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The Game of Thrones Showrunners Sure Have a Sense of Humor About the Most Recent Death

The latest character killed on Game of Thrones (don’t worry, we won’t spoil it yet just in case) certainly caused a roller coaster of reactions. First was the shock, then the tears, followed by anger, acceptance, and eventually, memes. Now, the death is a pop culture staple and the creators are sorry. Showrunners David Benioff…

Television Germain Lussier

Why Do Tiny Fruit Flies Have Giant Sperm?

Fruit flies have enormous sperm. This is a well known fact in the scientific community—so well known, in fact, that there’s a name for it: the big sperm paradox. But the massive, spermy problem has long confounded scientists, who couldn’t figure out why such a tiny creature needed such humongous baby batter soldiers. Until now.…

Tech News Sophie Kleeman

New Luke Cage Set Pictures Give Us a Look at a Classic Comics Villain

Luke Cage will have some familiar friends and foes showing up when his own Netflix show begins later this year—and new set pictures give us our first, rather weird look at a one of those familiar foes in action. https://gizmodo.com/our-first-look-at-luke-cages-netflix-series-1765763641 Pictures from filming have made their way to social media giving us our first look…

io9 James Whitbrook

You Can Absolutely Be Identified Just By How You Drive

Researchers from the University of Washington and the University of California, San Diego did an experiment to see what could be learned from just the information many cars are already recording. The result was that the way people drove was as identifiable as a fingerprint. In the experiment, detailed in a paper that the researchers…

Tech News Katharine Trendacosta

Watch Snakes Fight By Rapidly Twisting Themselves Together in a Braid

Here are two black mambas—the world’s most dangerous snake—fighting each other for the right to mate with a female black mamba. They’re engaging in a form of plaiting combat where they twist their bodies in a braid in hopes of making the other black mamba submit. It’s basically a never ending shove match that goes…

Sploid Casey Chan

The Force Awakens Soundtrack on Vinyl Has Spinning Holograms Etched Into the Records

Given the resurgence in the popularity of records, Disney didn’t really have to do much to sell copies of The Force Awakens soundtrack now that it’s finally available on vinyl, months after the film’s release. But if you still need a reason to drop $50 on another copy, the records feature 3D holograms etched right…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

The Torchwood Team You (Probably) Liked Best Is Back in Action for a New Audio Adventure

Well, okay, your value may vary—you might prefer more stories told in Torchwood’s second season, with the full team. But hey, at least Big Finish’s new audio dramas are bringing back Torchwood in the time of the excellent miniseries Children of Earth! Not a mention of Miracle Day in sight. https://gizmodo.com/torchwood-will-return-as-a-series-of-audio-plays-1702285660 Big Finish’s first series…

io9 James Whitbrook

Google Is Opening a Detroit Office to Poach Auto Talent

Just few weeks after Google got us all excited about its impending fleet of autonomous Chrysler minivans, the company’s Self-Driving Car project announced that it’s packing up at least part of its operation and moving it to Detroit. Ford, hide your engineers! In a short post on its Self-Driving Car blog, Google confirmed that it…

Tech News Alissa Walker

The Freaky Vampire Play Cuddles Will Get a Movie Thanks to Nicole Kidman

A twisted tale of two sisters, one of whom is a vampire, is going to be made into a movie thanks to Nicole Kidman. The Oscar-winner has optioned the rights to a play called Cuddles, which sounds downright twisted, through her production company Blossom Films. Cuddles was written by Joseph Wilde, and played off-Broadway last…

Movies Germain Lussier

Airlines Now Charge You to Sit Next to Family Members

Air travel is an unmitigated nightmare. But as The Wall Street Journal reports, the airline industry itself has found new ways to make passengers miserable through so-called “family fees.” That’s right. Airlines are now charging passengers extra if they want to guarantee seats next to their loved ones. Parents traveling with their children obviously want…

Tech News Avery Ellis

Rogue One Reveals More of the Empire’s Brand New Forces

One of the most jaw-dropping shots of the first trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story was a group of Imperial walkers storming a beach. They obviously weren’t the same as the AT-ATs from The Empire Strikes Back, but what were they? Now we know. The latest episode of The Star Wars Show (embedded…

Movies Germain Lussier

The Next Battle for Net Neutrality Is Getting Bloody

Net neutrality is a slippery subject. Months after the government appeared to get greedy telecom companies in check, carriers have come up with another clever trick to make more money and jeopardize the open internet. The latest trick is something called zero-rating, and your mobile carrier probably already uses—or abuses—this net neutrality loophole. This week,…

Tech News Darren Orf

The Live-Action Ghost in the Shell Movie Is Adding Another Asian Actor

The last time we heard about the Ghost in the Shell movie, it was not great news—the one-two punch of immense backlash at the first official image of Scarlett Johannson as Motoko Kusanagi and a follow-up report alleging the film attempted to digitally alter white actors to appear Asian left fans furious. This latest news,…

io9 James Whitbrook

ExxonMobil Shareholders Vote to Ignore Climate Change Completely

If you try to imagine the most pathetic gathering of humans ever, it would probably look a lot like this group of people who have amassed their fortunes by stripping the Earth of its fossil fuels and are desperately trying to squeeze the last gasp of relevance out of a backwards-thinking, planet-strangling industry. This morning,…

Climate Change Alissa Walker

Short Film Shows What It’s Like to Grow Up Being Player Two in Video Games

If you grew up with an older brother or sister and an old school video game console, Zachary Antell’s short animation Player Two should hit you right in the nostalgic feeling bank. Some people call that a heart, and maybe make you want to pick up the phone to call him or her (or let’s…

Sploid Casey Chan

This New Conjuring 2 Featurette Supposedly Contains Real Recordings of Demonic Voices

Here’s a brief new promo for the sequel which contains a snippet of an unknown voice ,recorded by Ed and Lorraine Warren (played onscreen by Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga) when they were working on the real-life case that inspired The Conjuring 2. It’s gutteral, angry, growling—and it’s terrifying to listen to, even if you’re…

Trailers Cheryl Eddy

Here’s What Those Landmark-Hating Aliens Will Be Destroying in Independence Day: Resurgence

You absolutely can’t fault Independence Day: Resurgence for not knowing their audience. What do we expect in an Independence Day film? Famous buildings being destroyed. What do they give us in the new posters? Famous buildings being destroyed. Here we’ve got Singapore, Paris, London, and New York. London is the big winner/loser in this film,…

Movies Katharine Trendacosta

Burritos Are Not an Effective Drug Smuggling Vehicle

US border agents near Nogales, AZ were busy this past weekend. In five busts, they confiscated a buffet of hard drugs inbound from Mexico. The haul is valued at a combined $928,000. The best part of the whole thing was this pair of meth burritos. The burritos, which are worth at least $1,500 each, were…

Tech News Avery Ellis

A Rear Opening on Manfrotto’s New Pack Protects Camera Gear With Your Body

If you’ve ever found yourself crammed into a packed subway car, right up against another rider’s backpack, you’ve probably realized just how easy it could be to sneak open a pocket and swipe something. So to help protect expensive photography gear, Manfrotto’s new backpack makes lenses and cameras only accessible while the pack is removed.…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

io9 Round Table: What We Loved and Hated About DC Comics: Rebirth

The much-heralded DC Comics: Rebirth comes out today, marking the beginning of a yet another new era for the publisher. Can it fix the malaise that’s been plaguing the DC Universe for years? Or will it make things worse? Those who’ve read it can read the discussion that io9’s Rob Bricken, James Whitbrook and myself…

io9 Evan Narcisse

The Game of Thrones Showrunners Sure Have a Sense of Humor About the Most Recent Death

Why Do Tiny Fruit Flies Have Giant Sperm?

New Luke Cage Set Pictures Give Us a Look at a Classic Comics Villain

You Can Absolutely Be Identified Just By How You Drive

Watch Snakes Fight By Rapidly Twisting Themselves Together in a Braid

The Force Awakens Soundtrack on Vinyl Has Spinning Holograms Etched Into the Records

The Torchwood Team You (Probably) Liked Best Is Back in Action for a New Audio Adventure

Google Is Opening a Detroit Office to Poach Auto Talent

The Freaky Vampire Play Cuddles Will Get a Movie Thanks to Nicole Kidman

Airlines Now Charge You to Sit Next to Family Members

Rogue One Reveals More of the Empire’s Brand New Forces

The Next Battle for Net Neutrality Is Getting Bloody

The Live-Action Ghost in the Shell Movie Is Adding Another Asian Actor

ExxonMobil Shareholders Vote to Ignore Climate Change Completely

Short Film Shows What It’s Like to Grow Up Being Player Two in Video Games

This New Conjuring 2 Featurette Supposedly Contains Real Recordings of Demonic Voices

Here’s What Those Landmark-Hating Aliens Will Be Destroying in Independence Day: Resurgence

Burritos Are Not an Effective Drug Smuggling Vehicle

A Rear Opening on Manfrotto’s New Pack Protects Camera Gear With Your Body

io9 Round Table: What We Loved and Hated About DC Comics: Rebirth

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