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Nicolas Cage Makes the Perfect Kill-Crazy Parent in First Trailer for Horror Comedy Mom and Dad

Since winning his Oscar in 1995 for Leaving Las Vegas, Nicolas Cage’s career choices have veered from “eccentric” to “bizarre.” But horror comedy Mom and Dad—which reunites the star with his Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance co-director, Brian Taylor—looks like the perfect marriage of material and performer. A satire of suburban life, Mom and Dad…

Trailers Cheryl Eddy Dec 28 '17

What Makes Instagram’s ‘Recommended’ Posts So Awful?

Social feeds are getting cluttered with posts no one asked for, and unfortunately, Instagram is following suit. No one I’ve spoken to about Instagram’s recently announced feature of “recommended” posts from complete strangers appearing in feeds is excited about the change. Admittedly, that group of people is a relatively small sample size, composed largely of…

Tech News Avery Ellis Dec 28 '17

Uber’s Unreal $70 Billion Valuation Really Was Unreal

Today Uber, the biggest ride-sharing company in much of the world, got its hands on even more money by selling up to 20 percent of itself to Softbank and other investors in exchange for a giant sack of cash. But those investment dollars come with a catch. In order to raise more money, Uber sold…

Tech News Harri Weber Dec 28 '17

Scientists Observe Strange Double Whirlpool Effect in Ocean for First Time

Slow waves meander westward out in the deep ocean south of Australia. Sometimes they carry with them carry large eddies, whirlpools over 100 miles across. But every so often, these whirlpools combine into double whirlpools and travel across the ocean 10 times faster than the rest of the whirlpools, moving in sync for months and…

Tech News Ryan F. Mandelbaum Dec 28 '17

Apple Gives in to Furious Customers, Slashes Price on iPhone Slowdown Fix

Apple has finally recognized that it will have to do more to calm customers’ ire after admitting to, and then apologizing for slowing down their old iPhones. In a letter my mother would have said was “passive aggressive” and “not really apologetic at all” had I written it, Apple wrote: “We know that some of…

Tech News Alex Cranz Dec 28 '17

The Best, Worst, and Most Unforgettable Movie Moments of 2017

It doesn’t matter if a movie’s good, bad, or just mediocre—any film can have a moment that makes your jaw drop in awe or tears come to your eyes, or makes you shudder in irritation and disgust. Here are all the greatest and worst individual moments from the cinematic releases of 2017. Note: Many of…

Movies Io9 Staff Dec 28 '17

The Beauty of Freezing Bubbles Is the Only Good Thing About These Nightmarish Temperatures

Did you for some reason think the grueling endurance march that was 2017 would end without one final ordeal? You fool. Right now the eastern and midwestern parts of the country are enduring record-breaking sub-zero temperatures, with the only silver lining being that it’s cold enough to instantly freeze soap bubbles, which it turns out…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski Dec 28 '17

Ultimate Theory of Particle Physics Holds Where Physicists Hoped It Wouldn’t

The smallest pieces of the universe are governed by a beautiful and mind-blowing set of rules: the “Standard Model.” The Standard Model explains the behavior of all 17 discovered particles, and it continues to make predictions that have been proven accurate by the largest physics experiments in the world, including the Large Hadron Collider in…

Tech News Ryan F. Mandelbaum Dec 28 '17

Marvel’s New Service Can Help You Create Comics But Has Some Potentially Serious Issues

If you’re reading this article, then there’s a very good chance you’ve dreamed about creating your own comic at some point (if you haven’t already). There are a multitude of reasons why most people end up not fulfilling that dream, but Marvel Comics wants to change that with its new “Create Your Own” initiative. Marvel:…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore Dec 28 '17

Yet Another EPA Chief Is Probably a Climate Denier

One of the Environmental Protection Agency’s latest regional administrators is in line with the rest of its leadership: She’s a climate skeptic. Anne Idsal, the former chief clerk for the Texas General Land Office, is now in charge of overseeing five states and 66 tribes through the EPA’s Region 6. This includes Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma,…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes Dec 28 '17

Why Has Science Only Cured One Person of HIV?

In 2007, a young American man living in Berlin became a marvel of modern medicine when, 12 years after he was diagnosed with HIV, the virus suddenly disappeared from his body. Timothy Ray Brown had been diagnosed with leukemia and received a stem cell transplant treat it. His stem cell donor, it turned out, had…

Biology Kristen V. Brown Dec 28 '17

Bitcoin’s Very Bad Week Continues With South Korea Considering Shut Down of Exchanges

The rush to get in on the cryptocurrency boom has spread around the globe, but nowhere more than in South Korea. That fact hasn’t slipped by the South Korean government’s attention. On Tuesday new regulatory measures, including a real name policy, were announced, and the government warned that it could move forward with a shutdown…

Tech News Rhett Jones Dec 28 '17

Hellboy Creator Mike Mignola Says the End of B.P.R.D.’s Recent Issue Was Years in the Making

In the world of comic books, death is more of a polite suggestion rather than a permanent state of being. Living things die, dead things come back to life, and many other things get caught somewhere between. This is something Mike Mignola’s Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense has always known. For the past 15…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore Dec 28 '17

RIP Lil Snail

Beaverpond marstonia, we hardly knew ye. After years of a back and forth on whether to list the tiny freshwater snail as an endangered species, the Fish and Wildlife Service announced on Thursday that the species was functionally extinct. It’s the first species to go extinct in the U.S. under the Trump administration, a footnote…

Conservation Brian Kahn Dec 28 '17

Watch the Grand Canyon Fill With Clouds in This Timelapse of a Rare Weather Phenomenon

Clouds form when warm, humid air rises into the cooler atmosphere, and all that water vapor condenses into tiny floating water droplets. But sometimes that process can be inverted, like when cold air trapped in the Grand Canyon causes it to fill with clouds as warm air passes over the massive gorge. And sometimes, that…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski Dec 28 '17

Ridley Scott Thinks Disney Should Hire More Experienced Directors for Star Wars

Ridley Scott has more than earned his right to speak with authority about Hollywood’s approach to producing big-budget scifi films, and he absolutely knows it. In a recent interview with Vulture, the director shared his thoughts about Star Wars—arguably the most popular scifi franchise in the world—and he did not mince words. Though The Force…

Movies Charles Pulliam-Moore Dec 28 '17

Apparently the EPA Needs a Court Order to Protect Kids Against Lead Paint

The Environmental Protection Agency wanted another six years to update its lead-based paint rules. On Wednesday, a federal appeals court was like: Nah. The court gave the agency just 90 days to propose a rule and just a year to finalize it. This court order, from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, comes nearly 10…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes Dec 28 '17

PSA: Internet Fame Isn’t Worth the Burns from This Boiling-Water-Into-Snow Trick

Three years ago, it seemed like everyone experiencing near-zero temperatures stepped outside with a pot full of boiling water and flung it into the air to make instant snow. Not surprisingly, many of those same people—including a pair of Kentucky meteorologists—scalded themselves in the process! Even on a frigid winter’s morning boiling water is very…

Tech News Avery Ellis Dec 28 '17

Your Selfie Obsession May Be Real, But ‘Selfitis’ Is a Fake Disease

From the annals of bad science reporting comes this latest confusion: Media outlets completely misconstrued the results of a study about a supposed selfie mental disorder—a study that itself was inspired by a hoax that also fooled media outlets three years earlier. Some of the headlines, blared from even reputable outlets like The Guardian, include:…

Tech News Ed Cara Dec 28 '17

The Most Heroic Earthlings of 2017

This year has been one of the most heartbreaking for lovers of the planet. Climate change has never felt more real or invincible. Massive wildfires tore through California, record-breaking hurricanes ravaged the Southeast and Caribbean, and our president didn’t seem to care about any of it. Who needs President Donald Trump, though? Around the country,…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes Dec 28 '17

Nicolas Cage Makes the Perfect Kill-Crazy Parent in First Trailer for Horror Comedy Mom and Dad

What Makes Instagram’s ‘Recommended’ Posts So Awful?

Uber’s Unreal $70 Billion Valuation Really Was Unreal

Scientists Observe Strange Double Whirlpool Effect in Ocean for First Time

Apple Gives in to Furious Customers, Slashes Price on iPhone Slowdown Fix

The Best, Worst, and Most Unforgettable Movie Moments of 2017

The Beauty of Freezing Bubbles Is the Only Good Thing About These Nightmarish Temperatures

Ultimate Theory of Particle Physics Holds Where Physicists Hoped It Wouldn’t

Marvel’s New Service Can Help You Create Comics But Has Some Potentially Serious Issues

Yet Another EPA Chief Is Probably a Climate Denier

Why Has Science Only Cured One Person of HIV?

Bitcoin’s Very Bad Week Continues With South Korea Considering Shut Down of Exchanges

Hellboy Creator Mike Mignola Says the End of B.P.R.D.’s Recent Issue Was Years in the Making

RIP Lil Snail

Watch the Grand Canyon Fill With Clouds in This Timelapse of a Rare Weather Phenomenon

Ridley Scott Thinks Disney Should Hire More Experienced Directors for Star Wars

Apparently the EPA Needs a Court Order to Protect Kids Against Lead Paint

PSA: Internet Fame Isn’t Worth the Burns from This Boiling-Water-Into-Snow Trick

Your Selfie Obsession May Be Real, But ‘Selfitis’ Is a Fake Disease

The Most Heroic Earthlings of 2017

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