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Report: Trump May Seek Wartime Authority to Boost Coal and Nuclear Plants

Donald Trump’s administration is considering invoking sweeping wartime powers to pump up coal and nuclear power plants that are losing out against competitors in the natural gas industry. Per Ars Technica, the White House is considering two ways to boost the coal industry after being thwarted several times at end-runs around the regulatory process. The…

Tech News Tom McKay Apr 21

Benedict Cumberbatch Shared His Star Trek Secrets With Stephen Hawking

When Benedict Cumberbatch appeared as the antagonist of Star Trek Into Darkness, the identity of the character he was playing was kept very secret, to the point that JJ Abrams straight-up lied about it. But apparently Cumberbatch spilled the beans to one special person. Appearing on the Graham Norton Show recently, Cumberbatch revealed that, while…

io9 Julie Muncy Apr 21

Cyberdyne’s Attempt to Make a Sexy Lady Assassin Terminator Appears to Have Backfired

Sideshow Collectibles’s line of “Premium Format” statues usually offer ridiculously detailed (and very expensive) sculpts of beloved pop culture characters, from Star Wars to comics and a million other things in between. But its latest Terminator statue has a bit of a twist: It’s an entirely new character with her own backstory. Yes, statue lore!…

Toys & Collectibles James Whitbrook Apr 21

Mister Miracle Is Secretly the DC Universe’s Casual Fashion Icon

Scott Free is many things. He is Mister Miracle, master escape artist. He is a New God, raised in the hellfires of Darkseid’s Apokolips. He is currently the Highfather, ascendant ruler and co-general of New Genesis and its armies. He’s a new Dad. But he is also this: a lowkey casual style thought leader. Tom…

io9 James Whitbrook Apr 20

Adorable Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Figures, and More of the Most Totally Radical Toys of the Week

Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9’s regular dosage of all things merchandise. This week, we’ve got claws out for a very cool Iron Spider figure, Lego’s descent into chibi-figurine madness continues, and Overwatch’s premiere edgelord slinks into action figure form for the first time. Hide those wallets, the toys are here! Hot Toys Sixth-Scale Avengers:…

io9 Andrew Liszewski Apr 20

Verizon and AT&T Reportedly Under DOJ Investigation for Potential Collusion

People have long accused Verizon and AT&T of abusing their market share to the detriment of the overall wireless market. But the two may have crossed a legal line: The Justice Department has reportedly launched an investigation into alleged collusion by Verizon and AT&T to make switching carriers more difficult than necessary. According to The…

Gadgets Sam Rutherford Apr 20

Universal FanCon Announces ‘Postponement’ Less Than a Week Before Its Debut [Updated]

Next Friday, April 27, an all-new, inclusive fan gathering was supposed to be welcoming cosplayers, creators, and enthusiasts from all over to Baltimore, Maryland. But today, one week before the event was supposed to begin, news came out that the debut Universal FanCon has suddenly been postponed. After raising a first round of funding via…

io9 Evan Narcisse Apr 20

CDC: Throw Your Romaine Lettuce in the Trash Right Now

On this most blessed of days, the Centers for Disease and Prevention is telling everyone to stay the hell away from a different sort of green, one that might cause you to have bloody diarrhea and vomiting for days on end: romaine lettuce. Just today, officials updated their warning over an outbreak of Escherichia coli…

Health Ed Cara Apr 20

Texas Court Strikes Down Revenge Porn Law for Being ‘Overbroad’

A state appeals court in Texas has struck down a 2015 revenge porn law, arguing that it was written too broadly and infringed on free speech protections. The law made it a misdemeanor in the state to post intimate photos of someone online without their consent. Defendants would be charged with up to a year…

Tech News Melanie Ehrenkranz Apr 20

Gravity and Death Aren’t as Absolute as They Should Be in This Week’s Best New Comics

Our perception of reality is defined by a unchanging set of rules. That which goes up must eventually come back down. Those who are long dead are destined to stay that way. If those rules changed, however, our relationship with reality would break down. For instance, how would you react if gravity suddenly vanished? If you’re…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore Apr 20

Ultra-Cold Atoms Recreate the Expanding Universe in Tabletop Experiment

Eerie similarities unite vastly different scientific ideas in sometimes utterly surprising ways. One of these similarities may have allowed scientists to recreate the expanding universe—on a countertop. Researchers accomplished their feat using Bose-Einstein condensates, which are collections of certain atoms held to the near coldest-possible temperatures. Bose-Einstein condensates let scientists see teeny quantum mechanical effects…

Physics & Chemistry Ryan F. Mandelbaum Apr 20

Legion‘s Showrunner Explains How the Series Wants to Rethink Comic Book Battles

FX’s Legion centers on some of the most powerful mutants from Marvel’s comics, but rather than depicting David Haller and the Shadow King’s psychic might with cheesy, expensive CGI set pieces, series creator Noah Hawley wanted to do something a little more artistically experimental. The big telepathic battle that opens Legion’s second season either takes…

Television Charles Pulliam-Moore Apr 20

Weekend Long Reads: Facebook’s New Data Policy

It’s Friday, and that means you’ll soon get some sleep, wake up refreshed, pour a cup of Joe, and finally read Paul Ford’s 38,000-word article about coding from 2015. But wait, Facebook just stepped in and dropped its new data policy. And now that it’s a full 1,500 words longer, you’re going to want to…

Social Media Rhett Jones Apr 20

Twitter Bans Kaspersky Labs Ads Over Firm’s Alleged Ties to Russian Intelligence

Citing accusations of ties between Kaspersky Labs and Russian intelligence, Twitter has moved to ban the Moscow-based security and antivirus provider from continuing to advertise on its platform. “This decision is based on our determination that Kaspersky Lab operates using a business model that inherently conflicts with acceptable Twitter Ads business practices,” a Twitter spokesperson…

Privacy & Security Dell Cameron Apr 20

Aw, Hell, Ash vs. Evil Dead Will Not Get a Fourth Season

Well, this news is truly horrifying, and not in a fun, chainsaw-slingin’ way. Starz has announced that the April 29 season three finale of Ash vs. Evil Dead will also be the series finale, because the crazy, gory, cult-beloved show will not be returning for a fourth season. While hearing about the cancellation of any…

Television Cheryl Eddy Apr 20

Are We Sure Chris Evans Isn’t Actually a Government Supersoldier?

Captain America: The Winter Soldier’s elevator brawl is one of the best fights in a movie filled with some of the best fights in 10 years of Marvel films, full stop. But while Captain America may have superpowers to lean on, actor Chris Evans just has sheer determination*, that he shows off with aplomb in…

Movies James Whitbrook Apr 20

Simmer Down About Lyft’s Carbon Neutrality Announcement

Earth Day is nearly upon us, which means it is time for brands to declare their love for Mother Earth in corporate reports and Medium posts. On Thursday, Lyft did the latter, announcing the company was buying carbon offsets for all rides. And thus, a thousand uncritical tech stories were launched. As with Apple’s 100…

Environmental Justice Brian Kahn Apr 20

Everybody Poops… Even Westworld Robots

The second season of Westworld finally starts this weekend and one of the show’s biggest mysteries has already been revealed. Yes, the hosts shit. Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Westworld executive producer Lisa Joy said the following: The hosts are basically organic. It’s cheaper that way to print them out. They eat, they sleep, they have…

Television Germain Lussier Apr 20

An FDA Panel Just Recommended an Epilepsy Drug Made from Cannabis

This year, the Food and Drug Administration is joining stoners the world over in celebrating 4/20. Just kidding. But on Thursday, an expert panel did unanimously recommend that the agency approve a new drug made from cannabis to treat two severe and rare forms of epilepsy. If approved, the drug, called Epidiolex and made by…

Biology Kristen V. Brown Apr 20

The Solo Tie-In Novel Includes a Thoughtful, Fascinating Look at Han’s Midlife Crisis

Daniel José Older’s new Star Wars novel, Last Shot, was bundled up with the recent wave of Solo: A Star Wars Story-themed book announcements. But while there are parts of it that deal with the early lives of Han and Lando, it’s at its best when it’s set decades after the upcoming movie, as the…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook Apr 20

Report: Trump May Seek Wartime Authority to Boost Coal and Nuclear Plants

Benedict Cumberbatch Shared His Star Trek Secrets With Stephen Hawking

Cyberdyne’s Attempt to Make a Sexy Lady Assassin Terminator Appears to Have Backfired

Mister Miracle Is Secretly the DC Universe’s Casual Fashion Icon

Adorable Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Figures, and More of the Most Totally Radical Toys of the Week

Verizon and AT&T Reportedly Under DOJ Investigation for Potential Collusion

Universal FanCon Announces ‘Postponement’ Less Than a Week Before Its Debut [Updated]

CDC: Throw Your Romaine Lettuce in the Trash Right Now

Texas Court Strikes Down Revenge Porn Law for Being ‘Overbroad’

Gravity and Death Aren’t as Absolute as They Should Be in This Week’s Best New Comics

Ultra-Cold Atoms Recreate the Expanding Universe in Tabletop Experiment

Legion‘s Showrunner Explains How the Series Wants to Rethink Comic Book Battles

Weekend Long Reads: Facebook’s New Data Policy

Twitter Bans Kaspersky Labs Ads Over Firm’s Alleged Ties to Russian Intelligence

Aw, Hell, Ash vs. Evil Dead Will Not Get a Fourth Season

Are We Sure Chris Evans Isn’t Actually a Government Supersoldier?

Simmer Down About Lyft’s Carbon Neutrality Announcement

Everybody Poops… Even Westworld Robots

An FDA Panel Just Recommended an Epilepsy Drug Made from Cannabis

The Solo Tie-In Novel Includes a Thoughtful, Fascinating Look at Han’s Midlife Crisis

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