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Dinosaurs! DNA! Space Shuttles! 10 Things to Make With Your 3-D Printer

It’ll probably be a few more years before 3-D printing begins revolutionizing the world of retail, but it’s already making a sizable splash in today’s DIY community. For around 1500 bucks, it’s now possible to get your hands on a consumer-grade 3-D printer that’s capable of churning out some pretty cool objects. https://gizmodo.com/10-futuristic-places-to-shop-5900548 https://gizmodo.com/this-cube-made-of-gears-shouldnt-work-but-it-does-5867151 So…

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Is the U.K. the world’s most advanced country when it comes to digital music?

It’s inevitable that digital music you access online is eventually going to replace most CDs. But when is the shift going to happen? Apparently, it’s happening in some countries a lot faster than others. Over at paidContent, a site devoted to analyzing the economics of digital content, Robert Andrews breaks down digital music sales country-by-country,…

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The Brontosaurus model from the original King Kong looks cooler today than it did 80 years ago

Over on Dinosaur Tracking, Brian Switek has posted this most excellent photograph of the robo-zombified head of the Brontosaurus model from the original, 1933 King Kong. The mock-up now resides at The Dinosaur Museum in Blanding, Utah. Call us crazy, but we think this model looks even cooler in its decomposed state than it did…

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This Week’s TV: The One Hour of Television You Definitely Shouldn’t Miss! Plus 6 Season Finales!

This week on television, there are six huge season finales. Tron: Uprising’s first episode gets its television debut! Syfy has its most ridiculous “mockbuster” TV movie of all time. And there’s one hour of television that we’re recommending you absolutely must not miss, under any circumstances. Click through for details — including clips from the…

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After the Singularity, heaven will be filled with pop-up ads

Taking cues from Jim Munroe’s Everyone in Silico and Rudy Rucker’s Postsingular, Tom Scott (previously) put together this deliciously twisted short animation Welcome to Life. Scott describes this film as “a science fiction story about what you see when you die. Or: the Singularity, ruined by lawyers.” I’m loving the bit about memories of copyrighted…

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Game of Thrones Week 7: The More People You Love, the Weaker You Are

Leave it to Queen Cersei to come out with a brilliant bit of life advice. You have no choice but to love your children, but you should love as few other people as possible, if you want to be powerful and free. Last night’s Game of Thrones saw several characters flirting with huge betrayals —…

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Why are these trees made of uranium?

Buried in the deserts of the world are fossils of trees and animals that died millions of years ago. Those fossils are often made of packed sediment. Occasionally, that sediment is uranium. Fossil hunters can find their quarries a number of ways. They can go where other finds have been discovered, and dig deeper. They…

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A chic survival kit for the impending apocalypse

Mexican branding firm Menosunocerouno shows off its eschatological advertising with this elegant little “survival gift kit” celebrating the end of the world in 2012. From the makers of the kit, who call it “Modern Mexican design for the end of times”: If the world ends this year, we better be happily ready. Expecting a beautiful…

io9 Annalee Newitz

The stupidest statistic you’ll see this week

Godzilla failed in his apparent goal (at least in the first movie) to crush all the people of Japan under his big reptilian foot. But what the radiation-blasting monster couldn’t achieve by brute force, the Japanese may themselves bring about by their own habits of reproduction—or lack thereof. A new study from a group at…

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Man pulled over for being radioactive

Last Wednesday, Mike Apatow was getting on to Interstate 84 in Newtown, CT, when police stopped him for no reason he could determine. When the cop told him that his car had set off his radioactivity detectors, it started making sense: Apatow was most certainly radioactive. Earlier in the day, Apatow had had a bit…

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Which new superhero will join Earth’s Mightiest Heroes in The Avengers 2?

After The Avengers made another $100 million at the box office this weekend, a sequel is simply a matter of time. And it sounds like Joss Whedon has a definite idea about whom he wants to add to the team… and it isn’t another dude! Plus Christopher Nolan talks the challenges of making his third…

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io9 Roundup: May 13, 2012

HAPPY MOTHERS’ DAY | An Alien Empress runs afoul of a foolhardy Predator, in this illustration by Justin Currie. How our predictions for the Year 2000 changed throughout the 20th Century https://gizmodo.com/how-our-predictions-for-the-year-2000-changed-throughou-5908600 Our vision of the future is always changing. In the year 1910, we imagined that the year 2000 would be filled with airships…

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A rousing musical tribute to a lazy harp seal

And now, with the minimum of requisite explanation, here is Nerf Herder lead singer Parry Gripp’s paean to a languid pinniped. It is set to this particular nature documentary and offers a withering critique of this northern Atlantic aquatic mammal’s inability to secure a steady income. [Via Deep Sea News]

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Nepal’s most mysterious language might soon disappear

Kusunda is one of the most enigmatic languages on the planet. This tongue from western Nepal looks nothing like any other language, and its strange structure baffles linguists. And there’s only one person left in Nepal who speaks it. Kusunda is an example of a language isolate, meaning a language with no known relative. Of…

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The genes behind human intelligence also made us vulnerable to autism

The exact genetic roots of autism are still being untangled, but we do know that the most common single-gene causes of the condition is Fragile X syndrome, in which errors on the X chromosome trip up normal neural development. Specifically, Fragile X syndrome prevents the production of a crucial protein known as FMRP. This particular…

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Watch the first trailer for Revolution, the new post-apocalyptic show from J.J. Abrams and Supernatural‘s Eric Kripke

Here are the first scenes from Revolution, NBC’s new Monday night drama created by J.J. Abrams (Lost) and Eric Kripke (Supernatural). In this footage, a mysterious blackout knocks out the world’s power grid and renders all of civilization’s car batteries completely kaput. Some sort of über-electromagnetic pulse, perhaps? Anyway, the scenes then fast-forward 15 years.…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

There are few things goofier than the girl from The Ring, kaiju-sized

To promote the upcoming installment of The Ring saga, Sadako 3D, advertisers have been driving a giant version of scary videotape girl Sadako Yamamura around the Shibuya neighborhood in Tokyo. Behold a movie monster that has absolutely no business being the size of an ice cream truck. To get slightly autobiographical for a moment, years…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Final Reminder: Avengers Assemble! io9 Movie Meetup TODAY in San Francisco, 5/13 (note updated time!)

Last minute reminder! Today, 5/13, join your fellow io9ers in San Francisco for your first (or tenth) viewing of amazing flick The Avengers. Afterwards, we’ll stick around for drinks, food, and hanging out. Here are the details! MOVIE: The Avengers, AMC Metreon 16, 5:00 PM (UPDATED TIME!) Special Note: This is not a 3D show…

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The entire first episode of Tron: Uprising is online (UPDATED)

In anticipation of the upcoming Tron: Legacy prequel cartoon Tron: Uprising, Disney has released the whole 30-minute first episode — “Beck’s Beginning” — online for free. The series premieres Thursday June 7 on Disney XD. Here’s a synopsis, and hat tip to Precious Roy: Beck is a young mechanic living in Argon City, a growing…

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Genetically engineered viruses could someday make typing-powered gadgets possible

There have been quite a few efforts to harness people power, by putting specially designed energy harvesters in exercise machines, yo-yos, or right inside your shoes. But none of them have been quite as thin or just downright cool as a new device that uses a paper-thin electrode packed with viruses to turn mechanical energy…

io9 Julian Whitcrosse

Dinosaurs! DNA! Space Shuttles! 10 Things to Make With Your 3-D Printer

Is the U.K. the world’s most advanced country when it comes to digital music?

The Brontosaurus model from the original King Kong looks cooler today than it did 80 years ago

This Week’s TV: The One Hour of Television You Definitely Shouldn’t Miss! Plus 6 Season Finales!

After the Singularity, heaven will be filled with pop-up ads

Game of Thrones Week 7: The More People You Love, the Weaker You Are

Why are these trees made of uranium?

A chic survival kit for the impending apocalypse

The stupidest statistic you’ll see this week

Man pulled over for being radioactive

Which new superhero will join Earth’s Mightiest Heroes in The Avengers 2?

io9 Roundup: May 13, 2012

A rousing musical tribute to a lazy harp seal

Nepal’s most mysterious language might soon disappear

The genes behind human intelligence also made us vulnerable to autism

Watch the first trailer for Revolution, the new post-apocalyptic show from J.J. Abrams and Supernatural‘s Eric Kripke

There are few things goofier than the girl from The Ring, kaiju-sized

Final Reminder: Avengers Assemble! io9 Movie Meetup TODAY in San Francisco, 5/13 (note updated time!)

The entire first episode of Tron: Uprising is online (UPDATED)

Genetically engineered viruses could someday make typing-powered gadgets possible

National Film and Sound Archive of Australia Adds ‘Succulent Chinese Meal’ Guy

Feds Sniffing Around Polymarket After Suspicious Bets

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Don’t Get Too Attached to Any AI App

‘Paradise’ Writer Teases What’s Coming in Season 3 After That Huge Twist

Trump’s New White House App Is Mildly Concerning and Weird for a Lot of Reasons

Bloodsucking Ticks Can Survive Inside Your Home Longer Than You Might Think

The Best New Toys of March 2026

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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