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Why NASA’s Next Mars Lander Will Launch from California Instead of Florida

NASA is set to launch its next Mars lander, InSight, early Saturday morning. But something’s different about this launch. It’s taking place on the West Coast, at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Rockets typically launch from NASA’s John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where the Earth’s rotation can give them a velocity boost…

Space & Spaceflight Ryan F. Mandelbaum May 1

Tinder Owner to Facebook: 🍆🔪

It’s still unclear who, exactly, has been begging to give Facebook even more intimate data, but the social giant’s newly announced dating features nevertheless pose a significant threat to other online dating businesses. News of Facebook Dating sent shares of the Match Group (the parent company of Tinder, OkCupid and Match.com) tumbling on Tuesday, and…

Social Media Hudson Hongo May 1

In Kenya, a Local Tribe Is Saving the Elephants It Once Killed

The Samburu people of Kenya’s northern plains have been in conflict with elephants for years. Elephants and people both need water, and drought means there’s less to go around. The majestic animals also tear down acacia trees the Samburus’ livestock eat. These are just a few of the reasons people in the region have a…

Conservation Yessenia Funes May 1

FCC Commissioner Michael O’Rielly Violated Federal Law to Promote Trump, Special Counsel’s Office Says

The federal agency charged with policing the political activity of federal employees has determined that FCC Commissioner Michael O’Rielly violated federal law in February when he instructed a crowd of people to vote for President Trump, according to a letter obtained by Gizmodo. The Office of Special Counsel (OSC) determined that O’Rielly violated the Hatch…

Tech News Dell Cameron May 1

Deleted Black Panther Clip Shows Okoye and W’Kabi Butting Heads

Black Panther mostly kept its distance from the relationship between Okoye and W’Kabi. While we got hints here and there of the husband and wife’s bond (before Killmonger’s arrival made things… let’s say complicated), the movie left it in the background for the most part. This deleted scene, however, brings it to the fore. Debuted…

io9 James Whitbrook May 1

Artificial Genome Scientists Want to Build Human Cells That Are Impervious to Viruses

Two years ago, a consortium of scientists, lawyers, and entrepreneurs announced a plan to synthesize an artificial human genome from scratch—an extremely ambitious endeavor that’s struggled to secure funding. Project organizers have now disclosed details of a scaled-down version of the venture, but with a goal that’s still quite audacious: creating human cells that are…

Health George Dvorsky May 1

You Can Now Buy Facebook’s Phone-Free Oculus Go VR Headset

During Facebook’s F8 developer conference today, human CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the availability of the Oculus Go, the company’s latest VR headset and its first standalone device for virtual reality that doesn’t require a PC or smartphone. While smartphone-free VR has been in the works for some time, a fully functional VR headset for $200—the…

Social Media Patrick Lucas Austin May 1

Pakistan May Have Just Set a World Heat Record

High temperatures are forecast to reach the mid-80s this week in New York, and I’m dreading it. But I have a plan to stay cool: just thinking of how much hotter it is in Pakistan, which is in the middle of a blistering heat wave. Temperatures reported to have cracked 50.2 degrees Celsius (122.3 degrees…

Earth Science Brian Kahn May 1

An Exclusive Look at Sideshow’s Stunning New Princess Leia Figure

Sideshow Collectibles’ line of “Premium Format” Star Wars statues is getting a new entry in the form of Alderaan’s most beloved princess, and io9 has an exclusive look at the full statue in all its rebel glory. Based off Leia’s appearance in A New Hope, the statue was first revealed on April 20 in a…

Toys & Collectibles James Whitbrook May 1

A Lightning Strike Shut off a Woman’s Brain Implant, and It Could Have Been Even Worse

It’s the sort of story that you’d find in a Marvel movie, but with far less cool consequences. Doctors in Slovenia have reported what they say is the first instance of lightning shutting down a person’s brain implant. The bizarre case, detailed in the Journal of Neurosurgery, concerned a 66-year-old woman with an implantable pulse…

Health Ed Cara May 1

Westworld to Welcome Us Back With Season Three

Westworld may have only just entered its second season, but HBO is already saying every fan’s favorite four words: “Bring yourself back online.” The network has announced that Westworld has been renewed for a third season. The announcement was made via Twitter, just days after the second episode of season two, “Reunion,” aired. While it’s…

io9 Beth Elderkin May 1

All the Changes Coming to Your Instagram

At Facebook’s F8 conference on Tuesday, Mark Zuckerberg discussed how Instagram will be changing in the coming weeks. The upgrades include video chat, an Explore redesign, AR camera effects, and a bullying filter. The new video chat feature will allow users to talk with one or more people. “You’re going to be able to just…

Social Media Jennings Brown May 1

Facebook Wants to Help You Find Love (So Please Hand Over More Data)

Facebook, still reeling from a scandal concerning the improper sharing of tens of millions of its users’ data, now wants to get even more intimately involved in your life. At the F8 developer conference on Tuesday, Mark Zuckerberg announced that the social network will soon offer dating features slated to roll out later this year.…

Social Media Melanie Ehrenkranz May 1

The Arctic’s Future: Less Ice, More Storms

In August 2012, a monster cyclone roared to life over Siberia before moving out over the Arctic Ocean. Meteorologists watched, agog as the beast continued to gather strength for days, before finally dying out over the Canadian Archipelago. Cyclones are common in the Arctic, but they tend to be most powerful in the winter, which…

Earth Science Maddie Stone May 1

Superman and Lois Are Going to the White House Correspondents’ Dinner This Week

Action Comics Special #1 looks like it’ll be featuring a scene where Lois, Clark, and members of the Justice League go to the annual fete where people tell mean jokes about Washington, DC insiders. Apparently, you can add super-timing to the list of Kal-El’s weird superpowers. This comic marks the end of the current run…

io9 Evan Narcisse May 1

The Essential Elements of a Terrible Bitcoin Rap Video

If you were looking for another reason to hate crypto culture, then YouTube has a plethora of Bitcoin rap videos for you to peruse. Every single one of these blockchain anthems is just as bad as you can imagine, and often worse. However, if you yourself want to become a cryptocurrency rapper, it will behoove…

Privacy & Security Jennings Brown May 1

Comcast Is Boosting Internet Speeds—Except for You Filthy Cord-Cutters

No one wants to pay for both cable and internet anymore. What’s more, no one, and I mean absolutely no one, wants to pay separate rental fees to put four cable TV boxes in their family’s home. What year is this? For cord-cutters who subscribe to Comcast, it’s apparently time to get screwed. While I’ve…

Television Dell Cameron May 1

Internal Documents Show Philip Morris Knew More About Addiction Science Than It Let On

A new analysis of internal documents from tobacco company Philip Morris demonstrates that what the firm said publicly about tobacco dependency differed from what it knew to be true about the science of addiction. Researchers from the University of California, San Francisco compared previously secret documents from Altria (formerly called Phillip Morris Companies, Inc. and parent…

Health Ryan F. Mandelbaum May 1

28 New Scifi and Fantasy Books to Add to Your Shelves in May

May is here, and the month brings tons of new science fiction and fantasy books for your reading pleasure, including tales of kingdoms in turmoil, aliens battling AI in outer space, alt-history fantasies—and a new novel by some guy named Stephen King. Bandwidth by Eliot Peper In this near-future techno-thriller, a young political lobbyist realizes…

io9 Cheryl Eddy May 1

Report: Police Forced a DNA Testing Company to Share a Customer’s Identity in the Golden State Killer Case

When investigators revealed last week that a genealogy website had played a major role in catching alleged Golden State Killer Joseph James DeAngelo, a 72-year-old former police officer, some people worried what that meant for DNA privacy. The Golden State Killer terrorized California in the 1970s and 1980s, killing at least a dozen people and raping…

Biology Kristen V. Brown May 1

Why NASA’s Next Mars Lander Will Launch from California Instead of Florida

Tinder Owner to Facebook: 🍆🔪

In Kenya, a Local Tribe Is Saving the Elephants It Once Killed

FCC Commissioner Michael O’Rielly Violated Federal Law to Promote Trump, Special Counsel’s Office Says

Deleted Black Panther Clip Shows Okoye and W’Kabi Butting Heads

Artificial Genome Scientists Want to Build Human Cells That Are Impervious to Viruses

You Can Now Buy Facebook’s Phone-Free Oculus Go VR Headset

Pakistan May Have Just Set a World Heat Record

An Exclusive Look at Sideshow’s Stunning New Princess Leia Figure

A Lightning Strike Shut off a Woman’s Brain Implant, and It Could Have Been Even Worse

Westworld to Welcome Us Back With Season Three

All the Changes Coming to Your Instagram

Facebook Wants to Help You Find Love (So Please Hand Over More Data)

The Arctic’s Future: Less Ice, More Storms

Superman and Lois Are Going to the White House Correspondents’ Dinner This Week

The Essential Elements of a Terrible Bitcoin Rap Video

Comcast Is Boosting Internet Speeds—Except for You Filthy Cord-Cutters

Internal Documents Show Philip Morris Knew More About Addiction Science Than It Let On

28 New Scifi and Fantasy Books to Add to Your Shelves in May

Report: Police Forced a DNA Testing Company to Share a Customer’s Identity in the Golden State Killer Case

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