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Curiosity Rover Just Spotted This Super-Shiny Object on Mars

An unusually smooth and reflective Martian rock has caught the attention of NASA scientists, prompting an investigation by the Curiosity rover. With the spectacularly successful landing of the InSight probe on Mars earlier this week, our attention has understandably been diverted away from Curiosity, which has been exploring the Red Planet since 2012. While we’ve…

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky

Major Earthquake Shakes Anchorage

A magnitude 7.0 earthquake shook Anchorage and the surrounding area on Friday morning. The shaking also triggered a wave of tsunami warnings along the Alaska coast with more likely around the Pacific. As of 9:59 a.m. local time, the tsunami warning has been cancelled for Alaska. The strongest of a series of quakes struck just…

Earth Science Brian Kahn

You (and Your Kids) Can Now Watch the First 6 Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures Shorts

They’re heeere! The first six Galaxy of Adventures shorts—which use original dialogue and sound effects to help transform Star Wars films into kid-friendly animated shorts—are now available on the brand-new Star Wars Kids YouTube channel. And you can watch them all here! None of the entries are much longer than a minute, and they rip…

Movies Cheryl Eddy

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Plan to Get the US Off Fossil Fuels Is Gaining Steam

The Green New Deal continues to gain momentum ahead of the next Congress. A combination of incoming and current Democratic representatives and activists kept the pressure going on Friday, announcing new supporters and a day of action before Congress takes off for the year. The number of Democrats calling for a select committee that could…

Climate Change Brian Kahn

Facebook and MIT Researchers Want to Use AI to Create Addresses for the Billions of People Who Don’t Have One

Facebook seems interested in moving into Google’s territory of, well, territory. The social media company teamed up with the MIT Media Lab to propose a new system for developing addresses using machine learning. The paper, released as a pre-print earlier this month by researchers Ilke Demir at Facebook and Ramesh Raskar of MIT, states that…

Social Media Jennings Brown

In Video Debut, CIMON the ISS Robot Throws an Unexpected Tantrum

In terms of glitchy behavior, we’re not quite at HAL 9000 levels just quite yet—but during the debut demonstration of the International Space Station’s new AI-powered robot, CIMON, the free-floating device displayed some rather questionable behavior. CIMON, short for Crew Interactive MObile companioN, is the first interactive flight companion to take part in an ISS…

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky

Courts Allow Keystone XL Pipeline to Move Forward With Planning Despite Construction Halt

Earlier this month, a district court judge in Montana halted all construction on the Keystone XL pipeline in a major symbolic victory for environmentalists. Now, that judge is allowing developer TransCanada to go ahead and begin preliminary planning for its construction work. U.S. District Court Judge Brian Morris made this decision Wednesday, per the Associated…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes

Scrooge McDuck Lives Up to His Namesake in an Exclusive Look at DuckTales‘ Holiday Special

The season of holiday cheer is upon us, even in Duckburg. But a certain someone is desperately trying not to get caught up in a festive duck-blur in our exclusive look at DuckTales’ delightful holiday special! io9 has a teensy snippet from tomorrow’s very special episode of the DuckTales reboot, “Last Christmas!”—part of Disney and…

io9 James Whitbrook

How a Swarm of Blinking Drones Ended Up in the Rockettes’ Christmas Spectacular

If you haven’t seen the Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes, you can probably picture the iconic line of dancers kicking in unison, like a salute to American entertainment from a century ago. Well, this year the show got a surprising update: drones. Dozens of tiny autonomous quadcopters built by Intel float over the…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

The Looming El Niño Is Upping Odds of Record Heat in 2019

The wait for El Niño continues, but scientists are already gearing up for its impacts. Chief among those is how it warms the planet as a whole. In this age of climate change, 2019 is already shaping up to be an extremely hot year, but El Niño could give it a little boost. El Niño…

Earth Science Brian Kahn

Oh Hey, Now There’s One More Reason You Don’t Need to Spend a Bundle on a HomePod

In case you needed another reason not to buy a HomePod, Amazon just announced that support for Apple Music is coming to Echo devices starting the week of December 17th. With the new addition, Echo devices joins Sonos’ family of products as the other major non-HomePod platform offering compatibility for Apple’s streaming music service, which…

Commerce Sam Rutherford

The Cast and Crew of Daredevil Are Beginning to Bid Farewell to the Show

Late last night, Netflix continued its culling of the popular Marvel lineup. But the bell tolled for a surprising series out of the shows it has left: Daredevil, the hero that kicked off the streaming giant’s bold plans for a shared Marvel universe of Defenders just three years ago. Now, cast and crew alike are…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

The First Clinical Trial of a Male Birth Control Gel Is Under Way

An elusive medical advance might finally be within grasp, one that could make some couples’ sex lives a lot more convenient. This week, researchers officially kicked off the first wide-scale clinical trial of a male contraceptive topical gel. The trial, funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), is set to…

Health Ed Cara

Marriott Claims Up to 500 Million Guests Had Their Records Hacked

Marriott, one of the world’s largest hotel chains, announced on Friday that it has experienced a jaw-dropping data breach that may have exposed the personal data of up to 500 million guests going all the way back to 2014. In a filing with the SEC, Marriott explained that it first learned about the breach on…

Tech News Rhett Jones

Scientists Propose New Way to Treat Depression With Brain Implants

In recent years, doctors have explored an unorthodox method to address cases of depression that haven’t responded to other treatments: sending precise electrical shocks directly to areas of a patient’s brain, otherwise known as deep brain stimulation (DBS). While the technique has shown some promise, its positive effects tend to be inconsistent. But a new…

Health Ed Cara

The Kingsman Prequel Could Be Adding Some Fascinating New Stars

The director behind Bao is working on a new feature at Pixar. King of the Monsters is sneakily tying itself into Godzilla’s movie past. The Russos shoot down yet another Avengers 4 theory. Plus, Katherine McNamara makes her Arrow debut, and more pictures from the Elseworlds crossover. To me, my Spoilers! Kingsman Prequel Collider reports…

Television James Whitbrook

This Smartwatch Has Incredibly Bad Timing

Here’s the thing about the Misfit Vapor 2: It’s the smartwatch Misfit should have released a year ago. While Misfit isn’t a household name like Fitbit, it’s earned some wearable street cred with its minimalist-chic-yet-functional fitness trackers like the Phase, Ray, and Shine 2. That’s why news of its first touchscreen smartwatch, the original Misfit…

Accessories & Wearables Victoria Song

More Than 600 Google Employees Are Demanding an End to Project Dragonfly

Google’s Project Dragonfly, the controversial project for a censored search product for China, has sparked two separate letters from the company’s employees arguing either for or against the project. As of Friday, however, a letter in opposition of the project had amassed more than 600 signatures, eclipsing the reported figure of a separate letter defending…

Tech News Catie Keck

Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg Directly Requested Information on George Soros: Report

Facebook’s Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg was directly involved in the company’s decision to seek information on billionaire philanthropist and vocal Facebook critic George Soros, the New York Times reported Thursday. Citing people familiar with the matter who requested anonymity to avoid retaliation, the Times reported that Sandberg specifically requested information on Soros’ financial interests.…

Social Media Catie Keck

Marvel and Netflix Have Canceled Daredevil

The show that kicked off Marvel and Netflix’s ambitious series of interconnected superhero shows has come to an untimely end. The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that Daredevil—which recently launched its third season to acclaim—has joined Iron Fist and Luke Cage in being canceled by Netflix, as the streaming service begins to move on from its…

io9 James Whitbrook

Curiosity Rover Just Spotted This Super-Shiny Object on Mars

Major Earthquake Shakes Anchorage

You (and Your Kids) Can Now Watch the First 6 Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures Shorts

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Plan to Get the US Off Fossil Fuels Is Gaining Steam

Facebook and MIT Researchers Want to Use AI to Create Addresses for the Billions of People Who Don’t Have One

In Video Debut, CIMON the ISS Robot Throws an Unexpected Tantrum

Courts Allow Keystone XL Pipeline to Move Forward With Planning Despite Construction Halt

Scrooge McDuck Lives Up to His Namesake in an Exclusive Look at DuckTales‘ Holiday Special

How a Swarm of Blinking Drones Ended Up in the Rockettes’ Christmas Spectacular

The Looming El Niño Is Upping Odds of Record Heat in 2019

Oh Hey, Now There’s One More Reason You Don’t Need to Spend a Bundle on a HomePod

The Cast and Crew of Daredevil Are Beginning to Bid Farewell to the Show

The First Clinical Trial of a Male Birth Control Gel Is Under Way

Marriott Claims Up to 500 Million Guests Had Their Records Hacked

Scientists Propose New Way to Treat Depression With Brain Implants

The Kingsman Prequel Could Be Adding Some Fascinating New Stars

This Smartwatch Has Incredibly Bad Timing

More Than 600 Google Employees Are Demanding an End to Project Dragonfly

Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg Directly Requested Information on George Soros: Report

Marvel and Netflix Have Canceled Daredevil

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