Controversial DeSantis-Linked Charity’s Zoom Meeting Hijacked by Porn and Nazis

Its starting to look like itll sink them, instead. That led to folks hanging in the crowd stealing the show, displaying all sorts of unwanted content. TheHope Florida Foundationis in a bit of hot water. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his wife Casey DeSantis look on during a campaign stop with “DeSantis 2024” signs behind them© Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images The web is already pretty tangled, and thats just the start of it....

April 19, 2025 · 1 min · 166 words · Fernando Allen

Dave Filoni Explains the Impact Losing Ray Stevenson Had onAhsokaSeason 2

WhenRay Stevenson died,Ahsokaseason two almost died with it. Along the way, the topic of Stevensons passing came up and Filoni got visibly emotional. He was just the greatest person and such a great spirit on the show. Ray Stevenson is gone, but not forgotten.Lucasfilm And he did not disappoint in any way. Ray was the most beautiful person on screen and off, he was wonderful to all of us. However big of a loss you think it is, its bigger....

April 19, 2025 · 2 min · 300 words · Destiny Murray

Final Destination BloodlinesPosters Will Convince You to Stay Indoors

Life isnt just a death trap like the tagline says, its also right in your backyard. Careful where you step, eat, and jump! New Line also released screenshots of the various Lewis and Campbell family members before they become deaths punching bags. © Warner Bros./New Line Itll reportedly delve into his backstory, though its unclear what that all entails. Final Destination Bloodlineskills it in theaters on May 16. Want more io9 news?...

April 19, 2025 · 1 min · 163 words · Matthew Richards

Good News! Endangered Sea Turtle Populations May Be Recovering

Finally, some good news: endangered sea turtles are recovering because ome conservation efforts seem to be working. While some individual species are still at risk of extinction, the global trends highlight a heartening improvement. There are only seven species of sea turtles, also known as marine turtles, in the world. A recent survey shows that endangered sea turtles are recovering.© Simonverhamme, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Six of them areclassified as threatened or endangered, with the seventhflatback turtlesnot includedbecause of insufficient data....

April 19, 2025 · 1 min · 132 words · Mrs. Ashley Robinson DDS

Luminary Beam Review: The Handheld Laser Vaporizer You Didn’t Know You Wanted

If only, many a stoner has undoubtedly mused. Now theres a laser vape. I thought for sure it was a gimmick. © Brent Rose/Gizmodo Turns out, its rather ingenious for a first-generation product. Lets start with the basic. From the outside the Beam doesnt look much different from other handheld vaporizers. © Brent Rose/Gizmodo It has a black metal body that measures,4 x 2 x 1 inchesand weighs 7 ounces....

April 19, 2025 · 3 min · 476 words · Jonathan Hill

Ryan Coogler onSinners‘ Personal Post-Credits Scene

Sinnershas mainly been advertised on the prospect ofMichael B. Jordanplaying twins and going up against vampires. After alls said and done, Sammies the only human to survive the night at the juke joint. Speaking toEntertainment Weekly, director/writer Ryan Coogler revealed he initially had trouble shooting the scene. © Warner Bros. But it was just a hug, and quite an eye-opening moment for the filmmaker. In many ways, it was a reason for the movie....

April 19, 2025 · 1 min · 132 words · Julie Fry

TremorsMay Finally Unearth a Legacy Sequel with Kevin Bacon

First, we arent reading outside ideas. We are discussing a return-to-Perfection sequel, and one or two more outlandish ideas featuring graboids in new prefs. Nor will it be a version of our original script forTremors 5. © Universal Pictures Not unlike aHalloweenre-quel, a direct movie sequel toTremorscould be in the works with the star. We are considering ideas that feature the return of Kevin Bacon as Val, but no promises!...

April 19, 2025 · 1 min · 131 words · Jason Hays

Wealthy Collectors Are Snatching Up T. Rex Fossils, Leaving Scientists Behind

According to a studypublishedinPalaeontologia Electronica, commercial fossil collecting has walled off so manyT. rexfossils to scientists that it has severely hindered the scientific record. The study reveals a sobering stat: of the 141 scientifically usefulT. Sue the T. rex.Photo: JJxFile/Wikimedia Commons Thats a major problem, because in science, replicability is everything. Even if researchers once studied a fossil, its scientific value drops if future teams cant access it. If a fossil is locked in a collectors mansion or a storage unit, other scientists cant study it....

April 19, 2025 · 2 min · 329 words · Tiffany Owen

A Lightless Galaxy: Scientists Discover a Starless, Spinning Ghost

The cloud was spotted by an international research team using Chinas huge FAST radio telescope. But the recently spotted gas cloud is different: it spins. Ergo, a dark galaxy. The Milky Way above ESO’s Paranal Observatory.Photo: ESO/P. Horálek That puts the cloud comfortably within the Local Group, our galactic neighborhood. But what gives AC G185.011.5 its nifty label of dark galaxy is its dark matter content. You know, if potatoes were stars....

April 18, 2025 · 1 min · 115 words · Molly Vargas

A Mad Cow-Like Prion Disease Has Killed Two People and Sickened a Third in Same Oregon Town

A small Oregon county has been struck by one of the rarest but scariest ailments known to exist. Once they do, however, death quickly follows. Thankfully for humanity, prion ailments are rare (other prion-like diseases might bemore common). Prion diseases like CJD destroy the brain from the inside out and are universally fatal.© Elif Bayraktar via Shutterstock CJD can broadly happen in three different ways. It can be passed down from mutations that make the emergence of prions inevitable....

April 18, 2025 · 1 min · 157 words · Jose Mueller

A Mission to Take Sick Images of the Sun Got Its First Test Shots Back

PUNCH consists of four satellites orbiting each other in a constellation. The suitcase-sized instruments together comprise one, 8,000-mile-wide (12,900-kilometer-wide) space weather detector. After spending a few weeks getting their gear sorted, all four satellites have now opened their imaging doors. The Sun, as seen by PUNCH.Image: NASA/SwRI Were excited to finish on-orbit commissioning and get these cameras working together. But thats not all, folks. PUNCHs rocket engines are the size of shot glasses and water-powered....

April 18, 2025 · 1 min · 144 words · Kathy Eaton

A New Report Suggests We All May Be Brushing Our Teeth With Lead and Other Toxic Metals

New research is revealing that dozens of common toothpaste brands are contaminated with toxic metals. 65% of the brands contain arsenic, 47% contain mercury, and 35% contain cadmium. Its unconscionable especially in 2025, Tamara Rubin, Lead Safe Mamas founder, told theGuardian. An organization coordinating community-driven consumer product testing found that many popular tooth paste and tooth powder products contain toxic metals.© designed by Drazen Zigic via Freepik Whats really interesting to me is that no one thought this was a concern....

April 18, 2025 · 1 min · 156 words · Dale Hughes

A NewSupermanFeaturette Puts Faith in Its Hero and James Gunn

Even before we first sawa traileror learned about its cast, expectations for James GunnsSupermanmovie were sky-high. Rachel Brosnahan, Lois Lane herself, saying In James Gunn we trust! at the end couldnt be any clearer and is already a sentiment in some spaces. © Warner Bros. Just about everyones coming intoSupermanwith excitement or some curiosity about Gunns aims. Others signed on because theyre fans of Superman himself and dig whatever Gunns got cooking now orin the future....

April 18, 2025 · 1 min · 104 words · Donna Lowe