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New Wolverine Trailer, Now With Twice The Mutant Acid Spit Action

The latest and greatest Wolverine trailer finally shows us what we want, hot mutant action. Watch as the mutant Viper reveals all of her hidden talents. While James Mangold’s origins story looks better than the previous Wolverine origins movie, we’re still not sure how we feel about following around a Logan who’s lost his mutant…

Trailers Meredith Woerner

These Unresolved Ethical Questions Are About to Get Real

As our technologies take us from the theoretical to the practical, a number of thorny moral quandaries remain unanswered. Here are important unresolved ethical questions that are on the verge of becoming highly relevant. Should people be allowed to clone themselves? There’s currently a global moratorium on human cloning. But you just know that’s not…

io9 George Dvorsky

3DTV Is Officially Never Going to Happen

That was it. That was 3DTV’s best chance. ESPN just decided to discontinue its push for 3DTV sporting events, deciding its time would be better spent focusing on traditional high resolution broadcasts and Tim Tebow daguerreotypes. And that, in a nutshell, effectively kills 3DTV’s chances of ever going mainstream. https://gizmodo.com/report-espn-is-killing-3d-broadcasts-by-the-end-of-the-512858617 ESPN giving up on 3D…

Television Kyle Wagner

Darth Vader goes to Burger Chef, finds lack of onion rings disturbing

In case you’ve never seen it before, here’s quite possibly the greatest fast food tie-in commercial of all time: Star Wars joining forces with Burger Chef to shill some posters. Which, to be fair, are really nice, as you can see below. The above video, featuring C-3PO and R2D2 shilling their little mechanical hearts out,…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Read the story that launched Warner Bros.’ new alien invasion movie

Warner Bros. just optioned a huge alien-invasion movie, based on a novel that hasn’t been published yet. But you don’t need to wait to get your first look at Defenders — you can read Will McIntosh’s short story, which launched both the novel and the movie, right now. Top image: Tim Warnock. According to The…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

We finally have an accurate measurement of a cheetah’s top speed

For years, the top speed of the world’s fastest land animal has been listed as 64 miles per hour – but that record is based on a single measurement, taken all the way back in the 1960s. So researchers flew to Botswana, where they outfitted wild cheetahs with motion- and acceleration-tracking collars. After measuring hundreds…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

The Shiny, Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic K-Pop Future

Korean pop music is rigorously produced, stunningly choreographed and filled with beautiful people. Most K-Pop groups are manufactured through contests and production companies looking to capitalize on swoon-worthy heartthrobs. So when this effervescent music turns to dystopian and post-apocalyptic motifs, things get weird. T-ara, “Day by Day” One of the interesting things about K-pop groups…

io9 Amanda Yesilbas

New Project to Message Aliens is Both Useless and Potentially Reckless

A group of scientists and entrepreneurs has created the world’s first continuous message beacon to communicate with extraterrestrial civilizations. And for a fee, people can use it to transmit their own messages into space. But not everyone thinks this project is a good idea. The idea of messaging ETs has been around for a while…

io9 George Dvorsky

12 Weirdest Moments From Superman: The Movie

There’s a brand new movie retelling Superman’s origins, coming to theaters this weekend. But we’ll always have a warm place in our hearts for Superman: The Movie… even though bits of it are hella bizarre. Here are the 12 weirdest moments from Superman’s first ever movie. 1) Brando’s valium acting It’s kind of great that…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Report: Time Warner Cable Is Paying To Keep TV Shows Offline

Bloomberg is reporting that Time Warner Cable is allegedly giving content companies incentives to keep their content offline through services like Apple TV and Google TV. Apparently, TWC is offering to pay more for the content or even threatening to drop programming from its lineup all together if companies don’t comply. Of course it makes…

Television Leslie Horn

Paramount wants The Terminator distribution rights!

Good news for Terminator fans! Paramount is sniffing around the franchise rights, which means the long-whispered-about script Arnold Schwarzenegger has been bragging about could actually get made, with real studio money. https://gizmodo.com/arnold-schwarzenegger-terminator-5-is-still-alive-510462036 The Wrap is reporting that Paramount is very close to finishing closing a deal on this acquisition. No word if the studio plans…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Revolution derails the last train on earth in the Snowpiercer trailer

In Bong Joon-Ho’s scifi movie Snowpiercer, the last remnants of humanity live on a single train, upper class up front and lower class in the back. This first international trailer reveals the revolution that will rock the train to its caboose, at least if Chris Evans ever figures out what time it’s supposed to start.

Trailers Rob Bricken

Coming Soon: Cities That Are Ecosystems

The future of the city may be the country. At least, that’s what a group of future-minded architects and city designers now believe. To make cities sustainable and carbon neutral, we will have to design buildings to be more like ecosystems or living organisms. The BBC has a great article this week on these future…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Why it might be possible to go snowboarding on Mars

NASA scientists think that sliding chunks of frozen carbon dioxide — dry ice — may be responsible for creating track marks on some Martian sand dunes. Which brings up a totally awesome idea: Snowboarding down a Martian sand dune on a block of dry ice. NASA calls these strange formations linear gullies, and they measure…

io9 George Dvorsky

How to freeze water in about half a second

Consider this your first class in ice wizardy 101. In the video up top, Grant Thompson of The King of Random demonstrates to transform water to ice in seconds flat, using bottled water, a freezer and some glassware. This is an example of supercooling – the process by which a very pure liquid is chilled…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

A better look at the Smaug the Terrible and other Hobbit 2 secrets

Yesterday you saw the very first trailer for Peter Jackson’s second Hobbit movie, The Desolation of Smaug. Today we bring you screencaps of little details you may have missed, closer looks at new characters and Hobbit gifs! Behold a better look at the Lord Smaug, the Impenetrable! https://gizmodo.com/first-real-trailer-for-the-hobbit-desolation-of-smaug-512631106 Up top we have the dark version…

Movies Meredith Woerner

ESPN Is Killing 3D Broadcasts By the End of the Year

ESPN will kill ESPN 3D by the end of the year. The ill-fated 3D sports channel that started as an experiment in 2010 won’t be broadcast in any dimensions soon. This is huge news considering the significant investment that TV manufacturers and broadcasters have put forth in an effort to bolster the struggling tech. We…

Television Mario Aguilar

Why the hell didn’t the Green Lanterns pick Superman?

So last night I had a dream where I was watching TV, and in the background there was a very subtle joke I didn’t notice. I know this because 45 minutes later, I had another dream where someone explained the joke to me. This is completely blowing my mind. Anyways, on with your mail! Star…

io9 Rob Bricken

You can be allergic to water

Think you have it tough? At least when you’re feeling miserable you can cry. Some people break out in hives when they cry, because they’re allergic to the water in their own tears. On stressful days, I enjoy going for walks in the rain. Either they cheer me up, or I can tuck away my…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

The Webcomic Guide to Quantum Physics

Last year, Jorge Cham of the webcomic Piled Higher and Deeper (a.k.a. PhD comics) combined animation with expert interviews to explain the Higgs Boson and black body radiation. Now, he’s trying his hand at quantum physics – a subject, he admits, he is somewhat mystified by. https://gizmodo.com/the-webcomic-guide-to-the-higgs-boson-5905897 https://gizmodo.com/the-webcomic-guide-to-black-body-radiation-and-the-colo-5968656 But then, says Cham, the mystifying nature…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

New Wolverine Trailer, Now With Twice The Mutant Acid Spit Action

These Unresolved Ethical Questions Are About to Get Real

3DTV Is Officially Never Going to Happen

Darth Vader goes to Burger Chef, finds lack of onion rings disturbing

Read the story that launched Warner Bros.’ new alien invasion movie

We finally have an accurate measurement of a cheetah’s top speed

The Shiny, Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic K-Pop Future

New Project to Message Aliens is Both Useless and Potentially Reckless

12 Weirdest Moments From Superman: The Movie

Report: Time Warner Cable Is Paying To Keep TV Shows Offline

Paramount wants The Terminator distribution rights!

Revolution derails the last train on earth in the Snowpiercer trailer

Coming Soon: Cities That Are Ecosystems

Why it might be possible to go snowboarding on Mars

How to freeze water in about half a second

A better look at the Smaug the Terrible and other Hobbit 2 secrets

ESPN Is Killing 3D Broadcasts By the End of the Year

Why the hell didn’t the Green Lanterns pick Superman?

You can be allergic to water

The Webcomic Guide to Quantum Physics

Anker’s USB-C Docking Station With Detachable Hub Hits an All-Time Low in Amazon’s Spring Sale, Likely the Last Chance Before Prime Day

The Sadie Sink ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Rumors Just Keep Swirling

This Kindle Paperwhite E-Reader Now Costs About as Much as a Few Paper Books, While Amazon’s Spring Sale Price Still Holds

Lenovo Tab One Becomes an Even Better Budget Tablet Pick Below $100, Now Bundled With a Case in Amazon’s Spring Sale

Jason David Frank’s Final Movie Honors His ‘Power Rangers’ Legacy

AirPods Pro 3 Still at Their Lowest Price While Apple Gradually Pulls Back Amazon’s Spring Sale Offers

With Fire TV Stick 4K Max at 42% Off, Amazon’s Streaming Device Deals Build Momentum in the Spring Sale

The ‘Project Hail Mary’ Party Continues With a Manga Adaptation

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

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