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Virgin Galactic Is Finally Back in the Sky

On Saturday, with the large grin of Richard Branson to see it off, Virgin Galactic’s second SpaceShipTwo, VSS Unity, completed its first free flight over the Mojave Desert. The plane, which was introduced in February, was released from the clutches of its carrier plane around 10:40am ET. Virgin Galactic says it reached a maximum speed…

Tech News Sophie Kleeman Dec 4 '16

Open Channel: What’s Your Craziest Fan Theory?

It’s time to go a little bit crazy! Tonight, it’s the last call for Westworld surprises in season 1. We’ve got the next season of Game of Thrones coming up, The Walking Dead is still doing its thing. There are lots we can move forward from the expected into the unknown. That is, unless you…

io9 Beth Elderkin Dec 4 '16

Netflix Confirms Luke Cage is Coming Back for Season 2

Netflix has officially announced that Luke Cage is getting a second season, making this the sweetest Christmas indeed. This isn’t exactly the most surprising news in the world, given how well the first season was received, but it’s awesome to hear that Luke Cage is coming back after his turn in The Defenders. His show…

io9 Beth Elderkin Dec 4 '16

Captain Britain is Seriously the Most Popular USAvenger

Marvel’s USAvengers #1 variant covers may be celebrating the Fifty Nifty United States, but the All-American heroes can’t hold a candle to the most popular champion of the red, white, and blue: Captain Britain. Wait, what? Yes, the United Kingdom is trolling the United States big time, with Captain Britain selling the most variant covers…

Books & Comics Beth Elderkin Dec 4 '16

Hardcore Dude Socks Kangaroo to Save Dog

Pretty much every kind of flora and fauna in Australia can kill you. Seriously, take it from someone who was born there: Every crazy story you hear about Australian wildlife probably has some basis in reality. One dude, however, decided to go to battle with that dangerous fauna. After he spotted a kangaroo roughing up…

Sploid Sophie Kleeman Dec 4 '16

Here’s Why You Should Be Watching Netflix’s Brazilian Sci-Fi Series 3%

Right after Thanksgiving, the hills were alive with the sound of Gilmore Girls. However, that same day, a new Netflix original series slipped in through the cracks, and it’s one I think every sci-fi fan should support: 3%. 3% is a Brazilian series about a dystopian future where most of the world (or this one…

io9 Beth Elderkin Dec 4 '16

Every Hint and Clue We Found in the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Teaser Trailer

We got our first good, long look at Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 last night, and while it was very short on details—and even characters—there were still a number of interesting things to pull out of it. As usual, we’ve done the work so you won’t have to spend the time straining your eyes.…

Trailers Katharine Trendacosta Dec 4 '16

We’re Hooked on the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Trailer

Marvel’s released the latest teaser trailer for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, and it’s got so much Baby Groot, it’s almost too cute to handle. The first look at the sequel came out in October, with some brief slow-motion glances at Star-Lord and the rest of the team (including Baby Groot, who is just…

Trailers Beth Elderkin Dec 3 '16

Twist! World’s Largest Tech Company Warns Against Too Much Regulation

In a letter to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Apple’s Director of Product Integrity Steve Kenner asked regulators not to impose too many restrictions on testing self-driving cars. “Executed properly under NHTSA’s guidance, automated vehicles have the potential to greatly enhance the human experience,” he explained. “Such principles should not, however, inhibit companies from…

Tech News Eve Peyser Dec 3 '16

Hufflepuffs Keep Trying to Convince Us They’re Cool

The basic truth of internet-ing appears to be: If you want to make something cool, put it on YouTube. Either that, or Hufflepuffs just can’t let a damn thing go. There’s yet another Hufflepuff tribute song on YouTube, and this time it’s in rap form. It turns out, Hufflepuffs spend a lot of time on…

io9 Beth Elderkin Dec 3 '16

What Hath Bee Movie Wrought?

Bee Movie—Dreamworks’ 2007 animated cult classic that details the romance between a bee (Jerry Seinfeld) and a human woman (Renée Zellweger)—has long served as the inspiration behind the internet’s weirdest memes. Recently it’s paved the way for something that transcends Bee Movie—something absurd, an artful and heroic exercise of futility and devotion. Something notably hollow.…

Tech News Eve Peyser Dec 3 '16

Stephen Bannon Once Wrote a Movie About Shakespearean Space Fucking

Stephen Bannon, the future Chief Strategist for the next President of the United States, once wrote a film script where Shakespearean characters fuck in outer space. https://gizmodo.com/10-headlines-from-the-white-houses-new-chief-strategist-1788935071 The Paris Review recently shared a detailed account of Bannon’s many attempts to get his favorite Shakespearean violent tale of rape and murder, Titus Andronicus, on the big…

io9 Beth Elderkin Dec 3 '16

Stormtrooper Tries Out for the Force in Texas Police Recruitment Video

The Fort Worth Police Department must have someone there who really, really likes Star Wars, or they just want to capitalize on Disney’s new annual tradition. The department released its second recruitment video in two years where a villain or lackey from the Star Wars universe tries (and fails) to get a job as a…

io9 Beth Elderkin Dec 3 '16

At Least Nine Dead, 25 Missing After Fire Breaks Out at Oakland Rave [Updated]

An electronic dance music party came to a tragic end late Friday night when a fire broke out, leaving at least nine dead and another 25 people unaccounted for. The evening was part of Golden Donna’s west coast tour—a DJ from Madison, Wisconsin. The fire broke out around 11:30PM in a Fruitvale district artists collective…

Tech News Eve Peyser Dec 3 '16

Syfy Making TV Show About High School That Vanishes to Another Planet

Syfy announced that it’s developing The Woods, an hourlong sci-fi drama about a high school that wakes up on a foreign moon, based on the YA graphic novel series from Boom! Studios. The Woods is about a high school campus from Wisconsin of over 500 students, teachers, and employees, who all vanish from Earth and…

io9 Beth Elderkin Dec 3 '16

Gutting NASA’s Earth Science Division Would Send Research Back to the Dark Ages

Norm Nelson is interested in what makes the oceans tick. As a biological oceanographer at UC Santa Barbara, his research draws connections between sunlight and phytoplankton, the tiny green microbes that power the marine carbon cycle. There are plenty of outstanding questions Nelson wants to pursue—but after 30 productive years, his days as a scientist…

Climate Change Maddie Stone Dec 3 '16

Rogue One Director Stole the Death Star Plans

Looks like we don’t need to see Rogue One anymore, because we already knows how it ends. During a live Facebook chat with the cast, director Gareth Edwards announced that he stole the Death Star schematics prop from the set of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Well, he never fully admitted it, giving us…

io9 Beth Elderkin Dec 3 '16

Remember the Good Old Days With This Beautiful Art Celebrating Amblin Films

Say the word “Amblin” to film fans and instantly they will get a picture in their heads. It’s a picture from the 1980s, of kids, fantasy, wonder, aliens, and more—the tone Stranger Things recently aimed to capture. Now take that feeling and put it in a single room. That’s what you get at Amblin 35.…

io9 Germain Lussier Dec 2 '16

Watching These Cards Get Shuffled Is Hypnotizing as Hell

Eliot Slevin, his flexible fingers, and his mastery of cardistry can turn a normal deck of cards into a beautifully choreographed dance that seems to tweak gravity (and can probably even cause hypnosis if you stare too long). The movement of the cards is incredible; they just fly into his palms and flow so seamlessly…

Sploid Casey Chan Dec 2 '16

This Might Be Our First Look at the Hulk and Thor in Action For Thor: Ragnarok

We’ve known for a while that Hulk and Thor would be teaming up in Ragnarok, and we’ve seen the Hulk’s massive battle armor from the movie at SDCC this year. But now, we’ve got what might be our first look at the duo in the film—and it’s not just Hulk getting a new look. The…

Movies James Whitbrook Dec 2 '16

Virgin Galactic Is Finally Back in the Sky

Open Channel: What’s Your Craziest Fan Theory?

Netflix Confirms Luke Cage is Coming Back for Season 2

Captain Britain is Seriously the Most Popular USAvenger

Hardcore Dude Socks Kangaroo to Save Dog

Here’s Why You Should Be Watching Netflix’s Brazilian Sci-Fi Series 3%

Every Hint and Clue We Found in the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Teaser Trailer

We’re Hooked on the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Trailer

Twist! World’s Largest Tech Company Warns Against Too Much Regulation

Hufflepuffs Keep Trying to Convince Us They’re Cool

What Hath Bee Movie Wrought?

Stephen Bannon Once Wrote a Movie About Shakespearean Space Fucking

Stormtrooper Tries Out for the Force in Texas Police Recruitment Video

At Least Nine Dead, 25 Missing After Fire Breaks Out at Oakland Rave [Updated]

Syfy Making TV Show About High School That Vanishes to Another Planet

Gutting NASA’s Earth Science Division Would Send Research Back to the Dark Ages

Rogue One Director Stole the Death Star Plans

Remember the Good Old Days With This Beautiful Art Celebrating Amblin Films

Watching These Cards Get Shuffled Is Hypnotizing as Hell

This Might Be Our First Look at the Hulk and Thor in Action For Thor: Ragnarok

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