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Westworld Site Update Hints at the Nightmare to Come in Season 2

Westworld is gearing up for season 2, and a new promo gif for San Diego Comic-Con is bursting at the seams with hints and secrets for what we can expect next season. Though it doesn’t look like anything to me. The new opening screen for Discover Westworld, called “SOS Takeover Poster,” starts with an unknown…

io9 Beth Elderkin

This Video Shows the Biggest Differences Between Sam Raimi and Marc Webb’s Spider-Man Films

Most people would agree Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man movies are superior to Marc Webb’s Spider-Man movies. The question then becomes, “Why?” Well, we found a video that does a very good job of explaining “Why?” The team at Screencrush put together the below video that takes a scene from Raimi’s Spider-Man 2, and a similar scene…

Movies Germain Lussier

Drift Away to a Surreal Alien Planet With Dreamy Animated Short Panacée

Written, directed, and animated by Jules Boulain-Adenis (credited as Naleb), intergalactic exploration tale Panacée—which translates to “Panacea”—unfortunately doesn’t have English subtitles, but the visuals are so expressive and lovely you don’t really need them. The text you see at the opening explains that in a distant future, “new worlds call us,” so explorers seek to…

io9 Cheryl Eddy

A Look Inside Calexit, the Comic That Imagines California’s Secession From a Fascist US

In the wake of the election of a near-fascist US president, what happens when one of the country’s most liberal, most economically powerful states decides to cut all ties from the union? That’s the premise of Black Mask Studio’s provocative new series Calexit, and we’ve got an exclusive look at the disturbing picture it paints.…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

In This Time of Fear and Confusion, the Babadook and No-Face Must Kiss

We’re just over halfway through 2017, but it feels like it’s already been an eternity, with a news cycle not dissimilar from eating endless apps at a TGI Friday’s in Hell. Against all odds, however, true love appears to be alive and well. In a recent sketch, artist Milly Amaryllis depicted the eponymous Babadook cozying…

Movies Rae Paoletta

Help Us Figure Out What Will Happen in the First Three Episodes of Game of Thrones‘ Seventh Season

We’re just over a week away from the return of Game of Thrones, and while we’ve learned a few things about season seven from trailers and the like, a new set of titles and descriptions for the first three episodes have us wondering just what’s going to happen now that winter has arrived. As is…

io9 Charles Pulliam-Moore

The Joker Is Becoming the Hero Gotham Needs in Sean Murphy’s Batman: White Knight

When longtime DC comics artist and writer Sean Murphy announced that he would be penning and illustrating a new eight-issue Batman series, he was vague on specifics about the story he had in mind, but described it as being his answer to Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight. Turns out, he wasn’t kidding. Meant to be…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore

America’s First Free-Roaming Genetically Engineered Insects Are Coming to New York

Diamondback moths may be a mere half-inch in length, but their voracious appetite for Brussels sprouts, kale and cauliflower make them a major pain for farmers. This week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture approved a potential solution: moths genetically engineered to contain a special gene that makes them gradually die off. A field trial slated…

Tech News Kristen V. Brown

An Actual Working Spider-Man: Homecoming Mask You Can Buy, and More of the Best Toys of the Week

Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9’s weekly roundup of the coolest toys and merchandise we’ve seen all week. This time we’ve got an insanely nerdy Star Wars SDCC exclusive, the most affordable way to replicate Spider-Man’s new eye-moving mask, and much, much more! McFarlane Toys Stranger Things Figures We knew McFarlane Toys was making a…

io9 James Whitbrook and Andrew Liszewski

The Anteater’s Tongue Is an Evolutionary Masterpiece

Anteaters are very good animals. They somehow pull off the whole “slurp up ants with their sticky, noodly, bendy straw tongues” so confidently you forget how weird that is. And scientists agree that, yes, anteater tongues are weird. But they’re also understudied. A team of Brazilian researchers is therefore spending its time trying to understand…

Tech News Ryan F. Mandelbaum

The Black Death May Have Had a Surprising Effect on the Environment

From 1347 to 1351, a nightmare disease ravaged Europe, afflicting victims with putrid black boils, fevers, vomiting, and in short order, death. Daily life ground to a halt as the Black Death spread along medieval trade routes, claiming an estimated 20 million lives with ruthless efficiency. Now, a team of researchers is asserting that the…

Health Maddie Stone

Bat Rays Are Sentient Ravioli of the Sea

The superorder Batoidea, commonly known as “rays,” is full of stingy cuties. The bat ray (Myliobatis californica) is especially adorable, and tragically underrated. This week on Animals Are Good, we’re highlighting these happy little sea flaps and their unusual eating habits. As their scientific name suggests, bat rays live along the waters of the west…

Biology Rae Paoletta

Mondo’s Fantastic Pop Culture Posters Are Getting a Gorgeous New Art Book

Mondo is home to some of our favorite nerdy art, and responsible for making a certain member of io9’s staff spend a lot of time pondering just where the hell to put his latest purchase. But if you’ve run out of wall space or missed out on the oodles of limited posters the company’s done,…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

Ötzi the Iceman’s Axe Came From Surprisingly Far Away

Ötzi the Iceman—our favorite Copper Age corpsicle—is the gift that keeps on giving. A recent analysis of the metal found in the Neolithic hunter’s copper axe suggests a point of origin in Southern Tuscany, which is far from where Ötzi’s frozen body was found. This suggests a long-distance trade route might have existed between central…

Tech News George Dvorsky

South Korean Graphic Novel Uncomfortably Happily Showcases the Joys (and Pains) of Rural Life

Uncomfortably Happily is the rare graphic novel that remains still for long periods of time. That’s not to say the comic is ever boring, only that it makes the most of its quiet and relies on strongly developed and clearly motivated characters, rather than complicated plot, to tell its story. The events of the book…

Books & Comics Zach Ezer

I Gave Mattel My Email Address to Keep My Child Safe. They Used It to Send Me Spam.

Once I became a parent, I noticed for the first time that the products I was buying came with pre-addressed postcards. These postcards ask you to send in your contact information, so you can be informed if the product you bought is later deemed unsafe and recalled, so you don’t, for example, get killed by…

Tech News Kashmir Hill

The Greatest Spider-Men of All Time, Ranked

Spider-Man is one of the world’s most beloved superheroes. So beloved, in fact, that far more people than just Peter Parker or even Peter’s clones have taken on the Spider-Mantle. In celebration of Spider-Man: Homecoming’s release, here are the many Spider-Men of the multiverse, judged and ranked for your pleasure. Note: We’re ranking Spider-Men rather…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

Mars Might Not Be The Potato Utopia We Hoped

In Andy Weir’s novel-turned-Matt-Damon-movie The Martian, the protagonist endures the harsh terrain of Mars by using his own shit to grow potatoes. The idea isn’t that outlandish—over the last few years, a NASA-backed project has been attempting to simulate Martian potato farming by growing taters in the Peruvian desert. While early results were promising, new…

Space & Spaceflight Rae Paoletta

These Custom Game of Thrones Lego Figures Are Both Cute and Deadly

Game of Thrones and Lego seem to be a perfect match— well, except for the whole murder and mayhem thing, which isn’t exactly part of Lego’s M.O. Now, in addition to all the great Lego builds for Game of Thrones over the past several years, we’ve got some new awesome figures. Custom Lego portrait shop…

io9 Beth Elderkin

Waymo Just Dropped Nearly All of Its Patent Claims Against Uber

Waymo and Uber have reached an agreement in their ongoing legal fight—Waymo will drop the majority of its patent infringement claims and Uber will promise not to resume development of its defunct, allegedly infringing lidar device, Spider. The patent claims have been a bit of a distraction in Waymo’s lawsuit against Uber, which also accuses…

Tech News Kate Conger

Westworld Site Update Hints at the Nightmare to Come in Season 2

This Video Shows the Biggest Differences Between Sam Raimi and Marc Webb’s Spider-Man Films

Drift Away to a Surreal Alien Planet With Dreamy Animated Short Panacée

A Look Inside Calexit, the Comic That Imagines California’s Secession From a Fascist US

In This Time of Fear and Confusion, the Babadook and No-Face Must Kiss

Help Us Figure Out What Will Happen in the First Three Episodes of Game of Thrones‘ Seventh Season

The Joker Is Becoming the Hero Gotham Needs in Sean Murphy’s Batman: White Knight

America’s First Free-Roaming Genetically Engineered Insects Are Coming to New York

An Actual Working Spider-Man: Homecoming Mask You Can Buy, and More of the Best Toys of the Week

The Anteater’s Tongue Is an Evolutionary Masterpiece

The Black Death May Have Had a Surprising Effect on the Environment

Bat Rays Are Sentient Ravioli of the Sea

Mondo’s Fantastic Pop Culture Posters Are Getting a Gorgeous New Art Book

Ötzi the Iceman’s Axe Came From Surprisingly Far Away

South Korean Graphic Novel Uncomfortably Happily Showcases the Joys (and Pains) of Rural Life

I Gave Mattel My Email Address to Keep My Child Safe. They Used It to Send Me Spam.

The Greatest Spider-Men of All Time, Ranked

Mars Might Not Be The Potato Utopia We Hoped

These Custom Game of Thrones Lego Figures Are Both Cute and Deadly

Waymo Just Dropped Nearly All of Its Patent Claims Against Uber

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