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How Manatees, Gators, and Flamingos Are Surviving Hurricane Irma

Over the past week, Irma has redefined our expectations of how powerful a hurricane can be and left devastation in its wake: the once-Category 5 cyclone roared through the Caribbean, leaving 1 million people in Puerto Rico without power, and caused significant flooding in Miami, Naples, and many other parts of Florida. It was difficult…

Biology Rae Paoletta

California Stoners Can’t Get Weed Delivered by Drone

As America’s most populous state, California is poised to set off a pot boom when recreational marijuana becomes legal there at the beginning of 2018. But even though the field at large is benefiting from automation, cannabis entrepreneurs in the Golden State won’t be able to automate delivery. Last week, California’s Bureau of Cannabis Control released emergency…

Tech News Jennings Brown

Stan Lee Says Leonardo Dicaprio Says He’d Sure Like to Play Stan Lee in a Movie

I mean, remember that plan Fox has to apparently make a young Stan Lee action comedy movie? It’s not totally out of the realm of reality that at some point in the near future a Hollywood star will don the sunglasses and mustache of one of Marvel’s most iconic creative forces. But Lee himself already…

io9 James Whitbrook

Scientists Want to Synthesize Salvia’s Hallucinogenic Molecule for a Surprising Reason

You’re probably familiar with Salvia divinorum, the hallucinogenic plant used for religious purposes in some indigenous cultures, and for watching celebrities giggle in some decaying cultures. But when you were sitting in a frozen Massachusetts cul-de-sac one late night in 2009 bouncing as if you were riding a motorcycle while your friends laughed at your…

Health Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Irma Weakens to a Tropical Storm, But Danger Persists

Irma, which made landfall in the Florida Keys yesterday afternoon as a Category 4 hurricane, has now been downgraded to a tropical storm. The system, which is now 400 miles wide, may have lost some strength, but it’s continuing to produce heavy winds and rain as it marches northwards towards Georgia. As of 8:00 am local…

Tech News George Dvorsky

Oh, God, Michael Bay Could Have Blown Up Stonehenge For Transformers: The Last Knight

Never let it be said that Michael Bay is not a man without a very well-defined directorial sensibility. Michael Bay is extremely good at being Michael Bay and the minute you start watching a Michael Bay movie, you know exactly what you’re in for. This is extremely true of Transformers: The Last Knight. Only in…

io9 Charles Pulliam-Moore

It Turns Out iOS 11 Is Even More Cop-Resistant Than We Thought

Apple’s iOS 11 is going to make it more difficult for law enforcement officials to seize information from your iPhone. In addition to a new SOS mode that lets you disable TouchID, the next iOS update will require an additional step to unlock your data when your device is connected to a computer, according to…

Tech News Melanie Ehrenkranz

Len Wein Helped Make Comics’ Universes Bigger and Broader and the Whole World Is Better For It

When I sat down to think about whether I could muster any words of remembrance for Len Wein, I found myself stymied. How do you memorialize someone who went from being a fan to doing so much so well on so many levels? Then I realized that the breadth of his work was exactly the…

io9 Evan Narcisse

Blowing Up a Rainbow Probably Looks a Lot Like Dropping an Anvil on Spray Paint Cans

When you get exclusive access to a 150-foot-tall tower, you’re going to want to do more than just take in the view. So when the team from How Ridiculous got just such an opportunity, they made the most of it, hauling a heavy anvil to the top and then dropping it on a stack of…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski

What’s the Worst That Could Happen With Huge Databases of Facial Biometric Data?

The widespread use of facial recognition technology is almost upon us. A new iPhone is on the horizon, and it might not even have a fingerprint reader—instead, you could be unlocking your phone with your face. Facial recognition is not new. It’s been a sci-fi staple for decades, and its practical roots are in the…

Tech News Bryson Masse

We Already Know One Classic Team Member Who Won’t Be in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

And James Gunn plan to explore the origins of Rocket Raccoon. Nicole Kidman reveals a weird moment for her Aquaman Queen. Andy Muschietti wants to go cosmic in the It sequel. A returning princess gets a new face in Once Upon a Time. Plus, new Star Wars: The Last Jedi images and an odd new…

Television James Whitbrook

Steve Bannon Predicts President Trump Will Be Reelected in a Landslide

Predictions are hard. Especially in politics. But former Trump advisor Steve Bannon made an incredibly confident prediction about the future of the Trump regime last night. And he could be right. Last night, 60 Minutes aired its full interview with Steve Bannon. You’ve probably already seen the highlights (or lowlights as it were), but the…

Tech News Matt Novak

Mine! is a Star-Studded Comics Anthology Benefiting Planned Parenthood

Planned Parenthood serves over two million people, mostly women, every year, providing necessary reproductive and sexual health care services to populations that dearly need them. This comics anthology aims to help. Mine!, helmed by Joseph Corallo and Molly Jackson of ComicMix, is devoted to raising money for Planned Parenthood and telling its story. To do…

io9 Julie Muncy

Len Wein, Co-Creator of Wolverine and Editor of Watchmen, Dies at 69

Len Wein, the comic book writer and editor who co-created DC’s Swamp Thing and edited Watchmen, has passed away. Wein, who revived the X-Men in 1975 with artist Dave Cockrum, giving birth to the modern form of the franchise, had a long and distinguished career all over the comics world. Wein, who was born in…

io9 Julie Muncy

Whoops, Spotify’s Web Player No Longer Works on Apple’s Safari Browser

Music streaming service Spotify no longer officially supports Apple’s Safari browser, and Safari users who attempt to access it say they are being redirected to use another browser or download Spotify’s desktop client. Per the Verge and Engadget, the company will only say “recent updates” have made the two programs incompatible. Users on the Spotify…

Tech News Tom McKay

Why the Everglades Might Never Look the Same After Hurricane Irma

As Hurricane Irma rakes the west coast of Florida, all eyes are on the cities and human lives in the storm’s path. But Irma is also hammering the Florida Everglades, and the scientists familiar with this fragile ecosystem are concerned the storm could deliver a devastating blow. “They’re losing out,” said Hal Wanless, a geologist…

Climate Change Maddie Stone

Hear the New Kermit the Frog Try Out His Singing Voice

After a pretty nasty controversy, Kermit the Frog got a new voice performer in the form of Matt Vogel. We’ve heard what Vogel sounds like, but now we can check out the real test: how well can Vogel sing? Vogel replaces Steve Whitmire, who succeeded Jim Henson as the voice of the Kermit when Henson…

io9 Julie Muncy

European Finance Ministers Want to Force Tech Companies to Start Paying More Taxes

US tech giants like Google, Amazon, Apple and Facebook which do business in the European Union have long … avoided paying billions in taxes on their European operations through, uh, creative use of tax laws. That all might come to an end soon, if a group of member countries led by France is able to…

Tech News Tom McKay

Blade Runner 2049 Clip Goes Beyond the Cyberpunk Skyscrapers

Glittering lights. Neon decay. The overwhelming sense of being both overcrowded and half replaced by broken-down machines. The visionary design of futuristic Los Angeles is a centerpiece of Blade Runner’s lasting appeal. But this new clip from the sequel takes us away of the familiar skyscrapers. The footage, which is technically the first full clip…

io9 Julie Muncy

Catch Up on the Star Trek Timeline Before Discovery With This Video

It’s getting close, now. On September 24th, the first new Star Trek series in years will debut. Star Trek Discovery is said to take place in the Prime timeline, setting it in the same continuity as everything else in the Trek-verse save the Abrams movies. Which means it’s a good time for a history lesson.…

io9 Julie Muncy

How Manatees, Gators, and Flamingos Are Surviving Hurricane Irma

California Stoners Can’t Get Weed Delivered by Drone

Stan Lee Says Leonardo Dicaprio Says He’d Sure Like to Play Stan Lee in a Movie

Scientists Want to Synthesize Salvia’s Hallucinogenic Molecule for a Surprising Reason

Irma Weakens to a Tropical Storm, But Danger Persists

Oh, God, Michael Bay Could Have Blown Up Stonehenge For Transformers: The Last Knight

It Turns Out iOS 11 Is Even More Cop-Resistant Than We Thought

Len Wein Helped Make Comics’ Universes Bigger and Broader and the Whole World Is Better For It

Blowing Up a Rainbow Probably Looks a Lot Like Dropping an Anvil on Spray Paint Cans

What’s the Worst That Could Happen With Huge Databases of Facial Biometric Data?

We Already Know One Classic Team Member Who Won’t Be in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Steve Bannon Predicts President Trump Will Be Reelected in a Landslide

Mine! is a Star-Studded Comics Anthology Benefiting Planned Parenthood

Len Wein, Co-Creator of Wolverine and Editor of Watchmen, Dies at 69

Whoops, Spotify’s Web Player No Longer Works on Apple’s Safari Browser

Why the Everglades Might Never Look the Same After Hurricane Irma

Hear the New Kermit the Frog Try Out His Singing Voice

European Finance Ministers Want to Force Tech Companies to Start Paying More Taxes

Blade Runner 2049 Clip Goes Beyond the Cyberpunk Skyscrapers

Catch Up on the Star Trek Timeline Before Discovery With This Video

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