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Watch the Life Drain From Sean Spicer as He Defends Trump’s Obviously Doomed Health Bill

His boss may be able to sell a shit deal with a smile, but Press Secretary Sean Spicer could barely muster a grin as he defended the now mercifully dead American Health Care Act, the GOP’s rushed replacement for Obamacare. The AP confirms that Republicans, without the necessary votes, pulled the bill. Essentially, it got…

Tech News Sidney Fussell

Why an Asian-American Iron Fist Would Have Genuinely Made for a Better Show

Before Iron Fist was made, there were calls to make the character an Asian-American (including from us). A lot of arguments about the character revolved around his ’70s backstory being kind of, well, racist in the 21st century. But, having seen the show, something else is clear: the character of Danny Rand would have simply…

Television Katharine Trendacosta

Pizzagate Shooter Pleads Guilty as Online Conspiracy Theory Winds Down [Updated]

Last December, Edgar Maddison Welch—a 28-year-old who claims he had only recently installed an internet connection in his North Carolina home—crossed state lines with several firearms. After arriving at a Washington DC pizzeria to “self-investigate” a conspiracy theory that the restaurant was involved in a child sex trafficking ring, he fired a rifle inside and…

Tech News Avery Ellis

AT&T Charges Ahead With Fiber Internet While Google Languishes

Superfast fiber internet—promising download speeds of a 1000 megabits per second—is a tantalizing but far-off prospect for many people, and even those who live in major cities often can’t access it. It’s exciting, then, when news comes along that a big internet service provider will expand its fiber access. To whit: AT&T announced yesterday that…

Tech News Libby Watson

Prevenge Delivers a Great Horror Story About the Terror of Impending Motherhood

So often, women get told that having a child growing inside their bodies is a sacred duty that will turn them into glowing demi-goddesses. That might be the case for some lucky people, but even if it is, becoming a mother changes everything about your life. Prevenge cuts right into the belly of those preconceptions…

Movies Evan Narcisse

Why the Hell Is This Enormous Black Hole Streaking Across Space?

We don’t understand quasars all that well, but are pretty certain that these incredibly bright lights belong in the centers of galaxies. So it looked a little weird when astronomers spotted quasar 3C 186 thirty six thousand light years away from the center of its galaxy, seemingly trying to escape. Given their brightness and location…

Tech News Ryan F. Mandelbaum

The Spider-Man Homecoming Teaser Poster Is Perfect

One thing no one ever wants to see again is Spider-Man’s origin. We’ve got it. And maybe you didn’t get it from the trailer, but Spider-Man Homecoming is a whole new kind of Spider-Man. It’s not about his physical origin, it’s about his mental one. And the teaser poster hammers that point home. Here’s the…

Movies Germain Lussier

Mads Mikkelsen Can’t Complain About His ‘Super-Iconic’ Death in Rogue One

Mads Mikkelsen stepped into the hugely important role of Galen Erso, the man who made the Death Star work. The actor also had the equally Herculean task of keeping all the details about his character secret. Now that Rogue One’s out on Digital HD, we talked to Mikkelsen about all those details—and also about how…

Movies Katharine Trendacosta

Hot Toys’ Spectacular ‘Homemade’ Spider-Man: Homecoming Figure, and More of the Best Toys of the Week

Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9’s new weekly series gathering the latest and shiniest pop culture toys and merchandise around. This week: a very fancy take on Peter Parker’s low-rent Spider-Man: Homecoming look, a giant Optimus Prime, and a fully armed and operational battle teapot. Let’s take a look! Hot Toys 1/6th Scale Spider-Man Homecoming…

io9 James Whitbrook and Andrew Liszewski

Mammals ‘Battle’ for Greatness in March Madness for Science Nerds

Who among us hasn’t wondered who would win in a fight between a bear and an alligator? Or a ram and a tiger? A badger and a gopher? While these animals are all university mascots represented in the NCAA March Madness tournament, they’re also competitors in an imaginary Pokemon battle-style spinoff tournament playing out right now…

Biology Summer Ash

Super Spy Nick Fury Jr. Has Got Some Mad Sexy Style

His name’s Fury, Nick Fury. Some preview artwork has come out for the upcoming Nick Fury solo comic, and damn, young Nick is looking mighty fine these days. I’ve got the vapors. Nick Fury, the comic book series that dives into the espionage exploits of Nick Fury Sr.’s son, is definitely honing in on the…

Books & Comics Beth Elderkin

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2‘s Kurt Russell Explains How Chris Pratt Is Fulfilling His Legacy

Kurt Russell is known for his iconic roles in countless movies, whether he played a badass (The Thing, Tombstone, Escape From N.Y.) or a goofball (Big Trouble in Little China, Overboard, etc.) He’s one of the very rare stars who can be cool and funny simultaneously—and Russell thinks Chris Pratt is like that too, which…

Movies Germain Lussier

The Director of Zombieland Will Bring Valiant’s Archer & Armstrong to the Big Screen

Valiant Comics is making a big step in the creation of its movie universe, by bringing one of its best books to the table: the sublime Archer & Armstrong, which is joining Bloodshot, Harbinger, and others in the Valiant cinematic universe. A new report from The Hollywood Reporter reveals that Zombieland’s Ruben Fleischer is currently…

Movies James Whitbrook

American Company Recalls a Million Pounds of Cafeteria Chicken

A company producing ready-to-eat chicken is recalling 933,272 pounds of its ostensibly schoolhouse cafeteria-bound product. That’s equal to 26.5 million McNuggets, based on prior Gizmodo calculations. That is so much chicken. Oklahoma City-based OK Foods, inc.* is recalling chicken produced from Dec 19, 2016 through Mar 7, 2017. This comes after five complaints brought a United…

Tech News Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Kick Off the Weekend in Style With the Gif Party

We’re being bombarded with new Batman footage. We already got a teaser featuring the Dark Knight and there will be a Justice League trailer this weekend. So we thought Batman should take us into the weekend doing his signature dance move. Share yours, or any other gif, in the comments.

io9 Katharine Trendacosta

Please Enjoy Steven Moffat’s 1999 Doctor Who Comedy Special

Today is Red Nose Day in the UK, an annual charity telethon organized by Comic Relief. Part of Red Nose Day is always a number of sketches and shorts from various TV shows. One of the most famous also happens to be Steven Moffat’s very first filmed Doctor Who story: “The Curse of Fatal Death.”…

Television Katharine Trendacosta

Genius Behind Suicide Squad Claims Trump Has ‘Perfect Genes’ and Doesn’t Eat McDonald’s

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, the Trump appointee also known as one of the executive producers of the Oscar-winning (*shudder*) film Suicide Squad, was interviewed by Axios’s Mike Allen on Friday, and he had some insane things to say about our president. The interview was ostensibly about Mnuchin’s role in the Trump cabinet, but (as is…

Tech News Christina Warren

‘This Is Some Black Mirror Shit’ Is the Perfect Motto for 2017

Everybody knows 2016 was a weird year. But guess what: So far, 2017 is even weirder. Like dystopian, wake-me-from-this-nightmare, am-I-living-in-an-episode-of-Black-Mirror weird. We’ve got the tweets to prove it. A simple Twitter search reveals that a critical mass of people thinks the world is suddenly turning into a dark scifi reality, much like the spine-tingling, dystopian…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

Smart Female Guppies Don’t Wind Up With Losers

Guppies might look like mindless, mouth-breathing little bastards, but it turns out some of them make better dating decisions than we do. No, really—these tiny fish, with their infinitesimal brains, are somehow more discerning with their mates than us, and we literally invented rockets. And Doritos. A new study, published on March 22nd in Science…

Tech News Rae Paoletta

Marvel Is Resurrecting Wolverine, Bruce Banner, and More in Marvel Generations

A month ago, Marvel sent its comics fans into a flurry of speculation when it dropped a teaser dubbed Generations, hinting that original legacy characters like Tony Stark, Jean Grey, and Captain Mar-Vell could be coming back alongside the heroes that have taken on their mantles. Well, now they’ve just confirmed that indeed that’s exactly…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

Watch the Life Drain From Sean Spicer as He Defends Trump’s Obviously Doomed Health Bill

Why an Asian-American Iron Fist Would Have Genuinely Made for a Better Show

Pizzagate Shooter Pleads Guilty as Online Conspiracy Theory Winds Down [Updated]

AT&T Charges Ahead With Fiber Internet While Google Languishes

Prevenge Delivers a Great Horror Story About the Terror of Impending Motherhood

Why the Hell Is This Enormous Black Hole Streaking Across Space?

The Spider-Man Homecoming Teaser Poster Is Perfect

Mads Mikkelsen Can’t Complain About His ‘Super-Iconic’ Death in Rogue One

Hot Toys’ Spectacular ‘Homemade’ Spider-Man: Homecoming Figure, and More of the Best Toys of the Week

Mammals ‘Battle’ for Greatness in March Madness for Science Nerds

Super Spy Nick Fury Jr. Has Got Some Mad Sexy Style

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2‘s Kurt Russell Explains How Chris Pratt Is Fulfilling His Legacy

The Director of Zombieland Will Bring Valiant’s Archer & Armstrong to the Big Screen

American Company Recalls a Million Pounds of Cafeteria Chicken

Kick Off the Weekend in Style With the Gif Party

Please Enjoy Steven Moffat’s 1999 Doctor Who Comedy Special

Genius Behind Suicide Squad Claims Trump Has ‘Perfect Genes’ and Doesn’t Eat McDonald’s

‘This Is Some Black Mirror Shit’ Is the Perfect Motto for 2017

Smart Female Guppies Don’t Wind Up With Losers

Marvel Is Resurrecting Wolverine, Bruce Banner, and More in Marvel Generations

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