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Ms. Marvel Writer G. Willow Wilson Is Taking Over Wonder Woman

Another Marvel writer is teaming up with DC Comics to write one of their biggest heroes: G. Willow Wilson, who has spent the last few years shepherding the adventures of Kamala Khan for Marvel, has just been announced as the new writer of DC’s ongoing Wonder Woman series. Revealed on DC All Access today, Wilson…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook Jul 11

Buying ‘Access’ to a Major Airport’s Security System Apparently Costs Just $10

Security researchers discovered that, for just $10 on the dark web, it appears someone could essentially buy their way into an international airport’s security system. This finding from McAfee’s team of researchers signals how a weak link can undermine systems that may otherwise seem thoroughly secured, even as billions of dollars are put towards locking…

Privacy & Security Melanie Ehrenkranz Jul 11

The Arctic’s Metabolism Is Speeding Up, and That’s Bad

The Arctic tundra keeps an enormous amount of carbon in check in its soils, but as the region warms, that carbon could start leaking back into the atmosphere in a big way. A new study adds fuel to this concern by showing that at the longest-monitored site in the Arctic, our planet’s metabolism is speeding…

Climate Change Maddie Stone Jul 11

Salamanders May Not Be as Screwed as We Thought

Hidden throughout Southern Appalachia is the world’s most diverse salamander population. But while these small amphibians have long been considered vulnerable as climate change shrinks suitable habitats, new research suggests that in at least some parts of the salamander capital of the world, the creatures may be able to hack their way into surviving a hotter…

Conservation Paola Rosa-Aquino Jul 11

RoboCop Will Ride Again in RoboCop Returns From Director Neill Blomkamp

Yes, you read that right, there’s another RoboCop movie coming. Deadline reports that MGM has hired District 9 director Neill Blomkamp to make a film called RoboCop Returns, a sort of sequel/reboot to the original 1987 Paul Verhoeven film, and unrelated to the 2014 remake. The hope is for this to reinvigorate the franchise. Justin…

Movies Germain Lussier Jul 11

Engineer Faces Prison for Stashing Navy Drone Secrets on His Dropbox

An electrical engineer secretly uploaded onto his personal Dropbox account thousands of files containing sensitive information about the unmanned underwater vehicles his company was developing for the U.S. Navy’s Office of Naval Research. A Connecticut federal jury on Monday found Jared Sparks of Ardmore, Oklahoma, guilty of multiple counts of theft of trade secrets and…

Tech News Jennings Brown Jul 11

Some Coral Reefs Need Poop, Study Finds

Bird turds can tell you a lot about an island. For instance, is it smelly or not? But also, how are the coral reefs doing? Research published on Wednesday in Nature shows that at least for one archipelago, the shittier the island the healthier the reefs and fish around them. That insight is crucial for conservationists…

Conservation Brian Kahn Jul 11

Discovery of Stone Tools in China Shows Early Humans Left Africa Over 2 Million Years Ago

Archaeologists working in the Shangchen region of China have uncovered dozens of stone tools, the oldest of which date back 2.1 million years, making them the earliest known evidence of a human presence outside of Africa. Ancient humans, likely a form of Homo erectus, occupied what is now the Shangchen region of China some 2.1…

Human History George Dvorsky Jul 11

Who Will Police Police Drones?

The Police Foundation doesn’t want the police to call drones “drones.” Because of the public’s association with “military-style weapons like the Predator,” the organization’s 311 page report reads, the term “drone” is “a major obstacle to law enforcement’s ability to convince the public” that police drone programs “could actually increase public safety, not jeopardize it.”…

Privacy & Security Sidney Fussell Jul 11

This Body Heat-Powered Smartwatch Gets One Thing Very Right

One of the most interesting gadgets I’ve tested in the past few years was the Matrix PowerWatch: a fitness-tracking timepiece powered only by the wearer’s body heat. The battery-free technology was neat, but the watch’s limited functionality wasn’t. Matrix Industries’ new PowerWatch X promises to be a more useful and capable wearable, but even with…

Accessories & Wearables Andrew Liszewski Jul 11

‘Mega’ Data Breaches Cost Companies a Staggering Fortune, IBM Study Finds

IBM Security on Wednesday released its latest report examining the costs and impact associated with data breaches. The findings paint a grim portrait of what the clean up is like for companies whose data becomes exposed—particularly for larger corporations that suffer so-called “mega breaches,” a costly exposure involving potentially tens of millions of private records.…

Privacy & Security Dell Cameron Jul 11

Shazam! Cuts Loose in the First Official Photo of Zachary Levi in Costume

Despite the fact that we’ve seen set pictures of it, Zachary Levi’s defense of it, and terrible-quality Instagram pictures, this is finally our first official look at Warner Bros.’ latest cinematic DC Comics superhero… and his love of cola, apparently. Entertainment Weekly just dropped the first official still from David F. Sandberg’s Shazam!, giving us…

Movies James Whitbrook Jul 11

New Analysis of Potentially Habitable Exoplanet Makes Us Hungry for Better Telescopes

Eleven light-years from Earth, orbiting a dim red star, there’s an exoplanet called Ross 128b that, as we recently reported, has some the best prospects for life of any known distant world. New results may help astronomers figure out what the planet is made of—and they offer more evidence that it might be inside its…

Space & Spaceflight Ryan F. Mandelbaum Jul 11

We Asked Celeb Physicist Brian Cox About Flat Earth Conspiracies, the Multiverse, and Ghosts

There’s a growing, bewildering movement of folks who reject the most basic learnings of science in favor of conspiracy theories and hocus pocus—as a science journalist, I regularly get emails from people who firmly believe the Earth is flat, as shocking as that may seem. I recently chatted with Brian Cox, host of BBC science…

Physics & Chemistry Ryan F. Mandelbaum Jul 11

An Aspiring Rocketeer Built This 3D-Printed, Underwater Jetpack

Taking to the skies with a rocket strapped to your back is still a dangerous idea, despite how Hollywood typically portrays the stunt. So a product design student in the UK created a safer way to fly—under water—with a jetpack that can propel a swimmer at speeds of up to eight miles per hour. Archie…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Jul 11

Military Documents Stolen Because Someone Forgot to Update the Router Password

You too can have better cybersecurity than the U.S. military just by properly setting up your router. Research analysts have discovered what they believe to be sensitive documents relating to the Pentagon’s drone, tank, and tactical programs for sale on the dark web. The manuals were obtained through a common exploit that could have been…

Privacy & Security Rhett Jones Jul 11

The Dummy That Ruined Your Childhood Is Back in the First Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween Trailer

Even though Jack Black’s R.L. Stine was made out to be the star of 2015’s Goosebumps film, the character is conspicuously missing in the first trailer for the sequel, Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween. Thankfully, the true icon from the franchise, Slappy the Dummy (voiced by Jack Black) is back and terrorizing children once again. Fans…

Trailers Charles Pulliam-Moore Jul 11

I Can’t Believe I’m Gonna Tell You to Buy This $200 Toothbrush

A regular old manual toothbrush can easily cost less than a dollar. You might have one in your bathroom right now, ready to tackle the plaque, and the coffee stains, and the bad breath that make its existence integral for modern living. But in our 21st-century society, it’s easy to spend much more on an…

Other Gadgets Adam Clark Estes Jul 11

Japan Is Reeling From Deadliest Flood Disaster in Decades

Japan is currently dealing with its deadlist rain-related disaster since 1982. Over the past week, heavy rains have wreaked havoc across the nation but especially in the western region, causing flooding and landslides. So far, the death toll sits at 176, but more than 50 people are still missing. Some of the deceased include two…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes Jul 11

Here’s What Antarctica’s Hugest Iceberg Has Been Doing Since It Broke Free

It was a year ago at this time that Antarctica’s Larsen C Ice Shelf gave birth to Iceberg A-68, one of the largest chunks of ice ever recorded. A new timelapse video made from satellite imagery shows the rift, calving, and subsequent journey of the iceberg over the past 12 months. Iceberg A-68 is the…

Tech News George Dvorsky Jul 11

Ms. Marvel Writer G. Willow Wilson Is Taking Over Wonder Woman

Buying ‘Access’ to a Major Airport’s Security System Apparently Costs Just $10

The Arctic’s Metabolism Is Speeding Up, and That’s Bad

Salamanders May Not Be as Screwed as We Thought

RoboCop Will Ride Again in RoboCop Returns From Director Neill Blomkamp

Engineer Faces Prison for Stashing Navy Drone Secrets on His Dropbox

Some Coral Reefs Need Poop, Study Finds

Discovery of Stone Tools in China Shows Early Humans Left Africa Over 2 Million Years Ago

Who Will Police Police Drones?

This Body Heat-Powered Smartwatch Gets One Thing Very Right

‘Mega’ Data Breaches Cost Companies a Staggering Fortune, IBM Study Finds

Shazam! Cuts Loose in the First Official Photo of Zachary Levi in Costume

New Analysis of Potentially Habitable Exoplanet Makes Us Hungry for Better Telescopes

We Asked Celeb Physicist Brian Cox About Flat Earth Conspiracies, the Multiverse, and Ghosts

An Aspiring Rocketeer Built This 3D-Printed, Underwater Jetpack

Military Documents Stolen Because Someone Forgot to Update the Router Password

The Dummy That Ruined Your Childhood Is Back in the First Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween Trailer

I Can’t Believe I’m Gonna Tell You to Buy This $200 Toothbrush

Japan Is Reeling From Deadliest Flood Disaster in Decades

Here’s What Antarctica’s Hugest Iceberg Has Been Doing Since It Broke Free

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