Star Trek loves itself a cave episode. You can do a bunch of different stories in similar looking sets, you can restrict which members of the cast are the focus, you can thrust unlikely pairings together and force them to bounce off each other. Caves are good! Lower Decks not only agrees with this, but uses what is…
Source: io9 – Star Trek: Lower Decks’ Ode to Caves Is Bigger Than Just One Set
New research appears to provide a long-sought answer about the mysterious cicadas that emerge after years in the ground: do they eat during the brief time they spend as adults before dying? The study found evidence of plant DNA in the guts of some adult cicadas, but not in the guts of those that freshly reached the…
Source: io9 – Mystery Solved: Adult Cicadas Do Eat During Their Brief Time Above Ground
Frank Herbert’s sci-fi classic Dune ends with an intense showdown between Paul Atreides and Feyd-Rautha, two sides of an epic war that’ll decide the fate of a trade, a planet, and a galaxy. In the film adaptation, Dune: Part Two, Atreides is once again played by Timothée Chalamet, and Feyd-Rautha, the heir-apparent to…
Source: io9 – Austin Butler Forced Timothée Chalamet to Raise the Bar in Dune: Part Two
A unit of VFX artists at Walt Disney Pictures has successfully voted to unionize with the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, marking another step forward in the swath of labor movements sweeping Hollywood this year—and another vital step in the nascent unionization push in the VFX industry.
Source: io9 – Disney VFX Artists Unanimously Vote to Unionize
The GOP’s biggest gripes with big tech content moderation will have their day in the United States’ highest court. On Friday, the Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments for Florida and Texas’ big bills that have tried to stop big tech companies from moderating disinformation or other speech. The outcome has the…
Source: io9 – Florida and Texas Social Media Content Moderation Bans Heading to Supreme Court
Blue Beetle delivered a solid DC superhero adventure with Jaime Reyes’ origin story, and you can now watch the beginning of the film on YouTube.
Source: io9 – Watch the First 10 Minutes of Blue Beetle for Free on YouTube
The Department of Agriculture (DOA) has confirmed that a local sighting of the invasive spotted lanternfly was reported on Sept. 16, marking yet another state it’s migrated to since the colorful insect was first sighted in the U.S. nearly a decade ago. The Department of Agriculture did not disclose the lanternfly’s…
Source: io9 – The Spotted Lanternfly Has Invaded Illinois, Squash ’em
Whether it’s sinking the Titanic, inventing new technology to make Avatar, or making VFX history with Terminator 2, filmmaking is never easy for James Cameron. Almost every film he makes raises the bar in some way, usually with wildly successful results. And yet, when that happens no one making the movie is ever…
Source: io9 – James Cameron Almost Died While Making The Abyss
The first thing that came to mind when I heard that there would be an “uncut” version of Interview With the Vampire released on AMC was stunned disbelief. The first episode of AMC’s Interview With the Vampire had two men having sex mid-air. Like… if that made it through, what weren’t we seeing?
Source: io9 – AMC Teased ‘Interview With the Vampire Uncut’ and Played Fans for Fools
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is reportedly discussing opening a new manufacturing facility in Saudi Arabia, according to a report on Monday, which cited numerous sources close to the matter. Reports of the potential collaboration come only hours after Musk and Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met in New York to discuss…
Source: io9 – Elon Musk Reportedly Looking to Deepen His Ties With Saudi Arabia
Turtle power was on full display in Hollywood Thursday as four icons cemented their place in pop culture history. Literally. Leonardo, Donatello, Michaelangelo, and Raphael, aka the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, had their hand prints immortalized outside the TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood, California, alongside some…
Source: io9 – See the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Cement Their Place in Hollywood History
As fans of Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time stories know—as do viewers of Prime Video’s series adaptation, thanks to a startling season one flashback—its setting only feels like the past. Despite its lack of machines and technology, The Wheel of Time takes place in the future, thousands of years after a magical battle…
Source: io9 – Wheel of Time’s Production Designer on Creating a Future That Looks Like the Past
The last few years have seen a significant rise in drug overdose deaths caused by counterfeit prescription pills, new research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found. The percentage of overdose deaths linked to fake drugs has more than doubled between 2019 to 2021, according to the study. Many…
Source: io9 – Counterfeit Pills Are Becoming Deadlier in America
Indonesia issued its first “Golden Visa” to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in a bid to bring in foreign investors who have impacted the country’s economic development. The visa was launched only last week and will allow recipients to live in the country for five to ten years and they’ll be fast tracked by immigration services.
Source: io9 – Indonesia Issues First ‘Golden Visa’ to OpenAI’s Sam Altman
Twitter is dying, and billionaire site owner Elon Musk knows precisely where to point the finger—not at the mirror, of course, but at the Anti-Defamation League. The Jewish civil rights organization is just one of several watchdog groups that have accused Twitter of platforming anti-Semitism.
Source: io9 – Musk Says He’ll Sue the Anti-Defamation League for ‘Almost’ Killing Twitter
In this week’s episode of Ahsoka, the New Republic brings to bear its frustrating head, as Mon Mothma and a cadre of senators bullishly cast aside the fact they’re sitting on a tinderbox of Imperial resurgence as the threat of Grand Admiral Thrawn offers a lit match. If only they could see, our heroes implore them as…
Source: io9 – This Is What Star Wars’ Republic Always Was
On Star Wars Rebels, Sabine Wren never gave off strong Jedi vibes. She occasionally used a lightsaber, and she was incredibly badass, but there was never any indication she was Force-sensitive. It was a piece of information that felt at odds with the revelation of her becoming the apprentice of Ahsoka Tano on Ahsoka.…
Source: io9 – Ahsoka’s Third Episode Packed in Lots of Action and Even More Mythology
What happens when movie theaters slash ticket prices drastically for one day only? Apparently, people turn out in droves.
Source: io9 – Here’s How That Movie Day Played Out
A team of researchers scrutinizing the Extended Groth Strip, a region of space between the constellations Ursa Major and Boötes, saw fewer growing supermassive black holes and less dust than they expected.
Source: io9 – Webb Telescope Data Suggests There May Not Be a Ton of Supermassive Black Holes
A few months ago I started the thankless task of recapping Secret Invasion, and now, a month after the series ended, I’m still deeply underwhelmed by the predictable blandness of the entire thing. Then, because I was hit by a fit of nostalgia and because I find Hayley Atwell absurdly attractive, I started a re-watch…
Source: io9 – Agent Carter Did Spycraft Better Than Secret Invasion Ever Could