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This Is Our New Favorite Captain America Cosplay Ever

Not gonna lie—it warms my shriveled heart to see a female, hijab-wearing Captain America. But even beyond that, this is just really, truly, honestly great cosplay. It’s fantastic work from cosplayer Hijabi Hooligan. Look at the little rivets on the star! This is the kind of creation that shows off the best parts of fandom:…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta Aug 3 '16

The 20 Most Earth-Like Exoplanets We’ve Found

Kepler has given us a stash of thousands of exoplanets. Now, researchers have pulled twenty from that stash that they say are the most likely to be habitable. To get this handful of planets, researchers first selected from a list of 216 exoplanets out of more than 4,000 that Kepler had uncovered. These first couple…

Space & Spaceflight Ria Misra Aug 3 '16

Hoverboard Store Catches Fire

Other than being the “transportation of the future,” hoverboards’ most notable feature is their propensity for bursting into flames spontaneously. That’s great if you’re a pyro, and less great if you like avoiding third-degree burns. Now, a brick-and-mortar purveyor of these flame-prone scooties has succumb to what most would assume was inevitable—it caught fire. You…

Tech News Darren Orf Aug 3 '16

Here’s Your First Good Look at the Newest Ship in Rogue One, the U-Wing

The Rebels sure do love their alphabet ships, don’t they? Although we got to see a few Imperial ships in person at Star Wars Celebration a few weeks ago, the weekly YouTube series The Star Wars Show’s latest episode has just dropped a new still from Rogue One of the Rebel’s base on Yavin IV,…

io9 James Whitbrook Aug 3 '16

Scorpius Malfoy Saves Harry Potter and the Cursed Child From Itself

At some point while reading Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, it becomes abundantly clear that Scorpius Malfoy is the best-written character in the whole thing. He’s the most original part of the whole play. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is exactly the sequel to the Harry Potter books that you’d expect. It’s like…

Books & Comics Katharine Trendacosta Aug 3 '16

The Evacuation of a Flaming Plane Looks Terrifying

Earlier today an Emirates Airlines Boeing 777 crash landed in Dubai for reasons unknown. There were no fatalities during the incident in spite of the plane’s front half being engulfed in flames. Now video has surfaced from inside flight EK521, and it looks like hell on Earth. The two-minute video depicts the passengers exiting the…

Tech News Avery Ellis Aug 3 '16

Carpet Cleaner Sues For Its Right to Tweet About the Olympics

A small business in Minnesota is suing over the US Olympic Committee’s ban on tweeting about the Olympic games. The Committee announced last month that non-sponsors are banned from even using hashtags like #Rio2016 or #TeamUSA. Zerorez, a carpet cleaning business in Minnesota, will file suit in U.S. District Court on Thursday. So why is…

Tech News Matt Novak Aug 3 '16

How the Sonic Franchise Screwed Itself From the Beginning

Sonic is a joke. That’s what happens when something crafted by market research to be “cool” stumbles along for 25 years. But it’s not just the irritating “Gotta go fast! Chili dogs!” attitude that Sonic is supposed to convey that makes him an unsympathetic relic to the worst parts of the 90s. The franchise itself…

Sploid Avery Ellis Aug 3 '16

Comcast Thinks It’s Totally Chill to Charge For Privacy

Comcast has logged yet another tally in the competition for Shittiest Company In Existence. During a meeting with the FCC last week, Comcast officials bleated that they should be able to charge customers more in exchange for not selling their data. Comcast argued in an August 1 regulatory filing detailing the meeting that forcing people…

Privacy & Security Sophie Kleeman Aug 3 '16

Awesome Video Compares the Size of Different Planets and Stars in the Universe

If you want to feel small and get a sense for the awesomely overwhelming scale of the universe and all of its planets and stars and empty space, watch this star size comparison video. It starts with our Moon and then sizes up to planets in our solar system in a line up while also…

Sploid Casey Chan Aug 3 '16

Look as Stylish as Tony Stark in These New Marvel- and DC-Themed Business Suits

Aside from “coming soon” there isn’t a whole lot of information yet available about this new formal wear collection from Fun.com. But what we do know is that it will feature suits, ties, and other accessories that incorporate patterns, designs, and logos from Marvel and DC Comics’ properties. Pre-orders won’t officially begin for a few…

io9 Andrew Liszewski Aug 3 '16

Please, Won’t Someone Help Kim Kardashian West Find a New BlackBerry?

Today, Kim Kardashian West tweeted out a strangled cry for help. Then, she tweeted out an illustration of a BlackBerry and an emoji of herself crying. Kim’s devotion to the BlackBerry brand is well documented, but it’s clear from these tweets that her passion has made her desperate. Her beloved BlackBerry Bold has died, and…

Tech News Sophie Kleeman Aug 3 '16

Oh, That’s Where Carol Marcus Was During Star Trek Beyond

At the end of Star Trek Into Darkness, it seems like Carol Marcus (Alice Eve) is poised to join the Enterprise and become an important member of the crew (and break up the near-total sausage party that is the cast). But come Star Trek Beyond, she’s nowhere to be found. Now we know why. On…

Movies Katharine Trendacosta Aug 3 '16

Good News, Teens: Hundreds of SAT Test Questions Have Leaked

Scores for the stupidest test in America might be a lot higher this year. Hundreds of questions for the new SAT, widely used to prove academic aptitude for college-bound high schoolers, were leaked to Reuters by “a person with access to material for upcoming versions of the redesigned exam.” Heck yeah kids, roll that Scantron…

Tech News Avery Ellis Aug 3 '16

Rising Sea Levels Threaten Nearly a Trillion Dollars Worth of US Homes

Real estate database company Zillow is warning that nearly 1.9 million homes in the United States could be flooded by the end of the century. That’s about two percent of the nation’s total housing stock, amounting to $882 billion in value. Should current climate models hold, 36 US cities will be completely lost by the…

Climate Change George Dvorsky Aug 3 '16

This Dark Knight/Scott Pilgrim Mash-Up Shouldn’t Work, But It Totally Does

When you think of mash-ups, I bet Chris Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy and Edgar Wright’s kinetic take on Scott Pilgrim vs. The World are not what you’d think of as easy bedfellows. And yet, as this brilliant trailer proves, they’re pretty bloody great together. Brilliantly made by YouTuber Inventor Headquarters, Bruce Wayne vs. The World…

Movies James Whitbrook Aug 3 '16

Alan Tudyk Takes a Spacewalk of Shame in the Con Man Season Two Trailer

Con Man is the star-studded parody show created by the ubiquitous Alan Tudyk, where he and Nathan Fillion play parody versions of themselves as they traverse the world of comic book conventions. Season two is coming soon and the first trailer is finally here. (It actually debuted at San Diego Comic-Con but just now arrived…

Television Germain Lussier Aug 3 '16

Meet Doctor Strange’s Magical New Teammates, Including Isaac Newton and Merlin

The Avengers. The Defenders. The X-Men. The Inhumans. The list of Marvel’s mightiest teams goes on and on, collections of the finest heroes in the universe. Stephen Strange just beat all of them by starting his own magical team featuring one of the most influential scientists in history and a straight-up fictional wizard. Yes, Doctor…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook Aug 3 '16

There’s A New ‘Driving Force’ Behind the Scenes of Rogue One

Every day we hear stories of movies with problems that need fixing and studios throwing money at them. Suicide Squad is a recent example, and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is another. For the latter, Lucasfilm has called in a proven cinematic fixer by the name of Tony Gilroy. You may have heard about…

Movies Germain Lussier Aug 3 '16

The ‘This Is Fine’ Dog Is Now a Stuffed Animal You Can Buy

Everybody knows the “This is Fine” dog. It’s the meme of our generation. Because this is fine. It really is. Well, now you can buy a real life version of your favorite internet-famous cartoon dog. The creator of the comic has started a Kickstarter campaign to sell 13-inch plush dolls of the firey pooch. The…

Tech News Matt Novak Aug 3 '16

This Is Our New Favorite Captain America Cosplay Ever

The 20 Most Earth-Like Exoplanets We’ve Found

Hoverboard Store Catches Fire

Here’s Your First Good Look at the Newest Ship in Rogue One, the U-Wing

Scorpius Malfoy Saves Harry Potter and the Cursed Child From Itself

The Evacuation of a Flaming Plane Looks Terrifying

Carpet Cleaner Sues For Its Right to Tweet About the Olympics

How the Sonic Franchise Screwed Itself From the Beginning

Comcast Thinks It’s Totally Chill to Charge For Privacy

Awesome Video Compares the Size of Different Planets and Stars in the Universe

Look as Stylish as Tony Stark in These New Marvel- and DC-Themed Business Suits

Please, Won’t Someone Help Kim Kardashian West Find a New BlackBerry?

Oh, That’s Where Carol Marcus Was During Star Trek Beyond

Good News, Teens: Hundreds of SAT Test Questions Have Leaked

Rising Sea Levels Threaten Nearly a Trillion Dollars Worth of US Homes

This Dark Knight/Scott Pilgrim Mash-Up Shouldn’t Work, But It Totally Does

Alan Tudyk Takes a Spacewalk of Shame in the Con Man Season Two Trailer

Meet Doctor Strange’s Magical New Teammates, Including Isaac Newton and Merlin

There’s A New ‘Driving Force’ Behind the Scenes of Rogue One

The ‘This Is Fine’ Dog Is Now a Stuffed Animal You Can Buy

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