Enlarge / Wahoo! (credit: Nintendo / Illumination) It’s only been a few weeks since the first official trailer for the long-awaited Super Mario Bros. animated movie introduced Chris Pratt’s somewhat distracting voice for Mario. The movie’s second trailer, released today during a Nintendo Direct presentation Tuesday evening, focuses more on supporting characters and a good-versus-evil…
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Enlarge / SpaceX’s Booster 7 undergoes a static fire test with 11 engines on Tuesday in South Texas. (credit: SpaceX) On Tuesday, SpaceX test-fired its Super Heavy rocket for about 12 seconds, making it the longest duration firing of the massive booster so far. The test, which ignited 11 of the 33 Raptor rocket engines,…
These changes encourage building electrification. Pexels Nearly every new home and commercial building in Washington state will be required to install a heat pump in under a year. This follows the Climate Commitment Act signed into law in the state last year, which aims to limit pollution to meet greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction goals. Back…
The Atmospheric Portable-water Sustainment Unit and Lightweight Water Purification System installed at Marine Corps Base in Hawaii. Cpl Patrick King / DVIDS An army may march on its stomach, but it can’t march at all if the soldiers don’t have water. To ensure that its forces are always able to hydrate wherever they operate, this…
Richard Garfield is a name familiar to many in the tabletop gaming world, most notably as one of the creators of Magic: The Gathering, the most prominent trading card game out there. But Garfield is dipping his toes into the world of digital and in particular blockchain-adjacent games, and TechCrunch took the opportunity to quiz…
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Americans watched their country’s first moonwalk from small, fuzzy black-and-white television sets. For the generations that followed, it might come as a surprise that, even with all of the modern advancements in technology, the United States lost its lunar-landing capability half a century ago. NASA actually hasn’t had a rocket powerful enough to send astronauts…
Soccer fans across the 50 states can finally take a breath after more than 90 minutes of tense World Cup action. Though, through it all, they never stopped posting. Some background: The U.S. advanced past the group stage of the World Cup on Tuesday (Nov. 29), courtesy of a thrilling, nail-biting 1-0 victory over Iran….
The first trailer for The Super Mario Bros. Movie gave us a small taste of Chris Pratt’s take on Mario and of Bowser’s (voiced by Jack Black) quest for world domination. In the second trailer, we get a better look at the characters and the film’s plot. And honestly? It looks pretty fun. SEE ALSO:…
Gmail is set to get a huge improvement to its search function that will actually work for more users, so long as you turn on the right settings. The email provider has long provided a search function, even offering specific filters and parameters to help its users find the right content in an overflowing inbox,…