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It’s Action Hero Week on Gizmodo and IO9 right now; a fun look at at the the tough guys we all like to watch in movies…

Arnold Schwarzenegger is the greatest special effect of all time. And I know that sentence seems weird. “Darren,” you…

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Neuroscientist and kinesiologist E. Paul Zehr has studied how a person might actually become Batman, looking at the…

Hands down, my favorite action hero is Jack Ryan — stockbroker, CIA agent, president, and subject of many failed…

It’s Action Hero Week, which means we’re exploring how technology could give you superpowers. You know: exoskeletons, bi…

If we don’t do something about climate change, humanity is screwed. But do what? Carbon emissions keep creeping up,…

Gundam is a scifi anime where humans battle each other in “mobile suits,” which are basically combat vehicles that look…

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Biohacking is one of those buzzy blanket terms used to describe a whole spectrum of ways that people modify or improve…

Your next surgery may be performed by a robot. It will be controlled by a doctor in the room, or perhaps by one across…

You’re a cop on the edge, an ex-marine with nothing left to lose, or just an everyday guy who’s too old for this shit.…

Everybody knows the hero’s journey by heart at this point. The chosen one gets called to adventure, refuses, accepts,…

Action movies and novels take place in a fantastical kind of heightened reality, where heroes and villains are capable…

Everything is hackable — you can jailbreak your phone to get better apps, but you can also mod your own eyeballs to…

The world is a scary, dangerous place — but that’s okay, because we’re ready for action. This week is Action Hero Week…