The former supreme leader of 1940s Germany would appear to be alive and well, if the European Union’s digital vaccination certificate program is to be believed. Actually, he’s doing better than “well”—he’s been vaccinated for covid-19.

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Daisy Ridley Will Deal a New Sci-Fi Drug in the Upcoming Mind Fall
Daisy Ridley’s first foray into sci-fi? Pretty good. The next one? Not so much. Hopefully the third time will be the charm for the Star Wars actoras she’s about to headline a few film called Mind Fall.

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Halloween Star P.J. Soles Looks Back at Her Totally Iconic Death Scene
Halloween Kills featured a lot of nods to the 1978 original Halloween, bringing back characters from that groundbreaking film to examine how the past 40 years have treated them. But one fan-favorite character didn’t make the cut, for obvious reasons: Lynda, played by P.J. Soles, who meets her demise at the hands of…
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The Supreme Court May Screw Us Over On Climate, Too
Move over, Joe Manchin. There’s a new climate villain of the month in Washington, DC.
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The Apple Polishing Cloth Is Everything Wrong With Society
I regret to inform you all that we have reached peak Polishing Cloth. I take full responsibility for my small part in getting us to this point.
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UK Smokers Could Soon Get Prescriptions for E-Cigarettes
In the not-too-distant future, doctors in the UK may be able to write prescriptions for vaping. This week, the government announced its intention to allow e-cigarette products to be prescribed as a cessation aid for smokers trying to quit traditional tobacco cigarettes. Though health officials acknowledge that these…
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LG TVs Will Now Automatically Disable the Dreaded Motion Smoothing for Prime Video
Beginning this week, LG’s 2020 and 2021 4K and 8K smart TVs will roll out an update that will allow viewers to automatically watch their Amazon Prime Video content in Filmmaker Mode, “the way the content creators intended it.” That’s a slightly nicer way of saying that Prime Video users will soon be able to…
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This Week's Best Toys Are the Ultimate Fright... For Your Wallet
Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's regular roundup of all the latest in wallet-crushing merchandise opportunities. This week, Hasbro ramps up another crowdfunder project for a G.I. Joe classic, Hot Toys asks the question of What If, and NECA’s latest monster line comes with a turtle-y twist. Check it out!

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FDA Authorizes Pfizer Covid-19 Vaccine for Kids Age 5 to 11
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has now authorized the first covid-19 vaccine for children between the ages of 5 and 11. The authorization will cover the Pfizer/BioNTech mRNA vaccine, though the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will have to give their blessing next week before the vaccine can be widely…
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Award-Winning Ecology Photos Remind Us That Nature Is Awesome—and Complicated
The animals and plants of Earth are in a perpetual state of interaction, leading to all sorts of fascinating creatures and relationships. The winning photos of the Capturing Ecology 2021 competition exemplify our planet’s penchant for diversity.

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The Rock Reunites With Jumanji Director Jake Kasdan for Holiday Movie Red One
We only know three things about Amazon’s Red One, a Christmas movie the company touts will be “a globe-trotting, four-quadrant action-adventure comedy, imagining a whole new universe to explore within the holiday genre.” We know the star and the writer—and now that we also know the director, we’re really, really…
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The Nerd's Watch: Best Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Streaming in November 2021
The Nerd’s Watch just got an upgrade. After years of customizing the most enjoyable titles in sci-fi, fantasy, and horror movies and TV from the “original” streamers, io9 has decided to kick things up a notch. Folks, there may be too many streaming services.

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Pixel 6 Code Hints Google Is Already Working on a New Tensor Chip
The Pixel 6 and 6 Pro are just now arriving on buyers’ doorsteps, and we’re already talking about what’s next for Google’s flagship Android lineup.

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Edgar Wright on the Supernatural of Last Night in Soho, and What Little He Knows About Attack the Block 2
When Edgar Wright makes a movie, you know it’s going to be interesting. His first big film was a zombie romantic comedy. He followed that up with a suburban-set love letter to action films. He’s made movies about alien invasion bar crawls, baby driving, and defeating seven evil exes. His latest film though is unlike…
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Show Me Your Nerd: The Horror Collector
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One of the World's Most Iconic Salt Lakes Has Dried Up
One of Turkey’s most famous lakes has completely receded this year. The transformation of an entire lake into a few puddles is based on satellite data shows, and experts say it’s driven by both climate change and human overuse.
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Architect Says Billionaire's Dystopian Dorm Design Is a Dangerous Social and Psychological Experiment
Incoming University of Santa Barbara students will soon get to inhabit a 97-year-old billionaire’s twisted mindspace: a 1.68-million-square-foot windowless death trap which UCSB is describing as a “dorm,” designed by Berkshire Hathaway vice chairman and evidently-rising-architect Charlie Munger.

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Netflix's 3-Body Problem Announces 12 Bodies of Its Stars
We don’t know how much money Netflix paid to buy the adaptation rights to Liu Cixin’s best-selling sci-fi series Remembrance of Earth’s Past, but we did hear rumors Amazon tried to snag them for $1 billion. Then Netflix reportedly paid Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss $200 million for services…
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Bat Sneaks Into New Zealand Bird of the Year Competition, Our Hearts
New Zealanders are up in arms over a bat’s inclusion in this year’s Bird of the Year competition, a contest that ostensibly exists to crown a bird. Alas, it seems a bat has stolen the hearts of locals this time around.
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Rep. Katie Porter Used Her Costco Haul to Embarrass Big Oil
Whenever a smart, powerful woman starts using literal grains of rice to illustrate her point, you know you done goofed. Big Oil companies found that out the hard way when, during a House Oversight Committee hearing on Thursday, Rep. Katie Porter whipped out 479 pounds (212 kilograms) of uncooked rice to illustrate how…
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