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NASA’s Most Powerful Rocket Just Hit a Critical Milestone

Late next year, NASA is hoping to launch its Space Launch System—a powerful next generation rocket capable of exerting two million pounds of thrust. NASA engineers have now completed construction of a stand sturdy enough to test its enormous fuel tank. It’s an important milestone, and another step towards sending humans to Mars. Construction on…

Tech News George Dvorsky

How to Watch Donald Trump’s First Press Conference Since July, No Cable Required

President-elect Donald Trump is holding his first press conference since July—the one where he literally encouraged Russia to hack Hillary Clinton’s emails. And with the countless controversies swirling, this press conference should be pretty interesting. Here’s how to watch, no cable required. The event is scheduled to start at 11am Eastern, 8am Pacific, and 7pm…

Tech News Matt Novak

New Trailer for Russia’s Guardians Sets Explosions and Punches to Classical Music

Also, there’s apparently a plot? I’m sorry, I was distracted by the giant bear with the giant gun strapped to his back. I think the best part of the man-bear is that sometimes he’s a full bear and sometimes he’s a man with a bear’s head and hands. The ability to only shapeshift part of…

Trailers Katharine Trendacosta

Airlines Don’t Have to Warn You About Explodey Galaxy Note 7s

Is there anybody left who doesn’t know you can’t take the Galaxy Note 7 on an airplane? The Department of Transportation thinks not. As of Tuesday, the FAA says that airlines no longer have to make pre-boarding announcements concerning the explodey—and banned—nature of the device. You may recall that back in October, Feds banned the…

Gadgets Christina Warren

Two More Heroes Are Showing Up in Avengers: Infinity War

Did a French publication actually reveal the main villain of Wonder Woman? Diego Luna is unable to answer a question about his Rogue One character. And Black Lightening won’t be joining the Arrowverse. Spoilers ahead! Avengers: Infinity War Speaking with MTV News, Zoe Saldana confirmed Gamora will be in the movie. I don’t know when…

io9 Rob Bricken

Adorable Kitchen Tool Turns Radishes Into Super Mario Power-ups

Radishes may not be the best food option to help a picky eater expand their palette. But if your kid loves playing Super Mario Bros., this neat little kitchen tool can turn red radishes into snack-sized power-ups that will also help your small human grow—just not as fast as Mario does. The $12 Ravanello tool,…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

How to Make Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa Do Whatever You Want

Our peaceful homes are being invaded by talking Bluetooth speakers and there’s nothing you can do about it—so you might as well enlist the help of these AI-powered hubs and get them to do your bidding. Here’s how to set up your own custom voice commands on Google Home or the Amazon Echo. The easiest…

Gadgets David Nield

Penthouse Offers $1 Million For a Trump Piss Tape

Russian intelligence agencies allegedly have a video showing several prostitutes who were hired by Donald Trump to urinate on each other. And if this video really exists, then Penthouse, America’s most venerable pornography magazine, is willing to spend $1 million for it. Yesterday, Buzzfeed published a 35-page document that’s been swirling around Washington for months.…

Tech News Matt Novak

Ebay’s Founder Is Giving Away $10 Million to Support AI That Is Good and Not Evil

For the most part, artificial intelligence these days is pretty sweet. Whether you want to set a timer with your voice, play a game of chess with a computer or just put a Minion’s head on Superman’s body, AI can help you achieve your goal. Of course, that same power can be used for things…

Artificial Intelligence Hudson Hongo

These Magical Sculptures Look Like Animations But They’re Actually Real Objects

Artist John Edmark has done it again. With the clever use of a strobe light, he’s created sculptures that move like weird computer animations but are actually real, 3D printed objects that physically exist. It’s a bit hypnotizing but so, so cool, because they move and grow and essentially come alive in such a bizarre…

Sploid Casey Chan

After Population Plunge, Once Common Bumble Bee Officially Listed as Endangered

The noble and rare rusty-patched bumble bee is officially endangered. A once common bee that inhabited 28 states, the rusty-patched bumble has become the first bee from the continental United States to be added to the endangered species list. Its population has declined 90% since the early 1990s—some can still be found in 13 states…

Climate Change Eve Peyser

Aliens Fans Will Drool Over This Replica M56 Smart Gun

James Cameron’s Aliens has a ton of awesome props in it, but few are as cool as the M56 Smart Gun. If that name doesn’t ring a bell, you may also know it by its other name, “that huge ass gun Vasquez and Drake use in the film.” Anyone who’s seen Aliens loves that gun…

io9 Germain Lussier

9 Fun Tricks You Can Do With Static Electricity

If you ever wanted to be a wizard, or just to try your hand at some magic tricks, you should learn the dark arts of… static electricity. Yep, with a bit of strategic contact with certain objects, you can easily fool kids and probably even trick your drunk friend into thinking you can control objects…

Sploid Casey Chan

A ‘Graveyard of Red Fabric’ Went Into the Creation of Doctor Strange‘s Cloak of Levitation

In Doctor Strange, the Cloak of Levitation took on the aspect of an animal sidekick. It was like it was the long-lost brother of Aladdin’s Magic Carpet. And while the Cloak’s personality came from CGI, its design came from Alexandra Byrne. Speaking to The Los Angeles Times about all of the costumes of Doctor Strange,…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta

George Lucas’ Museum is Officially Coming to Los Angeles

After years of back and forth, the George Lucas Museum of Narrative Arts has found its future home: Los Angeles. This comes after Chicago turned down the $1 billion proposed project last year. Los Angeles and San Francisco both then proposed sites, but ultimately, the director chose Los Angeles. The George Lucas Museum of Narrative…

io9 Germain Lussier

Grown-Ass Dogs Don’t Care About Your Stupid Baby Talk

You know that thing you do where you talk to your dog like it’s a baby? New research shows that puppies respond well to this silly form of speech, but older dogs could give a crap. So, stop doing it when your dog grows up. When speaking to actual human babies, adults shift their voice,…

Tech News George Dvorsky

Russia Proposes Cigarette Ban For Anyone Born After 2015

Aside from meddling in the United States election, there’s another thing the Russian Federation seems to be worrying a lot about these days: cigarette smoking. Russia’s smoking rates are some of the highest in the world, according to the World Health Organization. Now the Russian government, a big fan of banning things, is going to…

Health Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Look at These Weird Clouds

These clouds are weird. Usually, clouds look like fluffy puffs or big, mean anvils. But these clouds… these clouds look like stripes. These clouds are weird. Virgin Australia shared a picture of these weird clouds yesterday on their Facebook page after Instagrammer Ilya Katsman noticed that the clouds were weird. “These clouds are weird,” he…

Tech News Ryan F. Mandelbaum

If You Want to See Moana in a Quiet Theater, Go Before January 27

If you’ve been looking for a place to publicly belt out your favorite song from Moana, head back to theaters on January 27. That’s the day Disney is releasing a sing-a-long version of the film on over 2,000 screens across the U.S. What you get is the same great movie, except that all the songs…

io9 Germain Lussier

Cypress Hill Is Blowing Up NatGeo’s Instagram

Cypress Hill loves badass animals, big puffs of steam, and snowscapes. I know this for a fact because for the last few months, I’ve been following the group’s Instagram and National Geographic’s. It was only a couple of days after following the Cypress Hill account that I noticed the group was basically liking and commenting…

Biology Michael Nunez

NASA’s Most Powerful Rocket Just Hit a Critical Milestone

How to Watch Donald Trump’s First Press Conference Since July, No Cable Required

New Trailer for Russia’s Guardians Sets Explosions and Punches to Classical Music

Airlines Don’t Have to Warn You About Explodey Galaxy Note 7s

Two More Heroes Are Showing Up in Avengers: Infinity War

Adorable Kitchen Tool Turns Radishes Into Super Mario Power-ups

How to Make Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa Do Whatever You Want

Penthouse Offers $1 Million For a Trump Piss Tape

Ebay’s Founder Is Giving Away $10 Million to Support AI That Is Good and Not Evil

These Magical Sculptures Look Like Animations But They’re Actually Real Objects

After Population Plunge, Once Common Bumble Bee Officially Listed as Endangered

Aliens Fans Will Drool Over This Replica M56 Smart Gun

9 Fun Tricks You Can Do With Static Electricity

A ‘Graveyard of Red Fabric’ Went Into the Creation of Doctor Strange‘s Cloak of Levitation

George Lucas’ Museum is Officially Coming to Los Angeles

Grown-Ass Dogs Don’t Care About Your Stupid Baby Talk

Russia Proposes Cigarette Ban For Anyone Born After 2015

Look at These Weird Clouds

If You Want to See Moana in a Quiet Theater, Go Before January 27

Cypress Hill Is Blowing Up NatGeo’s Instagram

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