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Hugh Jackman Didn’t Know Wolverines Were Real Animals Until After He Started Shooting X-Men

We hear stories about actors being cast as superheroes who have never picked up a comic book all the time, but Hugh Jackman took this a step further when he showed up for his Wolverine audition back in the late ‘90s for the first X-Men movie. He didn’t even know wolverines existed—and he found out…

io9 Rob Bricken May 20

What Should Sony Name Their No Spider-Man Marvel Universe?

The big superhero news of the day is that Tom Hardy will play Venom. To announce the news, Sony tweeted that the film would be part of “Sony’s Marvel Universe” but that sounds weird. Maybe even a little sad. Guys, we need to help them come up with a better name. From what we understand,…

Movies Germain Lussier May 19

The Shining Joins Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights to Terrify Visitors Forever and Ever and Ever…

Every year, the Universal theme parks in Orlando and Hollywood go all-out for Halloween, adding haunted mazes to their usual attractions. But for some reason, cinema’s most iconic spooky maze—y’know, the one at the Overlook Hotel—hasn’t been included. Until now. The press release welcoming The Shining into the fold was accompanied by this short video,…

io9 Cheryl Eddy May 19

So George Romero’s Next Of the Dead Movie Is Basically About Zombie NASCAR

George A. Romero, director of the legendary Night of the Living Dead, the equally legendary Dawn of the Dead, the not legendary but still good Day of the Dead, and countless other zombie entertainment, is trying something different. Very different. So different it’s a movie where zombies race cars to entertain rich people. The film…

Movies Germain Lussier May 19

In WannaCry’s Wake, a New Rapidly Spreading Ransomware Attack Appeared Today

A week after WannaCry induced worldwide panic, another vicious ransomware attack is currently underway. Despite being contained primarily to Ukraine (for now), the new malware, dubbed “XData,” was rated the second-most infectious globally on Friday by a security researcher at MalwareHunterTeam, a group instrumental last week in alerting us to the WannaCry threat. The researcher,…

Tech News Dell Cameron May 19

If This Orchestral Version of the ’60s Spider-Man Theme Isn’t in Homecoming, It Goddamn Should Be

Oscar-winning Spider-Man: Homecoming composer Michael Giacchino (Up) just put up a lovely 30-second video on Twitter of the orchestra currently recording the score to the film. They’re playing a wonderful arrangement of the classic theme song from the ‘70s Spider-Man cartoon, and it’s so good we can’t stop listening to it: The question, however, is…

Movies Germain Lussier May 19

That ‘Alien Megastructure’ Star Is Freaking Out Again [Updated]

It’s almost certainly not aliens, but once again, Tabby’s Star is acting hella weird. The star that first became our planetary obsession back in the fall of 2015—when astronomer Jason Wright suggested its weird flickering behavior might be the result of an alien megastructure—is, once again, flickering. But unlike previous stellar glitches, astronomers are now…

Space & Spaceflight Maddie Stone May 19

The Most Sensitive Dark Matter Detector Releases Its First Results

Around eighty-five percent of the matter scientists have detected in the universe comes from something we can’t feel or see. It’s a seemingly enormous amount of mass whose gravity bends other stars’ light and makes galaxies spin strangely. And scientists really, really want to know what this so-called dark matter is. But how do you…

Physics & Chemistry Ryan F. Mandelbaum May 19

12 Monkeys‘ Amanda Schull on the New Season, Giving Birth to the Villain, and ’80s Fashion

Syfy’s 12 Monkeys is in an… interesting situation. The show has already been renewed for a fourth and final season, but season three—which premieres tonight, May 19, at 8:00 pm ET—is going to air in its entirety over the course of this weekend! We talked to star Amanda Schull, who plays Cassandra Railey, about this…

Television Katharine Trendacosta May 19

Instagram Won’t Stop Showing Me the Mother’s Day Photos I Don’t Want to See

After four and a half years of not speaking to my mom I’ve learned to stay away from social media on Mother’s Day. I’m a member of an enormous population of people who struggle with family-oriented holidays due to trauma, death, incarceration, betrayal, non-existence, or any number of other complicating factors. Relationships with family are…

Tech News Lindsey Adler May 19

‘World’s Hottest Pepper’ Will Have You Breathing Fire, But It Won’t Kill You

Not all hot peppers are created equal, and few are as unequal as the Dragon’s Breath chili—a new breed that may soon find itself atop the “world’s hottest” throne. Forged by Wales horticulturalist Mike Smith, the red-orange, fingernail-sized fruit is the unintentional product of a trial of a new performance-boosting plant food developed by Nottingham…

Tech News Jake Buehler May 19

Mickey Mouse Becomes a Transformer, and the Rest of the Coolest Toys We Saw This Week

Honestly, this is usually the bit of Toy Aisle where we tease the rest of the fancy toys and merchandise we’ve spotted over the past week. But when you learn that there’s a goddamn giant Mickey Mouse mecha that turns into a truck, Optimus Prime-style, do you really need to know what else there is…

io9 James Whitbrook and Andrew Liszewski May 19

Federal Agents Are Now Using ‘Stingrays’ to Track and Capture Undocumented Immigrants

Controversial cellphone tracking technology is being deployed as a tool in President Donald Trump’s expanding effort to arrest and deport illegal US residents. In March, US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deployed a cell-site simulator, often colloquially referred to as a “Stingray,” to track a Michigan man in the country illegally, according to recently unsealed…

Tech News Dell Cameron May 19

Alien‘s Ripley Is My Favorite Action Hero Ever

Not heroine. Hero, period. While it’s rad that Ellen Ripley happens to be a woman, that doesn’t at all impact her level of badassery—though it does inform her character in ways that make her much more interesting than virtually any other cinematic hero. She’s complicated, she feels real, and I have total confidence the Alien…

Movies Cheryl Eddy May 19

A ‘Superbug’ Fungus Is Spreading Across the US

Over the past nine months, the number of US cases of an emerging, multi-drug resistant fungus has ballooned from 7 to more than 122. What’s more, the fungus, Candida auris, seems to be spreading, according to a field report the Centers for Disease Control released Thursday. So-called ‘superbugs’ usually reference bacteria that are especially hard…

Health Kristen V. Brown May 19

All the Dangerous Things You Shouldn’t Be Doing With Your Fidget Spinners

Like lawn darts, nano-magnets, and slap bracelets, fidget spinners are only one stupid stunt away from becoming yet another forgotten fad. And as usual, instead of enjoying them responsibly, the internet is hard at work trying to find ways to make spinners as dangerous as playing with firecrackers. This is why we can’t have fun…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski May 19

The Venom Movie Has Chosen Its Star/Symbiote Host: Tom Hardy

Variety is reporting that Tom Hardy, who played Bane in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises, will next play another iconic comic book villain, Venom. The frequent Spider-Man villain is getting his own film next year, which will be directed by Ruben Fleischer, who made Zombieland. A few months back, Sony surprised movie fans everywhere…

Movies Germain Lussier May 19

Doctor Who‘s Michelle Gomez on ‘The End of an Era’ for Missy

For nearly three years Michelle Gomez has delighted and horrified Doctor Who fans as Missy, the latest maniacal incarnation of the Master. But ahead of her return to the series in this weekend’s episode, we sat down to speak with her about how it might herald the final bow for her time on the show.…

Television James Whitbrook May 19

This Cyclops Goat Is Good

Eight days ago, a one-eyed goat was born in the Indian state of Assam. Since then, this brave little fluff has become an international sensation for obvious reasons: clearly, it’s training to be in the X-Men. “I believe this goat will bring luck to my home,” the goat’s owner, Mukhuri Das, told Caters News. Apparently,…

Biology Rae Paoletta May 19

The First Video of Disney World’s New Avatar Ride Looks Fantastic

When the original Pirates of the Caribbean ride first opened at Disneyland in 1967, it represented the cutting-edge of amusement park technologies. Fifty years later, this video is our first glimpse at how far ride technologies have advanced, as Disney World’s new Avatar: Flight of Passage attraction is set to open next weekend, and the…

Movies Andrew Liszewski May 19

Hugh Jackman Didn’t Know Wolverines Were Real Animals Until After He Started Shooting X-Men

What Should Sony Name Their No Spider-Man Marvel Universe?

The Shining Joins Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights to Terrify Visitors Forever and Ever and Ever…

So George Romero’s Next Of the Dead Movie Is Basically About Zombie NASCAR

In WannaCry’s Wake, a New Rapidly Spreading Ransomware Attack Appeared Today

If This Orchestral Version of the ’60s Spider-Man Theme Isn’t in Homecoming, It Goddamn Should Be

That ‘Alien Megastructure’ Star Is Freaking Out Again [Updated]

The Most Sensitive Dark Matter Detector Releases Its First Results

12 Monkeys‘ Amanda Schull on the New Season, Giving Birth to the Villain, and ’80s Fashion

Instagram Won’t Stop Showing Me the Mother’s Day Photos I Don’t Want to See

‘World’s Hottest Pepper’ Will Have You Breathing Fire, But It Won’t Kill You

Mickey Mouse Becomes a Transformer, and the Rest of the Coolest Toys We Saw This Week

Federal Agents Are Now Using ‘Stingrays’ to Track and Capture Undocumented Immigrants

Alien‘s Ripley Is My Favorite Action Hero Ever

A ‘Superbug’ Fungus Is Spreading Across the US

All the Dangerous Things You Shouldn’t Be Doing With Your Fidget Spinners

The Venom Movie Has Chosen Its Star/Symbiote Host: Tom Hardy

Doctor Who‘s Michelle Gomez on ‘The End of an Era’ for Missy

This Cyclops Goat Is Good

The First Video of Disney World’s New Avatar Ride Looks Fantastic

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