GadgetsThe Truth Behind the Kickstarter Gadget That Was Accused of 'Child Torture'It all started with some tweets.Victoria Song
Environmental JusticeThe Oil and Gas Money Behind the Republicans Who Will Help Decide Deb Haaland's FateBrian Kahn
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ReviewsLenovo Can Do No Wrong With Its Yoga 7i LaptopLenovo’s newest Yoga 7i is a tiny but mighty, 2-in-1 Intel Evo-certified laptop, which means its core features are a 10-hour battery life, a 1-second wake-up time, and a lightning-fast charging time. It has what other Evo-certified laptops have, but…Joanna Nelius
Laptops & TabletsMSI's Stealth 15M Is the Most Portable 15-inch Gaming Laptop You Can BuySam Rutherford
ScienceYou're Far Less Likely to Spread Covid-19 If You Get the Vaccine, Real-World Data SuggestsEd Cara
TelevisionSolar Opposites' Season 2 Trailer Reminds Us Why We Love Those Raunchy AliensSolar Opposites—Hulu’s aliens-stuck-on-Earth series that has more than a little Rick and Morty in its DNA—is soon returning for a second season, and a new trailer debuted today. It’s studded with colorful language and hilarious yet cringe-worthy…Cheryl Eddy
MoviesA Quiet Place Part II and Mission: Impossible 7 Will Stream 45 Days After TheatersGermain Lussier
Climate changeThe U.S. Needs a SupergridRight now, Texas is in the balmy mid-50s. Yet just a week ago, it was colder than Alaska, and we all know what happened next. Much of the state’s energy capacity got knocked offline, leaving millions of people without power, heat, and water for days.Dharna Noor
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HistoryWhat a Fossilized Hand Says About the Last Common Ancestor Between Humans and ChimpanzeesMore than 1 million years before the early hominin known as Lucy was striding across the Afar region of Ethiopia, the lesser-known Ardipithecus ramidus roamed approximately the same area. Now, a team of anthropologists have looked at the 4.4…Isaac Schultz
SpaceComputer Simulations Suggest Martian Moons Were Separated at Birth More Than a Billion Years AgoGeorge Dvorsky
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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