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The Intense New Warcraft TV Spot Is Jam-Packed With New Footage

It’s been a while since we last saw a full trailer for Duncan Jones’ Warcraft movie, but this new TV spot includes more Orcs and Humans than you can shake a stick at, and then Dwarves, magic, and more as well! The opening half itself is entirely new—that is, unless you were at San Diego…

Trailers James Whitbrook Mar 18 '16

The Most Ridiculous Rumor You’ll Ever Hear About The Walking Dead‘s Season Finale

And even more death is coming to the show. The Russo brothers tease the possibility of more than one Civil War post-credits scene. Get a brief glimpse of the Star Trek TV show… sort of. Plus, more Ready Player One casting, Batman v Superman B-roll, and a clip from Agents of SHIELD. To me, my…

Television James Whitbrook Mar 18 '16

Domino’s Is Testing An Adorable Pizza Delivery Robot

We all like pizza. We all like robots, most of the time. But we definitely, absolutely, undeniably love pizza-delivering robots. Fortunately, Domino’s has built one. Domino’s has been working with Marathon Robotics to build this pizza ‘bot, reports Lifehacker Australia. Weighing about 450 pounds and measuring 3 feet in height, the robot—known as DRU—has storage…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Mar 18 '16

Our Best Shot at Nuclear Fusion Needs Magnets That Weigh as Much as a Boeing 747

When it’s finally built, ITER will be the world’s biggest experimental tokamak nuclear fusion reactor—and probably our best chance to date for making nuclear fusion work. But engineers are currently toiling with building the damn thing and its magnets are proving to be a challenge. A toroidal fusion reactor like the the smaller Experimental Advanced…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Mar 18 '16

Look at the Refugee Crisis Frozen in Intricate 3D Detail

The Greek island of Lesbos, once known for its beautiful beaches and mediterranean landscape, has become the heartbreaking geographic symbol of the refugee crisis. Now, some of the scenes have been captured in painstaking detail using 3D laser scanning. About 450,000 asylum seekers arrived on the island’s shores over the past year and it seems…

Tech News Attila Nagy Mar 18 '16

This Web App Highlights English Syntax Like It’s Code

Don’t know your adverbs from your adjectives? This little web app colors text so that each part of speech is a different hue—just like text editors that highlight the syntax of different coding languages. You can copy a tranche of text into the box, hit tab, and the secrets of our peculiar language are illuminated…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Mar 18 '16

There’s a Hidden Basketball Game in Facebook Messenger and Here’s How to Play It

Bored? How about shooting a few hoops? Well, there’s a basketball game hidden in Facebook’s Messenger app. Here’s how to play. Starting a game is easy. First, make sure you have the latest version of Messenger (you can update for Android or iOS). Then, send a Facebook basketball emoji to a friend on Messenger. Finally,…

Social Media Jamie Condliffe Mar 18 '16

The Government Revealed That Lavabit Shut Down Because of Edward Snowden

Remember that the secure and private email provider Lavabit shut down back in 2013 rather than comply with the feds? While people speculated it was because the government was chasing Edward Snowden, un-redacted files now show that to be the case. Wired reports that the files were published online to a federal court system called…

Privacy & Security Jamie Condliffe Mar 18 '16

Microsoft Edge Is Finally Becoming a Real Browser

I know, Microsoft Edge is still haunted by ghosts of IE past, and for that reason alone most people stay a full barge-pole length away from Window’s default browser. But thanks to some upcoming changes, it might stop sucking so bad. The latest beta version of Edge, now available to Windows Insiders on the Fast…

Tech News Chris Mills Mar 18 '16

The NSA Wouldn’t Let Hillary Use a Blackberry As Secretary of State

President Obama became famous for his Blackberry addiction shortly after taking office, and it would appear this is one thing Clinton has in common with the sitting president. But according to State Department emails, the NSA was on hand to spoil the party. Documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act by Judicial Watch lay…

Tech News Chris Mills Mar 17 '16

Flying Drone Billboards Are the Future We Deserve

When listing all the ways humanity is going to ruin the future, one that doesn’t often come up is the sun being blocked out by a horde of drone advertising blimps. But that hasn’t stopped one Swiss firm from working hard to make it a reality. Skye Aero is a project to build 10-foot helium-filled…

Tech News Chris Mills Mar 17 '16

Hyenas and Wolves Are Teaming Up to Survive

Different species of carnivores don’t get along. At best, they’re in direct competition for prey. At worst, they turn each other into prey. But recently, zoologists found that two predators are teaming up to both survive and haunt your nightmares. The Negev Desert in southern Israel is one of the most arid places in the…

Biology Esther Inglis-Arkell Mar 17 '16

Lloyd Alexander’s Utterly Brilliant Prydain Books Are Getting a Second Chance as Movies

Long before Harry Potter, long before countless other fantasy coming-of-age stories, there were Lloyd Alexander’s Chronicles of Prydain novels. I read these as a kid and my head just exploded. And now, Disney is trying (again) to make them into movies. The Prydain Chronicles start out following Taran, who is an Assistant Pig-Keeper in the…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Mar 17 '16

These Newly Discovered ‘Super Galaxies’ Are the Biggest and Brightest Ever Seen

Looking at these spiral galaxies glowing brightly against the dark, it’s hard to imagine that they could be so easily missed—but they were right up until now, when an astronomical survey catalogued them as equal to the biggest and brightest galaxies ever seen. The galaxies pictured above, dubbed super spirals, were uncovered by the Sloan…

Space & Spaceflight Ria Misra Mar 17 '16

Superman Gives Lex a Super-Stinkface in Another New Batman v Superman Clip

Batman v Superman is almost here, and yet somehow more new footage is dropping every day. A batch of six new clips have been released, including the one above in which Lex Luthor gives Supes a pep talk to fight Batman while Superman looks at Lex like he’s sizing him up for one of his…

Movies James Whitbrook Mar 17 '16

Is Game of Thrones‘ Daario Secretly Benjen Stark in Disguise?!

No. Of course not. Don’t be absurd. However, this is an actual theory put forth on the Game of Thrones mega-fansite Winter Is Coming, which tops out at 2,300 words, and which almost certainly exists solely because the actor that played Benjen and the second guy who played Daario look vaguely alike. The theory does…

io9 Rob Bricken Mar 17 '16

Guillermo del Toro’s Next Movie Is Going in a Startling New Direction (UPDATED)

Guillermo del Toro’s name is attached to so many movies, sometimes it feels like we’ll never see any of them. While we wait for those, though, del Toro is actually making a new film. It’s smaller, it’s shooting in August and the first details—including a rough plot description—have been revealed. According to The Hollywood Reporter,…

Movies Germain Lussier Mar 17 '16

This On-Off Switch for Sperm Could Lead to Better Male Birth Control

Researchers just found an on-off switch for sperm movement. This has the potential to help men who are infertile, but it also has the potential to help all men. It could be an effective form of male birth control. A new study in Science details a new finding, which may be the first step towards…

Tech News Esther Inglis-Arkell Mar 17 '16

Lovecraft Country Is One of the Most Thrilling Books of the Year

Imagine that you’re driving home, and a cop pulls you over for no reason. He begins to search your car and finds a stash of rare science fiction books, including an Edgar Rice Burroughs first edition, giftwrapped for your uncle. The cop proceeds to mess up these books, while laughing at the title of A…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders Mar 17 '16

Here Are the Opposing Teams In Marvel’s Civil War II Comics

Marvel has spent the last few weeks teasing the cadre of heroes picking sides in its upcoming event Civil War II: Electric Registration Boogaloo. But now, it looks like they’ve revealed the key players in the debate of “What did you learn after watching Minority Report for the first time?” https://gizmodo.com/marvels-civil-war-sequel-sounds-a-lot-like-superhero-mi-1752220247 In Civil War II—an…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook Mar 17 '16

The Intense New Warcraft TV Spot Is Jam-Packed With New Footage

The Most Ridiculous Rumor You’ll Ever Hear About The Walking Dead‘s Season Finale

Domino’s Is Testing An Adorable Pizza Delivery Robot

Our Best Shot at Nuclear Fusion Needs Magnets That Weigh as Much as a Boeing 747

Look at the Refugee Crisis Frozen in Intricate 3D Detail

This Web App Highlights English Syntax Like It’s Code

There’s a Hidden Basketball Game in Facebook Messenger and Here’s How to Play It

The Government Revealed That Lavabit Shut Down Because of Edward Snowden

Microsoft Edge Is Finally Becoming a Real Browser

The NSA Wouldn’t Let Hillary Use a Blackberry As Secretary of State

Flying Drone Billboards Are the Future We Deserve

Hyenas and Wolves Are Teaming Up to Survive

Lloyd Alexander’s Utterly Brilliant Prydain Books Are Getting a Second Chance as Movies

These Newly Discovered ‘Super Galaxies’ Are the Biggest and Brightest Ever Seen

Superman Gives Lex a Super-Stinkface in Another New Batman v Superman Clip

Is Game of Thrones‘ Daario Secretly Benjen Stark in Disguise?!

Guillermo del Toro’s Next Movie Is Going in a Startling New Direction (UPDATED)

This On-Off Switch for Sperm Could Lead to Better Male Birth Control

Lovecraft Country Is One of the Most Thrilling Books of the Year

Here Are the Opposing Teams In Marvel’s Civil War II Comics

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