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The Black Lightning TV Show Has Cast Its Major Villain

In his first comics series, Black Lightning fought against a criminal organization called the 100, led by an oversized crimelord named Tobias Whale. The villain is following the electrically powered hero to TV, where rapper Krondon will be playing Jefferson Pierce’s archnemesis. The casting news comes from Entertainment Weekly, via an article that also includes…

io9 Evan Narcisse

Hey, Let’s Actually Read That Study About Vitamin B Preventing Birth Defects

It would be really nice if something you could just go to CVS and buy off a shelf unequivocally had some massive health benefit. But the world does not work that way, and neither does science. There are an array of caveats, and layers of complexity, attached to nearly every health study you see sensationalized…

Health Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Justice League Has a New Batplane and—Holy Aeronautics, Batman!—It’s Huge

For a man the trailers have pointed out consistently usually works alone, Batman sure does have a giant plane to put his nonexistent friends in. This new plane is called the Flying Fox, a name that caused some confusion before one colleague dredged up a memory that the Flying Fox is a type of bat.…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta

What the Hell Is a ‘Covert Sonic Device’ and Why Is It Deafening Diplomats in Cuba?

Russia is a boogeyman once again, and the threat of nuclear war looms in the background of our daily lives, but it wouldn’t be a real reboot of the Cold War unless the US was having problems with Cuba. On Wednesday, officials confirmed that two Cuban diplomats were expelled from the US embassy following an…

Tech News Rhett Jones

The Hilariously Gross Moment Behind This Week’s Big Secret Empire Win

After weeks of one grim setback after another, Marvel’s superheroes finally earned a real victory in Secret Empire in the latest issue. But it turns out there was an amazingly silly start to that victory that you didn’t get to see in the pages of the main Secret Empire book. The victory brought about in…

io9 James Whitbrook

The LG Gram Is One Beautifully Light and Simple Laptop

There’s a never-ending list of things you can do on a laptop, but at their core, they are pretty simple devices. More often than not, it’s feature bloat and things you never even wanted to use that cause a system to go haywire. Instead of gussying up systems with magical touchbars and ridiculous expandable screens,…

Laptops Sam Rutherford

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Captures Haunting Images of Clouds on Mars

Last month, NASA’s Curiosity rover captured some of the most remarkable images of Martian clouds we’ve ever seen. Now rare, these Earth-like cirrus clouds are a glimpse into the Red Planet’s distant past. On July 17, NASA’s Curiosity rover pointed its NavCam straight up into the Martian sky and snapped eight photos of wispy clouds…

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky

Oops, Snapchat Accidentally Ended Up on a Russian Government Snitch Registry

As Russia transitions into an internet dystopia, it appears that Snapchat has been dragged right in. Today, Snapchat’s parent company Snap was registered as an “information distribution organizer.” And by July 1st, 2018, an amended law will require “information distribution organizers” to store months of user data, and make it available for the Russian law…

Privacy & Security Marina Galperina

Finally, an Apocalyptic Wasteland Where People Aren’t Assholes to Each Other

From Mad Max to The Walking Dead, we live in a world teeming with apocalyptic fiction. Typically, they’re stories which posit that humans will turn to their darkest impulses and screw over anyone and everyone for their own survival, or even out of pure selfishness. A new video game called Pyre is about the exact…

io9 James Whitbrook

Water an Unexpected Surprise in Making Movie Titled Aquaman

In filming the upcoming Aquaman movie, director James Wan reports that the production is having a hard time due to the film’s most obvious foe, and man’s oldest: the sea itself. Well, okay, maybe it’s not that dramatic. But Wan did say that shooting a film that relies on water for virtually every scene is…

io9 Julie Muncy

Even Amateur Filmmakers Can Afford This Tiny Motion Control Camera Rig

Motion control rigs capable of repeatedly recreating smooth, controlled camera movements usually cost tens of thousands of dollars, and they require trained operators to set up and use. But Edelkrone’s new SurfaceONE costs just $690 and apparently can be configured in just a few minutes using a smartphone app as a remote control. The rigs…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Postal Apocalypse: (Mostly) Game of Thrones Edition

Greetings, my Westerosi window envelopes! As you can probably guess, last week’s episode of Game of Thrones—and its increasing dominance over the pop culture landscape—has filled the ol’ postman’s stolen mailbag to the brim. There are a few spoilers for last week’s episode, but more importantly, an answer to a question we should have been…

io9 Rob Bricken

Hundred-Year-Old Antarctic Fruitcake Found in ‘Excellent Condition’

Conservators with Antarctic Heritage Trust have uncovered a perfectly preserved fruitcake that dates back to Robert Falcon Scott’s ill-fated Terra Nova expedition, which began in 1910. Manufactured by the now defunct Huntley & Palmers biscuit company, the fruitcake was discovered in a long-abandoned hut at Cape Adare—an important landing site and base camp used by…

Tech News George Dvorsky

Poe Dameron Is a Key Component in the Future of Leia’s Resistance in Star Wars

The passing of Carrie Fisher puts a very sad cloud over the release of Star Wars: The Last Jedi. It’s the last time we’ll see Fisher in her iconic General Leia role, but according to a new story, she’s passing along some of her knowledge to a fan favorite. Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Oscar Isaac…

io9 Germain Lussier

Make Your Own Space Jams With the Sounds of the TRAPPIST-1 System

If you, like me, are an overly sweaty nerd with no musical ability who has always dreamed of being a less sweaty nerd with some musical ability, now’s your chance: a team of astronomers and musicians have created a program that allows you make songs with the sounds of planets orbiting the ultracool dwarf star…

Space & Spaceflight Rae Paoletta

The Legendary DuckTales Theme Was Written in Under an Hour

Ever wondered how the DuckTales theme was written? From what succulent word tree all those wonderful woo-hoos were plucked? Turns out the entire process didn’t take very long at all. Thanks to a dizzyingly in-depth piece on the life and times of the DuckTales theme song over at Vanity Fair, we now know that the…

Television Julie Muncy

This Smartwatch Has a Genius Reason for Existing

Movado makes nice watches. On the scale of Walmart special to “oh god what happened to my bank account,” its watches are priced firmly in the middle. They’re fashionable and can last for decades, but they also don’t cost the same as half a year’s rent. Movado is also known for design. It’s most famous…

Accessories & Wearables Alex Cranz

If You Want to Catch a Lizard You May Have to Flirt With It

Humans are the ultimate predator. If you’re armed with the right tools there’s virtually nothing else that can beat you in a standoff (except maybe antibiotic resistant bacteria, but let’s forget about that). If you want to befriend the animal, though, it’s a whole different story. Researchers know that some animals can be sensitive to…

Biology Ryan F. Mandelbaum

These Animated Vintage Textbooks Would Make High School Feel Like an Acid Trip

High school is that boring stepping stone in life between grade school (when you have recess twice a day) and college (where you can skip class without getting in trouble). But wouldn’t getting your diploma be far more enjoyable if the minimalist covers on your textbooks were turned into trippy animations you could stare at…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski

A Wild Explanation For Why These Sea Snakes Are Losing Their Stripes

Sea snakes are a striking sight on the sun-dappled Pacific and Indian Ocean coral reefs they call home. They swim with deliberate, yet graceful winding movements above the reef, and they are often conspicuously-colored, with many species sporting patterns flush with yellows, oranges, and blues, broken up by stripes, blotches, and spots. This scaly skin,…

Biology Jake Buehler

The Black Lightning TV Show Has Cast Its Major Villain

Hey, Let’s Actually Read That Study About Vitamin B Preventing Birth Defects

Justice League Has a New Batplane and—Holy Aeronautics, Batman!—It’s Huge

What the Hell Is a ‘Covert Sonic Device’ and Why Is It Deafening Diplomats in Cuba?

The Hilariously Gross Moment Behind This Week’s Big Secret Empire Win

The LG Gram Is One Beautifully Light and Simple Laptop

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Captures Haunting Images of Clouds on Mars

Oops, Snapchat Accidentally Ended Up on a Russian Government Snitch Registry

Finally, an Apocalyptic Wasteland Where People Aren’t Assholes to Each Other

Water an Unexpected Surprise in Making Movie Titled Aquaman

Even Amateur Filmmakers Can Afford This Tiny Motion Control Camera Rig

Postal Apocalypse: (Mostly) Game of Thrones Edition

Hundred-Year-Old Antarctic Fruitcake Found in ‘Excellent Condition’

Poe Dameron Is a Key Component in the Future of Leia’s Resistance in Star Wars

Make Your Own Space Jams With the Sounds of the TRAPPIST-1 System

The Legendary DuckTales Theme Was Written in Under an Hour

This Smartwatch Has a Genius Reason for Existing

If You Want to Catch a Lizard You May Have to Flirt With It

These Animated Vintage Textbooks Would Make High School Feel Like an Acid Trip

A Wild Explanation For Why These Sea Snakes Are Losing Their Stripes

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