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Rare earth elements are a key part of electronic and mechanical devices, but they’re in short supply. Now, scientists have found a way to recreate a promising alternative – a “cosmic magnet” that normally takes millions of years to form in meteorites can now be cooked up in the lab in seconds.Many of our electronic devices and mechanical components rely on rare earths. That’s especially true for greener technologies – high-performance magnets, which are vital for everything from wind turbines to electric cars, require…

And it’s insanely gorgeous Every once in a while, I see something a player has created on Reddit or Twitter, and it makes me have faith in video games again. I’ve been feeling a bit run down after the tumultuous Overwatch 2 launch this week, but then I saw something so beautiful, it made me remember what a beautiful medium games can be: a Minecraft player recreated the entire universe in the game. Yeah, it’s just as beautiful as it sounds. User u/ChrisDaCow uploaded a video of his work to the Minecraft subreddit, among…

MM(n)O Publisher Atlus has taken the somewhat brutish step of filing suit against a party of Shin Megami Tensei fans who allegedly created an unofficial server for the now-defunct SMT MMO, Imagine. In related news, a fan server, titled “ReImagine” has been operating since 2020, but has now, understandably, been taken offline. The suit was initially spotted by Twitter user “Marsh”. According to the lawsuit, (viewable here at CourtListener) Atlus is seeking around $25,000 per copyright violation, citing the “irreparable…

Director Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 take on Stephen King’s “The Shining,” which was inspired by King’s creepy stay at Estes Park’s Stanley Hotel, contains a scene so disturbing that its mere mention sends fans into paroxysms of terror. That would be the bathroom scene, in which lead character Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) enters the fictional Overlook Hotel’s accursed Room 237 — and, more specifically, its color-saturated, mid-century modern bathroom. There he finds a silent, naked woman in a bathtub, who emerges dripping to…

6-year-old musician Miles Bonham has received praise from Kaytranada after he shared a viral video that shows him recreate “Girl,” the producer’s 2015 collaboration with The Internet.The clip was originally shared on TikTok, and has already garnered over seven million views on that platform alone. The kid impressively recreated the core melody for the track in the video, showcasing his process working across Logic Pro as he crafted his take on the Ego Death highlight. “That’s how we get the Kaytranada sound,” said Bonham…

Apple's Five Days at Memorial is streaming now and, today, Apple wants to take you behind the scenes of the series to show how the crew recreated Hurricane Katrina to bring it to life.The behind-the-scenes look at the Apple TV+ series shows how the crew created the rain, wind, and flood conditions that affected the hospital.For the production designers on Five Days at Memorial, re-creating Hurricane Katrina was no easy feat. Find out how the crew re-created the hurricane, storm and flood conditions on set of the series,…

Hundreds of pixel artists have recreated Pokémon’s Kanto region from the Red and Blue games in a fully interactive map online. The group in question, Retro Redrawn, creates “remakes and demakes” of classic games, and so far has already done The Legend of Zelda’s Hyrule as well as Johto from the Pokémon Gold and Silver games. Their latest offering is Kanto from the original Pokémon Red and Blue games, with the fully interactive map housing plenty of secrets and surprises. Taking a stroll through the world, which…

Hideo Kojima’s P.T. (a playable teaser for his cancelled Silent Hills project) has yet again been remade in another game, and this time it’s the unfinished datamined version of Halo Infinite’s Forge Mode.  The recreated horror teaser was made by Death Templar, with 80 seconds of footage being posted on their YouTube channel. It not only includes a recreation of the now-iconic looping apartment hallways but also static laced sound effects reminiscent of the original.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iz87WU7LYhQ Although…

Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy — The Definitive Edition was released as a remastered bundle on November 11. It comprises three classic GTA titles: Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. However, within less than two weeks, developer Rockstar Games had to apologise and clarify that it would soon bring an update to fix the many bugs gamers encountered and improve the overall experience. While gamers and fans were complaining about the bugs and weirdly funny character models, a…

Screenshot: ParamountWe’re all big fans of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds here at io9, whether we’re obsessed die-hards or just dipping our toes back into the venerable franchise. And we were all delighted to learn, one way or another, that last week’s SNW finale was a retelling of the Original Series’ “Balance of Terror,” arguably the greatest episode of any Star Trek series ever, just with Pike (Anson Mount) sitting in the Enterprise’s captain’s chair instead of Kirk. Now someone has set the two episodes side-by-side in…