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Next Up For the Spider-Man Movieverse: Black Cat and Silver Sable

This summer, a new Spider-Man makes his film debut. Next fall, a film focusing on his frequent opponent Venom should be hitting theaters. And now, a third film based in the Spider-Man universe is in the works, this one starring both Black Cat and Silver Sable. The Hollywood Reporter broke the news that Chris Yost,…

Movies Germain Lussier

Google Top Stories Serves Breitbart Bullshit on Climate Science

Coral reef experts and climate scientists agree that due to rising temperatures, Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is pretty much fucked. But when you search Google for “Great Barrier Reef,” that’s not all that you’ll find. Instead, at the very top of the page in the Top Stories module, you’ll see a Breitbart article dismissing the…

Tech News William Turton

The Next Six Entries in the Power Rangers Movie Franchise Will Be One Big Arc

The Power Rangers movie reboot hits theaters this week, and it’s not going to be the last time we see these teenagers with attitude if the man who brought Power Rangers into existence has anything to say about it. In fact, there are plans already under way for a six-part saga. Speaking to Variety, Haim…

Movies James Whitbrook

Finally, an Astrophysics Model Even Your Stoner Friend Will Love

The Milky Way isn’t just stars orbiting a black hole—it’s loaded with dust and debris, floating with reckless abandon in the space between solar systems. And like the stuff that accompanies wildfires or windy days in the desert, dust makes it hard to see. Think about that, bro… we’re just like, specks of dust. Scientists…

Physics & Chemistry Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Disney, Give Me a Gaston Prequel to Beauty and the Beast

This week we’ve heard that Disney will be looking at “spinoff and prequel” ideas for the live-action Beauty and the Beast movie that has just come out. But they don’t need to look at other options, because there is one obvious and perfect choice: A movie about Gaston. Ever since I saw the live-action Beauty…

Movies Katharine Trendacosta

NASA Experiment Could Solve a Mystery About DNA in Space

While we all want to travel, live, and bang in space, there are some pretty major things to consider, such as the fact that our sentient flesh cocoons were not designed to handle the harsh conditions of the cosmic void. Though research like NASA’s Twin Study will illuminate some of the potential impacts of extended…

Space & Spaceflight Rae Paoletta

The 69 New Emoji Candidates, Ranked

Guys, we’re getting deliciously close to a big emoji upgrade. Appropriately named Emoji 5.0, the new batch of silly symbols includes several very specific items as well as some long sought-after essentials. Do you have a favorite? We do. Emojipedia recently updated its page for Emoji 5.0 with mockups of all the proposed emoji. Don’t…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

Colleen Wing Is the Only Hero Iron Fist Needed

Marvel and Netflix’s Iron Fist has a lot of issues in its mixed first season—but among the muddled mess, there already lies a diamond in the rough, a hero the show was desperately looking for. It’s not Danny Rand, the Living Weapon. It’s Colleen Wing, the superstar Iron Fist deserves. This past weekend I sat…

Television James Whitbrook

Astronauts Can See Mount Etna’s Crazy Eruption From the Space Station

Seeing as the Earth is a puny nugget of metal sitting atop a nearly 2000 mile-thick mantle of high-pressure flowing rock, it’s no surprise that the rock occasionally seeps out, either slowly or explosively, through the surface. It’s pretty cool to see the magma glowing beside Sicily’s nighttime lights, though. NASA shared this image of…

Tech News Ryan F. Mandelbaum

The Lego Ultimate Collectors Series Snowspeeder Returns to Hoth (and Toy Stores) on May 4

Longtime Lego Star Wars collectors will remember when the original version of the Ultimate Collector Series Rebel Snowspeeder was released in 2004. The set was unfortunately retired a year later, leaving Lego AT-ATs to roam about with impunity, but the toymaker is bringing a totally revamped version back for Star Wars Celebration in April. The…

io9 Andrew Liszewski

Amazon Pulls Castalia House Book for Ripping Off John Scalzi Cover [Updated]

Amazon blocked sales for The Corroding Empire, a scifi book from Vox Day’s conservative publishing company Castalia House, because the cover bore an uncanny resemblance to John Scalzi’s latest book, The Collapsing Empire. And it wasn’t a coincidence. Update: Amazon has since resumed sales for The Corroding Empire, with the original cover. We’ve reached out…

io9 Beth Elderkin

Try and Watch This Bonkers Spinning Office Chair for More Than Five Seconds Without Puking

What’s 15 minutes of fame worth to you? Are you willing to spend the rest of your life feeling like you just rode the Tilt-A-Whirl at the carnival for three weeks? Because strapping yourself into a spinning office chair powered by a pair of spraying nitrous tanks is likely going to scramble your brain, among…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski

Everyone Wants Michael Shannon to Play Cable in Deadpool 2

Multiple sources are saying that Michael Shannon, who has already done time in a comic book film as Zod in Man of Steel, is the man that Fox wants to play Cable in Deadpool 2. But then, there are so many reports about this role that it’s getting really confusing. The first recent iteration of…

Movies Katharine Trendacosta

Ian McKellen Is Reprising Gandalf (and His Entire Career) in a Solo London Stage Show

Ian McKellen’s had a storied career—one that’s spanned well beyond his beloved genre roles as Gandalf in Lord of the Rings and Magneto in the X-Men films. But now he’s going to revisit all of it in a one-man stage show that we all suddenly desperately want to attend. Shakespeare, Tolkien, Others & You will…

io9 James Whitbrook

The Director of Power Rangers Stands Behind His Bold Choices for the Movie

Power Rangers is the movie director Dean Israelite wanted to make. Whether you love the finished product or hate it, the director had a vision and he stuck to it. And when io9 asked him about his reasons for going certain directions with the movie, Israelite had an explanation for every decision he made—and he…

Movies Germain Lussier

The Curiosity Rover’s Wheels Aren’t Looking So Good

A routine check performed by NASA has uncovered two tears on the treads of the Mars Curiosity Rover’s left middle wheel. The damage isn’t unexpected, nor is it catastrophic, but it’s a reminder that this intrepid little explorer won’t last forever. Scientists with the Curiosity mission noticed the small breaks, both of which are on…

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky

Coded 4chan Post Hinted at Westminster Attack a Day in Advance

Details are still emerging about an attack carried out near the UK’s Houses of Parliament on Wednesday. As officials try to determine the identity of a suspect who was shot by police, a 4chan thread from less than 24 hours earlier appears to announce the location of the attack that has claimed five lives so…

Tech News Avery Ellis

The Brains of Blind People Really Are Wired to Enhance Other Senses

It’s often said that the loss of one sense improves the others. New research shows the dramatic extent to which this is true in blind people, and how their brains make new connections to boost hearing, smell, touch—and even cognitive functions such as memory and language. A new study published today in PLOS One is…

Tech News George Dvorsky

Sting Operation Reveals Science’s Insane Fake News Problem

If someone applied to a top position at a company, you’d hope a hiring manager would at least Google the applicant to ensure they’re qualified. A group of researchers sent phony resumes to 360 scientific journals for an applicant whose Polish name translated to “Dr. Fraud.” And 48 journals happily appointed the fake doctor to…

Tech News Ryan F. Mandelbaum

The Mystery That Made Thor Unworthy Has Been Revealed

A few years ago, an omnipotently powered Nick Fury spoke a single sentence to Thor. It was something so profoundly soul-stirring that his ability to wield Mjolnir was wrenched from him, and he became nothing more than the Odinson rather than the God of Thunder. Now we finally know what those words were. The Unworthy…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

Next Up For the Spider-Man Movieverse: Black Cat and Silver Sable

Google Top Stories Serves Breitbart Bullshit on Climate Science

The Next Six Entries in the Power Rangers Movie Franchise Will Be One Big Arc

Finally, an Astrophysics Model Even Your Stoner Friend Will Love

Disney, Give Me a Gaston Prequel to Beauty and the Beast

NASA Experiment Could Solve a Mystery About DNA in Space

The 69 New Emoji Candidates, Ranked

Colleen Wing Is the Only Hero Iron Fist Needed

Astronauts Can See Mount Etna’s Crazy Eruption From the Space Station

The Lego Ultimate Collectors Series Snowspeeder Returns to Hoth (and Toy Stores) on May 4

Amazon Pulls Castalia House Book for Ripping Off John Scalzi Cover [Updated]

Try and Watch This Bonkers Spinning Office Chair for More Than Five Seconds Without Puking

Everyone Wants Michael Shannon to Play Cable in Deadpool 2

Ian McKellen Is Reprising Gandalf (and His Entire Career) in a Solo London Stage Show

The Director of Power Rangers Stands Behind His Bold Choices for the Movie

The Curiosity Rover’s Wheels Aren’t Looking So Good

Coded 4chan Post Hinted at Westminster Attack a Day in Advance

The Brains of Blind People Really Are Wired to Enhance Other Senses

Sting Operation Reveals Science’s Insane Fake News Problem

The Mystery That Made Thor Unworthy Has Been Revealed

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