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It’s a bird, it’s a plane—no wait, it’s a migrating moth... being followed by a plane?

What We Do in the Shadows is one of my favorite shows currently airing. It focuses on the foibles of a house full of vampires who regularly have a rotating cast of friends and familiars pop in. The resident familiar, Guillermo de la Cruz (Harvey Guillén), is another constant, and he is arguably the heart of the show.

Orbital debris from a Russian anti-satellite weapons test is menacing the Starlink satellite constellation, with researchers reporting more than 6,000 close calls with the SpaceX satellites.

Twitter, which has a spotty history of applying policies governing misinformation, hate speech, and inciting rhetoric from government officials, elected representatives, and unverified propagandists, said Thursday that it is working to ensure “healthy civic conversation” ahead of the U.S. midterms.

Razer has announced the DeathAdder V3 Pro gaming mouse, the third-generation follow up to its popular DeathAdder lineup. The mouse promises better ergonomics and a lighter build for extended gaming sessions. But its biggest trick is that it pairs up with the sold-separately HyperPolling Wireless Dongle, which promises…Read more...

Kamen Rider has existed in many forms in its long history, from TV and film to, of course, creator Shotaro Ishinomori’s own classic manga. But how do you bring a series that has such a peculiar history in the west to contemporary Western comics?Read more...

You’ve heard of classic Archie Comics character Li’l Jinx, a mischievous tyke who earned her unusual name by being born on Halloween? Replace “tyke” with “teen” (and lose the “Li’l”) and you’ve got the main character of Chilling Adventures Presents... Jinx’s Grim Fairy Tales, a new Archie Horror one-shot that io9 is…Read more...

Ethereum is closer than it’s ever been to ditching its highly energy intensive proof-of-work model for a proof-of-stake (POS) alternative.Read more...

If you watched the tragicomic, canon-heavy, highly revealing finale of Rick and Morty season five, which gave not only a peek at Rick’s real origin and the origin of the Citadel of Ricks—to say nothing of evil Morty’s plan—then you might be expecting season six to pick up right where the last episode left off. But…Read more...

Medicine has come so far in 100 years—and yet many diseases have eluded our best efforts at treatments and cures. You can think of health research and innovation as the catch-all R&D department for healthcare. It’s essential work: Research in cell lines, animals, and computer models steadily progresses into human…Read more...

In the 1950s, a visionary college student might have pursued a degree in computer science, and helped create our modern digital world. In the 1990s, that same student might have studied biotechnology, and developed genetic engineering techniques that are solving today’s health crises. But what and where should a…Read more...

Cities need to be designed to be more energy efficient, resilient, and affordable. Urban planners today are dealing with challenges that didn’t exist 30 years ago, including more frequent and more extreme weather emergencies. They’re also dealing with the impacts of decisions made long ago, like the prioritization of…Read more...

Environmental and climate scientists help monitor Earth’s environment and investigate humans’ relationship with it. Understanding climate change and its effects is crucial for mitigating its immediate impacts. Earth’s environments are changing as the planet warms due to human industry. Building better climate models…Read more...

Gender and diversity studies have grown and expanded in scope since they first began at institutions of higher learning about 50 years ago. Diversity studies examines concepts like social class, race, ethnicity, gender, sociality, and age, among others; gender studies focuses on the social structures that have…Read more...

One of the most critical problems humans currently have is how to generate power efficiently. We have many ways of generating electric power, but all have their drawbacks—some are devastating for the environment, some are difficult to scale, and some have been sidelined for years due to fears about safety. As we move…Read more...

Environmental engineers help balance human needs and health with the preservation of nature, working to mitigate water and air pollution, manage stormwater runoff, and reduce erosion, among other issues. They will design future infrastructure and systems that are more efficient and less polluting. Their work will…Read more...

Immunology and virology respectively study the strengths and weaknesses of our body’s immune system, and some of the most dangerous threats to them: viruses. As new viral outbreaks emerge and familiar viruses mutate into new threats, it’s crucial to know how our bodies can adapt.Read more...

Meta’s expanding end-to-end encryption on its Messenger platform. The company is now testing the privacy feature as the default setting for certain chats, as announced in a Thursday press release. E2E encryption is the gold standard for online data privacy. With E2E, messages can theoretically only be viewed by the…Read more...

South Korea’s capital city will ban basement apartments like the one depicted in the Oscar-winning movie Parasite after at least four people drowned in their homes during heavy rains earlier this week.Read more...

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Meet the doomed king of Numenor in a new Lord of the Rings: The Ring of Power image. Walker Scobell teases his angry take on Percy Jackson. American Horror Story sets its latest cast. Plus, what’s coming on Tales of the Walking Dead. Spoilers, away!

Premium smartwatches have more or less all caught up to each other when it comes to features like heart rate tracking, smart assistants, and crisp OLED displays. So how does a company like Tag Heuer make its digital timepiece stand out? It teams up with Porsche for a special edition model that can remotely control…Read more...

North Korea declared victory against covid-19 this week, claiming the isolated country eradicated the virus and heavily implying dictator Kim Jong Un had contracted the disease but recovered (he had a “high fever), according to a new report from North Korean state media. Kim Jong Un’s sister, Kim Yo Jong, also claimed…Read more...

If you’ve spent any time paying attention to virtual reality news in the past year, you’d be excused for thinking the industry’s focusing its attention solely on uninspired games and expensive efforts to conduct office work in, (insert jazz hands) “the metaverse.” Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of the company once…Read more...

The story of Vesper sounds intriguing—it’s about a teenaged girl who stumbles upon a way to save Earth’s ravaged ecosystem, though it’ll mean dealing with some terribly unscrupulous humans. But the main draw here is the look of the film. Check out the trailer and behold the untamed nature, grimy ruins, floating…Read more...

Google’s Threat Analysis Group revealed new details today about its efforts to identify and help patch a zero-day exploit impacting Android devices built by a commercial surveillance vendor and dating back to at least 2016. The research, presented at the Black Hat cybersecurity conference in Las Vegas, represents the…Read more...

Netflix’s adaption of Neil Gaiman’s long running comic series, The Sandman, released last weekend, and we’ve had some time to gather our thoughts. The first season covers the storyline of just about three years of serialized comic books, and does a pretty good job at figuring out what should stay and what should go.…Read more...

Northrop Grumman and Firefly Aerospace are teaming up to build a new first stage for Northrop’s Antares rocket, as well as a new medium lift booster. The newly announced partnership means that Northrop will no longer have to rely on Russia and Ukraine for Antares, and will instead turn to building an all-American…Read more...

As House of the Dragon gears up to take us back to Westeros, we’re finally getting some clarity as to what went awry in the last few seasons of Game of Thrones. In a New York Times article, A Song of Ice and Fire creator George R.R. Martin shed some light on the ordeal, revealing that while he was more active on…Read more...

It’s been years since Facebook last topped the teen social media charts, yet somehow the platform is still losing ground with young people. The social media site is now used by less than a third of U.S. teenagers, according to new survey data from the Pew Research Center, released Wednesday. That’s down from 71% of…Read more...

So were you wondering if all these streaming services bringing ads onto their platforms would actually reduce overall prices? Well, keep dreaming.Read more...

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We may never see the recently cancelled Batgirl movie, but it sure has had a huge impact anyway. Since the film’s unceremonious dumping over tax write-offs, the whole conversation around DC Films has changed. Some executives were reportedly so angry about the movie, they wanted to leave. Meanwhile, the president and…Read more...

Scientists recently trapped a giant isopod off the coast of Mexico, and after studying its anatomy and DNA, they determined that the crustacean is an entirely new species.Read more...

In case you didn’t know, Pennyworth is going to explain itself with quite the name change. What once was just simply called Pennyworth is now Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman’s Butler. Formerly on the streamer Epix, it heads to HBO Max for its third season—where it’s getting released over Batgirl, because somehow…Read more...

So far this week in our exclusive preview of Titan’s Kamen Rider 01 comic, we’ve given you a glimpse of what to expect out of the legendary franchise’s western comics adventures, and a tease of a sinister new villain. But for those not already familiar with the man behind the Reiwa era’s first Rider, how about a look…Read more...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried an additional 52 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit on Tuesday night, raising the total number of Starlinks launched by the company to a whopping 3,009.

The heart of the argument for NFT evangelists has always been the sense they were democratizing the world of art and commerce. Artists, they said, would be able to use a digital proof of ownership to make money off digital sales. So, what should happen when a major company known for predatory practices—such as, for…Read more...

Scientists in China have found a new virus that has likely made dozens of people sick since 2018 and may be natively carried by shrews. The discovery is the latest reminder that microbes spread from animals to people represent an ever-present potential public health threat. So far, at least, the evidence suggests…Read more...

While there may no longer be a physical Disney Store (RIP), ShopDisney.com and Disney Parks have unleashed their fall holiday merch lines. Check out this Halloween haul with Star Wars, Marvel Studios, Nightmare Before Christmas, Haunted Mansion, and more for the whole family—including pets!

In yet another chapter of Elon Musk’s conquest to own Twitter, the billionaire cryptically teased X.com—a potential new social media platform—in a response to a tweet asking what his plans were if his deal to purchase Twitter doesn’t go through.

Researchers in Georgia report that gorillas at zoos across the U.S. have come up with a special vocalization—something between a cough and a sneeze—to get the attention of zookeepers when they’re hungry.

It’s gotten to that point where most of us either had a few Lego sets as kids or played with them at our friends’ houses. Besides the classic blocks there’s been a lot of interesting takes on the building series. Remember Bionicle? There was a whole animated television series dedicated to those weird lil guys.

Fans of film, TV, comics, and all things pop culture don’t really need a reason to go to a big comic convention. You go because everything you love is all under one roof. However, at this year’s New York Comic Con, that statement goes even further. io9 is excited to exclusively reveal that Oscar Isaac—an actor who has…Read more...

Engineers at SpaceX have performed the first static fire test of Booster 7, a prototype of the Super Heavy first stage. The test, in which just one of the booster’s 33 Raptor engines was ignited, moves the company closer to its first orbital test of the revolutionary Starship system.Read more...

The same quality and durability that allows Lego bricks to be passed down from one generation to the next also allows the brightly colored building toy to be weaponized in the worst way imaginable: inside a foot-tracking cannon that deliberately sends the pieces sliding underfoot as someone walks by.Read more...

Amazon’s slowly making good on its goal of one day turning your entire body into one big money oozing meatsuit. First up, your palms.

As I sat down to revisit Matthew Vaughn’s adaptation of the Neil Gaiman novel Stardust, a family friend who was visiting asked me a question. “What are you watching?” “Stardust.” “What’s that?” “This fantasy movie with Michelle Pfeiffer and Robert De Niro.” “I’ve never heard of it.” “Henry Cavill is also in it and he…Read more...