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Is Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity a Real Illness?

The National Radio Quiet Zone (NRQZ) is a 13,000–square-mile area in West Virginia, Virginia, and part of Maryland that heavily restricts radio transmissions and other electromagnetic radiation on the same spectrum. Since 1958, the ban minimizes interference with the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, home to the world’s largest fully steerable radio telescope. In recent years,…

Tech News Alison Nastasi Jul 24

On Game of Thrones, Everyone’s Coming Together but Everything’s Falling Apart

It’s begun. I believe we’re going to look at last night’s episode, “Stormborn,” as the place where the final act of Game of Thrones truly started—where the ball was first set in motion, where the characters took their first true steps toward the conflict that will engulf all of Westeros. And for some of those…

io9 Rob Bricken Jul 24

The Captain Marvel Movie Will Include a Major Conflict From the Comics

Channing Tatum says Gambit is getting reworked. Arrow adds a Person of Interest star. The Flash casts one of its next big villains. And a fascinating fact about Thor: Ragnarok is revealed. Plus, behind the scenes on Rick and Morty’s Mad Max homage. Spoilers now! Captain Marvel Speaking with IGN, Kevin Feige revealed the great…

io9 James Whitbrook and Gordon Jackson Jul 24

EBay Auction For Old FBI Surveillance Van Ends Today

Have you ever wanted to own an undercover FBI van, complete with video and audio recording equipment, and even a toilet in the back for those long stakeouts? Now’s your chance. A man from North Carolina, identified by local TV news as Ginter Senfeldas, is selling a 1989 Dodge Ram 350 that he bought at…

Tech News Matt Novak Jul 24

Trivial Pursuit Predicted Donald Trump Profiting From the Destruction of America

Before the invention of smartphones, Americans were forced to play boardgames and interact with each other face-to-face like cave people. One such game was Trivial Pursuit, which may very well have predicted the future. How so? One of the questions in the 1980s edition of the game (released in the late 2000s, long before Trump…

Tech News Matt Novak Jul 24

Let’s Talk About Tonight’s Very Satisfying Game of Thrones

San Diego Comic-Con may be over, but the night isn’t over, nor is the great game of thrones. Basically, in tonight’s episode, a lot of plans got put into motion and some important decisions were made, and then things went straight to hell. But why talk in generalities? Here’s your place to talk about everything…

io9 Rob Bricken Jul 23

Sunday’s Biggest News, Trailers, and All the Other Stuff From Comic-Con 2017

I’m going to let you in on a little secret. Sunday’s actually the best day to attend Comic-Con. “But Charles,” you’re surely saying to yourself. “All of the explosive new stuff comes out on Saturday!” That’s true, but braving Hall H means dealing with throngs of people and waiting in lines for events you might…

io9 Charles Pulliam-Moore Jul 23

Behold, Avengers: Infinity War‘s Epic Comic-Con Poster

Sure, we didn’t get to see the Avengers: Infinity War footage that wowed Hall H in San Diego this weekend—but we do get a tiny glimpse at the movie in the form of this truly spectacular three-part poster Marvel had at the convention, giving us our first look at Earth’s mightiest heroes, the sinister threat…

io9 James Whitbrook Jul 23

Get Even Madder You Can’t See That Black Panther Comic-Con Footage By Watching the Cast’s Ecstatic Reaction to It

Hey, that Black Panther footage shown at Comic-Con last night was pretty good, right? Well, I should say it sounds pretty good, as anyone who wasn’t inside Hall H last night didn’t get to see a single second of it. One group who did, however, was the cast of Black Panther, and watching how exited…

io9 James Whitbrook Jul 23

Steven Moffat Puts the Doctor Vs. Doctor Who Name Debate to Rest

It has vexed fans for years that some people call the main character of Doctor Who “Doctor Who” instead of just “The Doctor.” Well, departing showrunner Steven Moffat has some good news for the side which has insisted for years that either name is correct. At the show’s San Diego Comic-Con panel today, Moffat had…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta Jul 23

The First Scene From Dirk Gently‘s Second Season Depicts a Dreamworld Only Slightly Weirder Than the Show’s Reality

BBC America’s Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency premiered a very short clip from the second season of the show. Showrunner Robert Cooper said that the genre of season one may have been time travel, this season is very “something else”—a something else creator Max Landis said they couldn’t say at comic con or “people freak…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta Jul 23

DC Has an Epic Plan To Save Itself From the Comics Apocalypse It Helped Create

The comic book industry is in the throes of an existential crisis of its own making. With sales down across the board for basically all of the major publishers, shops like Marvel and DC have been scrambling to figure out how to bring old readers back into the folks while also appealing to new audiences—and…

io9 Charles Pulliam-Moore Jul 23

Something Has Gone Wrong With Time in the Very First Footage From Doctor Who‘s Christmas Special

Even though they had just finished filming the Christmas special “Twice Upon a Time,” Doctor Who brought a small glimpse of it to Comic-Con—along with the news that Pearl Mackie would return as Bill, as well as frequent Moffat collaborator Mark Gatiss. Steven Moffat, in what will be his last Doctor Who Comic-Con as a…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta Jul 23

Snooty, World’s Oldest Known Manatee, Dies at 69 and I’m Not Crying, You’re Crying

We have all been robbed of one Snooty, the beautiful, beloved 69-year-old manatee believed to be not only the world’s oldest manatee living in captivity, but the oldest in the world. https://www.facebook.com/SouthFLMuseum/posts/10159021185120114:0 According to Bay News 9, Snooty passed away at the South Florida Museum in Bradenton, Florida just one day after celebrating his 69th…

Biology Tom McKay Jul 23

The CW’s Next DC Animated Series Stars a Gay Superhero in World Where the Nazis Won WWII

We’ve known about Freedom Fighters: The Ray—the first DC/CW series to feature an openly LGBTQ lead character—for a while, but the network finally gave us a look at it at Comic-Con. The trailer reveals that Ray will fight alongside a team called the Freedom Fighters—including DC superheroes Red Tornado, Black Condor, and Phantom Lady—on Earth…

io9 James Whitbrook Jul 23

RIP Flo Steinberg, Marvel’s ‘Fabulous Flo’

Flo Steinberg, one of the earliest Marvel employees and an American indie comics icon, has passed away. When Marvel Comics began, she and Stan Lee were the company’s first and only employees; as Lee’s secretary and assistant, she responded to fan mail, helped manage Marvel’s small offices with Lee, and ran the Merry Marvel Marching…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook Jul 23

GRRM Says The Winds of Winter May Arrive in 2018 or Early 2019, and It Might Not Be Alone

Remember at the start of the year, when George R.R. Martin told the world he really thought Winds of Winter would be out in 2017, and for a brief moment, your heart was filled with hope that soon the continuation of A Song of Ice and Fire would finally be here? Oh, my sweet summer…

io9 James Whitbrook Jul 23

Potential Supernatural Spinoff Wayward Sisters Has Its Stars

As Supernatural enters its 13th season, with fans unsure of how long the series can continue, the show’s planning an episode about the Wayward Sisters, a group of orphaned young women led by Sheriff Jody Mills (Kim Rhodes) who will emerge as a force against the supernatural—and producers hope that it could become a full-fledged…

io9 Beth Elderkin Jul 23

Even a Catholic Priest Wants Daredevil to Lighten the Hell Up in the First Defenders Clip

Matt Murdock’s Catholic upbringing and his deep feelings of guilt are just as important to Daredevil as his enhanced senses. So it shouldn’t be a shock to see Matt take confession in this new clip from the first episode of The Defenders—although it is kind of surprising that even the priest would like him to…

io9 Charles Pulliam-Moore Jul 23

Rep. John Lewis Leads March for Civil Rights Through Comic-Con

Congressman John Lewis (D-Ga.) was at San Diego Comic-Con on Saturday discussing his award-winning graphic novel, March, which resulted in a real march for civil rights awareness. After Lewis’ panel ended, he led a group of over 1,000 people through the San Diego Convention Center, with some shouting “No justice, no peace” as they marched…

io9 Beth Elderkin Jul 23

Is Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity a Real Illness?

On Game of Thrones, Everyone’s Coming Together but Everything’s Falling Apart

The Captain Marvel Movie Will Include a Major Conflict From the Comics

EBay Auction For Old FBI Surveillance Van Ends Today

Trivial Pursuit Predicted Donald Trump Profiting From the Destruction of America

Let’s Talk About Tonight’s Very Satisfying Game of Thrones

Sunday’s Biggest News, Trailers, and All the Other Stuff From Comic-Con 2017

Behold, Avengers: Infinity War‘s Epic Comic-Con Poster

Get Even Madder You Can’t See That Black Panther Comic-Con Footage By Watching the Cast’s Ecstatic Reaction to It

Steven Moffat Puts the Doctor Vs. Doctor Who Name Debate to Rest

The First Scene From Dirk Gently‘s Second Season Depicts a Dreamworld Only Slightly Weirder Than the Show’s Reality

DC Has an Epic Plan To Save Itself From the Comics Apocalypse It Helped Create

Something Has Gone Wrong With Time in the Very First Footage From Doctor Who‘s Christmas Special

Snooty, World’s Oldest Known Manatee, Dies at 69 and I’m Not Crying, You’re Crying

The CW’s Next DC Animated Series Stars a Gay Superhero in World Where the Nazis Won WWII

RIP Flo Steinberg, Marvel’s ‘Fabulous Flo’

GRRM Says The Winds of Winter May Arrive in 2018 or Early 2019, and It Might Not Be Alone

Potential Supernatural Spinoff Wayward Sisters Has Its Stars

Even a Catholic Priest Wants Daredevil to Lighten the Hell Up in the First Defenders Clip

Rep. John Lewis Leads March for Civil Rights Through Comic-Con

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