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Japan Just Scrapped a $9 Billion Nuclear Reactor That Never Really Worked

The government of Japan has decided to decommission the experimental Monju nuclear reactor, which worked for just 250 days out of its total 22-year lifespan. Located in Japan’s Fukui Prefecture, the sodium-cooled fast reactor has been mired in controversy since construction began in 1986. The reactor came online in April 1994, but a major fire…

Tech News George Dvorsky

The New Ghostbusters Will Meet the Old Team in a New Comic Crossover

On the big screen, we’re never going to see the classic Ghostbusters team partner up with the crew from the latest movie. But anything can happen in comics, so the Avengers moment of the Ghostbusters world is taking place in a new miniseries starting next March. Revealed as part of IDW’s latest list of solicitations,…

io9 James Whitbrook

No, Scientists Cannot Predict Whether Toddlers Will Become Criminals

Earlier this month, a new study came out suggesting that it’s possible to predict whether a toddler will become a criminal. Based on neurological exams, scientists correlated the brain health of people at age three with whether they went on to commit any crimes as adults. And for those with poor brain health, 80 percent…

Tech News Kristen V. Brown

Blasting a GoPro Out of a Cannon at 84 MPH Is Easier Than Piloting a Drone

After successfully launching a GoPro through the air using a bow and arrow, YouTube’s Sam and Niko have taken that experiment to new heights, and new speeds, by instead blasting the tiny action camera out of a compressed air cannon. The filmmakers managed to send the GoPro soaring to heights of 240 feet, and distances…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski

Mark Zuckerberg: A Year in Review

By some metrics, Mark Zuckerberg had an excellent year. Facebook, his supreme breadwinner, made enough money to keep a small country afloat. The platform’s user base kept growing. It became a top destination for news, and its influence over every aspect of our lives further metastasized. He even gave the Pope a model drone! But…

Social Media Sophie Kleeman

Time Travel Is the Key to Saving Humanity in the Trailer for Netflix’s Travelers

Netflix’s Travelers features a team of people who send their consciousness through time and into other people’s bodies—and they’re using that ability to prevent the dwindling down of humanity into nearly nothing. There are a lot of interesting questions posed by this premise and I’m not sure if the show gets as much into the…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta

Relive 15 Years of Earthquakes in Four Mesmerizing Minutes

A few weeks ago, the US National Weather Service’s Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) released this soothing and terrifying animation of every earthquake it recorded from January 1, 2001 to December 31, 2015. Here’s my suggested backing track, and here’s how the video’s description says to read the map: The earthquake hypocenters first appear as…

Tech News Ryan F. Mandelbaum

We Might Know Every Superhero That’s Showing Up In Avengers: Infinity War

The Tales from the Crypt reboot may be doomed. Teddy Sears teases a potential return on The Flash. Kara might be getting a visit from her old boss in the near future on Supergirl. There are tons of new pictures from Alien: Covenant, and a new cast member is confirmed. Plus, what’s to come on…

io9 James Whitbrook

The Best Gadgets of 2016

We spend a lot of time playing with gadgets at Gizmodo. A lot! Very few actually impress us, but 2016 did deliver some great gear we actually liked. These are our favorites. Sony Playstation VR With the launch of the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, 2016 started out strong as the year virtual reality finally…

Gadgets Michael Nunez

How to Get Early Access to New iOS and Android Features

Whether you’ve picked an Android or Apple smartphone, there is an official beta program you can sign up for that will give you a sneak preview of upcoming features in return for one or two bugs. Here’s how to sign up and sign out of the iOS and Android beta tests. As we’ve mentioned before…

Gadgets David Nield

Man Turns to Internet After Finding Weird ‘Green Stuff’ on Taco

Life is full of mysteries. Some of them are simple, like, “If there’s a god, why is there evil in the world?” Others are far more illusive and can only be answered by the collective wisdom of the world wide web. On Monday, a poster on Reddit’s /r/taco_bell subpage inadvertently posed a question of the…

Tech News Hudson Hongo

Facebook Gives You New Way to Shout Into the Void

Picture this: you’re at home, alone, and you suddenly feel an overwhelming urge to bellow into the abyss. Perhaps you’ve just formulated a take too spicy for the written word. Perhaps you’re just mad about shit. You open up your Facebook app but right when you tap “LIVE” you catch sight of your face—hideous, gnarled,…

Social Media Eve Peyser

127 Things That Happened in 2016 Summed Up in One Drawing

I was ready for 2016 to be over as soon as it started so excuse me if I pretend that this last stretch just doesn’t exist so I can jump on the heck over to 2017 already. Artist Niv Bavarsky summarized the best and worst of what happened this past year for Beutler Ink in…

Sploid Casey Chan

Neglected Cat Freed From Pounds of Matted Fur After Rescue

A Pittsburgh man discovered a neglected cat with two pounds of matted fur when he paid a visit to his 82-year-old relative last week. The man brought the poor creature—who he named Hidey because she like to hide—to the Animal Rescue League Shelter & Wildlife Center. In a Facebook post, the shelter wrote, “She suffered from severe…

Tech News Eve Peyser

A Teenage Scream Queen Gives Us Hope for the Future in Short Doc Bloody Barbara

She may only be 16 years old, but Barbara—a.k.a. Atheena Frizzell—is one of the most passionate horror-movie fans we’ve ever seen. Her obsession began when she saw The Descent at a slumber party, and it’s only grown (and become intertwined with her budding feminist sensibilities) ever since. Shawn Bannon’s short portrait is an inspiring testament…

io9 Cheryl Eddy

Slicing Random Things with a Knife Heated Up to 1,000 Degrees Unleashes All Sorts of Fury

There are so many reasons to try this at home tonight: you get to see the metal blade burn that glorious fiery orange red, you get to hear inanimate objects make weird whining sounds as they get sliced open, you get to imagine what spontaneous self-combustion would be like, and in some cases you might…

Sploid Casey Chan

Diego Luna Really Wants to Touch Jabba the Hutt

A leading role in a smash hit Star Wars movie might seem like a dream come true for Diego Luna. But playing Cassian Andor was apparently number two on Luna’s Star Wars wish list… behind yearning for an intimate moment with the galaxy’s most famous space slug crime lord. Apparently Luna has professed his intense…

io9 James Whitbrook

Does Anyone Still Work at Twitter?

Another day, another top executive leaves Twitter. On Tuesday, the company’s chief technology executive Adam Messinger announced his departure. “After 5 years I’ve decided to leave Twitter and take some time off. Grateful to @jack for the opportunity and to my team for shipping,” Messinger tweeted. Josh McFarland, the VP of Product, also announced he…

Tech News Eve Peyser

You Won’t Believe How Far Some Salamanders Will Walk to Get Laid

Animals will go to great lengths to find a mate, but there’s a species of salamander that’s willing to traverse extreme distances over treacherous terrain to find that special amphibian someone. A new study published in Functional Ecology shows that mole salamanders travel an average of six miles (10 km)—and in some cases as far…

Tech News George Dvorsky

Oh Great, Another Study Says Cured Meat Is Bad

Another study came out today reminding us that something you probably assumed wasn’t that healthy probably isn’t that healthy: cured meat. In a word, the study concluded that cured meat and worsening asthma symptoms go hand-in-hand. But like many nutrition studies, this one’s conclusions come with some major caveats, and are already generating controversy. The…

Health Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Japan Just Scrapped a $9 Billion Nuclear Reactor That Never Really Worked

The New Ghostbusters Will Meet the Old Team in a New Comic Crossover

No, Scientists Cannot Predict Whether Toddlers Will Become Criminals

Blasting a GoPro Out of a Cannon at 84 MPH Is Easier Than Piloting a Drone

Mark Zuckerberg: A Year in Review

Time Travel Is the Key to Saving Humanity in the Trailer for Netflix’s Travelers

Relive 15 Years of Earthquakes in Four Mesmerizing Minutes

We Might Know Every Superhero That’s Showing Up In Avengers: Infinity War

The Best Gadgets of 2016

How to Get Early Access to New iOS and Android Features

Man Turns to Internet After Finding Weird ‘Green Stuff’ on Taco

Facebook Gives You New Way to Shout Into the Void

127 Things That Happened in 2016 Summed Up in One Drawing

Neglected Cat Freed From Pounds of Matted Fur After Rescue

A Teenage Scream Queen Gives Us Hope for the Future in Short Doc Bloody Barbara

Slicing Random Things with a Knife Heated Up to 1,000 Degrees Unleashes All Sorts of Fury

Diego Luna Really Wants to Touch Jabba the Hutt

Does Anyone Still Work at Twitter?

You Won’t Believe How Far Some Salamanders Will Walk to Get Laid

Oh Great, Another Study Says Cured Meat Is Bad

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