TransportationLinkedIn's Co-Founder Is Going in on Flying Taxis, Which Are Definitely Realistic This TimeTime and time again, tech companies have promised a future where commuters will be able to zip around in the flying cars from The Jetsons. And time and time again, that just hasn’t happened.Tom McKay
EnergyThe Pentagon Sent a Pizza Box-Sized Solar Panel Into Space, But I'm Sure Everything Is FineDharna Noor
GadgetsWhy Yes, I Would Love to Build My Own Customizable, Upgradable, Totally Repairable LaptopJoanna Nelius
ReviewsMSI's Stealth 15M Is the Most Portable 15-inch Gaming Laptop You Can BuyMSI is one of the best makers of powerful but still portable gaming laptops. And with this year’s Stealth 15M, aside from a couple minor quibbles, it really feels like MSI has honed its craft. Not only is the Stealth 15M the thinnest 15-inch gaming…Sam Rutherford
Computer ComponentsNvidia’s GeForce RTX 3060 Is Fine, but Seriously, Just Splurge on the 3060 TiJoanna Nelius
ScienceYou're Far Less Likely to Spread Covid-19 If You Get the Vaccine, Real-World Data SuggestsEd Cara
TelevisionWe Should All Be More Like Los Espookys' Inner DemonIn Los Espookys—an HBO comedy from Fred Armisen, Julio Torres, and Ana Fabrega—a group of horror movie-obsessed friends come to the realization that all the time they spend waiting around for life to happen could be better used turning their passion…Charles Pulliam-Moore
MoviesGeorge R.R. Martin's 'In the Lost Lands' Movie Finds Milla Jovovich and Dave BautistaRob Bricken
EnergyThe Wild Ways Local Governments Are Blocking Renewable Energy“Shadow flicker” from wind turbines, concerns about sparrow habitat on landfills, and worries about “toxic chemicals” from solar panels are just some of the ways municipalities are slowing down renewables installation. Molly Taft
EnergyThe Pentagon Sent a Pizza Box-Sized Solar Panel Into Space, But I'm Sure Everything Is FineDharna Noor
Earth ScienceHow Deep-Sea Fiber Optic Cables Could ‘Transform’ Our Detection of EarthquakesMany miles off the western coast of the Americas, an undersea cable connects Los Angeles, California to Valparaiso, Chile. Stretched end-to-end, it’s equal to four-fifths of the Earth’s diameter. The cable is fiber optic; it’s a lifeline for data…Isaac Schultz
HealthModerna and Pfizer/BioNTech Ready to Test Out Their Vaccine Updates Against Covid-19 VariantsEd Cara
HistoryWhat a Fossilized Hand Says About the Last Common Ancestor Between Humans and ChimpanzeesIsaac Schultz
AnimalsDinosaurs Like T. Rex Were More Tyrannical Than We Realized, New Research SuggestsGeorge Dvorsky
ArchaeologyHuman Remains Unearthed Where Colonial Williamsburg’s First Black Church Once StoodIsaac Schultz
Giz AsksDid Neanderthals Have the Capacity for Verbal Language?The Neanderthal of popular imagination is a hideous, ape-like being, lumbering around with his or her crude spear. Rarely do we picture this person, or pre-person, engaged in any kind of conversation, beyond the occasional grunt-off over a spoiled…Daniel Kolitz
Giz AsksWhat Could Happen If You Miss Your Second Covid-19 Vaccine Dose?Over 42 million Americans have so far received a dose of a covid-19 vaccine, as of early February. Importantly, though, most of these people have only received the first of two doses required for the similar Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna vaccines,…Ed Cara
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