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NYPD Yanks Thousands of Body Cams After One Allegedly Caught on Fire

The New York Police Department has yanked thousands of police body cams from deployment after a unit “burst into flames” while an officer was wearing it in Staten Island, according to the Daily Beast. The Daily Beast wrote the type of camera in question, a Vievu model LE-5, is in widespread deployment with “about 2,990…

Privacy & Security Tom McKay

Mesmerizing Deep-Sea ‘Headless Chicken Monster’ Filmed in the Southern Ocean

A mesmerizing deep-sea dancer by the name of Enypniastes eximia is enjoying a moment in the limelight after being filmed in the Southern Ocean off East Antarctica for what officials describe as the first time in that region. The footage of the sea cucumber, which is colloquially referred to as the “headless chicken monster,” comes…

Earther Catie Keck

Listen to 5 Voice Actresses Talk About the Challenge of Playing Princess Leia

We rightly think of Leia Organa as being Carrie Fisher, through and through. But in the animated world, it’s not so simple, and lots of actresses have had to live in the shadow of the late actress and put their own take on the character. In a wide-ranging, lengthy interview, voice actor James Arnold Taylor…

Movies Julie Muncy

The Stars of Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Discuss the Show’s Feminist Ideals

The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina is going to be spooky, sure, but it might be pretty progressive, too. That’s according to the stars of the show, anyway, who recently talked to Variety about the feminist intent of the series’ production and how they hope it’ll shine through in the final product. This is totally the…

Books & Comics Julie Muncy

Here’s Why These Characters Weren’t in Daredevil Season 3

We may as well get this out of the way now. The old superhero question, for any connected universe: why didn’t he just call his friends? And Daredevil, sad, edgy boy that he is, has some solid friends, in the form of the Defenders: Luke Cage, Jessica Jones, and (ugh) Iron Fist. So, when stuff…

Books & Comics Julie Muncy

Trump: What We Really Need Right Now Is a Lot More Nukes

The U.S. has had a brief respite from nuclear apocalypticism after that brief period when Donald Trump seemed pretty likely to start a war with North Korea via Twitter. But this being Trump, the power of the U.S. nuclear arsenal has never seemed very far from his mind, and on Saturday he announced the country…

Privacy & Security Tom McKay

Report: Tech-Loving Saudi Prince Suspected in Jamal Khashoggi’s Death Has Twitter Troll Army

Saudi crown prince and heir to the throne Mohammed bin Salman is big on PR. He’s fond of selling himself as a Silicon Valley-style disruptor eager to take Saudi Arabia into the future as a regional tech and logistics hub, trying to ink big deals with international tech giants that could help solidify his claim…

Privacy & Security Tom McKay

Large Steel Balls Wreak Havoc on Seattle Neighborhood After Driver Fails to Secure His Load

The Seattle Police Department (SPD) was forced to shut down a road in West Seattle on Wednesday after a semi-truck unleashed its massive load of steel balls onto its streets. The 2-pound grinding balls, ultimately totaling a dumped load of 44,000 pounds of steel, wreaked havoc on the neighborhood and damaged several cars. The Seattle…

Tech News Catie Keck

Aladdin Makes for Compelling Tragedy in This Artist’s Dark Re-Imagining

Aladdin just got a whole hell of a lot darker. Recently, we featured the art of comics artist Warrick Wong, who rendered the protagonists from The Incredibles in a bleak, stylized way that positioned them as the viewpoints into a dark alternate universe for the characters. Now, he’s back with another bleak take on a…

Movies Julie Muncy

Daredevil‘s Bullseye Was Very Nearly Captain America Instead

Wilson Bethel, the man cast as Bullseye in the third season of Daredevil, had another chance at the Marvel universe in the past. It was a big one. According to an interview with Comicbook.com, as corroborated by CinemaBlend, Bethel was, once upon a time, up for the role of Captain America in the Marvel Cinematic…

Books & Comics Julie Muncy

Watch These Serene Elephants Smash the Shit Out of Some Gourds

Every year leading up to its annual Halloween festivities, the Oregon Zoo kicks the party off with a grand display of gourd-smashing, officially titled the Squishing of the Squash. But lest you thought it was children or even people squashing the gourds, you would be mistaken. Instead, the zoo unleashes its resident elephants on the…

Biology Catie Keck

WhatsApp Bans 100,000 Accounts Before Brazilian Election, Which Is Still a Real Mess

Facebook subsidiary and encrypted chat service WhatsApp has banned more than 100,000 accounts ahead of the upcoming federal elections in Brazil, where leftist Workers’ Party candidate Fernando Haddad will face down far-right populist Jair Bolsonaro, Bloomberg reported on Friday. Facebook has recently bragged nonstop about its “war room,” an office in its Menlo Park, California…

Privacy & Security Tom McKay

Jason Momoa Is Already Pitching His Ideas for Aquaman 2

Somebody sure is confident. The Aquaman movie doesn’t come out until December, but Jason Momoa is already planning for the next one. According to TotalFilm magazine, as quoted by Syfy Wire, Momoa, who plays Aquaman, has some very specific ideas for the sequel, and he’s started pitching them around. “I definitely have an opinion,” the…

Movies Julie Muncy

This Artist Turns She-Ra Into a Powerful Heroine of Color

This is a fantastic She-Ra. Drawn by Asia Kendrick-Horton, who has drawn for clients like IDW Publishing and Nicki Minaj, this lush portrait offers a distinct but fantastic interpretation of She-Ra. Drawing a bit from the art for the upcoming Netflix-produced reboot, Kendrick-Horton’s work renders She-Ra with a combination of poise and ferocity, her sword…

io9 Julie Muncy

Over 90 Percent of Table Salts May Contain Microplastics, Study Finds

New reports of microplastics turning up in just about everything from our bottled water to our beer pop up often to remind us just how widespread plastic pollution has become. New research now reports finding microplastics in over 90 percent of table salts, with sea salt unsurprisingly serving up the highest levels of microplastics when…

Earther Catie Keck

Disney Wouldn’t Let Wreck-It Ralph 2 Joke About Kylo Ren

Wreck-it Ralph 2: Ralph Breaks the Internet is an irreverent sort of film. To collide a bunch of properties together, stir them up in the wide seas of the internet, and throw them out into an animated comedy requires a willingness to not take things too seriously. But there are still some things the movie…

Movies Julie Muncy

Environmental Regulation Has Helped Cut Deaths From Air Pollution in Half, Study Finds

There are plenty of reasons to be worried about air quality these days, from the Environmental Protection Agency killing an expert panel on dangerous particulate matter to the Trump administration’s plan to scrap mercury regulations. But today, we got some good news to remind everyone about the value of environmental regulations that keep pollution in…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes

Curiosity Rover Is Back to Limited Science Operations on Mars

NASA has had quite a bit on its plate recently between its Hubble Space Telescope entering safe mode, the prolonged silence from its Opportunity rover, and a technical issue with its Curiosity rover on Mars. But one bright spot appears to be the return of some science operations by Curiosity following a memory anomaly last…

Space & Spaceflight Catie Keck

Sweet Christmas, Netflix and Marvel Just Canceled Luke Cage, Too

Just a week after it shockingly put an end to Iron Fist after a promising second season, Netflix and Marvel have pulled the plug on another of their superhero shows. The streaming service has confirmed that after two seasons, Luke Cage is canceled. Deadline has this joint statement from Netflix and Marvel tonight: Unfortunately, Marvel’s…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

Ticks Are Killing an Alarming Number of Moose Thanks to Climate Change

The horrifying effects of climate change are evident seemingly everywhere you look. Now, a report from researchers at the University of New Hampshire (UNH) suggests that climate change favorable to a parasite is impacting the moose population in New England. According to their findings, winter ticks that gorge themselves on a moose’s blood by the…

Climate Change Catie Keck

NYPD Yanks Thousands of Body Cams After One Allegedly Caught on Fire

Mesmerizing Deep-Sea ‘Headless Chicken Monster’ Filmed in the Southern Ocean

Listen to 5 Voice Actresses Talk About the Challenge of Playing Princess Leia

The Stars of Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Discuss the Show’s Feminist Ideals

Here’s Why These Characters Weren’t in Daredevil Season 3

Trump: What We Really Need Right Now Is a Lot More Nukes

Report: Tech-Loving Saudi Prince Suspected in Jamal Khashoggi’s Death Has Twitter Troll Army

Large Steel Balls Wreak Havoc on Seattle Neighborhood After Driver Fails to Secure His Load

Aladdin Makes for Compelling Tragedy in This Artist’s Dark Re-Imagining

Daredevil‘s Bullseye Was Very Nearly Captain America Instead

Watch These Serene Elephants Smash the Shit Out of Some Gourds

WhatsApp Bans 100,000 Accounts Before Brazilian Election, Which Is Still a Real Mess

Jason Momoa Is Already Pitching His Ideas for Aquaman 2

This Artist Turns She-Ra Into a Powerful Heroine of Color

Over 90 Percent of Table Salts May Contain Microplastics, Study Finds

Disney Wouldn’t Let Wreck-It Ralph 2 Joke About Kylo Ren

Environmental Regulation Has Helped Cut Deaths From Air Pollution in Half, Study Finds

Curiosity Rover Is Back to Limited Science Operations on Mars

Sweet Christmas, Netflix and Marvel Just Canceled Luke Cage, Too

Ticks Are Killing an Alarming Number of Moose Thanks to Climate Change

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