On May 18, 1980, Washingtons Mount St. Helenscovered 22,000 square miles with 540 million tons of ash. Six years after the brief gopher intervention, however, the two plots of land hosted 40,000 thriving plants. In stark contract, the surrounding region was still mostly barren. A gopher.Image: siamesepuppy/Flickr In just 24 hours, the gophers work seemed like magic. But the real secret? As the researchers predicted, the gophers had dug up communities of fungi and bacteria....

Its also one of the best comic book-themed shows ever. We all knew Oz had to win in the end. The biggest moment, of course, iswhat happens with Vic (Rhenzy Feliz). We didn’t see that happening between Oz and Vic on The Penguin.Image: HBO Throughout the entire series, Vic had been Ozs go-to guy. I for one fully expected him to be by Ozs side to the end. Oz kills Vic with his bare hands....

These days, when you think aboutInterview With the Vampire,AMCs sizzling series adaptationcomes to mind. I was sad not to see that there, Jordan said. There could be a directors cut of the movie. © Warner Bros. I would happily do it. Its not like this set up tension between characters thats resolved in the third act. So when I had cut the movie, I was saying, I really think its too long....

Eventually Sisko returns briefly from subspace to find his son living his life beyond the sorrow of loss. Want more io9 news? News from the future, delivered to your present. © Paramount © Paramount © Paramount © Paramount

A Republican donor, Gallagherpreviously has faultedthe SEC for taking a scorched earth approach to crypto. The SECs current chief Gary Gensler has received criticism from crypto proponents for applying existing securities laws to crypto. Critics say existing securities laws are sufficient and the industry just wants to play by its own rules instead. President-elect Trump is already evaluating pro-crypto candidates for top regulatory jobs.Bloomberg / Getty If anyone showers enough praise on Trump, it seems hell have a change of heart....

A United Nations committeefinalized the languageof the proposed treaty in August after a contentious, years-long process. Nations who sign the convention agree to cooperate and share data regarding cybercrimes. News from the future, delivered to your present. After years of disagreement, a U.N. committee approved final language for a cybercrimes treaty in August.© Pacific Press/Getty Images

I dont think thats the case,Zelnick said. Zelnick appeared on CNBCs Squawk Box to talk about his companys quarterly earnings and the impact of AI. It probably will, based on inertia alone. This illustration photo created in Los Angeles, California, on December 5, 2023, shows Rockstar Games' Grand Theft Auto 6 trailer played on computer screens.© Photo by CHRIS DELMAS/AFP via Getty Images During the interview the hosts asked him how he thought AI might change his business....

A deadly pest in caterpillars may very well help fend off cancer in humans. The fungus is calledCordycepsmilitaris, and its the brightly-colored relative of more infamous fungi known to mind-control its victims.C. The researchers first analyzed how cordycepin altered the activity of thousands of genes within different lines of cells. Cordyceps militaris growing on a mulberry silkworm pupa.© Kornwipa Ponganan via Getty Based on this analysis, they determined that the compound mainly works by blocking pathways that govern cell growth....

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Next spring, Netflix is releasing an anime based on Capcoms famousDevil May Cryseries. On Twitter,Shankarrecently revealed that hed initially approached Capcom in 2017 about the possibility of making aDino Crisisseries. (Surprisingly, the soundtracks for the first two gamesareon there.) ©Capcom For the moment, though, hes fully focused onDevil May Cry,which hits Netflix next April. [viaIGN] Want more io9 news? News from the future, delivered to your present. Get your finest dark clothing and all your creepy things, part one ofWednesdayseason two is dropping in August....

It wouldnt be the first time Facebooks filters blocked posts containing harmlessor possibly life-savinginformation. In dozens of examples documented by the newspaper, Facebook flagged the posts as misleading spam. The algorithms targeting other types of banned content, like spam, result in even more mistakes. Residents of Coulsdon say their town’s name is being censored by Facebook.© SevenMaps/Shutterstock News from the future, delivered to your present. Elon Musk and Jack Dorsey, too....

Instagram is finally fixing an annoying quirk in its app that has frustrated users for a long time. Now when you kick off the app, it will wait for you to scroll before showing new content. Regular users of Instagram will know the frustration. Instagram chief Adam Mosseri says the app won’t refresh as soon as you launch it anymore.Bloomberg / Getty It turns out thats not exactly the case....

If you havent changed the password on your Ticketmaster account recently, you probably want to. It was a reminder for an Usher concert in Dallas on October 5, synced with her Ticketmaster account. McKenzie was eventually able to get her tickets returned to her by Ticketmasters customer support. Ticketmaster users keep finding tickets have been swiped from their accounts by strangers.Drew Angerer / Getty Reddit, similarly, is home to many complaints from users saying similar things had happened to them....