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New ThunderCats trailer unleashes kitty karate and an epic cat choral anthem!

Raise the Sword of Omens high — a brand new ThunderCats trailer has been released. And it’s packed with the epicStar Wars Episode 1 choral chanting. See the first footage of Wilykit and Wilykat and watch Lion-O battle Tigra! The new series will premiere on the Cartoon Network this July. [via The ThunderCat’s Facebook Page]

io9 Meredith Woerner May 20

The Super Awesome Superconducting Magnet Endeavour Left Behind

The largest, most expensive space-science experiment left Earth earlier this week with Endeavour. And inside AMS is a superconducting magnet—but not the more powerful one that was 12 years in the making. https://io9.gizmodo.com/preview/the-2-billion-dark-matter-hunting-alpha-magnetic-spect-5797064 Researchers at Scientific Magnetics donated over a decade of their time creating a really powerful magnet (creatively dubbed AMS-02 Superconducting Magnet) meant…

Space & Spaceflight Max Behrman May 20

What Is EPO?

Fresh allegations by Lance Armstrong’s former teammate Tyler Hamilton are bad news for the man in yellow. Hamilton says Armstrong used EPO to train for the Tour de France. So what’s EPO, and why is that a big deal? EPO is a hormone… EPO, or more properly erythropoietin, is a protein hormone produced by the…

Tech News Mat Honan May 20

Pirates of the Caribbean 4: Captain Jack Sparrow can escape from anything… except a rut

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides is Disney’s desperate attempt to throw off all the baggage of the previous sequels and get back to the simple pleasures of a half-mad swashbuckling Johnny Depp. And this time, there’s mermaids! But is it any good? Sort of. It’s less muddled than the last two Pirates sequels…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins May 20

Let’s Punk the Rapture

A lot of people think the Rapture is coming May 21. It’s not. But assuming your pets are okay, here’s a prank we’d like you to pull. We call it Rapture Bombing. https://gizmodo.com/crazy-people-drive-post-rapture-pet-pickup-boom-5803629 On May 21, get a bunch of your old clothes in full sets of pants, shirts, and shoes. Bonus points if you…

Tech News Mat Honan May 20

Dudes, It’s Totally Chill. Netflix Is Not Destroying the Internet’s Backbone or Your Data Cap.

Everyone is freaking out because when we all come home at night, our Netflix sessions are responsible for 30% of the internet traffic during peak hours and everyone thinks it’s breaking the internet’s backbone. Wanna know something? Not true. https://gizmodo.com/netflix-now-the-internet-traffic-emperor-of-north-ameri-5803044 According to ITWorld, that flood of traffic mostly affects the last mile of the trip…

Movies Adrian Covert May 20

Why Apple Might Be Your Best Bet for This ‘Cloud Music’ Thing

For over a decade now, you’ve been able to store your music on a server in the cloud and stream it to yourself on computers and even mobile devices – but until now, that was mostly the domain of geeks and folks like me whose job it was to test the stuff. Oh, how times…

Tech News Eliot Van Buskirk May 20

Foxconn Explosion Kills Two, iPad Production Line Halted

Chinese television is reporting a big explosion at Foxconn’s Chengdu factory. The details are not clear, but we know that, sadly, at least two have been killed and it has happened in building A05, the production line for iPad 2. Updated: Foxconn has sent us official details on the accident. Right now, there are more…

Tech News Jesus Diaz May 20

How MRIs work

Most people have seen MRI images, or MRIs being used on medical shows, but rarely is magnetic resonance imaging actually explained. Take a look at how it works. There are plenty of medical dramas on TV, and nearly all of them have some scenes of desperately sick patients climbing into gigantic tubes that look like…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell May 20

First Photo of Tom Hardy as Bane?

The website for Christopher Nolan’s third Batman film just went live, and it contains clues that lead to this picture. Which appears to be Tom Hardy as Bane. The Dark Knight Rises website actually contains a sound file of some chanting, which turns out to reveal a link to a Twitter account, TheFireRises, when you…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders May 20

The history of bedwetting

This is the best title for any scholarly paper published in the year 2011: “Urine trouble: a social history of bedwetting and its regulation.” Snort! Here’s historian Chris Hurl’s abstract, published in the prestigious journal History of the Human Sciences: Bedwetting has confounded the presumed boundaries of the human body, existing in a fluid space,…

io9 Annalee Newitz May 20

Would you let NASA open a stable wormhole in our solar system?

Let’s face it: Faster than light travel may never be possible, and even near-light speeds may be a pipe dream. But what if we could open a wormhole, to let us jump to another solar system? Or travel in time? Suppose it’s 50 years from now, and NASA announces they have a way to open…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders May 20

Help Archive New York City’s Neon Lights

Consider Kickstarter a selfish form of charity, as you always get something back—even if it’s just the knowledge you’ve helped invest in a product’s future. Today, an app creator needs your help—or $10—setting Project Neon free. All of New York’s neon signs have been photographed for the upcoming Project Neon app, with 100 of the…

Tech News Kat Hannaford May 20

Gizmodo Gadget Writer Wanted

Here’s the person we’re looking for: Somebody who loves gadgets and knows them super well—you’re so good you don’t even know it—and who can write about them in a way that doesn’t suck. The requirements: • It’s a New York City gig • Know your gadget shit. The guts, the design, who makes what, why…

Tech News Matt Buchanan May 20

What is an Electrowetting Display?

Electrowetting sounds like some crazy shock therapy to stop your kid from peeing his bed. But don’t worry! It’s not nearly as messy. But if an electrowetting display isn’t a child’s worst nightmare, what is it? Electrowetting is a type of e-ink display technology… E-ink displays dominate the e-reader market, as they simulate paper and…

Tech News Kelly May 20

Carrie remake is happening. Let’s hope it’s better than the musical!

The classic flick about the little telekinetic teen, Carrie, is getting the remake treatment. And we’ll dump a bucket of pig’s blood on anyone who tries to shoehorn Broadway songs into the new version. Deadline is reporting that MGM and Screen Gems have hired Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa to remake Stephen King’s Carrie. And yes, he’s the…

Movies Meredith Woerner May 20

Chaos Rings Omega Circles Familiar Territory

Last year’s Chaos Rings told the story of five couples mysteriously transported to a place called the Arc Arena, where are forced to fight their way through a variety of dungeons until only one couple remained to claim the grand… [Kotaku]

Tech News Kotaku May 20

All new clips from X-Men: First Class, Super 8, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, and Doctor Who!

After approximately thirty years of rumors and speculations, The Dark Knight Rises is really happening. Another X-Men: First Class villain speaks. The man with a brain the size of Kent has joined The Hobbit. Plus new Amazing Spider-Man set photos! Spoilers from here on out! Top image from The Hunger Games. The Dark Knight Rises…

Television Alasdair Wilkins May 20

If Filming in 3D is “Tough as Hell,” Michael Bay, Maybe You Should Give Up Now?

I mean, who’s really looking forward to Transformers 3? Really? Really?! Anyway, turns out James Cameron is to blame, with Bay saying “years ago, Jim Cameron called me and told me I needed to do 3D. I told him no!” Telling Empire magazine that filming in 3D was “tough as hell,” Bay described the turning…

Tech News Kat Hannaford May 20

Can You Believe This is a Piece of Ikea Furniture?

Ikea serves a purpose, sure, but I hate buying furniture out of necessity. More thought should go into your surroundings—but if you really can’t part with the Scandinavian furniture, at least consider Mykea’s fun decals. The custom-design service has been going for a while now, but they’ve added a whole bunch of fun new decals…

Tech News Kat Hannaford May 20

New ThunderCats trailer unleashes kitty karate and an epic cat choral anthem!

The Super Awesome Superconducting Magnet Endeavour Left Behind

What Is EPO?

Pirates of the Caribbean 4: Captain Jack Sparrow can escape from anything… except a rut

Let’s Punk the Rapture

Dudes, It’s Totally Chill. Netflix Is Not Destroying the Internet’s Backbone or Your Data Cap.

Why Apple Might Be Your Best Bet for This ‘Cloud Music’ Thing

Foxconn Explosion Kills Two, iPad Production Line Halted

How MRIs work

First Photo of Tom Hardy as Bane?

The history of bedwetting

Would you let NASA open a stable wormhole in our solar system?

Help Archive New York City’s Neon Lights

Gizmodo Gadget Writer Wanted

What is an Electrowetting Display?

Carrie remake is happening. Let’s hope it’s better than the musical!

Chaos Rings Omega Circles Familiar Territory

All new clips from X-Men: First Class, Super 8, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, and Doctor Who!

If Filming in 3D is “Tough as Hell,” Michael Bay, Maybe You Should Give Up Now?

Can You Believe This is a Piece of Ikea Furniture?

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