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In preparation of landing humans on the Moon as part of the ongoing Artemis program, SpaceX recently ran a test of one of its lunar lander engines while simulating the cold temperatures of space.

As impressive as it is when filmmakers like J.J. Abrams or James Gunn direct films in two, opposite, massive franchises, in the 1990s, Tim Burton almost beat them all. We all know he directed two Batman movies starring Michael Keaton but he also got very close to directing Nicolas Cage in Superman Lives, which fell...Read more...

Hey, Halloween costumes have been getting better since cosplay hit the scene and in case you haven't seen we're drawing closer and closer to monster mashing in our fave fandom inspired looks.

A brain-eating amoeba has recently killed someone in Arkansas, local health officials reported this week. The unidentified victim seems to have contracted the incredibly rare, often fatal infection from a pool or splash pad at a country club. The club has since shut down these facilities, and health officials say...Read more...

Everyone's favorite app is definitely not in the good graces of the European Union. Irish regulators just hit the massive video-sharing platform with a $367 million fine for mishandling child users' data and gave the app three months to fix it.Read more...

Picard's final season wrapped up earlier this year with a fond farewell to the cast of The Next Generation, but that hasn't stopped audiences-or the cast themselves-pondering what ever could be next. Now it's the turn of Riker himself, Jonathan Frakes, to imagine what might be next for him and his Imzadi.

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If you haven't already pre-ordered Apple's upcoming iPhone 15 set to drop Sept. 22, then you should know you could be waiting several weeks before your new phone comes directly to your door.Read more...

This week's episode of Ahsoka gave its titular hero one last opportunity to learn from a Master with a lot to learn himself, as Ahsoka's time-bending trip through her life took her side by side, and up against, Anakin Skywalker. But in doing so, both Master and Apprentice alike looked to a future for themselves beyond...Read more...

The climate crisis is going to expose more of the world to both hotter weather and heavy rainfall. This could create dangerous flood conditions new research has found. A study recently published in Earth's Future outlines how a lot of the planet is going to face down a combination of heat and floodwaters.Read more...

The results of a Phase III trial published this week could soon lead to a new era for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder. The study found that a combination of MDMA and psychotherapy was effective at relieving PTSD symptoms when compared to standard therapy. The nonprofit organization funding this...Read more...

I would love to be able to talk about that," Ben Arfmann, the Narrative Director of Spider-Man 2 tells me in the most apologetic, sincere way after a particularly spoilery, forward-looking question. We love this game. Are so excited about this game. I'm really hoping that fans love it in the same way that we do. And...Read more...

Update: September 15, 1:47 p.m. ET: The Russian rocket lifted off on schedule, delivering its trio of passengers to space.Read more...

The 33rd annual Ig Nobel Prizes in improbable research that make people LAUGH, then THINK," according to its website, were revealed this week. The awards are produced by the Annals of Improbable Research magazine.

After two years, Meta has opened its Horizon Worlds metaverse video game up to users on phones and web browsers. The company announced Thursday that Horizon Worlds is no longer limited to users who shell out for one of the company's expensive VR headsets. The expansion starts with Meta's Super Rumble shooting game,...Read more...

AWA-Artists, Writers, and Artisans-a fully creator-owned company, has given io9 the exclusive first look at the opening pages of Red Light, a capitalist, neon-noir cyber-future erotic thriller. Penned by writer Sarah Cho and illustrated by Priscilla Petraites, this four-part comic follows Lacy-an advanced AI sexbot...Read more...

If he wasn't known for running EV car maker Tesla, Elon Musk would still be known for SpaceX, his spacecraft and satellite company with Martian ambitions. Or for Neuralink, a company working on developing implantable brain-computer interfaces. Or for X.AI, the latest entry in the artificial intelligence arms race. Or,...Read more...

One of the bright spots in recent Marvel memory is about to get brighter. A lot brighter. Werewolf by Night, Marvel Studios' black and white Disney+ special presentation directed by Oscar-winner Michael Giacchino, is going to be re-released in full color just in time for Halloween.Read more...

Don't drop your Pixel Watch. Just don't, because if you do, Google won't offer any kind of help fixing it if your screen cracks or the watch breaks in any other way. Google has finally made it clear Pixel Watch users' are on their own if they accidentally crack the screen on their Pixel Watch. Not only is there no...Read more...

Last week, it was reported that Elon Musk shut off access to SpaceX's Starlink in Crimea last year, but following an outcry of condemnation, the source of the story issued a correction saying Musk was asked to turn on access but he had a policy against doing so already in place. U.S. Senators are now asking the...Read more...

In its pair of seasons, Apple TV+'s Foundation managed to craft an entertaining sci-fi series from Isaac Asimov's long-thought-unadaptable stories. Season two improved on its predecessor by simplifying its timeline, emphasizing an urgent sense of pacing, and adding some surprising humor here and there.Read more...

NASA wrapped up a year-long investigation into hundreds of sightings of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP), and its independent study team released a 36-page report that was largely inconclusive. The space agency is not letting up, however, assigning a director of research into the unidentified phenomena and...Read more...

In a move that is garnering considerable criticism from the scientific community, a recent Virgin Galactic mission transported two ancient hominin fossils to the edge of space.

My favorite part of the first two Insomniac Spider-Man games is traveling across the city. The ability to swing from building to building, soaring through the air, all while taking in the sights and sounds of the city is just as enjoyable, if not more so, than anything else in the game. So, earlier this week, when I...Read more...

Space Force's goal of wanting the capacity to launch a satellite on very short notice just passed a major milestone. The Victus Nox mission, Latin for conquer the night," was a success, and saw private company Firefly Aerospace and Millennium Space Systems successfully prepare a launch in less than a day, followed...Read more...

John Carpenter is lending a peculiar twist to a new horror series. Get your Hell Yeah!" ready with the new trailer for Harley Quinn's Kite Man spinoff. Plus, what's coming on Invasion, and a look at the return of V/H/S. To me, my spoilers!

Trying to put a quash to all those rumors of high-radiation iPhones, Apple told French regulators on Friday that it would be issuing a software update to iPhone 12s that should put an end to the allegations the smartphones were emitting radiation levels above the country's legal limits.

In 1993, cartoonist Peter Steiner was at his desk trying to fill out his weekly quota of pitches for the New Yorker. I didn't always have enough ideas, so sometimes I would just draw a picture and try to dream up a caption for it," Steiner said. He sketched out two dogs sitting in front of a computer, one in a chair...Read more...

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Holiday trips to Disney Parks make the best core memories and Halloween kicks off the end of the year vacation fun with spooky goodness. From now until new themed land openings inspired by Frozen and Zootopia abroad, fall festivities lead the way to end of the year Disney destination trips.Read more...

The bumblebee's days in Europe might be numbered. In new research out this week, scientists predict that as many as three-quarters of bumblebee species in the region will experience substantial population decline and territory loss over the next several decades due to manmade problems like climate change. While there...Read more...

Ahsoka's fifth episode, Shadow Warrior," puts its titular protagonist back into her own past, as she navigated her history at the front line of the Clone War. In doing so, we and Ahsoka alike are pressed back into 3 crucial moments from the war-conflicts from her past that still resonate as moments fundamental in...Read more...

Heavy rainfall this week over Massachusetts and Rhode Island washed away roads, collapsed homes, and created large sinkholes throughout the region.Read more...

If you bought a Chromebook recently, you can now expect to hold on to it for at least a decade. Google announced Thursday that, beginning next year, any Chromebooks released in 2021 and beyond will get ten years of automatic updates. The company is also pushing for more repairability for its cloud-based laptops and...Read more...

California might soon become the state to be in if you want to finally repair your home electronics, but your busted console will still be off limits, as a new law makes specific exemptions for all video game electronics.Read more...

In sentences that sound like shitposts but are in fact actual news, akin to Bryce Dallas Howard Is Yaddle, the BBC has confirmed that one of Doctor Who's deep-cut villains for its 60th anniversary specials, Beep the Meep, will be suitably voiced for such a triumphant return by acting icon Miriam Margolyes.Read more...

A lab-made antibody could one day make organ transplants less of an ordeal, recent research suggests. In experiments with nonhuman primates, the antibody appeared to be safe and effective at preventing the rejection of transplanted kidneys and pancreatic cells. Scientists hope that this treatment could reduce or even...Read more...

TikTok is the next generation of information, for better or (usually) for worse. A new report reveals that some major TikTok dietitians are being paid off by the food industry to shape viewers eating habits.Read more...

Last week's season 4 premiere of Lower Decks kicked off the season with a big promise, even in the smallest form they can come on Star Trek: the tiny pip transforming our Ensign heroes into Lieutenants Junior Grade. But for as small a leap it is on the career ladder, it's already giving the series great chances to dig...Read more...

The rate of the universe's expansion has vexed astronomers for decades. Called the Hubble constant, the figure is quite different depending on how you get to it-fittingly, a source of constant befuddlement to astrophysicists.Read more...

The long-awaited first trailer for Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom was finally released today and it's a lot. Director James Wan is certainly not holding back in returning to the world of Atlantis and seems to even be upping the ante on every single level. But what exactly is going on? What are the intentions here?...Read more...

Warner Bros. Discovery is coming off a high of its massive box office success from the Barbie movie, but it's not enough. It's never enough. In fact, it's your fault things are not going as well as they should. Yes you, dear viewer, you've had it too good for too long. All that content you've been paying for has been...Read more...

Bad news for fans of gun-toting killer robot. Massachusetts wants to make your Black Mirror fantasy illegal. This week, two state senators proposed a first-of-its-kind bill that, if passed, would prohibit the manufacture, sale, or use of robots with mounted weapons. The bill would also put in place new safeguards...Read more...

Just in time for Halloween, a new show based on YA horror legend R.L. Stine's world of spooky Goosebumps books is set to haunt Hulu and Disney+.Read more...

The internet is buzzing with images of tiny mummified bodies with three fingers and an elongated head, the alleged corpses of extraterrestrial life. A congressional hearing held in Mexico on UFOs is the latest to join a string of recent headlines on aliens, but are we any closer to finding out the truth of whether we...Read more...

California officials passed a bill this week that will require large companies to outline their annual greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to the climate crisis. This is the first mandate of its kind in the U.S.Read more...

After that first teaser, accompanied by the perfect Prince needle drop, arrived late last month, Max has now released the full trailer for season two of Our Flag Means Death. Anything this show does has internet-breaking potential... and as you lovelorn swashbucklers might suspect, this new glimpse certainly fits that...Read more...

Sorry, Lando, I'm going to have to disagree with you here. This news is getting better all the time. Weeks after it was revealed that Donald Glover and his brother Stephen had taken over the previously announced Lando Disney+ show from Justin Simien, now it seems it won't be a show at all. It'll be a movie.Read more...

Netflix may be done sending people DVDs through the mail, but that doesn't mean the rest of us have to be satisfied with streaming all our movies. This week, one of the world's largest independent DVD rental stores in the country announced it's coming for Netflix's scraps with its own over-the-mail DVD rental service,...Read more...

Google and its partners are offering more options for users to fix their busted products at home. iFixit has expanded the number of Google devices users are able to take apart and fix at home to include the Pixel Tablet.Read more...