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Last Night’s Slut-Shaming Episode Was Everything Good and Bad About Riverdale

In last night’s episode, “Body Double,” Betty and Veronica tackled the issue of slut-shaming. It worked and it didn’t and, in doing so, highlighted some of the best and worst things going on in Riverdale. So, Veronica goes on a date with Chuck Clayton. The next morning, she discovers that he’s circulating a photo of…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta Feb 10 '17

The New Halloween Will Take Place After the First Two

Turns out the new Halloween film won’t be a straight-up remake after all. It’s going to take place after the first two, keeping the story of the original “Night He Came Home” intact. In an interview with Cinemablend, co-writer Danny McBride confirmed that the version of Halloween he and David Gordon Green is working on…

io9 Germain Lussier Feb 10 '17

The Director of Thor: Ragnarok Is Making a Stop Motion Film About Michael Jackson’s Chimpanzee

Headlines like that are why we do what we do. The whole thing is true, too. Not just some random Mad Libs. Taika Waititi has just signed on to co-direct a stop-motion animated film called Bubbles with animator Mark Gustafson. Written by Isaac Adamson, the script was the top of the Black List in 2015…

io9 Germain Lussier Feb 10 '17

This Is How Nike’s Self-Lacing Sneakers Actually Work

When Nike released its self-lacing HyperAdapt 1.0 sneakers last year, people went crazy for them, even with their outrageous $720 price tag. But does anyone actually understand how they work? Now, thanks to a detailed teardown from the folks at Mindtribe, we can try (and also try to get some insight into why the insane…

Tech News Michael Nunez Feb 10 '17

Castlevania TV Show Producer: ‘Video Games Are Like the Dopest Art Form’

Two days ago, news broke that a Castlevania TV show would be heading to Netflix in 2017, prompting thousands of jokes quoting dialogue from the video game series. In a Facebook post, producer Adi Shankar said, “I personally guarantee that it will end the streak and be the Western world’s first good video game adaptation.”…

io9 Evan Narcisse Feb 10 '17

Trump FCC Chair’s Promise to Expand America’s Broadband Is Empty

Since becoming chairman of the FCC, Ajit Pai has claimed he will make broadband access one of his “top priorities.” He has repeatedly vowed to work to fix the “digital divide” between “those who can use cutting-edge communications services and those who do not.” But everything he has done so far has indicated that the…

Tech News Libby Watson Feb 10 '17

Australia Is Hot as Balls Right Now

Parts of eastern and central Australia are in the midst of a horrific heatwave, with temperatures reaching as high as 116 degrees F (46 degrees C). Alarmingly, the record-setting conditions are expected to worsen over the coming weekend. While it’s always hard to tie individual meteorological events to climate change, one can’t help but consider…

Climate Change George Dvorsky Feb 10 '17

Simon Says Comic Tells the Unbelievable Story of a Real-Life Nazi Hunter

Batman might be the Caped Crusader and World’s Greatest Detective, but one comic book aims to teach people about a real-life vigilante: Simon Wiesenthal, Nazi Hunter. Simon Says: Nazi Hunter, a comic book by writer Andre Frattino and artist Jesse Lee, is currently nearing its fundraising goal on Kickstarter. It’s based on the life of…

io9 Beth Elderkin Feb 10 '17

Can We Charge Batteries With Greenhouse Gases?

Climate change is bad, and humans are causing it with all of our cars and factories belching greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Now that that’s out of the way, and since it doesn’t seem like our government is planning to do anything about it, what if we could actually use those emissions for good—like to…

Physics & Chemistry Ryan F. Mandelbaum Feb 10 '17

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 Feb 10 '17

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 Feb 10 '17

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 Feb 10 '17

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 Feb 10 '17

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 Feb 10 '17

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 Feb 10 '17

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 Feb 10 '17

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 Feb 10 '17

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 Feb 10 '17

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 Feb 10 '17

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 Feb 10 '17

Last Night’s Slut-Shaming Episode Was Everything Good and Bad About Riverdale

The New Halloween Will Take Place After the First Two

The Director of Thor: Ragnarok Is Making a Stop Motion Film About Michael Jackson’s Chimpanzee

This Is How Nike’s Self-Lacing Sneakers Actually Work

Castlevania TV Show Producer: ‘Video Games Are Like the Dopest Art Form’

Trump FCC Chair’s Promise to Expand America’s Broadband Is Empty

Australia Is Hot as Balls Right Now

Simon Says Comic Tells the Unbelievable Story of a Real-Life Nazi Hunter

Can We Charge Batteries With Greenhouse Gases?

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

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