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Save the Schools, Save the Youth, Save the World

In another life, I may have been a teacher. I have a soft spot for the youth, especially the tiniest ones who don’t yet know what they’re in for. That’s probably what troubles me most about this world and all its problems: what, exactly, are we going to be handing over to them? The coronavirus…

Earther Yessenia Funes Aug 27

Walmart Wants to Get Its Greasy Hands on TikTok

The uncool bidders for extremely cool video app TikTok now reportedly include, uh, Walmart. TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance is exploring options to offload the app, which is based in the US, amid threats by Donald Trump’s administration to somehow “ban” it if control isn’t transferred to a US company. Per the New York Times, Walmart…

Tech News Tom McKay Aug 27

Get a Look Inside Scott Snyder and Tony S. Daniel’s Newly Renamed Kickstarter Hit

Ten days ago, Scott Snyder and Tony S. Daniel lifted the lid on Nocternal, a brand new creator-owned series they’re funding through Kickstarter that promptly smashed its base funding goal the day it went live. The campaign is still underway, but Nocternal is making a little change—for the benefit of the series and comics that…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook Aug 27

Climbing Mount Everest Has Gotten Easier, Study Finds

Climbing Mount Everest is one of the hardest athletic feats a person can do. But new research out this week suggests that it has gotten easier to pull off in recent years. The study found the success rate of climbing the highest mountain on Earth has doubled in the last decade relative to years past,…

Health Ed Cara Aug 27

Bill & Ted‘s Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter on Playing Their Iconic Characters as Middle-Aged Dudes

You can be excellent to each other at any age, but as Bill (Alex Winter) and Ted (Keanu Reeves) find in Bill & Ted Face the Music, it’s hard to feel excellent about yourself when you feel like you’re not living up to your potential. Of course, most people weren’t told in high school that…

Movies Cheryl Eddy Aug 27

I Definitely Didn’t Need a Program to Make a Sandwich, But I Did It Anyways

This morning began as any other Thursday morning would have. I was hungry, in need of coffee, and in Slack, sifting through the garbage fire news cycle for a morning blog. Like magic, a coworker shared a link to a blog titled “Optimal Peanut Butter and Banana Sandwiches.” The blog focuses on the perfect peanut…

Culture Victoria Song Aug 27

This Trio of Star Wars Animated Shorts Takes You to Galaxy’s Edge in the Cutest Way

Going to Galaxy’s Edge right now is, well…not a good idea (and don’t you dare “never tell me the odds!” us). So while you read that guidebook to pretend you’re there—before you play that VR game to pretend you’re there—why don’t you watch some animated shorts to, uh…pretend you’re there? The Star Wars Kids YouTube…

io9 James Whitbrook Aug 27

Scientists Made an Alarmingly Easy Trip to the North Pole

At Earther, we’ve been following the historic extent of ice melt in the Arctic this summer pretty closely. But not as closely as Gunnar Spreen and his research team, who are literally following the ice. “We’re attached to an ice floe now,” he said on the phone from a research vessel called the Polarstern, which…

Earther Dharna Noor Aug 27

You Can Now Pre-Register for the Chance to Pre-Order the Sony PS5

Yes, you read that correctly. Sony announced yesterday that some lucky individuals who pre-register on the PlayStation website will be the first to pre-order one PS5 Console or one PS5 Digital Edition at some undisclosed date in the future. Sony has yet to announce the price of the PS5, and hopefully, it will before it…

Tech News Joanna Nelius Aug 27

The Nerd’s Watch: The Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Streaming in September

Viewers are turning to streaming entertainment more than ever thanks to people staying home during the global pandemic—the plethora of services can serve as a much-needed escape. At the start of each month, most services do a little shuffle, adding new movies and taking some away, and io9 is here to help with your decision…

Movies Germain Lussier Aug 27

Amazon’s New Fitness Tracker Sounds Like a Body-Shaming, Tone-Policing Disaster

There are bad ideas, and then there is Amazon’s attempt to get into the health tracker market with a new health subscription service and accompanying tracker, Amazon Halo and Amazon Halo Band. The pitch here is that Halo Band is a more holistic health tracker. In its press release announcing the device and service, Amazon…

Commerce Victoria Song Aug 27

The Babysitter’s Cult Is Back in the Trailer for Babysitter: Killer Queen

If you search “Babysitter” on Netflix, two main things pop up. There’s The Babysitter’s Club, a kid-friendly adaptation of the famous Ann M. Martin novels, and then there’s The Babysitter, a 2017 horror comedy about a babysitter who leads a satanic cult and tries to murder the kid she’s watching. Now, a sequel to that…

Trailers Germain Lussier Aug 27

Hurricane Laura Sparks a Chemical Plant Fire, Continues to Wreak Havoc on the Gulf Coast

Hurricane Laura’s devastation is becoming clear as light spreads over Gulf Coast. The storm made landfall as a powerful Category 4 hurricane in Louisiana early Thursday with “catastrophic storm surge, extreme winds and flash flooding, according to the National Hurricane Center. When it made landfall, Laura tied the record for the strongest storm to hit…

Earther Dharna Noor Aug 27

Hurricane Laura Shows Us the Injustice of the Climate Crisis

Hurricane Laura slammed into the Gulf Coast Wednesday night with winds making it nearly a Category 5 storm upon making landfall. With the storm came more than 9 feet of storm surge in parts of Louisiana. This level of water is incomprehensible. Hurricane Laura tied the strongest storm to hit Louisiana on record, making landfall…

Earther Yessenia Funes Aug 27

Return of the Revels

Revel—the moped-sharing company which has blessed major cities with fleets of lightweight, cheap, zero-emissions minibikes but also cursed them with a brigade of untrained scooter jockeys—has returned to New York City’s streets this morning after three fatal crashes halted service in July. Whereas people over 21 with a driver’s license could once jump on scooters…

Tech News Whitney Kimball Aug 27

Star Wars‘ Kelly Marie Tran Will Be the Star of Disney’s Next Animated Epic, Raya and the Last Dragon

From a galaxy far, far away to a magical new land, the heroine behind The Last Jedi’s Rose Tico is finding new ways to delight us. When Disney first revealed its next big animated movie, Raya and the Last Dragon, at D23 last year, it also revealed that it had cast Degrassi: The Next Generation’s…

Movies James Whitbrook Aug 27

Unhatched Dinosaur Egg Reveals the Surprising Face of a Baby Sauropod

A rare egg fossil containing an unhatched dinosaur suggests baby sauropods were not miniaturized versions of the four-legged, long-necked behemoths we all know and love, exhibiting a unique set of physical characteristics that included a little rhino-like horn. Baby titanosaurs—the largest group of sauropods—featured a prominent facial horn and a pair of forward-facing eyes that…

Biology George Dvorsky Aug 27

Star Wars Celebration Might Be Canceled, But You Can Still Buy the Merch and Pretend You Were There

There’s something very—very—Star Wars about the fact that, while you cannot attend a big in-person convention celebrating the galaxy far, far away right now, you can still buy merchandise as if you had.

io9 James Whitbrook Aug 27

Netflix’s Live-Action Resident Evil Show Heads to a New Raccoon City

It’s time to return to (New) Raccoon City for a whole new generation of zombies, pandemics, and gross corporate malfeasance. Netflix has confirmed that it’s making a live-action Resident Evil show to tell a new original story, one with a surprising connection to the video games. In a press release, Netflix revealed that Supernatural showrunner…

io9 Beth Elderkin Aug 27

How to Turn Off Comments on Your Tweets, Instagrams, and Videos

Not everything you share on social media needs a reply. Most sites and apps let you limit who can comment on your posts, which is for the best. Here’s how you can restrict the feedback loop on some of the biggest social platforms. Twitter Twitter just rolled out the option to limit who can and…

Gadgets David Nield Aug 27

Save the Schools, Save the Youth, Save the World

Walmart Wants to Get Its Greasy Hands on TikTok

Get a Look Inside Scott Snyder and Tony S. Daniel’s Newly Renamed Kickstarter Hit

Climbing Mount Everest Has Gotten Easier, Study Finds

Bill & Ted‘s Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter on Playing Their Iconic Characters as Middle-Aged Dudes

I Definitely Didn’t Need a Program to Make a Sandwich, But I Did It Anyways

This Trio of Star Wars Animated Shorts Takes You to Galaxy’s Edge in the Cutest Way

Scientists Made an Alarmingly Easy Trip to the North Pole

You Can Now Pre-Register for the Chance to Pre-Order the Sony PS5

The Nerd’s Watch: The Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Streaming in September

Amazon’s New Fitness Tracker Sounds Like a Body-Shaming, Tone-Policing Disaster

The Babysitter’s Cult Is Back in the Trailer for Babysitter: Killer Queen

Hurricane Laura Sparks a Chemical Plant Fire, Continues to Wreak Havoc on the Gulf Coast

Hurricane Laura Shows Us the Injustice of the Climate Crisis

Return of the Revels

Star Wars‘ Kelly Marie Tran Will Be the Star of Disney’s Next Animated Epic, Raya and the Last Dragon

Unhatched Dinosaur Egg Reveals the Surprising Face of a Baby Sauropod

Star Wars Celebration Might Be Canceled, But You Can Still Buy the Merch and Pretend You Were There

Netflix’s Live-Action Resident Evil Show Heads to a New Raccoon City

How to Turn Off Comments on Your Tweets, Instagrams, and Videos

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