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Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's regular round up of the coolest toys and merchandise on the internet. This week, Fisher-Price sets its teeny tiny little people hands on some pop culture crossovers, and Sentinel’s Iron Man inspired...Friday, August 12, 2022 from Earther
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International theme parks like Warner Bros. World Abu Dhabi and the soon to open Ghibli Park in Japan are enticing tourists to book visits with their fan destinations. Meanwhile, stateside summer winds down with a cinema classic...Friday, August 12, 2022 from New Scientist - Climate Change
More than a million large-nose antelopes now roam the Kazakhstan steppe, a big rebound from the 130,000 animals left after a fatal bacterial disease killed half of the populationFriday, August 12, 2022 from Earther
Judgement Day , Marvel’s big three-way throwdown between the Eternals, Avengers, and X-Men opened mostly with the Eternals trying do a genocide on Mutantkind, and the Avengers mostly just thrown into the crossfire. Good news: some of the...Friday, August 12, 2022 from Earther
Based on the 2018 book Fire & Blood by George R.R. Martin , House of the Dragon is a new series set centuries before the events of Game of Thrones . Read more...Friday, August 12, 2022 from New Scientist - Climate Change
Simulations suggest that Earth could theoretically host two more moons the size of the one we've got now, or several smaller moonsFriday, August 12, 2022 from Carbon Brief
A global energy crisis has been building for nearly a year, after the post-Covid rebound... The post Analysis: Why UK energy bills are soaring to record highs – and how to cut them appeared first on Carbon Brief .Friday, August 12, 2022 from Earther
A federal judge in Florida has unsealed the search warrant served on former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-lago estate Monday in what Justice Department officials said was an attempt by the FBI to reclaim classified materials improperly...Friday, August 12, 2022 from Earther
Google is working on making cloud games easier to find on its search page. The company hasn’t officially announced the feature publicly, but Ars Technica and The Verge have confirmed that the new Play Now ability showed up for them in...Friday, August 12, 2022 from Environment | The Guardian
Domestic cats destroy over one million native animals a day – but Australians still find it hard to accept their own cute little moggie could be a killer The Macquarie Island parakeet was, by all accounts, an elegant parrot endemic to...Friday, August 12, 2022 from Earther
From acclaimed director Masaaki Yuasa ( Crybaby Devilman , Lu Over the Wall , Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!) , comes Inu-Oh , a historical anachronism that blends glam rock with Noh theater, creating a delightfully flamboyant and vibrant...Friday, August 12, 2022 from Earther
This week, alongside a massive unveiling of brand new foldable devices and accessories from Samsung, Google put out its own ad campaign in an attempt to rally the troops against Apple’s tyrannical reign on messaging. Google’s...Friday, August 12, 2022 from Earther
At one point in the upcoming pilot to Marvel Studios’ She-Hulk: Attorney at Law , Jennifer Walters (Tatiana Maslany) sneaks into the bathroom of a scummy bar. She’s been in an accident . She’s bloody, bruised, and four women she doesn’t...Friday, August 12, 2022 from Earther
A federal judge declared a mistrial this week after jurors could not reach a verdict over whether two engineering firms, which were supposed to work on alleviating water contamination in Flint, Michigan, hold responsibility for the...Friday, August 12, 2022 from Environment | The Guardian
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Kamen Rider ’s long history in the world of Japanese superheroes has a bit of a gap. After exploding in the ‘80s, Kamen Rider largely vanished from screens outside of a few movies for nearly a decade, while its sibling superhero...Friday, August 12, 2022 from Earther
Poliovirus, which can cause permanent paralysis and sometimes even death, has been detected in New York City sewage, according to both the state and city health departments—who made the announcement in a joint press release on Friday....Friday, August 12, 2022 from Earther
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An apparent wave of pollution has killed thousands of fish in southwestern Poland, according to a Thursday press statement from the Polish Waters ministry. The trouble seemed to start in a town called Oława but has spread along the rover...Friday, August 12, 2022 from Earther
While on a press tour for She-Hulk , Mark Ruffalo spoke with Metro about Marvel’s use of VFX and the enormity of the output from the studio. While he had only glowing praise for the leaps and bounds that CGI has taken over the past...Friday, August 12, 2022 from Earther
As the Russian invasion of Ukraine reaches its sixth month, Russian hackers are escalating and diversifying their attacks on the country and its citizenry, sending mass texts to Ukrainian civilians threatening their lives if they don’t...Friday, August 12, 2022 from Earther
The European Space Agency is currently in a bit of a bind when it comes to launching its cargo to space, as Europe and Russia aren’t exactly seeing eye-to-eye these days. But with Soyuz rockets no longer available, the space agency is...Friday, August 12, 2022 from Earther
The Right Stuff is a new Conservative-only dating app launching next month that seeks to match like-minded individuals in their quest to find love. The hyper exclusive app touts an invite-only signup scheme, no pronouns on profiles, and...Friday, August 12, 2022 from Earther
Former employees at the meditation app Calm may need to stop and take a deep breath. Read more...Friday, August 12, 2022 from Earther
Authorities claim that founders of a “decentralized” and “open source” project run mostly by the community were making “large-scale profits” off illicit funds funneled through their platform, and now at least one founder has come...Friday, August 12, 2022 from Earther
We’re in the third year of the Sun’s 11-year solar cycle, and satellites in low Earth orbit are already experiencing the deleterious effects. Scientists are now warning that the worst is yet to come, as the current cycle is proving to be...Friday, August 12, 2022 from Earther
Locke & Key ’s third and final season arrived on Netflix this week, and while there was a lot to like about it, it had some flaws, too—enough to make it the series’ weakest outing. However, that doesn’t mean you should skip watching...Friday, August 12, 2022 from Earther
State law in New York will now have to replace the term “inmate” with “incarcerated individual” regarding people involved in the criminal justice system. Read more...Friday, August 12, 2022 from Environment | The Guardian
Hard sea defenses prompted by extreme weather and rising sea levels can have unintended consequences down the coast – is there a better way? Areas across the US staring down a greater risk of flooding due to extreme weather and sea level...Friday, August 12, 2022 from Earther
A well-edited trailer can make any movie look good, but Hollywood has several minutes to convince a movie theater’s captive audience that a flick is worth seeing. Advertisers limited to just 30 seconds of broadcast TV, when viewers are...Friday, August 12, 2022 from Environment | The Guardian
Prolonged dry conditions, with some areas not receiving significant rainfall all summer, have caused the National Drought Group to declare an official drought across eight areas of England. A four-day amber warning for extreme heat is in...Friday, August 12, 2022 from New Scientist - Climate Change
Male and female macaques in a Balinese sanctuary commonly use stone tools to masturbate, possibly because they have more leisure time than wild primatesFriday, August 12, 2022 from Earther
What does the future of construction look like? Autonomous machines buzzing around a building site? Giant 3D printers extruding walls and floors? Looking forward even farther, researchers at the Public University of Navarre in Spain have...Friday, August 12, 2022 from Environment | The Guardian
England’s privatised water system is compounding the climate emergency. Instead of fixing it, the government has gone awol A drought has officially been declared across vast swathes of England . Rivers and reservoirs are evaporating in...Friday, August 12, 2022 from Environment | The Guardian
As Kent battles scorched fields and wildfires, locals are uniting to counter Craig Mackinlay’s dismissal of climate crisis Under a cloudless sky in searing sun, Phillip Watts bends down to pick up a broken shell from the parched soil at...Friday, August 12, 2022 from Earther
As we prepare to start a new season of streaming on Disney+ , Amazon, and HBO, we’re getting a slow drip of teasers from all the services. We’ve got some new posters for She-Hulk and the confirmation of Mandalorian season 4. Leslie...Friday, August 12, 2022 from Earther
Antarctica is home to 90% of the world’s freshwater , trapped in the continent’s massive ice sheets—and the stability of much of that ice is seriously at risk from global warming. Two studies published in the journal Nature this week...Friday, August 12, 2022 from New Scientist - Climate Change
A pair of astronomers say that classified US government sensors detected an interstellar meteor hitting Earth in 2014. Now they want to mount a $1.6 million expedition to find fragments of it on the sea floorFriday, August 12, 2022 from Daily Express :: Nature Feed
"SUPER-angry", pumped-up seagulls are targeting Britain's binmen in a confrontation fuelled by left-over food dumped by thoughtless tourists, a recycling firm was warned.Friday, August 12, 2022 from Daily Express :: Nature Feed
EDINBURGH ZOO'S oldest penguin has died after she was attacked by a fox which broke into her enclosure.Friday, August 12, 2022 from Earther
Former president Donald J. Trump, a continued threat to the safety and security of the United States, had his home in Florida raided by the FBI over classified documents on Monday. And we now know those documents at Mar-a-Lago likely...Friday, August 12, 2022 from New Scientist - Climate Change
Simulations show that a 1000-day mission to Mars would expose astronauts to radiation doses above 1 sievert, even with metal shieldingFriday, August 12, 2022 from Environment | The Guardian
The US spent six decades losing the climate war as fossil fuel companies spread misinformation. It has finally gained significant ground The scientists’ warning to the US president on climate crisis was stark: the world’s countries were...Friday, August 12, 2022 from Environment | The Guardian
Expert group declares official drought amid prolonged dry spell, meaning water rationing may take place A drought has been declared across wide swathes of England after a meeting of experts. The prolonged dry conditions , with some areas...Friday, August 12, 2022 from Environment | The Guardian
Invasive species on islands: when signs of the pests were discovered on the Scilly isle in January, a crack squad of conservationists mobilised to save threatened seabird colonies Words and photographs by Alexander Turner Driving out...Friday, August 12, 2022 from Environment | The Guardian
One of our prettiest native grasses self-seeds effortlessly – and watching it quiver in a vast meadow is a joy On a recent visit to Hampshire, I was so taken by seeing so many wild orchids in one place – the marsh fragrant, the...Friday, August 12, 2022 from Environment | The Guardian
Some farmers are attempting to mitigate worst effects of dry weather by adopting nature-friendly methods Across the UK, farmers are looking at the sky and begging for rain. Some areas of southern England, where much of the country’s food...Friday, August 12, 2022 from Earther
Gird your inboxes. A vote by the Federal Election Commission on Thursday indicates that more political spam emails may be coming for Gmail users. Read more...Friday, August 12, 2022 from Environment | The Guardian
While Seoul experienced torrential downpours, rainfall levels are down in China’s Yangtse River basin Extreme flooding in South Korea this week submerged streets, cars and buildings, as torrential downpours brought more than a month’s...