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Earther
Striking Satellite Images Show Mount Fuji’s Sad Snowcap
Don’t look. Mount Fuji is naked. The iconic volcano is usually known for having a cap of bright white snow from fall through spring, but this year, it’s largely missing. The mountain is off to its lightest snowy season on the satellite record. The season’s first flakes landed on Sept. 28, 2020 covering the mountaintop … Continued
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io9Animation
The Digimon Reboot’s Warp Speed Take on Evolution Is Keeping the Show Fresh
Though the Digidestined’s emotional connections to their Digimon have consistently been depicted as the true source of the heroes’ strength, almost every Digimon series has involved massive arcs in which characters were tasked with discovering external power sources that represented key aspects of their personalities. The trope may be played out within genre fiction, but … Continued
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Tech NewsGadgets
Double-Decker Bento Box Rice Cooker Promises Hot and Fresh Work Lunches That Rival Take Out
Back in March, when working at an office wasn’t something we all took for granted, we marveled at Thanko’s bento box rice cooker that made a single serving of rice at a time. But, realizing that eating nothing but rice every day for lunch would get tiring, Thanko’s released an updated double-decker version of the … Continued
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io9ComicsIndies
Super Mario Manga Mania’s English Translation Will Take You on a Wild World Tour
Each time Mario and Luigi journey off for the Mushroom Kingdom—or any one of the other countless worlds found within Nintendo’s Super Mario Bros. franchise—the pair of titular brothers get down to the nitty, gritty business of protecting the innocent from those who would do them harm. The plumbers also happen to look damned good … Continued
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io9Comic Book Shows
Marvel’s Japanese Spider-Man Documentary Is a Joy at the Strangest Time
Last Friday, Disney+ dropped Marvel’s 616, a new documentary series examining the ins and outs of many Marvel aspects, from howtoys are made at Hasbro to how comics writer Dan Slott is really, really bad at hitting deadlines. But its debut episode gave a look inside the making of one of its most delightful televisual … Continued
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io9Animation
Step Aside Oldtypes, the Original Mobile Suit Gundam Is Finally Streaming
The original Mobile Suit Gundam is one of the most iconic anime of all time. For the most part, fans have been unable to actually view the series unless they shelled out for its pricey Blu-ray releases. That’s no longer the case, because this week, the One Year War (well, one of many parts of it) … Continued
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Tech News
U.S. Destroys Mock ICBM in Space During New Anti-Missile Test
The U.S. Navy destroyed a mock intercontinental ballistic missile over the Pacific Ocean early Tuesday morning in a successful test of America’s experimental missile defense system, according to press releases from the U.S. Missile Defense Agency and defense contractor Raytheon. The new test was notable for destroying a target missile while it was outside Earth’s … Continued
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Tech NewsDesign
The Zipper Boat Is Art
What’s that zipping across the Sumida River in Tokyo, Japan? Behold, the zipper boat. The zipper boat is technically called the “Zip-fastener ship” and is the brainchild of Japanese artist Yasuhiro Suzuki. You might’ve even seen it sometime before, as Suzuki created a scale model of the zipper boat in 2004 before first taking a … Continued
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Tech NewsGadgets
Panasonic Created a Custom Vacuum to Rescue Dropped AirPods
Once a wasteland of dropped keys, dentures, and garbage, platform-adjacent train and subway tracks are now littered with wireless earbuds that accidentally fall out as passengers board and leave trains. The problem is so bad that the East Japan Railway Co. has partnered with Panasonic to develop a custom long-necked vacuum that can easily retrieve … Continued
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ScienceHealth
U.S. Breaks Record With Over 100,000 New Covid-19 Cases in Single Day
The U.S. recorded over 100,000 new cases of covid-19 on Wednesday, according to the Covid Tracking Project. The shockingly high daily case count is a grim milestone that public health experts warn may be surpassed in the coming days and weeks. The country tallied 103,087 new cases of coronavirus and 1,116 deaths from the disease … Continued
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io9MoviesSci-Fi
An Up-Close Look at the Shin Godzilla Team’s New Ultraman Design
Hideaki Anno, the man who gave us Neon Genesis Evangelion, has already taken a wild spin on tokusatsu in his work with Shinji Higuchi on Shin Godzilla—and now he’s about to do the same for another icon of the genre with Shin Ultraman. But a new up-close look at the movie’s design of Japan’s famousgiant-sized … Continued
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Tech NewsNews
Take a Long, Romantic Walk With This Sweaty Robotic Hand
Real-life robots are still relatively primitive compared to those featured in science fiction, but that hasn’t stopped us from building bots that can take care of most of our physical needs. (Yes, including that.) In Japan, there’s even now a robot that can simulate going on a walk and holding hands with your significant other, … Continued
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io9
20 Years Later, Pulse Is Still the Creepiest Horror Movie About Internet Ghosts
Pulse begins with an ancient sound: the screech of a dial-up internet connection. At the time of its release in 2001, however, that sound signified a new form of communication that had already begun to change the world. The movie takes a look at where that technology will take us, and forecasts nothing but doom. … Continued
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ScienceHealth
A Brain-Destroying Prion Disease Is Becoming More Common, Study Finds
New research from Japan suggests that a rare brain-destroying disease caused by rogue prion proteins may be becoming more common—likely due to an aging population. The study, published last month in the journal Scientific Reports, looked at data collected by the Japanese government from 2005 to 2014 on residents over the age of 50 who … Continued
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io9Trailer Frenzy
Lupin III: The First Assembles His Band of Thieves in the First Full Trailer
The gentleman thief might think he’s after a diary that points to untold treasures, but what he actually finds is his destiny to save the world. GKids has unveiled the first trailer for Lupin the Third’s latest globe-trotting caper that gives Bond, James Bond a run for his money. Lupin III: The First, the latest … Continued