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Holy Cow, Iron Fist Has Been Canceled By Netflix

If you were one of the people incredibly excited by the possibilities left open at the end of Iron Fist season two, we have some very bad news. Netflix just canceled the show, making it the first Marvel show to get the ax. “Marvel’s Iron Fist will not return for a third season on Netflix,”…

Books & Comics Germain Lussier

A Soldier’s Grim Day Gets Slightly Less Miserable in an Excellent Warhammer 40K Short

After all, it’s still the grim dark future of the 41st millennium. It’s still going to be very miserable either way. This fun short comes from Richard Boylan, who previously wowed us with a visually inventive take on Games Workshop’s infamously, practically comically dark Warhammer universe for an animated short series. This time, he’s turned…

Games James Whitbrook

This Machine Keeps a Family of Tamagotchis Alive and Happy Forever

Tamagotchi toys were less about simulating the fun of having a pet, and more about the stresses of keeping your pixelated responsibility alive for as long as possible. I’m still no good at it, and presumably neither is Dmitry Morozov, because he built a machine that automatically cares for a Tamagotchi’s every need, keeping it…

Toys & Collectibles Andrew Liszewski

Lego Overwatch and a Wild Groot Puppet Are Among the Most Delightful Toys of the Week

Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9’s weekly round-up of the coolest toys we’ve seen draining our wallets for a perpetually growing list of preorders. This week: Bastion the robot gets turned into Lego! Hot Toys is making an Infinity War meme a very expensive reality! Groot gets a disturbingly detailed puppet! And more! Lego Overwatch…

Toys & Collectibles Andrew Liszewski

Widespread Cable, Internet, and Radio Outages Mark Hurricane Michael’s Path of Destruction

Hurricane Michael has had a serious impact on communications services in the Florida Panhandle and parts of Georgia.

Earth Science Dell Cameron

How to Do Everything But Delete Your Facebook Profile

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Social Media Adam Clark Estes

Celebrate 10 Years of Marvel Studios With These Brand New Mondo Posters

The Mondo Gallery in Austin, Texas just opened its doors and revealed Marvel Studios: The First Ten Years, a massive gallery show featuring brand new posters spanning the first decade of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The show consists of 11 new posters, along with six variants, for Iron Man, Thor, all three Captain America films, both…

Toys & Collectibles Germain Lussier

Don’t Sell Vaping Fluid With Viagra, FDA Fumes

The Food and Drug Administration’s ongoing war on vaping has taken perhaps its strangest twist yet. On Thursday, the agency sent off a warning letter to a company for illegally juicing its vaping fluids with erectile dysfunction drugs. The China-based company in question, HelloCig Electronic Technology Co. Ltd, wasn’t exactly shy about its scheme. One product,…

Health Ed Cara

This Is a Brain Taken Over by Alzheimer’s

The effects of Alzheimer’s disease on the brain often go unnoticed for years, even decades. But researchers at Stanford University and the University of Oxford believe they’ve found a way to visualize how the disease slowly spreads and erodes the brain—a tool they hope can help other scientists better study the incurable, fatal ailment and…

Health Ed Cara

Trump’s EPA Scraps Expert Advisory Committee Focused on Deadly Air Pollution

The Environmental Protection Agency killed a panel responsible for providing scientific expertise on particulate matter Thursday, according to an internal email the agency sent former panel members, which Earther obtained. This class of pollutants isn’t always on the public’s mind, but it should be. Particulate matter refers to small particles that spew out of car…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes

Remember That Time the Charmed Ones Became the World’s Worst Superheroes?

Sometimes, there’s an episode of television that changes your life. This is not one of them. This episode is so stupendously ridiculous that it holds a special place in my half-nerd, half-witch heart. It takes the cheesiest parts of comic book films, grinds them with a marble mortar and pestle, and distills them down into…

io9 Beth Elderkin

AI Still Sucks at Optical Illusions, So at Least We Have That Going for Us

Optical illusions take advantage of shortcomings in the visual system. Certain special designs can trick our brain as it’s trying to process the information that’s coming in. Learning more about what can trick our minds would help us learn more about the human mind itself. That’s part of the reason why Robert Williams and Roman…

Tech News Jennings Brown

Netflix’s The Haunting of Hill House Is a Deeply Disturbing Modern Ghost Story

Netflix’s new horror series The Haunting of Hill House is indeed about a haunted house—but it’s really more about a haunted family, all of whom are traumatized by the summer they spent within the title dwelling’s walls. This is not your typical Halloween fare, but it is still very chilling. We’ve seen all 10 episodes…

Television Cheryl Eddy

This Hilarious Optical Illusion for Birds Could Save Your Life

Birds and planes are a bad combination, but it’s not so easy to shoo our avian friends away from airport runways. Thankfully, scientists from France have stumbled upon an ingenious solution to the problem—an optical illusion that appears to scare the crap out of large predatory birds. In addition to their sharp talons, strong claws,…

Biology George Dvorsky

Star Wars Writer Chuck Wendig Claims Marvel Fired Him for ‘Vulgarity’ and ‘Too Much Politics’ On His Social Media

At New York Comic Con last weekend, Marvel Comics officially announced Shadow of Vader, a five-part Star Wars miniseries written by Star Wars: Aftermath book trilogy scribe Chuck Wendig. Except, the last two issues will no longer be penned by Wendig, as the author has just revealed Marvel has fired him. In a lengthy statement…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

Star Trek Online’s Journey to Discovery Squanders Some of Its Great Potential

This week, for the first time in its history, Star Trek Online got the chance to launch content related to a concurrent Trek TV series with Age of Discovery, a mini-update that brings gamers into the time of Discovery. This first slice does a grand job of capturing Discovery’s look and it’s tone—but it also…

Games James Whitbrook

The Magic Leap Con

“Today, our world feels divided.” Rony Abovitz, CEO of the infamous mixed reality startup Magic Leap stood awkwardly on a circular stage, surrounded by hundreds of attendees of his company’s first developer conference, and first major public-facing event, eyeing a teleprompter, arms behind his back. “It feels broken,” he said. “Our new medium of spatial…

Tech News Brian Merchant

Why It’s So Hard to Tell When a Hurricane Will Blow Up

If you’ve paid attention to the past two Atlantic hurricane seasons, you’ve almost certainly seen the term rapid intensification thrown about. Hurricane Michael is the most recent example, stirring from a Category 1 to strong Category 4 storm in 48 hours. It’s the latest in a murderer’s row of hurricanes that have undergone rapid-intensification, a technical…

Earth Science Brian Kahn

Spidey Has a Brand New Suit in This Far From Home Set Footage

Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe begins in July with the release of the Spider-Man sequel, Spider-Man: Far From Home. It’s currently filming in New York, which means lots of rogue camera phones hanging around, and one caught something very, very cool. We don’t know anything for certain here but, just in case you…

Movies Germain Lussier

Evil Exes and Universal Heat Death Are the Only Things to Fear in This Week’s Best New Comics

It’s that magical time of year when we all indulge in the thrill of letting ourselves be spooked and alarmed by the things that go bump in the night and this week’s best new comics are all tailor-made to get at the heart of some of the things that scare us the most. The Last…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore

Holy Cow, Iron Fist Has Been Canceled By Netflix

A Soldier’s Grim Day Gets Slightly Less Miserable in an Excellent Warhammer 40K Short

This Machine Keeps a Family of Tamagotchis Alive and Happy Forever

Lego Overwatch and a Wild Groot Puppet Are Among the Most Delightful Toys of the Week

Widespread Cable, Internet, and Radio Outages Mark Hurricane Michael’s Path of Destruction

How to Do Everything But Delete Your Facebook Profile

Celebrate 10 Years of Marvel Studios With These Brand New Mondo Posters

Don’t Sell Vaping Fluid With Viagra, FDA Fumes

This Is a Brain Taken Over by Alzheimer’s

Trump’s EPA Scraps Expert Advisory Committee Focused on Deadly Air Pollution

Remember That Time the Charmed Ones Became the World’s Worst Superheroes?

AI Still Sucks at Optical Illusions, So at Least We Have That Going for Us

Netflix’s The Haunting of Hill House Is a Deeply Disturbing Modern Ghost Story

This Hilarious Optical Illusion for Birds Could Save Your Life

Star Wars Writer Chuck Wendig Claims Marvel Fired Him for ‘Vulgarity’ and ‘Too Much Politics’ On His Social Media

Star Trek Online’s Journey to Discovery Squanders Some of Its Great Potential

The Magic Leap Con

Why It’s So Hard to Tell When a Hurricane Will Blow Up

Spidey Has a Brand New Suit in This Far From Home Set Footage

Evil Exes and Universal Heat Death Are the Only Things to Fear in This Week’s Best New Comics

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