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David Harbour Tackles Some of the Internet’s Most Involved Stranger Things Fan Theories

The tour of the good cop continues, as David Harbour continues his press engagement around the new season of Stranger Things with a great video running down some popular fan theories about the show. Stranger Things season 3 might not debut until next summer, but fan theories, like cheesy ads, are forever. In this video…

io9 Julie Muncy Aug 25

Dynamic Concept Art Reveals That Balder Was Once a Part of the MCU’s Thor

Watching the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s rendition of Norse mythology, one absence always struck me. Balder, one of Odin’s sons, is one of the more iconic figures in the myths. So where’s Balder? According to Charlie Wen, former head of visual development at Marvel Studios, that was a question that very nearly had a pretty concrete…

Movies Julie Muncy Aug 25

The Oft-Forgotten Architecture of Pop Culture Franchises

A memorable setting is a key component in any memorable story. This is especially true in popular science fiction and fantasy tales, where settings and locations have become as famous and crucial to their worlds as the characters in them. However, it’s easy to celebrate Star Wars or Harry Potter with a piece of art…

Movies Germain Lussier Aug 24

Report: Production on Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Has Been Put on Pause

Considering all the Guardians of the Galaxy-adjacent news we’ve gotten this summer, this announcement is actually pretty far from shocking: Production on Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, which was in the very early stages, has been put on hold. Temporarily. Variety reports that this shutdown affects “less than 20” crew members in Atlanta, without…

Movies Cheryl Eddy Aug 24

Peter Jackson’s Gross-Out Puppet Film, Meet the Feebles, Is More Disturbing Now Than Ever Before

Way back in 1989, Peter Jackson released his second film, Meet the Feebles, a hardcore, gross-out puppet comedy which we decided to revisit this week because of a similar film being released in theaters, The Happytime Murders. And while that film is bad in all the wrong ways, Meet the Feebles is bad in all…

Movies Germain Lussier Aug 24

Get Your MoviePass Refund Now Before the Company’s Out of Money

As MoviePass has gone through what’s seemed like dozens of changes to its “unlimited” movie theatre subscription plan, users who bought the annual option have mostly been able to live like it’s the good old days. That’s coming to an end, but MoviePass is willing to hand out refunds, so you might want to act…

Movies Rhett Jones Aug 24

Cyclops’ Best Design Gets a Great Figure, and More Xcellent Toys of the Week

Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9’s weekly round up of the best toys we’ve seen that are currently trying to swipe our hard-earned wages (earned by writing about toys, of course). This week: Tyrion Lannister gets the booze-wielding figure he deserves, Funko gets overtly muscular with retro Thundercats figures, and more! Threezero Game of Thrones…

Toys & Collectibles Andrew Liszewski Aug 24

A UK Man’s Megacolon Made His Gut Literally Burst

A UK man’s worsening battle with constipation ended up costing him part of his gut, due to a rare, sometimes unexplainable condition known as megacolon. But the man’s frightening story, detailed by his doctors in BMJ Case Reports this week, might have been preventable, had others diagnosed him correctly earlier. According to the case report,…

Health Ed Cara Aug 24

Bison-Taunting Hooligan Sentenced to Jail

Remember this guy? In late July, news outlets picked up a video of Raymond Reinke harassing a bison in Yellowstone National Park. As Gizmodo has stated before: Playing with bison at Yellowstone is idiotic. These majestic beasts are a lot faster than they look, and their hump is a mound of muscle that enables them…

Biology Jennings Brown Aug 24

We’ve Got the Meat: Scientists Unearth Final Ingredient to the Forbidden Sandwich

It’s been a summer of historic archeological finds that have left world feeling stunned by the scope of history. These incredible discoveries have also left some with an implacable urge to eat these important specimens. Now that researchers have unearthed a perfectly preserved prehistoric foal, the ingredients for The Forbidden Sandwich are finally all here.…

Biology Rhett Jones Aug 24

Star Wars: Episode IX Enlists Lord of the Rings Actor Dominic Monaghan

From the Shire to a galaxy far, far away. The Lord of the Rings actor Dominic Monaghan is heading to Star Wars: Episode IX—reuniting with director J.J. Abrams, who he worked with on the ABC series Lost. According to Deadline, Monaghan has been added to the cast in an undisclosed role. It’s his second major…

Movies Beth Elderkin Aug 24

That Viral Facebook Post About a ‘Deadly Spider’ Spreading Across the U.S. Is Totally Fake

If you’ve seen a viral Facebook post about a spider “from Hell” killing people in West Virginia, Tennessee, and Mississippi, I have some good news: It’s completely false. Since it was first posted on Tuesday, “NEW DEADLY SPIDER SPREADS ACROSS USA” has been shared on the social network over a million times, but the spider…

Tech News Melanie Ehrenkranz Aug 24

Evidence Shows Earth’s Magnetic Field Once Flipped Quickly

A new study analyzing rock formations from 107,000 to 91,000 years ago has revealed something troubling: a strangely quick reversal of the Earth’s magnetic field in fairly recent history. The team of researchers from China, Taiwan, and Australia analyzed a stalagmite, a rock that slowly grows up from the floors of caves, in order to…

Earth Science Ryan F. Mandelbaum Aug 24

Scientists Accuse Big Tobacco of Trying to Undermine Anti-Smuggling Efforts

In what might be one of the least shocking revelations ever, the authors of two recently published papers accuse tobacco companies of further dishonesty (you know, besides decades-long attempts to downplay the addictiveness of cigarettes). They allege the tobacco industry has been scheming to take over an international program aimed at stemming the flow of tobacco…

Health Ed Cara Aug 24

American Wildfire Forces Canadian National Park to Shut Down

Canada and the U.S. share a lot of things, chief among them a border. To commemorate said border, there’s a peace park that ceremonially joins Glacier National Park in the U.S. and Waterton Lakes National Park in Canada. But our peaceful relations have been riled up by the hellacious wildfire season. On Thursday, the Boundary…

Earth Science Brian Kahn Aug 24

Tor Publishing Issues a 4-Month E-Book Embargo on Libraries, Cites Retail Sale Concerns

If you’ve been to the library recently, you might have noticed something strange. New e-books from Tor Publishing are nowhere to be found. Ball Lightning by Cixin Liu. Cathy Clamp’s newest novel in the Luna Lake series. The Black God’s Drums by P. Djèlí Clark. All missing. That’s because Tor is refusing to let libraries…

Books & Comics Beth Elderkin Aug 24

Former CDC Chief Tom Frieden Arrested on Charges of Sexual Abuse and Harassment

One of the world’s foremost public health voices is now facing criminal charges of sexual misconduct. On Friday, STAT reported that Tom Frieden, a former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, was arrested by the New York Police Department in Brooklyn for allegedly groping a woman in 2017. The alleged incident is…

Tech News Ed Cara Aug 24

Woman Sues Border Agents to Make Them Return Data They Seized From Her Phone

A lawsuit filed against officials from the Department of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) this week signals the increasingly invasive practices of border agents—as well as the pressing need for protections of our data. In February, Rejhane Lazoja arrived at Newark Airport on a flight from Switzerland with her six-year-old daughter, according…

Privacy & Security Melanie Ehrenkranz Aug 24

Soon You’ll Be Able to Read Comics on Your Nintendo Switch

Everyone wants everything to come to the Switch, Nintendo’s beloved portable-hybrid console that’s spent the past year evolving from “that machine you can play Breath of the Wild on” to “No wait let me play everything on this! Including Grandia II!” But now, surprisingly, it’s also becoming a platform to read comics on. That’s thanks…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook Aug 24

Wow, Americans Are Selling a Lot of Dead Giraffes

A new report is drawing attention to fact that thousands of giraffe parts are imported into the U.S. for sale each year—which is extremely legal and fine according to U.S. and international law. Wait, what?! The report, which the Humane Society published Thursday following an investigation into the U.S. giraffe market, found that market to…

Conservation Maddie Stone Aug 24

David Harbour Tackles Some of the Internet’s Most Involved Stranger Things Fan Theories

Dynamic Concept Art Reveals That Balder Was Once a Part of the MCU’s Thor

The Oft-Forgotten Architecture of Pop Culture Franchises

Report: Production on Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Has Been Put on Pause

Peter Jackson’s Gross-Out Puppet Film, Meet the Feebles, Is More Disturbing Now Than Ever Before

Get Your MoviePass Refund Now Before the Company’s Out of Money

Cyclops’ Best Design Gets a Great Figure, and More Xcellent Toys of the Week

A UK Man’s Megacolon Made His Gut Literally Burst

Bison-Taunting Hooligan Sentenced to Jail

We’ve Got the Meat: Scientists Unearth Final Ingredient to the Forbidden Sandwich

Star Wars: Episode IX Enlists Lord of the Rings Actor Dominic Monaghan

That Viral Facebook Post About a ‘Deadly Spider’ Spreading Across the U.S. Is Totally Fake

Evidence Shows Earth’s Magnetic Field Once Flipped Quickly

Scientists Accuse Big Tobacco of Trying to Undermine Anti-Smuggling Efforts

American Wildfire Forces Canadian National Park to Shut Down

Tor Publishing Issues a 4-Month E-Book Embargo on Libraries, Cites Retail Sale Concerns

Former CDC Chief Tom Frieden Arrested on Charges of Sexual Abuse and Harassment

Woman Sues Border Agents to Make Them Return Data They Seized From Her Phone

Soon You’ll Be Able to Read Comics on Your Nintendo Switch

Wow, Americans Are Selling a Lot of Dead Giraffes

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