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Twitter CEO’s Newest Podcast Bud Is a Guy Who Claims Vaccines Cause Autism

Man, it would be great if tech CEOs would maybe not appear as guests for podcasts during which they smoke blunts or engage in casual conversation with anti-vaxxers. And yet here we are. In a move that unsurprisingly resulted in Jack Dorsey getting ratioed to hell, the Twitter CEO on Tuesday evening thanked Ben Greenfield—a…

Tech News Catie Keck Mar 13 '19

J.K. Rowling Adds More Fuel to the Dumbledore/Grindelwald Fire

The upcoming Blu-ray release of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald features some choices quotes from writer J.K. Rowling and director David Yates regarding the are-they/aren’t-they relationship between Albus Dumbledore and Gellert Grindelwald. Radio Times reports that, on the special features of the disc, Rowling says the following: Their relationship was incredibly intense. It was…

Movies Germain Lussier Mar 13 '19

Marvel’s Shang-Chi Movie Has Found Its Director and Writer

While Marvel’s still moving forward with its slate of more cosmically-focused movies like Endgame and Eternals, it’s also making progress with a Shang-Chi feature film that, considering the character’s depiction in the comics, could be decidedly more grounded. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Destin Daniel Cretton (Short Term 12, The Glass Castle) has been tapped…

Movies Charles Pulliam-Moore Mar 13 '19

Chrome Adds Pro-Privacy Search Engine Options As Google Faces Antitrust Scrutiny

Here’s a change in Google’s Chrome browser that’s raising eyebrows: In 60 global markets, Chrome now includes the option of using pro-privacy competitor search engine DuckDuckGo. The change, first spotted by TechCrunch, is written into Chromium 73, the recently released version of the Chromium engine that is the open source foundation of the Chrome browser…

Tech News Patrick Howell O'Neill Mar 13 '19

Report: Facebook Data Deals Are Under Criminal Investigation

Facebook is under criminal investigation for massive data deals between the social media giant and many of the world’s biggest technology firms, according to a Wednesday evening report on the New York Times. Facebook confirmed the investigations in a statement. “We are cooperating with investigators and take those probes seriously,” a Facebook spokesman told the Times…

Social Media Patrick Howell O'Neill Mar 13 '19

These Pop Culture Mini-Portraits Are Truly a Sight to Behold

Size matters, especially in the world of pop culture art. Collectors can only buy and display so many full size movie posters before running out of wall space. And once that happens, their eyes may turn to smaller, but equally awesome pieces. Lots of artists’ work fits that bill—but a new, up-and-coming talent has his first show…

Toys & Collectibles Germain Lussier Mar 13 '19

Report: Red Sonja Will Not Be Directed by Bryan Singer After All

The clock was ticking on this one, and it finally seems to have happened: a new report says controversial director Bryan Singer will not direct Red Sonja after all. This news comes despite earlier claims to the contrary by Millennium Films CEO Avi Lerner, who tempered his bizarre defense of the director but stopped short…

Movies Cheryl Eddy Mar 13 '19

The Inactive Ingredients in Pills Can Cause Side Effects, Too

The annoying, even life-threatening, side effects of a medication may not actually be caused by the drug itself, explains a new study out Wednesday. Sometimes, the stuff used to make pills go down easier—the inactive ingredients—could trigger a person’s allergies or intolerances. Doctors have occasionally spotted cases of allergy brought on by a drug’s inactive…

Health Ed Cara Mar 13 '19

Star Trek: Discovery Could Revive The Next Generation‘s Famous Unisex Dress

Star Trek might primarily be about scientific exploration and the joys (and perils) of space travel, but it’s also occasionally about the future of fashion. From wacky interpretations of alien looks to the uniforms of our Starfleet heroes, debates around design and fashion have long been a part of the series, with Discovery soon to…

io9 James Whitbrook Mar 13 '19

Doctors Are Prescribing Fewer Opioids, but Not Always for the Right Reasons

Doctors are starting to give out significantly fewer new opioid prescriptions to their patients, according to a study this week in the New England Journal of Medicine. But some are continuing to prescribe possibly dangerous doses, while others have—perhaps unnecessarily—stopped prescribing opioids altogether. In 2016, following years of pressure to address the opioid crisis, the…

Health Ed Cara Mar 13 '19

In Rare Move, Oil Giants Ask Trump to Regulate a Greenhouse Gas

Fossil fuel giants Shell and Exxon are far from perfect, but they are taking a stand against the Trump administration’s attempt to kill regulations on a potent greenhouse gas. This week, both companies criticized President Donald Trump’s deregulatory actions against methane, a potent greenhouse gas that can leak during oil and gas operations. Shell told…

Climate Change Yessenia Funes Mar 13 '19

The Origins of Captain Marvel’s Powers Raise Some Interesting Questions About the Larger MCU

Early in Captain Marvel, after Carol Danvers and Nick Fury have met, the Kree warrior explains that her signature photon blasts are all the proof anyone needs that she’s not a member of the Skrull race stealthily invading Earth in 1995. Fury, understandably, has no reason to believe or doubt Carol because he has no idea…

Movies Charles Pulliam-Moore Mar 13 '19

Does Anyone Still Work at MoviePass?

At least a dozen times in the past year I could have sworn Moviepass—the spectacular theater subscription flameout venture—had finally gone bankrupt. Certain movies were unavailable, prices were raised and funding got tight, the unlimited plan died and was reborn worse, and each time one of these catastrophes became public, I was positive Moviepass would…

Tech News Avery Ellis Mar 13 '19

A Rare Giant Cyclone Is Set to Make Landfall in Mozambique, Threatening Dangerous Floods

While the U.S. is under assault from a historic bomb cyclone, another freaky storm is spinning the southern hemisphere. Cyclone Idai strafed through Madagascar earlier this week and is now on track to make landfall in Mozambique on Thursday night with major impacts. Idai has had a bit of a wild ride. The storm began…

Earth Science Brian Kahn Mar 13 '19

U.S. Finally Grounds Boeing 737 Max Planes, Joining Every Major Country on Earth

President Donald Trump announced this afternoon that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) would order all Boeing 737 Max-8 and Max-9 planes grounded in the U.S. following Sunday’s plane crash in Ethiopia that killed 157 people and an October crash in Indonesia that killed 189. The U.S. is the last major country on the planet to…

Tech News Matt Novak Mar 13 '19

The Chinese Shazam Trailer Is Packed With Hilarious Spoilers

Here’s a problem fans probably didn’t think they’d run into with Shazam: It just suffered the evil fate of being a comedy. You see, oftentimes trailers for comedies ruin all the best jokes. They have to. Studios want to get butts in seats, and that means making a really funny trailer no matter the cost. This…

Trailers Germain Lussier Mar 13 '19

Relatable: Facebook’s ‘Family of Apps’ Is Struggling Today

Facebook is down! For some people, anyway. So are Instagram and other platforms in the “Facebook family of apps,” news the company communicated on Twitter, a different social media platform that is currently loading. Soak in the sense of freedom while it lasts. Update: Still walking it off. Update: Virtual reality also mildly bricked.

Social Media Avery Ellis Mar 13 '19

Read an Excerpt From War Girls, Tochi Onyebuchi’s Black Panther-Inspired Sci-Fi Adventure

Black Panther is a fantastic movie for so many reasons—one being that it made certain people notice there were already so many sci-fi and fantasy stories being told outside the default we’d been served for so long. io9 recently spotlighted Marlon James’ Black Leopard, Red Wolf, and now we’ve got another intriguing upcoming release to…

Books & Comics Cheryl Eddy Mar 13 '19

Ancient Britons Traveled Hundreds of Miles to Attend Pork Fests at Stonehenge

Prehistoric Britons traveled impressive distances to attend celebrations at monumental sites like Stonehenge, according to new research. Incredibly, many of them brought their pigs along with them for the journey—an impressive feat, considering some participants came from hundreds of miles away. Monumental lithic sites like Stonehenge and Avebury weren’t just constructed for show—they also served…

Human History George Dvorsky Mar 13 '19

‘Self-Forming’ Waterfalls Could Change Our Understanding of Earth’s History

Scientists observed waterfalls forming simply through the movement of water downhill in a new laboratory study—a result that could complicate our understanding of Earth’s history. Waterfalls may be beautiful and awe inspiring, but they’re also windows into the past, signaling changes in sea level, tectonic activity, or climate change. But if waterfalls can form without…

Earth Science Ryan F. Mandelbaum Mar 13 '19

Twitter CEO’s Newest Podcast Bud Is a Guy Who Claims Vaccines Cause Autism

J.K. Rowling Adds More Fuel to the Dumbledore/Grindelwald Fire

Marvel’s Shang-Chi Movie Has Found Its Director and Writer

Chrome Adds Pro-Privacy Search Engine Options As Google Faces Antitrust Scrutiny

Report: Facebook Data Deals Are Under Criminal Investigation

These Pop Culture Mini-Portraits Are Truly a Sight to Behold

Report: Red Sonja Will Not Be Directed by Bryan Singer After All

The Inactive Ingredients in Pills Can Cause Side Effects, Too

Star Trek: Discovery Could Revive The Next Generation‘s Famous Unisex Dress

Doctors Are Prescribing Fewer Opioids, but Not Always for the Right Reasons

In Rare Move, Oil Giants Ask Trump to Regulate a Greenhouse Gas

The Origins of Captain Marvel’s Powers Raise Some Interesting Questions About the Larger MCU

Does Anyone Still Work at MoviePass?

A Rare Giant Cyclone Is Set to Make Landfall in Mozambique, Threatening Dangerous Floods

U.S. Finally Grounds Boeing 737 Max Planes, Joining Every Major Country on Earth

The Chinese Shazam Trailer Is Packed With Hilarious Spoilers

Relatable: Facebook’s ‘Family of Apps’ Is Struggling Today

Read an Excerpt From War Girls, Tochi Onyebuchi’s Black Panther-Inspired Sci-Fi Adventure

Ancient Britons Traveled Hundreds of Miles to Attend Pork Fests at Stonehenge

‘Self-Forming’ Waterfalls Could Change Our Understanding of Earth’s History

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