January 2019 is nearly over and—for now—so is the month-plus federal government shutdown that blanketed national parks in filth and destruction, played with disturbing consequences for the nationwide “air safety environment,” threw off disaster preparation efforts, broke federal websites, and disrupted scientific conferences. But just like an illegal Airbnb, the shutdown may come back in three weeks, worse and more frustrating than ever.
While we all wait for the omnipresent cloud of doom to return, might I suggest you dig into the best posts from this week on Gizmodo, featuring everything from bounty hunters buying phone location data and the evolution of neuroscience to eyebrow-raising monkey cloning experiments and a Shazam set visit. This and more below:
https://gizmodo.com/ajit-pai-and-republicans-in-congress-helped-enable-boun-1832030913
https://gizmodo.com/neither-amazon-nor-chase-will-give-me-a-straight-answer-1831882327
https://gizmodo.com/how-a-periodic-table-of-brains-could-revolutionize-neur-1831622367
https://gizmodo.com/the-wild-dunes-of-indiana-are-in-a-fight-to-survive-1831982795
https://gizmodo.com/steven-universe-just-gave-the-fandom-everything-it-ever-1831950935
https://gizmodo.com/why-do-we-forget-1831865406
https://gizmodo.com/this-keytar-learns-the-chords-so-you-dont-have-to-1832016994
https://gizmodo.com/a-collision-with-another-planet-may-have-seeded-earth-w-1831984838
https://gizmodo.com/how-brands-think-they-can-make-a-buck-off-climate-chang-1831965107
https://gizmodo.com/9-michael-crichton-sci-fi-movies-that-dont-involve-dino-1831682491
https://gizmodo.com/i-cut-facebook-out-of-my-life-surprisingly-i-missed-i-1830565456
https://gizmodo.com/chinas-latest-cloned-monkey-experiment-is-an-ethical-me-1831987348
https://gizmodo.com/how-mlk-s-vision-helped-lay-the-groundwork-for-a-green-1831848641
https://gizmodo.com/attack-the-blocks-director-is-finally-back-with-a-movie-1831965064
https://gizmodo.com/i-tried-to-block-amazon-from-my-life-it-was-impossible-1830565336
https://gizmodo.com/how-shazam-will-use-childlike-wonder-to-set-it-apart-fr-1831816883
