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Mall Suspends Security Robot After It Clobbered a Toddler

The Stanford Shopping Center has suspended its security robots following an incident last week in which a 16-month-old boy collided with one of its machines, resulting in a minor injury. The toddler, Harwin Cheng, was walking in front of his parents outside an Armani Exchange store when his mother pointed out the robot coming their…

Tech News George Dvorsky

Drones Will Drop Vaccine-Covered M&Ms to Save Ferrets

The endangered black-footed ferret is dying out due to a plague, and the government has a solution: Call in a “glorified gumball machine” attached to a drone to dispense M&Ms smeared in vaccine-covered peanut butter. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will release vaccine-laced M&Ms in northeastern Montana out of drones that can shoot simultaneously in…

Biology Angela Chen

Learn How to Make a Powerful Parabolic Mirror That Can Burn Wood

This parabolic mirror isn’t quite as strong as the enormous mirrors on the world’s largest telescope but it can still be used for heating, cooking, and casually turning wood black and smokey. Plus, this version is made using the “space blankets” found at many stores and not fancy glass from a Japanese company.

Tech News Angela Chen

Pokemon Go Is About to Overtake Snapchat and Google Maps

Pokemon Go has been taking over our lives for a week already, but there are no signs of mercy. First it beat Tinder, but the hookup app was just small fish. The game’s daily active users have already skyrocketed to 21 million and look likely to overtake Snapchat and Google Maps. There are about 11…

Tech News Angela Chen

Mr. Robot Has TV By the Balls! (Also Mr. Robot Is Back)

Your favorite dystopian cyberpunk drama set in the present day is back. The season premiere of Mr. Robot just aired and it was infuriating, hypnotic, purposely oblique, and absolutely wonderful. Also they name-checked Gizmodo. Phil Collins tried to soothe us while a bank exec torched $5.9 million. It would have been a PR disaster, but…

io9 Alex Cranz

Small Groups of Satellites Are More Accurate Because of Teamwork: Study

Different points of view are valuable when discussing any event or describing an object. Sure, you might have your own analysis, but somebody else is going to have seen something different. By combining all angles, a clearer picture emerges. The same concept can be seen in a recent MIT study that found a cluster of…

Climate Change Carli Velocci

E.T. Is Technically in Star Wars, So I Guess It Goes in the Star Wars Exhibit

Yes, that is an E.T. wax sculpture surrounded by weird interpretations of Star Wars characters. Yes, it’s really there. No, we don’t know why. Internet users noticed the questionable placement over at Imgur this week, wondering if anybody working at Barcelona’s Wax Museum (or the Museu de Cera) had seen Star Wars and just why…

io9 Carli Velocci

Nissan Encourages Drivers Not to Be Morons With Its Autopilot Feature

With all the criticism recently surrounding self-driving cars, you might think it’s a strange move for Nissan to announce some news regarding its own system. Well, it is, but the company is aware. According to Reuters, the car company launched a suite of auto driving functions on Wednesday called ProPilot and announced that the new…

Tech News Carli Velocci

Mantis Shrimp Roll Their Eyes, But For A Good Reason

This is just how mantis shrimp roll. They’re dangerous, are among the most badass and intriguing undersea creatures and, according to a new study, have another unique trick that only adds to their reputation: rolling their eyes to see clearer. Researchers at the University of Bristol’s School of Biological Sciences found that mantis shrimp use…

Tech News Carli Velocci

Disney Plans Adaptation of Not-So-Wicked Witch Tale Castle Hangnail

As evidenced by its quirky title, Ursula Vernon’s Castle Hangnail may be about monsters, but it’s hardly a scary story. The book, about a 12-year-old witch named Molly, will be adapted into a feature film at Disney, with TV comedy writer Bill Kunstler scripting and Ellen DeGeneres co-producing. Deadline’s report doesn’t note if the adaptation…

Movies Cheryl Eddy

This Chinese Title for Ghostbusters May Not Be Real, But It Is Totally Amazing

Whether or not Ghostbusters is going to be released in China is still up for debate. But whether or not the alternate name is awesome is not. China has rules about which foreign movies can be screened there—and its giant box office can make or break movies these days. So the fact that films that…

Movies Katharine Trendacosta

These Fearsome Dinosaurs Had Tiny Arms Just Like T. Rex

Paleontologists working in Argentina uncovered the remains of a Cretaceous-era dinosaur that featured the same kind of miniaturized arms found on the T. rex. These ancient creatures weren’t closely related, so scientists now suspect that tiny arms evolved independently. Introducing Gualicho shinyae, a 1,000-pound, bipedal theropod that featured a pair of short arms with two…

Tech News George Dvorsky

A Movie Adaptation of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child May Be Happening

Back in February, J.K. Rowling insisted that Harry Potter and the Cursed Child would remain a play, and not make a seemingly inevitable migration to the big screen. So what’s this about Warner Bros., producers of Harry Potter films past and Fantastic Beasts movies future, filing for a Cursed Child trademark in the UK? Blogger…

Movies Cheryl Eddy

NSFW Animation Shows How Awful It Is to Be Stuck on Earth with Somebody After the Apocalypse

What’s worse than being alone on a post-apocalyptic Earth? Being stuck with someone you absolutely can’t stand. This short animation, After the End from Sam Southward, shows what happens when the last two men on Earth battle it out for a sex doll, all while doing a bunch of drugs, drinking a bunch of alcohol,…

Sploid Casey Chan

Descendants: Wicked World Is Going to Include The Emperor’s New Groove in Season Two

The best thing about Disney’s Descendants franchise is the utterly hilarious names it gives its characters. They are beacons of non-originality. Up until now. Because we just found out the name of Yzma’s son. And it is really, really great. The original live-action movie introduced us the Ben, the son of Belle and the Beast;…

Television Katharine Trendacosta

The Fjords of Norway Are So Pretty That They Seem Magical

Is it too hot where you live right now? It’s probably too hot where you live right now. So escape to the fjords of Norway, where you can forget about the muggy weather and imagine the still beauty of seeing inlets surrounded by cliffs, and pretend you’re in a different world where awful, muggy summers…

Sploid Casey Chan

Our First Look at Lego’s Upcoming Adventure Time Set Is Missing a Few Characters

Back in March Lego revealed it was officially putting aBetterMonkey’s Adventure Time Lego Ideas set into production, after it received 10,000 votes from supporters. Today we have our first official look at the new set, although it appears to be missing a few characters from the original. On the left is aBetterMonkey’s original Adventure Time…

io9 Andrew Liszewski

This First Peek at The Walking Dead‘s Next Season Is Just as Insulting as Last Season’s Cliffhanger

Looking forward to the season premiere of The Walking Dead? Well, thanks to Entertainment Weekly, we have our first photo from season seven. Spoilers ahead—oh. Wait. This… this is actually the “exclusive” “first look” above. Uh, sorry? Actually, I’m not sorry, because this is a picture of the same scene that ended season six, the…

Television Rob Bricken

Ezra’s Got a New Look and a New Lightsaber In the First Clip from Star Wars Rebels Season 3

The next season of Rebels is bringing some changes to the show’s cast in the wake of season two’s jaw-dropping finale. It seems like Ezra is bearing the brunt of most of those changes, as this new clip reveals a swanky haircut, a brand new lightsaber, and a very different attitude. https://gizmodo.com/the-producer-of-star-wars-rebels-answers-your-burning-q-1768048083 Debuted on this…

io9 James Whitbrook

Meet the Guy Taylor Swift Impersonates to Hide Her Identity

Nils Sjöberg is blond, has an active social media presence, and works as a communications specialist. “Nils Sjöberg” is blonde, has an active social media presence, and is one of the most powerful women in music. “Nils Sjöberg,” as you might have learned today, is actually Taylor Swift. The singer used the name as a…

Tech News Sophie Kleeman

Mall Suspends Security Robot After It Clobbered a Toddler

Drones Will Drop Vaccine-Covered M&Ms to Save Ferrets

Learn How to Make a Powerful Parabolic Mirror That Can Burn Wood

Pokemon Go Is About to Overtake Snapchat and Google Maps

Mr. Robot Has TV By the Balls! (Also Mr. Robot Is Back)

Small Groups of Satellites Are More Accurate Because of Teamwork: Study

E.T. Is Technically in Star Wars, So I Guess It Goes in the Star Wars Exhibit

Nissan Encourages Drivers Not to Be Morons With Its Autopilot Feature

Mantis Shrimp Roll Their Eyes, But For A Good Reason

Disney Plans Adaptation of Not-So-Wicked Witch Tale Castle Hangnail

This Chinese Title for Ghostbusters May Not Be Real, But It Is Totally Amazing

These Fearsome Dinosaurs Had Tiny Arms Just Like T. Rex

A Movie Adaptation of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child May Be Happening

NSFW Animation Shows How Awful It Is to Be Stuck on Earth with Somebody After the Apocalypse

Descendants: Wicked World Is Going to Include The Emperor’s New Groove in Season Two

The Fjords of Norway Are So Pretty That They Seem Magical

Our First Look at Lego’s Upcoming Adventure Time Set Is Missing a Few Characters

This First Peek at The Walking Dead‘s Next Season Is Just as Insulting as Last Season’s Cliffhanger

Ezra’s Got a New Look and a New Lightsaber In the First Clip from Star Wars Rebels Season 3

Meet the Guy Taylor Swift Impersonates to Hide Her Identity

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