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Moon Knight‘s New Super Bowl Trailer Brings Justice and Pain

Oscar Isaac's brooding hero strikes in our latest look at the next Marvel Disney+ series.

Trailers James Whitbrook Feb 13

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Your Moon Knight Questions, Answered

Marvel's Moon Knight arrives soon, so here's a refresher on the comic book origins and details you need to know about Oscar Isaac's vigilante hero.

Television James Whitbrook Jan 18

Man’s Wikipedia Edits Mostly Consist Of Deleting ‘Comprised Of’

How far would you go to correct your pet peeve? Would you create a computer program just to find it? Would you build a weekly, scheduled habit around curating those results? Would you, ultimately, manually edit tens of thousands of Wikipedia articles to obliterate that pet peeve from the face of the internet? One man…

Tech News Sean Buckley Feb 4

Get To Know The Uber-Inspiring Woman Dubbed “The Superhero’s Shrink”

The Atlantic has a long-form profile of psychologist, comic-book and cosplay enthusiast, and Under the Mask blogger Andrea Letamendi, discussing her background as an academic who slowly allowed her geeky passions to infiltrate her professional life. Of particular interest, Letamendi discusses her relationship with Batgirl author Gail Simone, who made her a character in the…

io9 Cheryl Eddy Jan 27

John Young: Astronaut, Smuggler, Moon-Addict

John Young is the astronaut with the longest career, the first to orbit the moon solo, and one of only three astronauts to explore the lunar surface twice. John Young and Michael Collins, the astronauts who orbited the moon alone. Young was also the first, and thus far only, astronaut to smuggle a corned beef…

Tech News Mika McKinnon Aug 18

Alan Shepard: Astronaut, Pilot, Golfer

While astronauts are by definition cool, Alan Shepard holds a special place in my heart for his unique style. He was one of the original Mercury Seven astronauts, and the only one from the group to make it to the moon. …where he played golf, because he’s awesome. A very happy pre-launch Alan Shepard is…

Tech News Mika McKinnon May 3

Yuri’s Night

Tonight is the annual worldwide party celebrating humanity’s past, present, and future in space. Commemorating the first crewed spaceflight in 1961, and the inaugural launch of the Space Shuttle in 1981, Yuri’s Night is a time for education, outreach, and flat-out partying. Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin (Ю́рий Алексе́евич Гага́рин) learned to fly in a biplane before…

Tech News Mika McKinnon Apr 12

Happy birthday, Cosmonaut Valentina!

Once upon a time, Valentina Tereshkova was a textile factor worker who made a hobby of jumping off of stuff with parachutes. On June 16, 1963, she was the first woman to make it into space, piloting Vostok 6 through 48 orbits in 70.8 hours. Today is her birthday. Valentina Tereshkova looking suitably unamused in…

Tech News Mika McKinnon Mar 6

A Scientist Who Writes Comics About the Secrets of Insect Life

Centuries ago, scientists relied on paintings and illustrations of animals to learn more about their anatomy. Today, that biology-art bond is as strong as ever. This is Carly Tribull, a PhD student studying the evolution of parasitic wasps, who uses her scientific knowledge and artistic talent to create fun comics that invite children and adults…

io9 Joseph Bennington-Castro Jan 30

Meet the Scientist Who Is Solving the Mystery of Zombie Ants

Throughout the tropical forests of the world, there’s a parasitic fungus that turns unwitting ants into “zombies.” Just how the fungus is able to control the brains of its insect slaves is unknown, but Charissa de Bekker, a post-doctoral researcher at Penn State University, is determined to find out. We caught up with de Bekker…

io9 Joseph Bennington-Castro Jan 3

Modern Day Hermits and Robinson Crusoes

In a world packed with computers and surveillance technology, it seems impossible to go off the grid. But here are the stories of people who have done it, all across the world. David Glasheen, Restoration Island, Australia The former businessman lost almost $10 million in the 1987 stock market crash, and divorced from his wife,…

io9 Vincze Miklós Apr 5

The New Facebook Layout, Translated

You’ve only got a few weeks with the most recent Facebook design changes before Zuck shoves a Timeline down your throats. To make the most of it, here’s a quick guide to what all those new features are really for. https://gizmodo.com/what-is-facebook-timeline-only-your-whole-life-5843030 Okay, so maybe by “quick” we mean “snarky.” But at least we can agree…

Social Media Brian Barrett Sep 23

Paranormal Investigator Joe Nickell Reveals the Truth Behind Modern Cryptozoological Myths

Paranormal investigator and cryptozoologist Joe Nickell has spent 40 years doing fieldwork and research, digging for the truth behind bizarre phenomena like weeping statues and haunted houses. He invited us to his office to talk about the connections between Bigfoot and alien mythology, life as the token skeptic on TV, and why debunkers are just…

io9 Ed Grabianowski Aug 12

Google Is Going To Nuke Private Profiles Starting August 1st

Call it the Google+ effect. After July 31st, Google is going to delete all private profiles. There’s no way to opt-out. If you want to keep your profile, you have to make at least your name and gender public. Don’t worry about Google deleting your profile. It won’t delete your Google account or Gmail account.…

Tech News Kelly Jul 5

The first mind to split the atom could have changed world history

How would World War II have gone if the idea for the atom bomb had come five years earlier? It sounds like alternate history, but almost happened, thanks to Ida Noddack – the German chemist who first described nuclear fission. Otto Hahn was the man who won 1944 Nobel Prize for his discovery of the…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Apr 6

Is it finally time for the director of the original Captain America to get some love?

This week, Albert Pyun’s classic movie Cyborg is getting reissued, in a fancy director’s cut. And people are finally seeing the bloody, demented film Pyun set out to make. Is it finally time for some Pyun appreciation? We talked to the director of Cyborg, Alien From L.A., the original Captain America, and countless other cult…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Mar 8

How Axe Cop’s artist took us to Bad Guy Earth to kill villains – and conquered the the internet

If you’ve been on the internet in the last 365 days, chances are you’ve run into Axe Cop, the surrealist action webcomic drawn by 30-year-old Ethan Nicolle and written by his 6-year-old brother Malachi. This Wednesday, the brothers Nicolle publish their first full-length original comic book Axe Cop: Bad Guy Earth with Dark Horse Comics.…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar Mar 1

How an agnostic, libertarian hypochondriac invented “survival of the fittest”

The most famous philosopher of the Victorian age, Herbert Spencer, coined the term “survival of the fittest”, tried to apply the concepts of evolution to human society, and was described by Charles Darwin himself as “twenty times my superior.” He was also a shameless hypochondriac, a sadistic prankster, and liked to dress in a one-piece…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Feb 1

A day in the life of an evil Tron minion: What’s it like to be Clu’s lackey?

One of the unsung villains of Tron: Legacy is bad guy Clu’s lackey Jarvis (played by True Blood’s James Frain). In our exclusive interview, we go behind the glass visor and explore minion life, complete with murder and housework. For those of you unaware of the Tron Legacy back story, there are two versions of…

Movies Meredith Woerner Dec 15

I paid a woman to be my friend at a Tokyo Maid Cafe

Maid Cafes are a tradition in Tokyo’s otaku-centric Akihabara neighborhood. People say they’re a romantic version of strip clubs: Instead of lapdances, you buy innocent displays of affection. How does it feel to pay for puppy love? I found out. I had been reading for years about Maid Cafes, places where lonely otaku (geeks) pay…

io9 Annalee Newitz Dec 13

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Moon Knight‘s New Super Bowl Trailer Brings Justice and Pain

Your Moon Knight Questions, Answered

Man’s Wikipedia Edits Mostly Consist Of Deleting ‘Comprised Of’

Get To Know The Uber-Inspiring Woman Dubbed “The Superhero’s Shrink”

John Young: Astronaut, Smuggler, Moon-Addict

Alan Shepard: Astronaut, Pilot, Golfer

Yuri’s Night

Happy birthday, Cosmonaut Valentina!

A Scientist Who Writes Comics About the Secrets of Insect Life

Meet the Scientist Who Is Solving the Mystery of Zombie Ants

Modern Day Hermits and Robinson Crusoes

The New Facebook Layout, Translated

Paranormal Investigator Joe Nickell Reveals the Truth Behind Modern Cryptozoological Myths

Google Is Going To Nuke Private Profiles Starting August 1st

The first mind to split the atom could have changed world history

Is it finally time for the director of the original Captain America to get some love?

How Axe Cop’s artist took us to Bad Guy Earth to kill villains – and conquered the the internet

How an agnostic, libertarian hypochondriac invented “survival of the fittest”

A day in the life of an evil Tron minion: What’s it like to be Clu’s lackey?

I paid a woman to be my friend at a Tokyo Maid Cafe

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