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Missing Flight MH370 Inspires New Way to Locate Ocean Impacts

The Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 investigation has been reopened with the help of a private firm. Its incomplete story has refused to offer closure to the families of its 239 victims and has sparked conspiracy theories. But scientists have continued investigating the impact since it occurred three and a half years ago. It’s inspired one…

Tech News Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Neanderthals With Disabilities Survived Through Social Support

A re-analysis of a 50,000 year old Neanderthal skull shows that, in addition to enduring multiple injuries and debilitations, this male individual was also profoundly deaf. Yet he lived well into his 40s, which is quite old by Paleolithic standards. It’s an achievement that could have only been possible with the help of others, according…

Tech News George Dvorsky

io9 Halloween Costume Show Week Two: It’s Mary Poppins, Y’all

Last week, we kicked off our annual Halloween costume showcase—and as ever, the io9 community is already kicking October 31’s ass with some absolutely brilliant costumes. With just one week to go, we want to see how you’re all getting on with your costumes! You could be like the fabulous Mea.Glitch up here, and have…

io9 James Whitbrook

The First Trailer for Netflix’s Stretch Armstrong Cartoon Introduces Us to Earth’s Stretchiest Heroes

When it was first announced, we were unsure what to make of Netflix’s latest venture being a resurrection of Stretch Armstrong—and not just that, a resurrection of the toy classic as a new superhero squad of elongated teenage misfits. Now we’ve got our first look at Stretch Armstrong and his, err… Flex Fighters in action,…

Trailers James Whitbrook

Simple Benchmarks to Run on Your Computer to Check If It’s Working Well

At first glance the computer on your desk might look a lot like last year’s model or the model your colleague has, but looks can be deceptive—if you want to really rate your laptop and find its place in the power and performance stakes, that’s where benchmarks come in. Long revered by gamers as a…

Gadgets David Nield

When Hope Runs Out, Cancer Patients Are Making Their Own DIY Immunotherapy Treatments

Every generation has had its breakthrough that promised to, at long last, finally cure cancer, but this time around the chances of actually pulling it off are looking pretty good. Rapid advancement in fields like genetics have led to incredible success using immunotherapies to turn patients’ own bodies into cancer-fighting machines. Pharmaceutical companies, philanthropic billionaires…

Health Kristen V. Brown

Marvel Already Has Plans For Two New Thor: Ragnarok Characters Beyond the Movie

Kevin Feige teases Captain Marvel’s role in bringing the current chapter of the Marvel Cinematic Universe to a close. Michael Bay’s next movie project resurrects an animated favorite. Jeff Goldblum offers a suitably quirky tease on his Jurassic World 2 return. Plus new Punisher photos, and a new Stranger Things clip. Behold, spoilers! Thor: Ragnarok…

Television James Whitbrook

A Theater Group Reveals Our Disastrous Impact on the Planet by Performing in Actual Wastelands

Open Flame Theatre believes “the systems we live under are inherently self-destructive;” that for the sake of our survival, we must “reimagine the ways we inhabit ourselves and this planet.” The group performs surrealist, outdoor operas aimed at connecting audiences with humanity’s impact on nature. The performances can get pretty dark. Open Flame Theatre’s latest…

Earther Olivia M. Campbell

This Storm Chaser Captures Monsoon Footage Like You’ve Never Seen Before

Meteorologists can predict, with some degree of accuracy, whether or not it’s going to rain tomorrow. But determining the exact severity of an approaching storm isn’t quite as easy. So in order to capture the amazing timelapse sequences in his new film, Monsoon IV, Mike Olbinski had to drive nearly 13,000 miles across the southern…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski

Cosmetics Brand Tarte Exposed Personal Information About Nearly 2 Million Customers

Tarte Cosmetics, a cruelty-free cosmetics brand carried by major retailers like Sephora and Ulta, exposed the personal information of nearly two million customers in two unsecured online databases. The databases were publicly accessible and included customer names, email addresses, mailing addresses, and the last four digits of credit card numbers, according to the Kromtech Security…

Privacy & Security Kate Conger

Facebook: Hey, Nice Media You Got There, Shame if Some Kind of News Feed Change Happened to It

Facebook tests of a major change to the way its News Feed works in at least six countries have once again raised fears the social media giant—a powerful gatekeeper between publishers and audiences—could be preparing to doom parts of the media, the Guardian reported. Per the Guardian, Facebook has tested a new layout in which…

Social Media Tom McKay

Florida Couple’s Amazon Delivery Came With 65 Pounds of Free, Dank-Ass Weed

Two Amazon customers who purchased 27 gallon plastic storage bins earlier this year were surprised to find their UPS delivery weighed 93.5 pounds, approximately 65 pounds of which was tightly compacted bales of marijuana. Per WFTV, the Orlando couple who had placed the Amazon order somewhat understandably deemed this precious gift unwelcome and immediately contacted…

Commerce Tom McKay

This Nightmare On Elm Street LP Box Set Is Simply Exquisite

Monsters, scares, and gore can only take a horror movie so far. Sound and music are also essential—which is why this brand new box set of the scores to the Nightmare on Elm Street films is such a perfect idea. Death Waltz Records is releasing the set, which it’s calling the “Box of Souls.” It features…

Movies Germain Lussier

Ghosts Haunt a Photographer, His Muse, and His Work in the Dreamily Eerie Daguerrotype

Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s most recent film is the buzzworthy alien invasion tale Before We Vanish. But the innovative Japanese director (Pulse, Bright Future) has an earlier movie that’s coming out first: 2016 French-language ghost story Daguerrotype. Here’s the official synopsis, followed by the brand-new trailer: Jean (Tahar Rahim), a young Parisian with few skills and even…

Trailers Cheryl Eddy

The Teaser Trailer for World of Tomorrow Episode Two Is Oh So Wonderful

The teaser trailer for Don Hertzfeldt’s World of Tomorrow Episode Two is here, and while it’s disappointingly short, it’s just as weird and wonderful as you’d hope. The full title for the animated scifi short is World of Tomorrow Episode Two: The Burden of Other People’s Thoughts. The sequel continues the story of the time-traveler…

Trailers Germain Lussier

Palestinian Man Arrested After Facebook Auto-Translates ‘Good Morning’ as ‘Attack Them’

A Palestinian construction worker was arrested by Israeli police after Facebook incorrectly translated the text of one of his posts. Haaretz reports that the man uploaded a picture from his job at a construction site with the text “good morning” in Arabic. When officers used Facebook’s automatic translation service to read the post, the text…

Social Media Sidney Fussell

The Cursed History of NYC MetroCards

If you’ve ridden the New York City subway, you know the feeling. You buy a flimsy plastic card that lets you ride the train, and when you try to swipe it at the turnstile, it doesn’t work. You swipe again. The machine asks you to swipe again. You swipe again. The machine asks you to…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

Scientists Capture Rare Footage of Spooky-Ass Arctic Jellyfish

Using a small robotic sub, scientists from Columbia University have captured rare video of arctic jellyfish slithering along the bottom of the Chukchi Sea near Utqiaġvik, Alaska. The footage came as a complete surprise to the researchers, who weren’t expecting to see jellyfish during the Arctic winter. The scientists’ research, published in Marine Ecology, shows…

Tech News George Dvorsky

It Looks Like the Original Jimmy Olsen May Cameo in Justice League

In the current DC movies, Jimmy Olsen got the shit end of the stick. He was unceremoniously murdered right at the start of Batman v Superman. However, another version of that character is getting a comeback. Sort of. A new Cyborg-centric clip from Justice League was just released, and one of the actors looks suspiciously…

Movies Germain Lussier

Scientists Want to Update These Four Fundamental Constants

Some numbers don’t change. These values are deeply connected to the very fabric of the Universe and our human existence. Until they aren’t, of course. Then we change them—for good reason. Scientists around the world just recommended changes to four fundamental constants. The tiny updates are important for the most accurate and precise measurements, but…

Tech News Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Missing Flight MH370 Inspires New Way to Locate Ocean Impacts

Neanderthals With Disabilities Survived Through Social Support

io9 Halloween Costume Show Week Two: It’s Mary Poppins, Y’all

The First Trailer for Netflix’s Stretch Armstrong Cartoon Introduces Us to Earth’s Stretchiest Heroes

Simple Benchmarks to Run on Your Computer to Check If It’s Working Well

When Hope Runs Out, Cancer Patients Are Making Their Own DIY Immunotherapy Treatments

Marvel Already Has Plans For Two New Thor: Ragnarok Characters Beyond the Movie

A Theater Group Reveals Our Disastrous Impact on the Planet by Performing in Actual Wastelands

This Storm Chaser Captures Monsoon Footage Like You’ve Never Seen Before

Cosmetics Brand Tarte Exposed Personal Information About Nearly 2 Million Customers

Facebook: Hey, Nice Media You Got There, Shame if Some Kind of News Feed Change Happened to It

Florida Couple’s Amazon Delivery Came With 65 Pounds of Free, Dank-Ass Weed

This Nightmare On Elm Street LP Box Set Is Simply Exquisite

Ghosts Haunt a Photographer, His Muse, and His Work in the Dreamily Eerie Daguerrotype

The Teaser Trailer for World of Tomorrow Episode Two Is Oh So Wonderful

Palestinian Man Arrested After Facebook Auto-Translates ‘Good Morning’ as ‘Attack Them’

The Cursed History of NYC MetroCards

Scientists Capture Rare Footage of Spooky-Ass Arctic Jellyfish

It Looks Like the Original Jimmy Olsen May Cameo in Justice League

Scientists Want to Update These Four Fundamental Constants

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