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Have we already mentioned how long 2018 was? Oh, we did? Yada, yada, yada...we’re all really tired. Thankfully, today is the very last day of the year. With that in mind, take a look at all the geeky pop culture we loved (or didn’t) this year. Read more...

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is our favorite movie of the year . It’s so amazing in so many ways that we simply can’t stop thinking about it. Thankfully, Titan Books is here to help, with their newest title, S pider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse - The Art of the Movie by Ramin Zahed. And io9 has some exclusive images… Read more...

I realize Christmas was nearly a week ago, but if you forgot to buy this year’s Star Wars advent calendar , you can still get one on sale before it’s gone forever. And since the calendar is already in the past, you can just give into your childlike instincts and rip open all of the panels at once to enjoy the cute,… Read more...

The latest season of Doctor Who has been breaking ground in a number of ways. Not only has it performed well in ratings with the biggest season opening since the series reboot, but it’s also done a number of episodes focusing on important social and political issues . Showrunner Chris Chibnall says this is vital, as it… Read more...

China’s is performing more sea trials of its navy ship with a railgun. They have also made progress on 20 Megawatt power modules to power more railguns. Long time no see, the railgun test ship is spotted undergoing sea trials these days. pic.twitter.com/WdxXkyYWrF — dafeng cao (@dafengcao) December 29, 2018 China Shipbuilding Industry (CSIC) announced the successful certification of a new 20-megawatt steam turbo generator unit for ships. The 20-megawatts of power is four times as much as China’s current generator units and equal to the most advanced generator units developed by the US and European countries. Twenty megawatts is

It’s almost 2019. And if you’d rather stay home tonight, we’ve got some great live video streams that will put you in the middle of the New Year’s action. Read more...

What can we say about 2018? Well, lots of bad things. But some good stuff happened, too, and you clicked on a lot of stories, that’s for sure. Why not click on more? Perhaps even some you missed! Are you ready to find out io9's 100 most popular posts of 2018? Here we go... Read more...

This graph shows the world's GDP per capita, adjusted for inflation, from 1950 until 2100.

Mount your Switch, phone, or iPad above your bed or where ever else you find convenient with this $14 gooseneck stand (with promo code 8PPCPJ69). It’s down from the usual $20, and you’ll be really glad to have it during your next Stardew Valley hangover morning  (tomorrow morning).  Read more...

Netflix’s latest television experiment, Black Mirror: Bandersnatch , has several possible endings to the story. Some quick, others more detailed. But one of them stands out, giving us a poetic story that—unlike all the others in the film—was only made possible through its interactivity. It may not be the only way the… Read more...

Elon Musk indicated there would be cool pictures of the demo Starship in around 4 weeks of a December 8th tweet. The polished body of the nosecone will be stacked onto the cylinder main body section within days. SpaceX has not shown the three Raptor engines that will power the Starhopper. The bottom section will have tailfins. There needs to be the fuel tank and the pipes for moving the fuel. The Starhopper will be 9 meters wide (29.5 feet) and 40 meters tall (131 feet). Above- NASASpaceflight user bocachicagal’s put together on-site photos taken by Thomas Lacroix. The Starhopper

Nancy Grace Roman, a former NASA executive who is often described as the “mother” of the Hubble Space Telescope, has died at 93. Read more...

Because the original run of Marvel Comics’ Runaways was relatively short compared to many other series, Joshua Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, the co-creators of Hulu’s live-action adaptation , have been very deliberate about not rushing through the show’s plot in favor of taking time to build out its characters and the… Read more...

Round out 2018 with deals on Philips Hue lights , Anker charging gear , Amazon-branded trail mix , and a lot more. Read more...

The Doctor Who New Year’s Day special is almost upon us and a bunch of new images have dropped, much like that giant, sparkly ball in Times Square. Plus, the first image arrives from DC Universe’s Swamp Thing series, and what’s coming up on Gotham , Cloak & Dagger , and more. Spoilers can be found in this general… Read more...

You might have noticed the Japanese zombie horror film, One Cut of the Dead , is currently available for free on Amazon Prime both here in the United States and in the United Kingdom. It’s not supposed to be. Read more...

William Falconer-Beach has rendered some images of the SpaceX Spaceship with a mirror polished stainless steel body. Elon Musk has reported that SpaceX is building the body of the Spaceship out of stainless steel and that it will be polished to a mirror finish. A hopper version of the Spaceship should have its first test flights by April 2019. The spaceship should reach orbit in 2020. This vehicle will be completely reusable and will be able to carry 100 tons to low earth orbit with each launch. Earth.#Space #spacex #cinema4d #Starship pic.twitter.com/PtNMVMpVoH — William Falconer-Beach (@FalconerBeach) December 30, 2018

After A Quiet Place came out, writer/director/star John Krasinski was adamant he wouldn’t be returning for a sequel. He’d be happy to see one made, but his involvement was going to be minimal. Read more...

There is about 70% support among Americans to use human gene editing to cure or correct diseases. The support among people in China for using human gene editing to cure disease was similar in a recent poll. The US support has increased about ten percent from a 2016 Pew Research poll. The Chinese poll of people living with HIV and Aids showed support of 95% for using human gene edit for HIV prevention. The Chinese poll of the general public showed 75-80% support for human gene editing to treat genetic heart disease or to extend life. The Chinese poll had

Frequently reported advances in artificial intelligence make some people curious, and others nervous. While some people picture their next smart appliance purchase being an AI robot, others wonder if an AI robot will take their job. The truth is, neither of those scenarios will be a reality anytime soon. There’s a misunderstanding about artificial intelligence (AI), and it’s a big deal. True AI doesn’t exist yet, and it’s not a likely near future, either. Despite analysis of science fiction movies and scientific reports that claim otherwise. People get excited when new breakthroughs in machine learning are publicized, like the CNBC

Mary Poppins for Avengers: Endgame confirmed? Read more...

Reassuring news today for fans worried that newfound moviestardom might have dulled the excessive, “What the fuck is that?” edges off of one of the planet’s most spectacle-devoted performers: Lady Gaga has a giant robot now. Read more...

The Sikorsky–Boeing SB-1 Defiant is built and will make its first flight early in 2019. The SB-1 Defiant will have a cruise speed of 250 knots (460 km/h). It will initially will have less range due to using the “old” T55 engine. A new engine, the future affordable turbine engine (FATE), will enable it to meet the range requirement of 229 nmi (424 km). The Bell V-280 Valor is competing for the Future Vertical Lift program. In October 2018, the V-280 reached 250 knots (460 km/h) at 80% proprotor cruise speed. It was also flown to a 45° bank angle

I don’t know your life, but I bet there’s something you need in today’s Gold Box of AmazonBasics electronics and accessories . Maybe you’ve been meaning to buy a UPS and just haven’t gotten around to it. Maybe, like me, you’re a peripheral junkie, and you need a USB hub to support your habit. Perhaps your New Year’s… Read more...

Aquaman? Pssshhh. Read more...

Miles Morales , breakout hero of Into the Spider-Verse and one of the best and most memorable Spider-people around, was created by two people: writer Brian Michael Bendis, and artist Sara Pichelli. Read more...

Although the general surreality of modern living can make these things kind of hard to keep track of, one of the weirdest pop culture moments of 2018 came all the way back in April , when actress Allison Mack—as in, the one who starred in baby Superman series Smallville for 10 seasons on The CW and The WB—was arrested… Read more...

A reckless drive, a bunker, and two new gods on the brink. Seems routine, right? Read more...

Bowflex’s super popular adjustable dumbbells , electronics and accessories at Amazon, and GREATS on clearance are some of the best deals online today. Read more...

Norman Gimbel, an Oscar- and Grammy-award-winning lyricist and songwriter, has passed away, Comic Book Resources reports. He was known, among other things, for the Wonder Woman theme song from the popular 1970s series starring Lynda Carter. Read more...

The MCU’s special effects get more and more impressive , from de-aging that looks actually realistic to Josh Brolin’s impressive performance as a half-human half-CGI Thanos. Read more...

If you’re a Magic: The Gathering player, you know that lands are the way that you generate mana, the resource that allows you to play cards. In a new video, YouTuber SaffronOlive explains how to get that balance of lands correct. Read more...

Our readers have bought thousands of Yi’s home security cameras, and today, you can get a 1080p model for $25 , the best price we’ve seen — just clip the coupon on the page and apply code YI4HOME8.   Read more...

One of the most interesting ways of exploring the craft of a film is to read the screenplay. A good screenplay is a blueprint for the film based on it: it tells you so much of what you need to know, lets you visualize the building without actually fully encompassing it. It lets you understand what decisions were made… Read more...

You know that cliche about how no one is impressed with Aquaman? Well, it might be time to retire it, because people apparently love Aquaman . Read more...

China was planning to use Westinghouse AP1000 and french EPR (Evolutionary Power Reactor) nuclear reactors. China normally completes nuclear reactors in 4-5 years and at a half or a third of the price of nuclear construction in the USA and Europe. China just finished its first EPR reactor but it was five years late and about double the budget. China has also completed several AP1000 reactors but there delays and budget overruns there as well. Westinghouse and Toshiba went into Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2017. There are some who believe that a pause in China’s licensing of nuclear reactors is

No matter how much one dives into the lore of The Legend Of Zelda Majora’s Mask , establishing absolutes about what really happened in the world of the 18-year-old Nintendo 64 adventure can be tricky. I’ve decided to try. Read more...

A couple of perfect bedroom TVs , leather journals , and an extra discount on Eddie Bauer clearance items are some of the best deals on the web today. Read more...

Loveable, wonderful baby brother Loki. How bad a guy were you, really? Read more...

With the advent of affordable monitor risers, it’s never been easier to become a part-time or full-time standing desk user, but it’s important not to skimp on the anti-fatigue mat when you decide to make the transition. Read more...

In 2014 the New Horizons team found an object that is now called Ultima Thule. It is located in the Kuiper belt in the outermost regions of the Solar System, beyond the orbit of Neptune. On January 1, 2019, New Horizons will flyby Ultima Thule at a distance of 3500 km (2200 miles). It will be at a distance of almost 6.5 billion km (4 billion miles) from the Sun, making this the most distant planetary flyby that has yet been attempted, and the first time that a Solar System object of this type has been seen close-up. Ultima Thule

In about seven weeks, SpaceX will launch a Beresheet which is SpaceIL’s small ~600 kg (1300 lb) lunar lander. SpaceIL competed the Google Lunar XPrize. This launch is about a year too late for the Google prize. SpaceX will launch an Indonesia’s PSN-6 communications satellite and the lunar lander will be a secondary payload. The Indonesian satellite Nusantara Satu (PSN VI) has arrived at the Cape for its February launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 (SSL Release: https://t.co/usuBQeq9Uz). This is a shared launch with Spaceflight GTO-1/SpaceIL (Israel’s first mission to the moon): https://t.co/OvyNAc9qfP pic.twitter.com/Z8HDFDUCdX — Chris B – NSF (@NASASpaceflight)

D-Wave Systems announced a developer preview of D-Wave Hybrid™, a simple, open-source hybrid workflow platform for building and running quantum-classical hybrid applications. D-Wave Hybrid will become part of the Ocean software development kit within D-Wave’s Leap™ Quantum Application Environment (QAE) and is available at http://bit.ly/2QcLxiw for trial and developer input. The D-Wave Hybrid framework provides simplified workflow control to developers, allowing them to use both classical and quantum systems in parallel, gain insight into systems performance, optimize code across systems, and develop quantum hybrid applications more easily. The developer preview of D-Wave Hybrid includes: * Hybrid workflow control: enables rapid

RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science has constructed a hybrid quantum device made from two different types of qubits. They have created a device that can be quickly initialized and read out, and that simultaneously maintains high control fidelity. They combined single-spin qubit called a Loss-DiVincenzo qubit and a singlet-triplet qubit. The Loss-DiVincenzo qubit has very high control fidelity—meaning that it is in a clear state, making it ideal for calculations, and has a long decoherence time. It will stay in a given state for a relatively long time before losing its signal to the environment. Unfortunately, the downside to

It’s been over a year since the first-season finale of The Orville , and while the sci-fi comedy doesn’t require a lot of backstory to enjoy, we still thought it’d be worth whipping together a primer so you can hit the ground running (and catch onto any inside jokes) ahead of Sunday’s season two premiere . Read more...

Have you watched the new Netflix movie Bird Box starring Sandra Bullock yet? It’s been divisive, with some people saying they love it and other people claiming that they hate it. But I absolutely loved it, and I have a theory about one of the most difficult questions of the entire movie: What are the monsters, exactly? Read more...

A new method being developed in Germany could eliminate the need for male chick culling.

The Hulu-Blumhouse holiday horror anthology series Into the Dark returns tomorrow with a new episode in honor of New Year’s Eve, a searing takedown of social media, toxic friendships, and wellness culture titled “New Year, New You.” It’s a suspenseful entry with an all-female cast, directed by Sophia Takal. Read more...

If you want a tablet to basically use as a portable TV (that’s basically what my iPad is at this point), a big screen is important, and you’d be hard pressed to find a better deal right now than Amazon’s Fire HD 10 for $100 today, a $50 discount. Read more...

The teen heroes of Hulu’s Runaways spent an entire season working up the nerve to put their money where the show’s mouth is and actually run away. But the time that was put into actually fleshing out their characters was something the show’s co-creators Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage wanted to take in order to … Read more...

For years, tech and media companies big and small have been trying to pivot to video. In 2018, a lot of those pivots are turning into trips and falls. But not here at Gizmodo. We’re making videos about tripping and falling. Other stuff, too! Read more...

As the end of 2018 approaches, it’s time to look back and bid a fond farewell to the actors, artists, authors, and other real people who’ve shuffled off this mortal coil. All of these folks have one thing in common: They inspired us, whether it was with one specific performance on a favorite sci-fi TV show, or a… Read more...

A Google Home Hub , Cuisinart cookware , and one-day movie, comics and software deals thanks to Amazon Digital Day lead off Friday’s best deals. Read more...

Bandersnatch , the new, Choose Your Own Adventure -style installment of Black Mirror out today , is (as you might expect) a twisty bit of interactive fiction. And Netflix has further tied the metatextual knot by building out a real website for the episode’s fictional games studio Tuckersoft, where several of the… Read more...

Russia has provided China with critical navy engine technology which will enable China’s newest destroyers to have enough electrical power for large railguns. China will fix and upgrade Russia’s aircraft carrier and other large ships. Russia is unable to fix or modernize large ships after their only large floating dock sank. This shows that China still needs foreign technology for fundamental military technology. It also shows that Russia needs help performing basic maintenance and upgrading of its Soviet-era military technology. China is advancing to fill the gaps in its technology capabilities and is moving ahead to railguns and other technology.

I’m home for the holidays, and my parents love the interior-design focused TV station HGTV. That means a lot of Property Brothers , House Hunters , and Tiny House, Big Living . Although I have my own obsession with House Hunters (how do they keep finding such horrible people?), I also have a soft spot for the tiny house… Read more...

Researchers have described a new process to make truly sustainable bioplastics, which degrade easily and don't require land or fresh water to produce.

Because Spider-Man: into the Spider-Verse is primarily about Miles Morales and not Peter Parker , the film is very careful about how it tosses around Uncle Ben’s famous words about “great power” and “great responsibility” so as not to distract from the movie’s central narrative focus. But a new revelation adds more… Read more...

Sure, it’s a little early to be thinking about filing your taxes, but if you plan ahead and purchase your TurboTax software today from Amazon , you’ll score a nice discount, plus a $10 Amazon gift card to boot. Read more...

The Mr. Rogers film lands a sensible title and How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World’s star discusses the end of an era. Plus, Fandango has nicely released a slew of new images from 2019 films we’re looking forward to— Aladdin , Shazam , Pet Sematary and more. Spoiler away! Read more...

Disk rotating detonation engines could provide engines that are 10% more efficient, which could enable hypersonic planes. The USA, China, and Russia will be ramping up hypersonic weapon and hypersonic plane spending over ten billions per year each. Combustion can be performed in two different modes (deflagration and detonation). Deflagration is usually treated as approximately isobaric combustion. For detonation, its propagating velocity can reach the order of kilometers per second. Three kinds of detonation based engines are most studied. They are standing detonation engine (SDE), pulse detonation engine (PDE) and continuously rotating detonation engine (CRDE). * Internal combustion engines are

Choosing to use Stainless Steel materials and other design changes to SpaceX Starship should enable it to have its first orbital mission in 2020. Design changes have made the rocket dramatically better and shortened the time for development. Part of the rocket will be cooled with liquid methane. How about the chances that Starship reaches orbit in 2020? — Eric Ralph (@13ericralph31) December 27, 2018 Probability at 60% & rising rapidly due to new architecture — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 27, 2018 What was the trigger for the latest redesign? — Walter MacVane (@EcoHeliGuy) December 27, 2018 Time. Although it

You’ve seen movies with hair metal bands, and you’ve seen movies with giant killer monsters. But what happens when a hair metal band fights giant killer monsters? You get Dead Ant . Read more...

The European Space Agency is synching up atomic clocks with distant, rapidly spinning neutron stars, called pulsars, according to a release. Read more...

Amazon’s new 4K Fire TV Stick was on sale for $35 on and around Black Friday, but Daily Steals is doing you one better today via its Facebook marketplace. Get Amazon’s latest and greatest streaming stick for $30, including support for Dolby Atmos audio and both major flavors of HDR video. Read more...

Ever since that whole Ghost in the Shell live-action debacle , audiences have been wary of how the J.J. Abrams-produced Your Name remake would adapt its source material. Would the live-action film stay close to Makoto Shinkai’s original film, or would it do the thing that most American anime adaptations do and, well,… Read more...

Damn, 2018 sure was a cruel year for pop culture fans , with tons of beloved characters being killed off in television, movies, and video games. Not to mention long-running TV shows being axed off this mortal coil forever (some of which, frankly, really needed to be put out of their misery). Read more...