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Trump Picks TV Snake Oil Salesman Dr. Oz, of All People, to Serve on Health Council

Lo and behold, President Donald Trump has appointed none other than widely ridiculed quack Dr. Mehmet Oz—yes, the Dr. Oz so infamous for his dubious TV health advice that the British Medical Journal published a thorough trashing of him—to serve as a health adviser. On Friday, the White House announced that the TV host will…

Health Tom McKay May 6

This Talented Artist Has Envisioned an All-Women Knights of Ren, and They Rule

The Knights of Ren, Kylo Ren’s troupe of followers, first teased in The Force Awakens and given a possible backstory as fellow students of Luke’s disastrous Jedi academy in The Last Jedi, have so far been absentees from the new Star Wars movies. Who are they? What are they like? Creator and artist Kate Sheridan,…

io9 Julie Muncy May 6

Report: Facebook Really Is Connecting People, Specifically ISIS

Facebook is connecting more than just distant relatives who post too much about their children, at least per a recent study that concludes it is connecting new affiliates to the Islamic State’s digital networks. According to the Telegraph, researchers with the Counter Extremism Project analyzed the social media habits of roughly 1,000 ISIS supporters in…

Social Media Tom McKay May 6

Donald Glover’s Lando Calrissian Holds a Summit for All the Black People in Star Wars

It’s, uh, a pretty small summit. While the Disney-era Star Wars universe has made a lot of strides in terms of diversity, the franchise suffered from nearly monochromatic casting for most of its lifetime. Turning that critique into a biting gag on this weekend’s Saturday Night Live, Donald Glover brings out his Lando Calrissian persona…

io9 Julie Muncy May 6

Watching This Guy Build a Giant Lego Star Destroyer Is Hypnotic

The massive, ruined Star Destroyer in the Jakku desert might be the strongest image Star Wars: The Force Awakens has. It’s a perfect encapsulation of the film’s themes and history. And watching this YouTuber build his own is just as mesmerizing. In just two minutes, Grant Davis’s time-lapse shows him putting together an incredibly detailed…

io9 Julie Muncy May 6

YouTubers Are Mad Again After YouTube Deletes Videos With Paid Promos for Academic Cheating

YouTube has removed “hundreds” of videos advertising an essay-writing service, EduBirdie, following a BBC investigation that concluded over 250 channels were promoting the Ukraine-based company. According to the BBC, the investigation ultimately discovered more than 1,400 videos with over 700 million views promoting EduBirdie, with the topics covering “range of interests including: pranks, video games,…

Tech News Tom McKay May 5

Sebastian Stan Thinks Bucky Would Make a Very Dark Captain America

One of the big questions animating the MCU’s fanbase at present: once Chris Evans retires as Captain America, who’s going to take up the shield? One obvious contender is Bucky Barnes, played by Sebastian Stan, who has gone from Steve’s best friend to the brainwashed Winter Soldier back to a valuable ally and Steve’s best…

io9 Julie Muncy May 5

This Is the Picture That Proved Henry Cavill Could Be Superman

Last year, it was revealed that Henry Cavill did his screen test for Superman in Christopher Reeve’s legendary costume from the monumental 1978 film. Now, Zack Snyder has shared another picture from that screen test, one that he says convinced Warner Bros. that Cavill was the man for the red trunks. Sharing on Vero, where…

io9 Julie Muncy May 5

UK Authorities Order Cambridge Analytica to Give a US Voter All the Data It Has on Him

UK authorities have ordered Cambridge Analytica, the sketchy election firm at the center of a data scandal involving at least 87 million Facebook users, to hand over all of the information it acquired on a US voter in a move that could potentially open the floodgates for others to know what information the firm stockpiled…

Social Media Tom McKay May 5

A Deleted Scene From The Force Awakens Just Got A Stellar Animated Resurrection

Yesterday Disney released a whole new set of Forces of Destiny animated shorts, and there’s a lot of gold to mine in them space hills. One of the best, easily, is “Perilous Pursuit,” which is a recreation and expansion of a deleted scene from The Force Awakens. It shows more of Finn and Rey’s escape…

io9 Julie Muncy May 5

Watch the Russos Break Down Thor’s First Meeting With the Guardians of the Galaxy

One of the most teased meetings in Avengers: Infinity War was between the mighty Thor and his fellow cosmic cohorts, the Guardians of the Galaxy. Now, directors Anthony and Joe Russo break that scene down shot for shot. In a new video for Vanity Fair, the Russo Brothers, following Vanity Fair’s “Notes on a Scene”…

io9 Julie Muncy May 5

Georgia Could Pass a Vaguely Written ‘Unauthorized Computer Access’ Law This Week

Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal has until Tuesday to decide whether to approve a dubious bill that would make it illegal to access a computer or network “without authority,” Wired reported, in what looks an awful lot like legislators trying to make something they don’t understand a crime. Here’s the backstory: The state government and its…

Privacy & Security Tom McKay May 5

The Black Panther Director’s Commentary Reveals the Sad Fate of Killmonger’s Mother

Erik Killmonger’s tragic life is even more tragic than you thought. In Black Panther, Killmonger’s backstory includes a mother whose presence is hugely influential but never seen: his father, N’Jobu (Sterling K Brown), fell in love with her, and that love caused N’Jobu to open his mind to the outside world, a choice that would…

io9 Julie Muncy May 5

North Carolina’s New Environmental Justice Board Is a Big Deal

Marian Johnson-Thompson is an environmental health scientist. She’s also a resident of North Carolina. She retired from the National Institutes of Health in 2008, marking an end to a career spent actively protecting human lives—or so it seemed at the time. Now, she’s fighting for racial equity and better environmental health protections on a new…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes May 5

These Beautiful King Kong: Alive on Broadway Posters Are Their Own Wonders of the World

The Eighth Wonder of the World, King Kong, is coming to Broadway and three artists are giving him a royal welcome. Artists Laurent Durieux, Francesco Francavilla, and Olly Moss have each created beautiful, evocative posters for the upcoming Broadway musical, King Kong: Alive on Broadway, all three of which are going to be used in…

io9 Germain Lussier May 4

Watch How the Guardians 2 VFX Wizards Created David Hasselhoff’s Brief But Memorable Cameo

Ego revealing the truth about Star-Lord’s mom is one of the saddest scenes in the entire Marvel film universe, but James Gunn still manages to inject some humor into the moment with Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2’s best cameo: David Hasselhoff. Here’s a look at how Weta Digital morphed a disintegrated Kurt Russell into…

io9 Andrew Liszewski May 4

What’s Proper Smartphone Etiquette When Watching a Movie at Home?

A little over a decade after the release of the original iPhone, it seems we have arrived at some basic grounds rules for phone use in movie theaters: calls are verboten, texting is a major offense, and checking your screen in anything but the most surreptitious manner is frowned upon. But what about when watching…

Tech News Hudson Hongo May 4

How Engineers Tested the Super-Sensitive Seismometer That Will Detect Quakes on Mars

If all goes according to plan, NASA’s Mars InSight mission will launch this weekend from California. Onboard the Atlas V-401 rocket is the InSight lander, a nearly 800-pound machine loaded up with cameras, a robotic arm, a heat probe, and a seismometer that, for the first time, will allow us to examine the inner structure…

Space & Spaceflight Mika McKinnon May 4

Booster Gold Gave Batman the Worst Wedding Present Ever

Booster Gold is known for being a bit of a screwup in the DC Comics universe. But his latest attempt at having something go right for himself has gone very, very wrong. And he’s pulled Batman and Catwoman into the mess. As you’re probably aware at this point, Batman and Catwoman are getting married—and the…

io9 James Whitbrook May 4

Don’t Panic, But Idaho State University Lost Some Weapons-Grade Plutonium

Just in time for the weekend, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) proposed an $8,500 fine to Idaho State University for losing track of a single gram of weapons-grade plutonium missing since 2004. Great. The commission’s statement detailed the loss of the plutonium, which, according to the Associated Press, is enough to make a dirty…

Tech News Patrick Lucas Austin May 4

Trump Picks TV Snake Oil Salesman Dr. Oz, of All People, to Serve on Health Council

This Talented Artist Has Envisioned an All-Women Knights of Ren, and They Rule

Report: Facebook Really Is Connecting People, Specifically ISIS

Donald Glover’s Lando Calrissian Holds a Summit for All the Black People in Star Wars

Watching This Guy Build a Giant Lego Star Destroyer Is Hypnotic

YouTubers Are Mad Again After YouTube Deletes Videos With Paid Promos for Academic Cheating

Sebastian Stan Thinks Bucky Would Make a Very Dark Captain America

This Is the Picture That Proved Henry Cavill Could Be Superman

UK Authorities Order Cambridge Analytica to Give a US Voter All the Data It Has on Him

A Deleted Scene From The Force Awakens Just Got A Stellar Animated Resurrection

Watch the Russos Break Down Thor’s First Meeting With the Guardians of the Galaxy

Georgia Could Pass a Vaguely Written ‘Unauthorized Computer Access’ Law This Week

The Black Panther Director’s Commentary Reveals the Sad Fate of Killmonger’s Mother

North Carolina’s New Environmental Justice Board Is a Big Deal

These Beautiful King Kong: Alive on Broadway Posters Are Their Own Wonders of the World

Watch How the Guardians 2 VFX Wizards Created David Hasselhoff’s Brief But Memorable Cameo

What’s Proper Smartphone Etiquette When Watching a Movie at Home?

How Engineers Tested the Super-Sensitive Seismometer That Will Detect Quakes on Mars

Booster Gold Gave Batman the Worst Wedding Present Ever

Don’t Panic, But Idaho State University Lost Some Weapons-Grade Plutonium

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