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Don’t Burn Down Your House This Thanksgiving

Are you planning on getting creative with your Thanksgiving turkey this year? The US Consumer Product Safety Commission wants to make sure you don’t burn down your house. The agency just released a new safety video showing what happens when you improperly fry a turkey. “We estimate that there’s about 1,400 cooking fires [in the…

Tech News Matt Novak Nov 23

Don’t Leave Your Expensive Camera in the Path of a High-Powered Water Jet

If you’ve always wondered how a pre-digital SLR film camera worked, you can either spend hours painstakingly removing all its tiny screws in order to completely take it apart, or just leave it in the path of a 60,000 PSI waterjet which will reveal the camera’s guts in a manner of minutes. We’re living in…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski Nov 23

Watch a New Clip From Passengers and Wonder How Chris Pratt Could Possibly Survive

Passengers is basically a two-person disaster movie IN SPACE and every single moment of it looks designed to keep humans afraid of space travel forever. I know that both Aurora (Jennifer Lawrence) and Jim (Chris) are in this depressurizing airlock, but Jim also has a big ol’ door closed on his torso. It does not…

Movies Katharine Trendacosta Nov 23

Donald Trump: ‘The Wind Is a Very Deceiving Thing’

Donald J. Trump, businessman and president-elect, finally had his meeting with the New York Times this week. In their lengthy chat, the ascendant leader of the free world shared what appeared to be words of wisdom passed down to him by a cartoon sea captain: “The wind is a very deceiving thing.” Context does little…

Tech News Avery Ellis Nov 23

The Wife of Legendary Comics Writer Dwayne McDuffie Wants to Make Sure People Never Forget His Legacy

Icon, Hardware, and the expansive editorial vision of the Milestone Media universe. Justice League Unlimited. Ben 10. Depending on when you’ve encountered it, chances are you’ve loved something Dwayne McDuffie worked on. Now, plans are afoot to preserve the legacy of one of geek culture’s most beloved writers. For those unfamiliar with his output, Dwayne…

Books & Comics Evan Narcisse Nov 23

Largest Water Slide in the World to Be Dismantled After Fatal Accident

A fatal accident three months ago has left a water park in Kansas City with no choice but to dismantle its star attraction. The 17-story tall Verrückt water slide has been inactive since the accident in August. “Verrückt will be decommissioned — closed permanently and the slide removed from the tower,” a statement to the…

Tech News Alex Cranz Nov 23

If Lego Doesn’t Make This Iron Giant Set, It’s Going to Be Sadder Than the Movie

It didn’t quite reach The Lion King’s level of box office success, but since hitting theaters way back in 1999, Brad Bird’s The Iron Giant has gone on to become a much-loved classic film. So much so that it’s about time Lego gave us an official The Iron Giant set, and it just might happen…

Movies Andrew Liszewski Nov 23

What Donald Trump Told Tim Cook on the Phone

When he sat down with some of the editors of The New York Times on Tuesday, President-elect Donald Trump admitted that Apple CEO Tim Cook had called him. Cook and Trump haven’t always been on the best of terms—back in February, Trump (then an iPhone user), called for a boycott of Apple products during the…

Tech News Christina Warren Nov 23

Newt Scamander Is the Biggest Idiot in All of Harry Potter History

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is fine. It’s a very pretty movie with a few really good performances (specifically Dan Fogler and Colin Farrell). Unfortunately, the plot requires almost everyone involved to be unforgivably stupid or else the whole story would fall apart. And the stupidest person by far is the hero, Newt…

Movies Katharine Trendacosta Nov 23

Evolution Can’t Keep Up to the Blistering Pace of Climate Change

As Charles Darwin showed nearly 150 years ago, species can adapt to changing environmental conditions through the trial-and-error process of natural selection. A discouraging new study shows that climate change is happening too fast for evolution to keep up, placing countless plant and animal species at risk. New research published in Proceedings of the Royal…

Climate Change George Dvorsky Nov 23

A Man’s Head and Heart Fight for Control of His Actions in the Newest Disney Short

Coming with Moana is a short called “Inner Workings,” which makes the battle between instinct and thoughtfulness literal by showing our internal organs having faces and very different agendas. The trailer for “Inner Workings” makes it seem like a version of Inside Out but for physical action. Inside Out was about emotions and the subconscious.…

Trailers Katharine Trendacosta Nov 23

OnePlus 3T vs LeEco Le Pro 3: Battle of the Best Phones Under $500

We’re living in the age of cheap flagship smartphones. Sure, the big guys like Samsung, Apple, and Google are all selling phones that start at $650, but a growing number of companies (usually from China) are hitting the US market with high-quality phones with dazzling specs and low prices. So what is the best sub-$500…

Reviews Christina Warren Nov 23

No, the X-Men Won’t Be Appearing in a Marvel Movie Any Time Soon

Kathleen Kennedy talks about finding a female director for Star Wars, and about the tone of the Han Solo spinoff. There are a few more details about the Tomb Raider reboot’s plot. A surprising Gordon family member is coming to Gotham. Plus, new pictures from Agents of SHIELD, and a snifter of new Moana footage.…

Television James Whitbrook Nov 23

NASA Didn’t Find Life on Mars—But It Did Find Something Very Cool

If we ever get proof of past life on Mars, it’ll come in the form of biosignatures, fingerprints that could only have been left by living organisms. We’re a long way from finding that smoking gun evidence, but an analysis of silica minerals discovered by NASA’s Spirit rover pushes us one step closer. Because of…

Space & Spaceflight Maddie Stone Nov 23

MIT’s New Plastic Muscles Could Bring Us One Step Closer to a Real-Life Westworld

We strive to make robots in our own likeness because, as far as we can tell, humans are best adapted to deal with our world. And thanks to researchers at MIT, who’ve found a way to use cheap, nylon plastic as an artificial muscle, we’re now one step closer to creating artificial humans—and opulent fantasy…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Nov 23

Scientists Discover Why Diet Coke Is Probably Undermining You

Aspartame—the artificial sweetener found in drinks like Diet Coke—is probably not good for you. If you believe otherwise, I admire your commitment to self-delusion. A new study published by a team of investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital in Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism found a possible reason aspartame doesn’t help you lose weight—oh sorry, haven’t…

Tech News Eve Peyser Nov 22

Watch the Bee Movie Trailer, Except Every Word Is In Alphabetical Order

Here’s a better way to watch the Bee Movie trailer, with all the words in alphabetical order. What does this new video, made by YouTuber Spinny P, tell us about the secret messages embedded in Jerry Seinfeld’s cult classic? An approximate transcript of the video tells us everything we need to know. AaaaAaaAaaAAAAAaaaaaa. Barry, Barry,…

io9 Eve Peyser Nov 22

Why Do Marvel Movies Look Kind of Bad?

Even if there is growing fatigue when it comes to superhero movies, there’s no doubt that movies from Marvel’s Cinematic Universe are the best of the bunch. Heck, some Marvel movies are legitimately great films and even the not so good ones still have great actors playing fantastic characters. Basically, they’re all very fun to…

Sploid Casey Chan Nov 22

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Suspended on Twitter

Tuesday evening, the Twitter account of company co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey was briefly suspended on the site. It was not immediately clear why. By 9:15 P.M. Eastern time, Dorsey’s account was back online with a reset follower account. Last week, Twitter simultaneously banned a number of figures from the so-called “alt-right,” an action white…

Tech News Hudson Hongo Nov 22

Two More Killer Movies Were Just Added to Vestron’s Cult Horror Blu-ray Series

Make some room on your shelf next to Blood Diner, Chopping Mall, C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud, and Waxwork, because two new grimy essentials are coming from the Vestron Video Collector’s Series of Blu-rays: Parents and The Lair of the White Worm. Parents was the feature directing debut of Bob Balaban, who’s probably best-known as an…

io9 Cheryl Eddy Nov 22

Don’t Burn Down Your House This Thanksgiving

Don’t Leave Your Expensive Camera in the Path of a High-Powered Water Jet

Watch a New Clip From Passengers and Wonder How Chris Pratt Could Possibly Survive

Donald Trump: ‘The Wind Is a Very Deceiving Thing’

The Wife of Legendary Comics Writer Dwayne McDuffie Wants to Make Sure People Never Forget His Legacy

Largest Water Slide in the World to Be Dismantled After Fatal Accident

If Lego Doesn’t Make This Iron Giant Set, It’s Going to Be Sadder Than the Movie

What Donald Trump Told Tim Cook on the Phone

Newt Scamander Is the Biggest Idiot in All of Harry Potter History

Evolution Can’t Keep Up to the Blistering Pace of Climate Change

A Man’s Head and Heart Fight for Control of His Actions in the Newest Disney Short

OnePlus 3T vs LeEco Le Pro 3: Battle of the Best Phones Under $500

No, the X-Men Won’t Be Appearing in a Marvel Movie Any Time Soon

NASA Didn’t Find Life on Mars—But It Did Find Something Very Cool

MIT’s New Plastic Muscles Could Bring Us One Step Closer to a Real-Life Westworld

Scientists Discover Why Diet Coke Is Probably Undermining You

Watch the Bee Movie Trailer, Except Every Word Is In Alphabetical Order

Why Do Marvel Movies Look Kind of Bad?

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Suspended on Twitter

Two More Killer Movies Were Just Added to Vestron’s Cult Horror Blu-ray Series

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