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After discovering all of the magic and mystery lurking in her new home of Trolberg in Hilda ’s first season , the titular young adventurer is back for more. A new look at season two promises an all-too-relatable story about Hilda’s deep need to get back outside. Read more...

When The Mandalorian brazenly introduced a certain former Jedi apprentice this past week, the show connected to the larger Star Wars universe in its biggest way yet. Ahsoka Tano isn’t just “The Jedi” who would help Din Djarin complete his quest with the Child, she’s a Jedi who knows way more than he, or anyone else,… Read more...

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As you look back on a year spent in as much isolation as you’ll ever experience (hopefully), what do you have to show for all that time at home? Did you learn to cook? Master an instrument? Clean out the garage? Whatever it was it probably wasn’t as gung-ho as the LaRochelle family , who put us all to shame by building… Read more...

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The creative team behind Insomniac’s latest video game, Spider-Man: Miles Morales , found a number of different ways to convey to players that Miles and Peter Parker are profoundly different kinds of Spider-Man, despite being driven by similar senses of justice. One of the biggest ways it achieves that is through its… Read more...

The Fab Four are no more. Doctor Who stars Tosin Cole and Bradley Walsh—who’ve played companions Ryan and Graham for the past two seasons—have confirmed that they’re set to depart the TARDIS after the upcoming New Year’s holiday special . Read more...

There have been three important eras for electric cars which are characterized by Tesla as the dominant EV maker. I will review the three main eras that have already occurred in electric cars and the next three major generations for EV vehicles. Generation 1 : Roadster Era There was the first generation Tesla Roadster period, which was the first electric vehicle to surpass gasoline vehicles on important features of performance. It cost about $110,000 and had a range of 244 miles. It was the main Tesla car from 2008 to 2011. About 1000 of them were sold before the Model The post Next Three Major Generations of Electric Cars in the 2020s first appeared on NextBigFuture.com .

The European Space Agency has signed a historic deal with Swiss startup ClearSpace to remove a single item of space debris in 2025. The $103 million price tag is steep, but this mission—involving an orbiting, mouth-like net—could herald the beginning of an entirely new space industry. Read more...

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Anyone with access to BBC Radio 4 is going to get quite the holiday gift come December 26. That’s when a brand new radio adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s novella The Sleeper and the Spindle will be airing with a star-studded cast. Read more...

December is usually a pretty light month for new book releases , and while 2020 has been anything but traditional , that’s still the case here. However, you’ll find there are plenty of enticing new volumes heading to shelves, including an entire book of stories written during lockdown . Stay home, stay safe, stay reading! Read more...

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Immortals: Fenyx Rising isn’t the game I was expecting. I was prepared for a big Ubisoft open-world action game filled with colorful vistas, Greek gods, and some elements inspired by The Legend of Zelda: Breath of The Wild . It is all of that, but it’s not just Assassin’s Creed: Hyrule. It’s a welcome streamlining of… Read more...

As The Mandalorian ’s stakes have gradually risen with each episode, the series’ connections to the Star Wars franchise’s larger epic narrative have grown stronger, particularly as characters like Bo-Katan and important items like the Darksaber have been incorporated into the plot. Read more...

Look, 2020 was supposed to be my year. I set out with what I thought were pretty reasonable New Year’s resolutions—one of which was to spend less time on my screens. And then the pandemic hit. During the endless hours that ensued, I noticed something: My digital filing system was a goddamn mess. Read more...

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Disney+’s Godmothered might be the silly story of an out-of-touch fairy godmother trying to prove magic is still needed in the world, but at its core, there’s a heartwarming message of accepting ourselves . Nowhere is this better shown than in a tiny, blink-and-you-might-miss-it moment that star Jillian Bell said… Read more...

For folks living in the world of AMC’s  The Walking Dead , only three things matter: How do I survive, how can we fix this...and why is this happening ? The last question might seem like the easiest one to answer, but it’s something TWD’s chief content officer Scott Gimple says we may never know. Read more...

To be alive is to feel fucking terrible, if not all then at least some of the time. Headaches, nausea, mysterious aches and pains—all conspire to make our short time on Earth something less than a nonstop thrill-ride. Worse than the routine ailments are the ones you can’t even name: sudden strobes of unwellness you… Read more...

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Two folks from Marvel’s Thor universe hang out...what could it all mean?? The Walking Dead : World Beyond’s showrunner gives some big season two hints. Plus Sonic the Hedgehog 2 may start running pretty soon, Lucifer is about to have his hands full, and more. Spoilers away! Read more...

The US Congress is looking to spend $6 billion in 2021 for a Pacific Deterrence Initiative which would be funding for operations in the Pacific to counter China. The general in charge of the U.S. Air Force in the Pacific would like to see some of it spent on hypersonic weapons. General Wilsbach has no preference on the type. Hypersonic research involves maneuverable weapons or aircraft that can travel at speeds of Mach 5, or higher, and the systems designed to defeat them. In 2021, SpaceX will be making about one hundred reusable SpaceX Starships. A 15,000 altitude test (50,000 The post US Air Force Should Buy SpaceX Starship as a Hypersonic Platform for Missiles and Bombs first appeared on NextBigFuture.com .

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Spoon-bending magician Uri Geller gave Nintendo permission to use the character Kadabra on Pokémon cards today, after a 2o year legal dispute in which Geller claimed the Pokémon’s Japanese name and image were too close to his own. Read more...

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On the occasion of the late Chadwick Boseman ’s birthday, Disney Plus has made a minor change to commemorate the actor. Read more...

It’s here: your first full look at the upcoming Doctor Who holiday special, “Revolution of the Daleks.” It’s going to be a big one. Read more...

It’s almost as if the little glowing story circles are following us everywhere. They’re on Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, WhatsApp, Twitter and now, even on Spotify. Read more...

Dave Prowse, born in 1935 in Bristol, was an actor and bodybuilder best known for his role as Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy, a role he played on screen while James Earl Jones dubbed over his voice. Now, the actor has passed away. He was 85 years old. Read more...

Gritty superheroes . Are we for them ? Are we against them ? Patrick H. Willems, one of the best video essayists on YouTube, is mostly just confused. Read more...

Fortnite ’s Marvel-themed season comes to an end next week, with super villain Galactus finally arriving on the island on Tuesday afternoon. Dataminers are finding lots of references to past season events, Epic has put out some streaming rules suggesting there’ll be copyrighted music, and we really have no idea what… Read more...

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A theme you probably haven’t heard yet, because the movie has only released in theaters , which, uhh, hm. We’ve talked about that. Let’s just chat about the music today. Read more...

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Disney Infinity was, in 2013 at least, trying to be the biggest thing in both games and toys. Yet only three years after launching, in 2016 it was gone, its servers closed down, its playsets discounted then removed from stores entirely. Read more...

“First, you get the money, then you get the power, and then you get the women.” Tony Montana Scarface. For Warp drive. First, we get the math, then we get the physics and then we get the warp drive. There has been progress made on the math and physics of the warping space. In 1994, Miguel Alcubierre found a way to make them work in General Relativity. It is called the Alcubierre Drive. The idea was you contract space-time in front of you and expand it behind you, which moves you forward. There were still huge problems and it has The post First the Math and Physics and Then the Warp Drive first appeared on NextBigFuture.com .

The original British version of Utopia , Gillian Flynn’s conspiracy theory thriller, had a two-season run. Amazon’s adaptation/remake isn’t getting the same luck. Read more...

Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's regular round of the coolest merchandise on the internet lately! This week, Disney’s inability to open its Marvel-themed park isn’t stopping it from selling expensive merchandise from said park, Hot Toys continues to plumb The Mandalorian ’s depths for all they’re worth, and more. Check… Read more...

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A review of weather patterns in inner East Asia over the past 260 years suggests the region is currently caught in a dangerous cycle of heatwaves and droughts that could forever reshape the area, and possibly turn the Mongolian Plateau into an arid wasteland. Read more...

The Mandalorian is already some pretty solid Star War. But what if we could improve on it by looking like an absolute idiot while watching? I, io9's resident idiot , decided to find out. Read more...

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Pacific Rim is pulpy, schlocky sci-fi at its best : utterly earnest, sincere in its emotionality , and, of course, cool-ass giant robots and giant monsters smacking each other in the face. But for a movie that is so in your face, one of its most clever and understated visual cues is in its thematically discordant… Read more...

A top Iranian nuclear scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, was killed by five gunmen. There have been successful assassinations of leading Iranian nuclear scientists since 2010. This is the first successful assassination since 2012. The Iranian government has difficulty recruiting scientists for nuclear research. Arms Control Report on Iran’s Nuclear Program The IAEA concluded that Iran’s uranium stockpile is now 12 times larger than permitted under the old nuclear agreement. The IAEA’s Sept. 4 report notes that Iran’s stockpile grew by 533 kilograms since the Agency’s June 5 report, a change slightly smaller than the 550-kilogram increase between the March and June The post Iran Nuclear Program Has a Potential 3 Month Breakout But Loses a Lead Scientist first appeared on NextBigFuture.com .

Iceberg A68a—currently the world’s largest iceberg—is rotating and possibly moving in a westerly direction away from South Georgia Island, according to new satellite photos. This is potentially good news, as the enormous chunk of ice appeared to be on a collision course with the wildlife-filled island. Read more...

Is it really Christmas if you don’t have a little sci-fi on your tree? Hallmark would say no. Read more...

The Mandalorian has always promised the picture of a much wider place it could encompass in the Star Wars universe , ever since its first episode flipped the script and put our titular hero in front of a little green mystery from the stars. Its latest chapter re-aligns the show’s place in that world even as it grows it… Read more...

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Earlier this month in Japan, Square Enix held a briefing for investors. This week, the Tokyo-based game company finally released an official transcript of the meeting. Read more...

Viewers are turning to streaming entertainment more than ever thanks to the global pandemic, and the plethora of services can serve as a much-needed escape. At the start of each month , most streamers do a little shuffle, adding new movies and taking some away, and io9 is here to help with your decision making. Read more...

Get your first look at a big red dog in the teaser for Clifford the Big Red Dog . Josh Boone discusses why The Kid won’t be a part of the new adaptation of The Stand . Plus, new rumors about potential characters in the Obi-Wan Kenobi Disney+ series, a brief tease for Lucifer ’s return, and what’s up on the next episode… Read more...

WKRP is part of the Thanksgiving tradition with its Turkey drop episode. There was a famous line from Mr Carlson. As god is my witness I thought Turkeys could fly. the episode had a marketing promotion go wrong as turkey were dropped to their death from a helicopter. However, wild turkeys can fly. I have personally seen this when a wild turkey flew about 200 feet into a tree. Wild turkeys roost in treetops and about one-quarter of a mile and up to speeds of about 60 miles per hour. There are many vidoes of wild turkey’s flying. SOURCES- WKRP, The post WKRP Could Have Used Wild Turkeys first appeared on NextBigFuture.com .

No more sidequests. No more bounties. Is this the day a legend of the Clone War and Rebellion alike meets Din Djarin? It’s time to gird yourself for The Mandalorian ’s next chapter. Read more...

Using rapid-spray plasma processing, the Stanford team was able to produce 40 feet (12 meters) of perovskite film per minute – about four times faster than it takes to manufacture a silicon cell. “We achieved the highest throughput of any solar technology,” Rolston said. “You can imagine large panels of glass placed on rollers and continuously producing layers of perovskite at speeds never accomplished before.” The new perovskite cells achieved a power conversion efficiency of 18 percent. “Conventional processing requires you to bake the perovskite solution for about half an hour,” Rolston said. “Our innovation is to use a plasma The post Stanford Increases Solar Cell Production Rates by Four Times and Up to Ten Times Lower Cost first appeared on NextBigFuture.com .

2020 is a weird year to give gifts and expect anything in return. With the COVID-19 pandemic still in full force—evidently fuller force than before—many businesses have closed either temporarily or for good, and as a result, unemployment has skyrocketed and the economy has taken a turn for the worse. This holiday, I… Read more...

A manufacturing error is raising concerns about a promising covid-19 vaccine being developed by pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford. Read more...

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Please, this holiday season: be careful when your children enter ritual combat for the right to become Mand’alor . Read more...

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Yes, Stan Lee was known for punctuating his commentary with a hearty “excelsior!” . But this cute animated short, using some archival recordings from the Marvel Comics legend in action, sees him express a fondness for a shorter, equally emphatic bit of profanity. Read more...