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Human Wearing Chimp Suit Chased and Captured During Batshit Zoo Stunt

It was only a drill. Staff at the Tama Zoological Park in Tokyo recently chased an unlucky coworker dressed in a droopy chimpanzee suit during an escaped animal drill. Eventually, the zookeepers shot at the costumed human with a tranquilizer gun, loaded the poor guy into a truck, and hopefully, paid for all the beers…

Biology Adam Clark Estes

Steve Rogers’ Supervillainy Will No Longer Be a Secret In Secret Empire

Ever since Marvel started teasing it, we’ve long suspected that its upcoming Secret Empire event would be about Steve Rogers’ revelation to the wider Marvel world that he is secretly one of Hydra’s masterminds, and is trying to take over the Earth. Well, thanks to ABC News, we know it’s going to be exactly about…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

Cut Loose With the Gif Party

It’s that time of the week again. Time to let down our hair for a bit and take some joy in surviving another week. Start your weekend with a gif or two, why don’t you?

io9 Katharine Trendacosta

This Is How Lame You Look Trying to Be Cool Online

With the rise of online communities such as YouTube, Instagram, and Snapchat, a whole group of viewers are literally trying to emulate their favorite denizens of Team Internet. You might even know someone like that, the guy who constantly has his phone out, shooting video for his vlog (that very few people watch), and spending…

Tech News Christina Warren

Everything Star Wars Has Reintroduced From the Old Expanded Universe

When Disney got control of Star Wars, it announced that pretty much everything that wasn’t a TV show or movie was no longer canon. That swept away a long tradition of considering almost everything produced in this universe as connected and part of the same universe. But as the new canon has developed, not everything…

io9 James Whitbrook and Katharine Trendacosta

Will a Radical Plan to Save New Zealand’s Birds With Genetic Engineering Work?

That the kiwi bird still exists at all is something of a marvel. Its native New Zealand has no endemic land predators, and so the bird evolved to be flightless. Today, its nests on the forest floor are under constant attack by invasive species—opossums, rats, feral cats and the occasional misbehaving dog. Despite conservation efforts,…

Tech News Kristen V. Brown

How to Watch Tonight’s Ultra Rare Eclipse and Comet Flyby

Cancel all your plans immediately: tonight, stargazers will be able to view a penumbral lunar eclipse, a stunning full moon, and a comet flyby. It’ll make for a fantastic Friday night, and it’s totally free! It’s worth noting that lunar eclipses only occur during a full moon, but penumbral lunar eclipses are still pretty special,…

Space & Spaceflight Rae Paoletta

Airship Maker Vows Giant Flying Ass Will Rise Again

It’s a beautiful day for aerospace and butts. The Airlander 10, the world’s largest aircraft (which also happens to look like a giant ass), has reportedly been repaired and is ready to fly again. According to a new release from Hybrid Air Vehicles, the ass-craft’s developer, “all major structural repairs are complete,” though the company…

Tech News Michael Nunez

The 19 Scifi and Fantasy Movies of Keanu Reeves, Ranked

John Wick: Chapter 2 opens today, and while that film quite doesn’t fit within io9’s science fiction/fantasy borders, star Keanu Reeves has certainly devoted a large chunk of his career to those genres we love best. So now seems a good a time as any to remember his oeuvre. His performances don’t always vary much,…

io9 Cheryl Eddy

Dodge Is Giving Its New Police Cruiser Some Very RoboCop Upgrades

The kinda dinky-looking 2017 Dodge Charger Pursuit is about to get a futuristic upgrade—if you think the dystopian vision of Detroit from 1986 cyberpunk thriller RoboCop is what our future will look like, that is. Fiat Chrysler just announced a new feature for its police cruiser called the “Officer Protection Package.” The free upgrade is…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

Excessive Radiation Inside Fukushima Fries Clean-up Robot

A remotely-controlled robot sent to inspect and clean a damaged reactor at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant had to be pulled early when its onboard camera went dark, the result of excess radiation. The abbreviated mission suggests that radiation levels inside the reactor are even higher than was reported last week—and that robots are going to…

Tech News George Dvorsky

Stranger Things Is Keeping Some of Season Two’s Episode Titles Secret and It’s Your Fault

It turns out that some of those lengthy analyses of the Stranger Things season two episode names might not have been for shit. As it turns out, the Duffy Brothers have hoarded some of the “real” chapter titles, because they don’t want you spoiling everything. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Matt Duffer shared some…

io9 Beth Elderkin

Report: Facebook Agrees to Independent Audit After Admitting It Screwed Up Its Metrics

Facebook has agreed to an audit by the Media Rating Council after a string of admissions by the company that some of the metrics it provided to advertisers weren’t accurate, the Wall Street Journal reports. According to the Journal, several Facebook representatives, including Carolyn Everson, the company’s vice president of global marketing solutions, paid a…

Social Media William Turton

Lego Batman Has No Shame When It Comes to Promoting His Movie

Would you recognize the grimy, gravelly voice of the snap-brick Dark Knight if you got a weird-ass phone call asking about an inventory of playthings? Two employees at a British toy store sure didn’t. Lego Batman lead actor Will Arnett did an interview for the BBC Radio 1, during which he took a stab at…

io9 Evan Narcisse

Deep Space 9 Fans Donate $150,000 to Documentary in Less Than a Day

Deep Space Nine’s fans have spoken, and they want a behind-the-scenes look at their beloved yet divisive Star Trek series. Less than a day after DS9’s cast and crew announced a fundraising campaign to complete What We Left Behind, the documentary reached its goal of $150,000 in funding… and that number’s still going up. https://gizmodo.com/a-new-deep-space-nine-documentary-reveals-what-would-ha-1792170830…

io9 Beth Elderkin

This One Weird Face Trick Helps Sailfish Wreck the Shit Out of Prey

Sailfish, those speedy giant fish you usually see pinned to the wall at your favorite seafood shack, are the most badass fish in the ocean. Not only are they the fastest fish, but they’ve also evolved to be such unpredictable killers that schools of their prey don’t stand a chance. In a study published yesterday…

Tech News Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Hundreds of Whales Are Dead Following a Horrific Mass Stranding in New Zealand

In what’s considered the largest mass stranding in decades, over 400 pilot whales have beached themselves on a New Zealand shore. Hundreds of whales died overnight, and rescuers are now frantically working to save the dozens of remaining whales who are clinging to life. According to New Zealand’s Department of Conservation (DOC), 416 pilot whales…

Tech News George Dvorsky

There Could Be a Crazy Health Benefit to Eating Stale Bread

Every other day, someone writes a story about something causing or preventing cancer. Usually, it’s all hype or the explanation is a snooze, but sometimes, the research is just strange enough to grab our attention. That’s the case with a new study, which details how stale bread might help ward off colon cancer. Researchers from RMIT…

Tech News Ryan F. Mandelbaum

First Peek at the New Giant Robots of Pacific Rim: Uprising

There’s new hope for a Dredd sequel, and possibly more Firefly. Rampage may have found its Lizzie and Ralph. Plus, Matt Nix’s X-Men TV series casts its first mutant, new viral footage from Logan, and the future of River Song on Doctor Who. Spoilers now! Pacific Rim: Uprising New scans from a licensing magazine released…

Television James Whitbrook

Samsung’s New Chromebook Is a Nearly Perfect Budget Laptop

I was working on the new Samsung Chromebook Pro, furiously putting together a post that needed to go up stat. The final touch was an image, but I needed to edit it, and I didn’t want to reach for my normal work machine. So I popped it open in the Adobe Lightroom Android app, flipped…

Reviews Alex Cranz

Human Wearing Chimp Suit Chased and Captured During Batshit Zoo Stunt

Steve Rogers’ Supervillainy Will No Longer Be a Secret In Secret Empire

Cut Loose With the Gif Party

This Is How Lame You Look Trying to Be Cool Online

Everything Star Wars Has Reintroduced From the Old Expanded Universe

Will a Radical Plan to Save New Zealand’s Birds With Genetic Engineering Work?

How to Watch Tonight’s Ultra Rare Eclipse and Comet Flyby

Airship Maker Vows Giant Flying Ass Will Rise Again

The 19 Scifi and Fantasy Movies of Keanu Reeves, Ranked

Dodge Is Giving Its New Police Cruiser Some Very RoboCop Upgrades

Excessive Radiation Inside Fukushima Fries Clean-up Robot

Stranger Things Is Keeping Some of Season Two’s Episode Titles Secret and It’s Your Fault

Report: Facebook Agrees to Independent Audit After Admitting It Screwed Up Its Metrics

Lego Batman Has No Shame When It Comes to Promoting His Movie

Deep Space 9 Fans Donate $150,000 to Documentary in Less Than a Day

This One Weird Face Trick Helps Sailfish Wreck the Shit Out of Prey

Hundreds of Whales Are Dead Following a Horrific Mass Stranding in New Zealand

There Could Be a Crazy Health Benefit to Eating Stale Bread

First Peek at the New Giant Robots of Pacific Rim: Uprising

Samsung’s New Chromebook Is a Nearly Perfect Budget Laptop

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Human Wearing Chimp Suit Chased and Captured During Batshit Zoo Stunt

Steve Rogers’ Supervillainy Will No Longer Be a Secret In Secret Empire

Cut Loose With the Gif Party

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Everything Star Wars Has Reintroduced From the Old Expanded Universe

Will a Radical Plan to Save New Zealand’s Birds With Genetic Engineering Work?

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The 19 Scifi and Fantasy Movies of Keanu Reeves, Ranked

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Stranger Things Is Keeping Some of Season Two’s Episode Titles Secret and It’s Your Fault

Report: Facebook Agrees to Independent Audit After Admitting It Screwed Up Its Metrics

Lego Batman Has No Shame When It Comes to Promoting His Movie

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Hundreds of Whales Are Dead Following a Horrific Mass Stranding in New Zealand

There Could Be a Crazy Health Benefit to Eating Stale Bread

First Peek at the New Giant Robots of Pacific Rim: Uprising

Samsung’s New Chromebook Is a Nearly Perfect Budget Laptop

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