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NASA Cartographer Helpfully Shows Where to Find ‘Sunsquatch’ During the Solar Eclipse

For the past couple weeks, government agencies have been warning citizens about potential traffic issues and the need for protective eyewear during the upcoming solar eclipse. But what if you want to be able to enjoy this rare phenomenon without being bothered by a Sasquatch? Or what if you’d like to hang with Bigfoot while…

Tech News Rhett Jones

Voltron‘s Third Season Was Initially Supposed to Be 13 Episodes, Which Makes Sense

The third season of Netflix’s Voltron felt a little abbreviated. Turns out, there’s a reason for that. While the show’s first season ran for 11 episodes and the second for a standard 13, the recent third season clocked in at a slightly underwhelming seven. As a result of the brevity, the proceedings can feel a…

io9 Julie Muncy

The Radical Plan to Cool Down LA as the World Heats Up

LOS ANGELES — It’s barely 10 a.m. on an August day in Hollywood, and the heat is already becoming oppressive. The temperature’s only in the mid-80s, but in the direct sun it feels hotter—and it’s getting worse by the minute. Part of the reason is the ground. The black asphalt of this side street off…

Climate Change Nate Berg

Bone Etchings Suggest Ancient Cannibals Weren’t Just Doing It For the Meat

Distinctive zig-zag etchings on a prehistoric human bone found at Gough’s Cave in England suggests that Ice Age cannibals consumed human flesh not purely for the nutritional value, but as part of a sophisticated funeral practice. Scientists studying the 15,000-year-old human remains found at Gough’s Cave in Somerset, England, have already show that Ice Age…

Tech News George Dvorsky

Haunted Doll Prequel Annabelle: Creation Offers Fun But Fleeting Frights

Annabelle: Creation is the latest in the ever-growing Conjuring universe, and it aims to tell you everything you ever wanted to know about how that damn doll went from merely creepy to pure evil. This makes for plenty of frights, and if the movie hits a few too many predictable notes, at least it makes…

io9 Cheryl Eddy

Fire and Explosives Make Falling Dominoes Far More Interesting

We’ve been told our entire lives not to play with fire. But whoever coined that expression never stopped to think about how flames and explosions could make falling dominoes even more captivating to watch. Using matches, candles, sparklers, and firecrackers, YouTube’s Kaplamino created this chain reaction that’s triggered by nothing but dominoes toppling over. You’ll…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski

Vertu Is Now Auctioning Off Its Shitty Gold Phones for Pennies on the Dollar

Back in the halcyon days of 2013, you could buy a brand new, handmade Vertu phone with an underpowered processor and an outdated operating system for $10,000. But today, my friend, Vertu is drowning in debt and auctioning off these hilarious relics of excess with bids starting at a few hundred bucks. It’s ironic because…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

Adam West and William Shatner Facing Off in Batman vs. Two-Face is the Stuff of Campy Superhero Dreams

If there’s one thing the late, great Adam West and the ever…curmudgeonly William Shatner had in common, it’s their ability to chewing the hell out of whatever scenery they happen to be near at any given moment. Thankfully, both actors turned themselves up to eleven in the new Batman vs. Two-Face animated movie. In a newly…

io9 Charles Pulliam-Moore

Someone Give Leslie Jones a Game of Thrones Recap Show, Like Now

Leslie Jones has returned to Late Night with Seth Meyers to recap the latest episode of Game of Thrones. While this is only the second time she’s done it, it’s got to be one of the greatest recaps in the history of Westeros. By the Seven, Meyers needs to make this a weekly thing. If…

Television Beth Elderkin

DNA Testing Data Is Disturbingly Vulnerable to Hackers

Hidden within our genetic code is a vast treasure trove of personal information about our health, relationships, personality and family history. Given all the sensitive details that a DNA test can reveal, you would hope that the people and programs handling that information would be vigilant in safeguarding its security. But it turns out that’s…

Tech News Kristen V. Brown

Everything About Batman and the Signal Is Fantastic Except For Signal’s Terrible New Costume

Duke Thomas, the Gotham-based vigilante formerly known as Robin, is getting back to his roots this November in Batman and the Signal, a new series chronicling his adventures as a sort of Batman-by-day who patrols the city while Batman’s indisposed. As the sun sets, Signal passes the baton to Bats. Almost everything about the series…

io9 Charles Pulliam-Moore

This Timelapse Turns LA’s Nightmarish Traffic Into the City’s Most Beautiful Feature

Beverly Hills, Hollywood, Santa Monica; all great reasons to visit Los Angeles that are unfortunately overshadowed by the city’s overwhelming traffic and perpetually-gridlocked highways. But through the lens of Ralph & Randy’s timelapse cameras, LA’s traffic nightmare somehow looks like best reason to head to the West Coast. The seventh video in their TimeLAX series,…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski

Crazy Rumors About the Cast of Sony’s Venom Movie

Looks like another familiar face is in Thor: Ragnarok. The porgs strike back in new Star Wars: The Last Jedi pictures. Westworld casts some suitably mysterious new roles. Yes, the 2016 election will still play a part in American Horror Story: Cult. Plus, new footage from Channel Zero’s second season. Spoilers now! Venom Variety reports…

io9 James Whitbrook and Gordon Jackson

Why Everyone Is Hating on IBM Watson—Including the People Who Helped Make It

You’ve probably seen the Watson commercials, where what looks like a sentient box interacts with celebrities like Bob Dylan, Carrie Fisher, and Serena Williams; or doctors; or a young cancer survivor. Maybe you caught the IBM artificial intelligence technology’s appearance in H&R Block’s Super Bowl commercial starring Jon Hamm. “It is one of the most…

Gadgets Jennings Brown

Everything That Happened in North Korea While You Were Sleeping

Did you have a good sleep? No? I don’t blame you. With President Trump and Kim Jong-un both escalating tensions between the two nuclear powers this week it’s tough to sleep soundly, despite what Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says. While Americans are dozing, the other side of the world is awake. And the other…

Tech News Matt Novak

These Climate Scientists Think House Science Chair Lamar Smith Has No Idea What He’s Talking About

Texas Rep. Lamar Smith, the Republican chair of the House Science Committee who also happens to believe global warming might actually be a really good thing, flew off the hook this week. The cause? The New York Times publicized a draft version of a federal scientific report which climate scientists worry Donald Trump’s administration is…

Climate Change Tom McKay

Eric Bolling Sues Reporter Yashar Ali for $50 Million for Revealing His Alleged Unsolicited Dick Pic Habit

Fox News host Eric Bolling is very, very angry at Yashar Ali, the Huffington Post freelancer who last week reported Bolling “sent an unsolicited photo of male genitalia via text message to at least two colleagues at Fox Business and one colleague at Fox News.” So angry he is suing Ali for $50 million. According…

Tech News Tom McKay

Facebook’s New Watch Tab Does Not Look Like a YouTube Killer at All

On Wednesday, Facebook announced the rollout of Watch, what it is calling “a new platform for shows on Facebook.” It’s yet another foray by the social media company from the business of distributing other people’s content into producing and licensing its own, and differs from its existing video content in that it looks a lot…

Tech News Tom McKay

A Very Cute and Very Literal Short About the Undeniable Spark of Attraction

In Ashley Anderson and Jacob Mann’s animated short, Extinguished, love is represented literally—as a flame right where a person’s heart beats in his or her chest. A dejected young man’s fire goes out, until a pretty new neighbor moves in. Can he play it cool or will his, ah, burning attraction get the better of…

io9 Cheryl Eddy

If Andrew Garfield Had Kept Playing Spider-Man, This Is What Would’ve Happened Next

When Marc Webb and Andrew Garfield were making their Amazing Spider-Man movies, Sony’s plans were incredibly ambitious. It’s all right there in the second film, which is filled with hints of the Sinister Six. Now, in a new interview with Den of Geek, Webb confirms the plan was to make Sinister Six before he and…

io9 Germain Lussier

NASA Cartographer Helpfully Shows Where to Find ‘Sunsquatch’ During the Solar Eclipse

Voltron‘s Third Season Was Initially Supposed to Be 13 Episodes, Which Makes Sense

The Radical Plan to Cool Down LA as the World Heats Up

Bone Etchings Suggest Ancient Cannibals Weren’t Just Doing It For the Meat

Haunted Doll Prequel Annabelle: Creation Offers Fun But Fleeting Frights

Fire and Explosives Make Falling Dominoes Far More Interesting

Vertu Is Now Auctioning Off Its Shitty Gold Phones for Pennies on the Dollar

Adam West and William Shatner Facing Off in Batman vs. Two-Face is the Stuff of Campy Superhero Dreams

Someone Give Leslie Jones a Game of Thrones Recap Show, Like Now

DNA Testing Data Is Disturbingly Vulnerable to Hackers

Everything About Batman and the Signal Is Fantastic Except For Signal’s Terrible New Costume

This Timelapse Turns LA’s Nightmarish Traffic Into the City’s Most Beautiful Feature

Crazy Rumors About the Cast of Sony’s Venom Movie

Why Everyone Is Hating on IBM Watson—Including the People Who Helped Make It

Everything That Happened in North Korea While You Were Sleeping

These Climate Scientists Think House Science Chair Lamar Smith Has No Idea What He’s Talking About

Eric Bolling Sues Reporter Yashar Ali for $50 Million for Revealing His Alleged Unsolicited Dick Pic Habit

Facebook’s New Watch Tab Does Not Look Like a YouTube Killer at All

A Very Cute and Very Literal Short About the Undeniable Spark of Attraction

If Andrew Garfield Had Kept Playing Spider-Man, This Is What Would’ve Happened Next

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