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Scientists Think They Know Why So Many Meteorites Look Like Cones

You might think of meteors as flashes in the sky that result in lumpy-looking meteorites on the ground. But not all meteorites are lumps. A substantial population, like the leftovers from the 2013 Chelyabinsk airburst, are notably conical. One team of scientists thinks they know why. A group of New York University researchers study how…

Physics & Chemistry Ryan F. Mandelbaum Jul 23 '19

The Gates Foundation Is Filling Its Coffers With Profits From Private Prisons

For soulless ghouls who view the bottom line as superior to basic human rights, for-profit prisons are an apt investment, one that the investment arm of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation just increased its stake in. As first reported by Bloomberg, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Trust—a separate organization from the Bill and…

Tech News Melanie Ehrenkranz Jul 23 '19

Sorry, The Lion King’s ‘Circle of Life’ Doesn’t Exist in the Natural World

The Lion King offers a number of lessons around innocence, deception, and love. However, one of my favorite takeaways from the movie—both the original and the remake—is the so-called Circle of Life. We all know the term, made famous by the classic song by the same title. In the movie, Mufasa, the king of the…

Earther Yessenia Funes Jul 23 '19

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The 6 Winners (and 5 Losers) of San Diego Comic-Con 2019

San Diego Comic-Con has once again come and gone, leaving us with a flurry of feelings and a lot of hotel restaurant bills for shrimp tacos. io9 was there to experience everything, giving you in-depth coverage on the ground and reporting on panels. There were plenty of highs, a few lows, and one thing that…

io9 Io9 Staff Jul 23 '19

If This Trailer Doesn’t Make You Want to Watch The Boys, Nothing Will

Amazon’s new superhero show, The Boys, debuts this week and we’ve already seen and heard plenty about it. However, the studio just released a final trailer and it’s basically everything you could want from the show and then some. We get the whole set up of the plot—based on the comic Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson—introduce…

Trailers Germain Lussier Jul 23 '19

Marianne Williamson Loves Spreading Fake Quotes From Albert Einstein

Democratic presidential candidate and self-help author Marianne Williamson is on the defensive. In her latest tweet she says that she’s “not a cult leader” and “not anti-science.” She even says that the idea she’s anti-science is laughable because she quotes Albert Einstein so much. The only problem? Many of the supposed Einstein quotes that Williamson…

Tech News Matt Novak Jul 23 '19

Guillermo del Toro Talks Bringing Monsters to Life for Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

If you read Alvin Schwartz’s Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark as a kid, no doubt you’re still haunted by Stephen Gammell’s chilling illustrations. When Guillermo del Toro decided to produce a film version, with brother-in-horror André Øvredal (Trollhunter, The Autopsy of Jane Doe) directing, he knew that bringing Gammell’s iconic artwork to life…

Movies Cheryl Eddy Jul 23 '19

‘Cuban Sonic Attack’ Study Finds Brain Differences in Victims—but Don’t Put on Your Tinfoil Hat Yet

In late 2016, U.S. and Canadian diplomats at their embassy in Havana, Cuba began coming down with unexplained symptoms, including nausea, headaches, and hearing loss. Some also claimed to have heard mysterious sounds just prior to their symptoms, fueling a theory by some U.S. officials and the media that a “sonic weapon” aimed at the…

Health Ed Cara Jul 23 '19

DC Universe’s Titans Season 2 Footage Promises More Heroes, New Costumes, and a Bat-Dad

In the wake of the sudden death of Titans special effects coordinator Warren Appleby, the series’ cast and producers pulled out of its scheduled portion of the DC Universe panel at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con in order to stay with the crew, and attendees were instead presented with a brief glimpse of the show’s…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore Jul 23 '19

Authorities Upset That ‘Soho Grifter’ Anna Delvey Could Be Getting a Big Payday From Netflix

Anna Sorokin—the woman who posed as a German heiress and swindled New York’s social elite and numerous institutions out of hundreds of thousands of dollars under the name Anna Delvey—may not be able to cash in on the forthcoming Netflix series based on her story. The New York Post on Sunday reported that the office…

Tech News Catie Keck Jul 23 '19

Here’s Your Reminder That Google Has Always Been Evil

After nearly a decade in court, Google has agreed to pay $13 million in a class-action lawsuit alleging its Street View program collected people’s private data over wifi from 2007 to 2010. In addition to the moolah, the settlement—filed Friday in San Francisco—also calls for Google to destroy all the collected data and teach people…

Tech News Victoria Song Jul 23 '19

Sony’s New Wireless Earbuds Put Amazing Noise Canceling in Your Pocket

Sony has been trying to crack a tough nut for the past couple of years. The company wants to translate the tremendous success it’s had making over-ear noise-canceling headphones and shrink the technology down to something you can put in your pocket. The new $230 WF-1000XM3 represent its latest attempt at miniaturizing its excellent noise-canceling…

Headphones Adam Clark Estes Jul 23 '19

Historic Indian Moon Mission Underway After Successful Launch of Chandrayaan-2 Lander and Rover

The Chandrayaan-2 mission is officially off to a promising start, as India vies to become the fourth nation to land on the Moon. The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) launched the three-stage GSLV Mk-III rocket on Monday, July 22 at 2:43 p.m. local time from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota, an island off…

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky Jul 23 '19

The Witcher’s Showrunner on Getting Video Game Fans Into the Series, and Season 2 Hints

When Netflix first pitched Lauren Schmidt Hissrich the idea of doing a series based on The Witcher, she turned it down. She was a fan of the books and video games—so much so she even included a bathtub Easter egg in the first season—but was afraid of taking on a fantasy saga. What finally convinced…

io9 Beth Elderkin Jul 23 '19

Jojo Rabbit’s Teaser Trailer Features Taika Waititi Frolicking Around as Imaginary Hitler

Yes, we’re all excited for director Taika Waititi to make Thor: Love and Thunder but, before that, we’ve got another movie from the director and this one makes electrified gods with hammers seem sane. Written, directed and starring Waititi, Jojo Rabbit is a film about a young boy with an imaginary friend. An imaginary friend…

Trailers Germain Lussier Jul 23 '19

Remote Control Dogs Are Now a Reality Thanks to This Haptic Vest

You know how you instinctively reach for your pocket every time you feel your phone vibrating with a notification? Researchers at Ben-Gurion University in Israel have harnessed that same reflex to create what is essentially a remote control dog that receives silent commands and signals through a vibrating vest. https://gizmodo.com/scientists-made-a-remote-control-dog-using-its-love-of-1830229248 Dogs often partner with humans…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jul 23 '19

Researchers Reveal That Anonymized Data Is Easy To Reverse Engineer

Merely existing in the modern world means giving up a wealth of your information to countless institutions and services. While many of the places make promises to keep your identifiable data as secure and private as possible, they can still—and oftentimes do—share anonymized versions of your data to third parties, whether that’s for research or…

Privacy & Security Melanie Ehrenkranz Jul 23 '19

U.S. Beaches Are So Full of Sewage Pollution, They’re Often Unsafe for Swimming, New Report Finds

I don’t go to the beach for the sand or the sun. I go for the waves. There’s nothing like splashing in the water after lugging your cooler, chair, and beach umbrella to your designated spot. Unfortunately, I may need to think twice about going for a swim at the beach. And so should you.…

Earther Yessenia Funes Jul 23 '19

Libra Scammers Are Promising Early Access to Facebook’s Digital Currency to Steal Private Information

If you search YouTube for Facebook’s Libra, you’ll find plenty of videos that tell you how to buy the digital currency. The problem is that many of the videos are published by scam artists who are apparently trying to steal your personal information. How do we know they’re scams? Libra hasn’t even been launched yet.…

Tech News Matt Novak Jul 23 '19

Netflix’s Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus Has a New Teaser and a Release Date

Action-packed as the first trailer for Netflix’s upcoming Invader Zim movie Enter the Florpus was, it dropped during San Diego Comic-Con with nary a detail as to when folks would be able to watch it. Now, though, we know exactly when everyone’s favorite alien is going to be right back on TV screens where he…

Movies Charles Pulliam-Moore Jul 23 '19

Scientists Think They Know Why So Many Meteorites Look Like Cones

The Gates Foundation Is Filling Its Coffers With Profits From Private Prisons

Sorry, The Lion King’s ‘Circle of Life’ Doesn’t Exist in the Natural World

The 6 Winners (and 5 Losers) of San Diego Comic-Con 2019

If This Trailer Doesn’t Make You Want to Watch The Boys, Nothing Will

Marianne Williamson Loves Spreading Fake Quotes From Albert Einstein

Guillermo del Toro Talks Bringing Monsters to Life for Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

‘Cuban Sonic Attack’ Study Finds Brain Differences in Victims—but Don’t Put on Your Tinfoil Hat Yet

DC Universe’s Titans Season 2 Footage Promises More Heroes, New Costumes, and a Bat-Dad

Authorities Upset That ‘Soho Grifter’ Anna Delvey Could Be Getting a Big Payday From Netflix

Here’s Your Reminder That Google Has Always Been Evil

Sony’s New Wireless Earbuds Put Amazing Noise Canceling in Your Pocket

Historic Indian Moon Mission Underway After Successful Launch of Chandrayaan-2 Lander and Rover

The Witcher’s Showrunner on Getting Video Game Fans Into the Series, and Season 2 Hints

Jojo Rabbit’s Teaser Trailer Features Taika Waititi Frolicking Around as Imaginary Hitler

Remote Control Dogs Are Now a Reality Thanks to This Haptic Vest

Researchers Reveal That Anonymized Data Is Easy To Reverse Engineer

U.S. Beaches Are So Full of Sewage Pollution, They’re Often Unsafe for Swimming, New Report Finds

Libra Scammers Are Promising Early Access to Facebook’s Digital Currency to Steal Private Information

Netflix’s Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus Has a New Teaser and a Release Date

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