Ed Cara

The Watch‘s Magical Cast of Cops and Criminals Is Getting Bigger

The BBC’s upcoming series The Watch based on Terry Pratchett’s Discworld books already has a rather robust cast playing a group of elite, though scrappy cops fighting to bring peace to their corrupt town where crime’s been legalized. But the show was clearly still in need of some proper villains to give its heroes adversaries…

io9 Charles Pulliam-Moore

I Have to Tell You Something Very Important About Honeybees

I simply must inform you of this crucial bee fact: When bees get trapped in water, they use their wings as hydrofoils to surf back to the safety of land. While bees can float, they cannot fly with wet wings, and worse, they aren’t strong enough to free their wings from the water’s surface. That…

Biology Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Amazon’s Already Ordered a Second Season of Lord of the Rings

Even though we’re still ages away from being transported to J.A. Bayona’s take on Lord of the Rings for Amazon Prime, the studio’s confident that audiences are going to want a second season. Deadline reports that—in keeping with the deal Amazon Studios agreed to in order to acquire the rights to produce a Lord of…

io9 Charles Pulliam-Moore

If the Hulu and AT&T Price Hikes Piss You Off, Here Are Some Live TV Streaming Alternatives

Hulu has, very regrettably, alerted users that its Live TV plans are spiking $10 per month beginning December 18. That means that its ad-supported Hulu + Live TV package is now going to run $55 per month—an additional $120 per year. That’s a very real chunk of change for cord-cutters on a budget. The news…

Gadgets Catie Keck

First Global Map of Titan Reveals a Truly Alien World

Using data gathered by NASA’s Cassini probe, scientists have compiled the first global geologic map of Saturn’s enigmatic moon Titan. The new map reveals a world that’s distinctly familiar, yet completely foreign at the same time. New research published this week in Nature Astronomy pierces through the murky haze of Titan’s atmosphere, providing our first…

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky

Sweden Drops Investigation Into Rape Allegation Against Julian Assange

Julian Assange has evaded more charges by running out the clock. Sweden has announced it has dropped an investigation into a rape allegation made against the Wikileaks founder, arguing that too much time has elapsed since the accusation was made in 2010. In a news conference, NPR reports, Swedish Deputy Director of Public Prosecution Eva-Marie…

Tech News Whitney Kimball

Researchers Create Trash-Talking Robot That Proves Machines Can Get Under Human’s Skin

Trash talk has long been an effective (but underhanded) tool when it comes to sports, gaming, and other competitive endeavors. But it’s been assumed that it’s a strategy that only works between humans who can deliver remarks with emotional weight. It turns out that’s not the case, as researchers from Carnegie Mellon University discovered after…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Vader Immortal Episode III Will Make You Look at Star Wars in a Whole New Way

It’s rare to get a full Star Wars trilogy in the span of seven months, but that happens this week with the release of Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series – Episode III. It’s the third and final installment in the ILMxLAB series made for Oculus Quest and the ending is the best of…

Games Germain Lussier

Is It Just Me, or Do the Cats Look More Human Now?

Me-ow! The latest trailer for Cats has dropped on our laps to be cuddled…and it feels…different? I can’t decide if this is for better or worse. See for yourself. Or maybe I’m just imagining things? Tom Hooper’s adaptation of the Andrew Lloyd Webber Broadway hit shocked fans when we got a look at the first…

Trailers Jill Pantozzi

Dating App The League Will Start Making Its Users Face-Time Each Other

The League dating app—which filters users to make sure they’re in the right league—has decided to mess around with video speed dating. Since the League launched in 2015, it has garnered the reputation as the dating app for social status-focused snobs. “While your mother may call you picky, we call you self-aware,” the app’s site…

Tech News Jennings Brown

New Rise of Skywalker Images Have Arrived Along With a Curious Tidbit About ‘Ancient’ Star Wars

We’ve been so busy obsessing over The Mandalorian we almost forgot it was getting close to the time Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker features would start rolling out! Ok, not really… Entertainment Weekly has dropped its big cover story for The Rise of Skywalker (as they are wont to do) as well as revealing…

Movies Jill Pantozzi

Climate Change Is Even Ruining Pokemon Now

It’s not enough for humans to screw up our planet. Apparently, we’ve screwed up Earth in the Pokemon universe as well. A new character appears in the recently released video game Pokemon Sword and Shield called Cursola, a ghost version of the once vibrant Corsola. The new Pokemon is the product of runaway climate change…

Climate Change Brian Kahn

Tiny Goggles Turn Nintendo’s R.O.B. Accessory Into the Worst Smartphone-Controlled Personal Assistant

To help sell people on its new console after the 1983 video game crash, Nintendo branded the NES as a complete “Entertainment System”, which included a robotic accessory that could play along with gamers. Thirty years later, some hackers at Croxel have found a clever way to revive that long-forgotten accessory. https://gizmodo.com/someone-stuffed-an-original-nes-with-a-smaller-nes-and-1839639275 Nintendo’s claims about…

Toys & Collectibles Andrew Liszewski

Facebook Exec Defends Breitbart’s Inclusion in News Tab, Says Facebook Also Has ‘Far Left’ News

Facebook recently announced that white supremacist propaganda site Breitbart would be considered a “high quality” news source on its platform, leading to complaints that Facebook was legitimizing hate. But it’s fine, according to one Facebook executive who gave an interview at the Code Media conference in Los Angeles on Monday, because Facebook also includes the…

Social Media Matt Novak

A Black Widow Star Discusses the ‘Very Painful’ Film

Disney is doing some shuffling of its newly-acquired Fox animated projects. She-Hulk and Star Wars writer Charles Soule gets an exciting movie deal. Plus what’s to come on The Flash, Van Helsing, Mr. Robot, and more. Spoilers are a go! Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 During a fan Q&A on Instagram last Sunday, James…

Television James Whitbrook

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Manta Rays and Whale Sharks Are Consuming a Staggering Amount of Plastic

Manta rays and whale sharks are among the largest filter-feeding fishes on the planet. To power their bulk, they sieve massive quantities of plankton out of the water. But new research off the coast of Indonesia suggests their meals come with an unwanted garnish: an alarming amount of plastic waste. The waters around Indonesia are…

Conservation Jake Buehler

Sydney Choked in Smoke as Wildfires Rage in New South Wales

The city of Sydney—Australia’s most populous and the capital of New South Wales (NSW) state—was swathed in thick smoke on Tuesday morning amid more than 50 bushfires on the state’s east coast, the Guardian reported. According to the Guardian, the smoke over Sydney mostly came “from a huge fire at Gospers Mountain” northwest of the…

Earth Science Tom McKay

DOJ Antitrust Chief Says He’ll Throw Out Movie Distribution Rules That Helped Kill the Studio System

The Department of Justice is working to rescind the Paramount consent decrees, a set of 1940s legal rules limiting studios’ power over theaters that helped usher in the end of the notorious old Hollywood system, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. Per the Journal, DOJ antitrust division chief Makan Delrahim told a meeting of…

Movies Tom McKay

Crisis Just Shared a Bunch of New Photos, Including Our First Look at Kevin Conroy’s Live-Action Batman

It’s Time to Kick Big Pharma Out of Antibiotics Research, Scientists Argue

The Watch‘s Magical Cast of Cops and Criminals Is Getting Bigger

I Have to Tell You Something Very Important About Honeybees

Amazon’s Already Ordered a Second Season of Lord of the Rings

If the Hulu and AT&T Price Hikes Piss You Off, Here Are Some Live TV Streaming Alternatives

First Global Map of Titan Reveals a Truly Alien World

Sweden Drops Investigation Into Rape Allegation Against Julian Assange

Researchers Create Trash-Talking Robot That Proves Machines Can Get Under Human’s Skin

Vader Immortal Episode III Will Make You Look at Star Wars in a Whole New Way

Is It Just Me, or Do the Cats Look More Human Now?

Dating App The League Will Start Making Its Users Face-Time Each Other

New Rise of Skywalker Images Have Arrived Along With a Curious Tidbit About ‘Ancient’ Star Wars

Climate Change Is Even Ruining Pokemon Now

Tiny Goggles Turn Nintendo’s R.O.B. Accessory Into the Worst Smartphone-Controlled Personal Assistant

Facebook Exec Defends Breitbart’s Inclusion in News Tab, Says Facebook Also Has ‘Far Left’ News

A Black Widow Star Discusses the ‘Very Painful’ Film

Manta Rays and Whale Sharks Are Consuming a Staggering Amount of Plastic

Sydney Choked in Smoke as Wildfires Rage in New South Wales

DOJ Antitrust Chief Says He’ll Throw Out Movie Distribution Rules That Helped Kill the Studio System

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