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Darth Vader and David Goyer Team Up for Star Wars’ Next VR Project

Amidst all the other news at Star Wars Celebration Europe yesterday was the discovery that David Goyer, writer of pretty much all of DC movies made this century, will also write something starring the Dark Lord of the Sith for ILM’s next VR project. Details are scarce (if you’ve seen anyone reporting it’s a VR…

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A Closer Look at Jyn Erso, Rogue One‘s First Action Figure

A new Star Wars movie is hugely important. New merchandise for it, just so—which is why one of the biggest reveals of yesterday evening’s Rogue One panel at Celebration Europe included Felicity Jones getting her very own Jyn Erso action figure. Now we can have a closer look. The Jyn figure is part of Hasbro’s…

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Fluorescence Is Like A Rave At the Molecular Level

Ever wonder why your highlighters glow in the dark? How about glow sticks at a rave? Our world is full of glowing objects that awe us even into adulthood, and their existence is easily explained. At least, it’s easy to understand thanks to the American Chemical Society, which released a video to explain why some…

Tech News Carli Velocci

You Must See This Supercut of Every Clue About Jon Snow’s Origin From Game of Thrones

We now know for certain that Rhaegar Targaryen and Lyanna Stark are the parents of Jon Snow (well, on the show, at least). YouTube user hurleybird painstakingly collected every single scene and mention of them on the series so far, and assembled them in one moving masterpiece of a supercut. It’s similar in many ways…

io9 Rob Bricken

Your Immune System May Be Connected With Your Social Behaviors

Scientists have long theorized that the immune system has a more neurological connection than previously thought, and research has risen up to validate them. Recent studies, for example, have found that there is a physical connection between the immune system and the brain’s blood supply, and now there seems to be a more psychological connection.…

Tech News Carli Velocci

Rogue One Is Coming to Star Wars: Battlefront, The Force Awakens Still Isn’t

Fans of EA’s cinematic Star Wars shooter Battlefront have been begging to see content added to the game that went beyond the first three films. While the publisher has ruled out that Force Awakens-era content, today they revealed that at least one of the new movies will make its presence felt in Battlefront this year:…

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In Star Wars Rebels’ Third Season Premiere, Ezra May Be the Biggest Danger of All

The end of Star Wars Rebels season two was kind of like the TV version of The Empire Strikes Back. Our heroes survived, but not unscathed. But having just watched the upcoming hour-long premiere, we know season three isn’t like Return of the Jedi—instead, it continues that downward spiral in a truly exciting way. Star…

Television Germain Lussier

Pokémon Go Is All the Rage, But Where’s the Science?

The Pokémon Go craze is still going strong, as players scamper about the great outdoors trying desperately to catch ‘em all. And amid all the accompanying media frenzy, there’s one burning question on everyone’s mind: where’s the science? Yes, there is a science of Pokémon—specifically, a 2012 satirical study that appeared in the humorous journal,…

Tech News Jennifer Ouellette

Has the Workplace Robot Uprising Already Begun?

A few years ago, a burrito joint near my college campus installed computers so that customers could place their orders without ever having to make eye contact with a cashier. It was meant as a convenience, but my friends and I felt oddly detached ordering food through a computer. And we wondered: Did this signal…

Artificial Intelligence Carli Velocci

American Gods Casts Dane Cook as Mortal Douchebag

Comedian Dane Cook has joined Bryan Fuller’s TV adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s novel American Gods. He’ll play Robbie Burton, the non-divine best friend of protagonist Shadow Moon, who takes care of Shadow’s wife and job while he’s in prison. I think you can see where this is going. I’m honestly not sure if this is…

Television Rob Bricken

Thrawn Isn’t the Only Surprise in the Star Wars Rebels Season Three Trailer

Thrawn may be the most exciting new arrival in Rebels’ third season, but he’s hardly the only one—sounds like we’re also going to get to meet a young Imperial pilot who wants to defect to the Rebellion,who happens to be named Wedge. But that’s just the tip of the X-Wing of the fun in this…

Trailers Rob Bricken

Pokémon Go Servers Reportedly Attacked Because It Was Bound to Happen (Updated)

If you had trouble logging into Pokémon Go on Saturday, you might’ve blamed it on server issues that have been common since the game’s launch. However, a hacking collective is claiming responsibility for this particular slowdown, saying that it brought the servers down with a DDoS attack. The collective, known as PoodleCorp, took credit over…

Tech News Carli Velocci

Grand Admiral Thrawn Joins Rebels and the New Star Wars Canon

Holy crap. Rebels has a new Big Bad, and it’s an old Big Bad—Grand Admiral Thrawn, the brilliant Imperial military commander who took over the remnants of the Empire in the old Expanded Universe, as revealed in the very first EU novel trilogy by Timothy Zahn. Some things to note: 1) He’s definitely referred to…

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Star Wars Rebels Pretty Much Revealed the Fate of Ahsoka Tano

The Rebels panel at Star Wars Celebration Europe is going on exactly as I type this, but and of course the first question everyone had was about whether Ahsoka Tano survived her climactic duel with Darth Vader in the end of the season two finale. More surprisingly, director Dave Filoni actually gave us a pretty…

io9 Rob Bricken

Baby Flamingos Are Even Dopier Than Their Parents

Flamingos are regal, but kind of dopey creatures that are known for standing on one leg for reasons that not even scientists can fully explain. If you’ve ever wanted to see them look sillier, check out these chicks, which hatched at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Ohio recently. The two babies hatched on June…

Tech News Carli Velocci

Get Virtually Schwifty at Comic-Con With Rick and Morty‘s New VR Game

On the list of the many, many things you’ll be missing if you aren’t attending this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, you might want to add “Virtual Rick-allity,” a new game that puts you inside the uncomfortably great Adul Swim series Rick & Morty. Please enjoy all 13 seconds of its preview trailer, here. It’s so…

io9 Rob Bricken

Blade Runner 2 Reveals the Future of Future Los Angeles Is Pretty Grim

The first Blade Runner movie takes place in the far-off, hard-to-imagine year 2019, and the upcoming sequel takes place several decades after that. As this first concept art reveals, the future of future L.A. isn’t bright at all. “The climate has gone berserk – the ocean, the rain, the snow is all toxic,” [director Denis]…

Movies Rob Bricken

Get A Closer Look At This Game of Thrones Knightmare–I Mean Robert Strong

We all knew going into the sixth season of Game of Thrones that Robert Strong—a large and helmeted knight—was really the resurrected Ser Gregor Clegane, who had perished following the gruesome battle with Oberyn Martell. But what we didn’t know is what he would look like. This season’s finale gave us a brief glimpse of…

io9 Carli Velocci

CNN Türk Turns to Facebook Live as Military Take Over Studio [Updated]

CNN Türk was forced to halt its coverage of the coup in Turkey after soldiers entered the studio. But its Facebook live feed was still running and viewers could see some of what transpired. According to The Guardian, a group of soldiers landed at the Dogan Media Center, where the studios of CNN Türk are…

Tech News Carli Velocci

Scientists Are One Step Closer to an Invisibility Cloak, But Don’t Get Out Your Wands Yet

Since the Harry Potter books first hit bookshelves, the world has been getting little pieces of J.K. Rowling’s universe. Universal Studios allows you to explore Diagon Alley, you can make your own butterbeer at home, and maybe, in your lifetime, you can experience a working invisibility cloak. Invisibility is one of science’s greatest White Whales,…

Physics & Chemistry Carli Velocci

Darth Vader and David Goyer Team Up for Star Wars’ Next VR Project

A Closer Look at Jyn Erso, Rogue One‘s First Action Figure

Fluorescence Is Like A Rave At the Molecular Level

You Must See This Supercut of Every Clue About Jon Snow’s Origin From Game of Thrones

Your Immune System May Be Connected With Your Social Behaviors

Rogue One Is Coming to Star Wars: Battlefront, The Force Awakens Still Isn’t

In Star Wars Rebels’ Third Season Premiere, Ezra May Be the Biggest Danger of All

Pokémon Go Is All the Rage, But Where’s the Science?

Has the Workplace Robot Uprising Already Begun?

American Gods Casts Dane Cook as Mortal Douchebag

Thrawn Isn’t the Only Surprise in the Star Wars Rebels Season Three Trailer

Pokémon Go Servers Reportedly Attacked Because It Was Bound to Happen (Updated)

Grand Admiral Thrawn Joins Rebels and the New Star Wars Canon

Star Wars Rebels Pretty Much Revealed the Fate of Ahsoka Tano

Baby Flamingos Are Even Dopier Than Their Parents

Get Virtually Schwifty at Comic-Con With Rick and Morty‘s New VR Game

Blade Runner 2 Reveals the Future of Future Los Angeles Is Pretty Grim

Get A Closer Look At This Game of Thrones Knightmare–I Mean Robert Strong

CNN Türk Turns to Facebook Live as Military Take Over Studio [Updated]

Scientists Are One Step Closer to an Invisibility Cloak, But Don’t Get Out Your Wands Yet

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