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Air-Powered Robotic Sleeve Wraps Around Your Heart to Keep It Pumping
Researchers from Harvard University and Boston Children’s Hospital have developed an innovative robotic sleeve that fits around the heart like a glove, maintaining a steady beat while the patient recovers. As described in the latest edition of Science Translational Medicine, the robotic sleeve could open up new treatment options for people who have suffered a … Continued
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Wisconsin Cows Go Hungry After Their Meal of Skittles Spills All Over the Highway
I walk a lonely road, the only one that I have ever known. Don’t know where it goes, but it’s fucking littered with red Skittles that fell off of a truck en route to feed some cows. While the above scenario might sound like the plot of a deranged Skittles commercial, it actually happened in … Continued
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Dwayne Johnson’s Shazam Villain Is Getting His Own DC Solo Film
DC’s proposed Shazam movie doesn’t have a director, star, or even a finished script. What it does have is a villain, Black Adam, played by Dwayne Johnson, and that means he’s getting his own movie. Deadline reports, and io9 confirmed, that the idea for Shazam has now been split in two. First, Johnson will play … Continued
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The Ten Most Horrifying Things Trump Has Said About Climate Change
Tomorrow, irritable Dorito Donald Trump will be inaugurated as 45th president of the United States. All the world will be watching as Trump is sworn in to the stylings of 3 Doors Down and associated acts. It’s a painful moment for those who enjoyed The Hunger Games series but never envisioned it becoming their own … Continued
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Our First Look at DC’s Long Awaited Teen Titans: The Judas Contract Animated Movie
Warner Bros. animation first announced an adaptation of the iconic Teen Titan story arc by Marv Wolfman and George Perez over a decade ago—but it’s only now finally making its way to reality. A lot’s changed for the Titans since then, however, so our first look at the new movie gives us a few hints … Continued
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Trump Is Launching a War on Science—These People Are Fighting Back
Patricia Kim, a History of Art PhD candidate studying Hellenistic Greece at the University of Pennsylvania, is the first to admit she’s probably not what comes to mind when you imagine an academic researcher scrambling to archive federal climate data that might be erased by the Trump administration. But for Kim, information transparency is an … Continued
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Facebook Threw a Swanky Inauguration Party With Garbage Website The Daily Caller
When a presidential inauguration rolls around, it’s party time in DC. Industry groups, corporations, and media organizations throw booze-filled parties, allowing them to get cozy with the new regime and rub elbows with industry and political allies. And some people just want to be seen to be seen. Facebook, which has a big lobbying presence … Continued
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This Is Why You Didn’t See a Photo of Mark Zuckerberg at Court This Week
Facebook works hard to maintain Mark Zuckerberg’s public image. Professional photographers take staged photographs, like these images of him visiting a Facebook data center, petting a calf, and meeting with world leaders. A team of employees diligently manage his Facebook page. But the most frantic display we’ve seen yet was Facebook’s effort during this week’s … Continued
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How Star Wars Should Handle Carrie Fisher’s Death
The Postman has returned! For those of you who might not know, “Postal Apocalypse” is io9’s mail column, where I, Rob Bricken, senior editor of io9 and professional nerd for the last 16 years, answer your questions. I settle fan arguments, I solve mysteries, I give advice, whatever. I do this in the guise as … Continued
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Shiro May Have Met His Fate in This Exclusive Clip From Voltron: Legendary Defender
When we last saw our brave paladins in Voltron: Legendary Defender, they’d been scattered off to regions unknown after their battle with Zarkon. But it turns out that being separated and flung away to distant parts of the galaxy may come second to the immediate problem of “being eaten by alien wildlife” for at least … Continued
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Five Major Cancer Studies Are Proving Difficult to Reproduce
Humanity would understand very little about cancer, and be hard-pressed to find cures, without scientific research. But what if, when teams recreated each other’s research, they didn’t arrive at the same result? That’s what the Reproducibility Project: Cancer Biology of the Center for Open Science is attempting to do—redo parts of 50 important cancer studies … Continued
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Mark Zuckerberg Sues Dead People
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is once again going after his neighbors in his latest effort to ensure his 700-acre Hawaiian compound remains impenetrable. This time, rather than erect another massive wall, Zuck has filed a series of lawsuits against several hundred people—some of whom are dead—who inherited or have claims to land Zuck purchased on … Continued
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A Monster Solar Storm Could Cost the US $40 Billion Daily
Our planet is due to be hit with a powerful solar storm, an event that happens about once every hundred years. New research shows that losses from the ensuing blackouts could total $41.5 billion per day in the US alone, including nearly $7 billion lost in trade. A study published in Space Weather shows that … Continued
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The Latest Annoying Sound Showing Up in Every Dang Movie Trailer
Move over, Inception horns; there’s a new annoyingly ubiquitous sound effect getting spammed into every movie trailer. It’s , a deep bass note that you’re probably hearing in your dreams now. How do you know when it’s about to get serious and real and seriously real and really serious in a promo clip for a … Continued
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Rick Perry Jokes About Proposed Renewable Energy Cuts: Maybe Trump Will Forget Like I Did
Former Governor of Texas Rick Perry, a man who became 12 percent smarter when he started wearing glasses, is testifying on Capitol Hill today. He’s been nominated by president-elect Trump to be the secretary of energy, and Perry is currently sailing through the confirmation process while cracking jokes. Perry was nominated for the position despite … Continued
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This Might Be the Cthulhu Video Game of Our Nightmares, Er, Dreams
Lots of video games use the influence of H. P. Lovecraft’s dread-drenched Elder Gods mythos. It’s been a while since there’s been one that tackled the author’s works directly but an upcoming title is going to attempt just that. Developed by Cyanide Studio and coming to PS4 later this year, Call of Cthulhu: The Official … Continued
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The Original iPhone Is Dead
The original iPhone has died. AT&T, the phone’s only carrier, decided to end its support for 2G cellular networks, thus rendering the original iPhone useless. This means that iPhone can no longer make calls or send text messages. He was just nine and a half years old. Even before its birth in June 2007, iPhone … Continued
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If Its First 40 Minutes Are Any Indication, Logan Is Both Depressing and Fantastic
A while back, I attended a Fox press event where they showed the first act of Logan, the third and likely final solo outing of Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine. For me, who was not sold on giving this character another movie, the 40 minutes I saw more than proved this movie’s worth. Logan starts with the … Continued
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What You Need to Know About the Nintendo Switch’s Garbage Graphics
The Nintendo Switch looks like it might be complete weaksauce when compared to the best consoles from Sony and Microsoft. But the real question is: does that even matter? Probably not. Reports are suggesting the Switch will barely churn out 1080p graphics to a TV, and Nintendo has confirmed at least one game won’t even … Continued
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