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Battlestar Galactica‘s Bear McCreary Knows What Concert Nerds Have Been Missing

Here’s what you need to know about Bear McCreary, the legendary-in-his-own-time composer for Battlestar Galactica, The Walking Dead, Outlander, and so much more: there’s a part of him that’s bummed he’s not playing a concert right now. Thankfully there’s a fix for that; as io9 can exclusively reveal, he has a new BSG live album,…

Television Rob Bricken

This Bobcat Family Calling a Burned Out Tree Home Is All of Us

In a part of California badly scorched by the devastating Woolsey Fire, the National Park Service found three bobcat kittens—bobkittens, if you will—inside the charred cavity of an oak tree. It’s a sweet sign that animals are finding ways to adapt to the climate crisis, but also a sad reminder that they shouldn’t have to…

Conservation Dharna Noor

Clever Maker With Hand Tremors Turned a Smartphone Gimbal Into a Soldering Iron Stabilizer

Instead of giving up on hardware hacking after developing a hand tremor that hindered their ability to do precise soldering, Jonathan Gleich leveraged their maker skills to come up with a very clever solution: a re-purposed smartphone gimbal that now holds and stabilizes a soldering iron. Gleich has been a longtime maker and is probably…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Newly Revealed Emails Show Utilities Are Desperate to Avoid Gas Bans

The fight to ban natural gas in new buildings is heating up—and so is the opposition. Newly revealed documents show that the gas industry is behind state lawmakers’ coordinated resistance. Over the past three years, major American cities including Berkeley, San Francisco, and San Jose in California; Seattle; and New York City have passed similar…

Energy Dharna Noor

eBay and PayPal Finally Break Up for Good

It looks like the nearlytwo-decade-long relationship between eBay and PayPal has quietly come to a close. On Monday, the auctioneering giant quietly updated its terms of service to let sellers know that pretty soon, any funds they rake in will no longer be credited to their PayPal account. If sellers want to keep getting paid,…

Tech News Shoshana Wodinsky

How Loki Shapeshifted From Nordic Folklore to a Marvel Icon

There are more than 800 years between the stories of Viking god Loki first being written down and his arrival (in the superb Tom Hiddleston) in the Marvel cinematic universe in 2011’s Thor. The new Disney+ series Loki, set to be released on June 9, is primed to explore more antics of Thor’s trickster brother…

Television Sarah Durn

No, an Asteroid the Size of a Skyscraper Isn’t Going to Hit Earth, Sorry

Earthlings often get nervous (or get their hopes up) about asteroids careening towards Earth. Such is the case this week, as headlines trumpet the danger of a “potentially hazardous” asteroid the size of the Space Needle along with four other space rocks. Fortunately for the worry-warts and unfortunately for nihilists around the world, the latest…

Space & Spaceflight Isaac Schultz

Kelly Sue DeConnick on Her Relationship With Tarot, and a Magical New Kickstarter

Whether you assign any faith to the mystical fates of a deck or just appreciate the often lavish artwork that goes into interpreting the arcana, tarot has seen a resurgence in popularity recently, especially in fandom circles. But now a new collection of arcana cards wants to give the fates a literary twist, and is…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

Nvidia Shows Off Its New Gaming Flagship GPU

While they almost certainly won’t solve the shortage of graphics cards on their own, today Nvidia announced two new members of the RTX 30-series family with its new 3080 Ti and 3070 TI GPUs. Slotting in on either side of the existing RTX 3080 (which carries a $700 MSRP), the new RTX 3080 Ti and…

Gadgets Sam Rutherford

Johnson & Johnson Forced to Pay $2.1 Billion in Baby Powder Cancer Case After Supreme Court Denial

Johnson & Johnson will not be getting out of its obligation to pay up for losing a civil court case over its baby powder products that allegedly contained asbestos. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court announced it would not hear the company’s appeal of a $2.1 billion verdict from a 2018 trial in Missouri involving women…

Health Ed Cara

Borderlands’ First Look at Cate Blanchett as Lilith Is Shadowy But Somehow Still Impressive

Between being an adaptation of a video game series and hiring a wildly over-talented cast, Eli Roth’s Borderlands adaptation has been intriguing as hell. The studio has now revealed the first official glimpse of the movie’s main character, Lilith, as portrayed by Cate Blanchett. It ain’t bad, even if… you can’t really see much of…

Movies Rob Bricken

Something Is Killing Florida’s Manatees in Record Droves

Florida’s iconic manatees are in danger. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission said last week that as of May 21 almost 750 manatees have already died this year. The current manatee mortality record was set in 2018, when 804 animals died, and this year is on track to crush that sad record. We don’t have that…

Conservation Molly Taft

Cows Might Be Getting Smart Masks for Their Problematic Methane Burps

Humans aren’t the only ones experimenting with wearable smart masks. A Bloomberg report says agricultural giant Cargill will start selling masks for cows that can cut methane emissions from their burps. The mask was developed by Zelp Ltd, a UK startup that claims its device can cut methane emissions by up to 53% in trials.…

Gadgets Victoria Song

Mexican Authorities Raid Construction Site Near Famous Archaeological Ruins

Hundreds of Mexican National Guard and police have raided and seized an apparently illegal building project that caused “irreparable damage” to protected areas near the country’s historic Teotihuacán ruins. The raid was carried out by 250 National Guard and 60 police officers, as well as “experts specialized in the matter for the case,” as Mexico’s…

Human History George Dvorsky

Health Officials in China Report First Human Case of H10N3 Bird Flu

On Tuesday, health officials in China reported the first known human case of a particular strain of avian influenza called H10N3. The victim, a 41-year-old man residing in Jiangsu, was hospitalized in late April and diagnosed with the virus on May 28. Officials said that the man has since recovered and would be leaving the…

Health Ed Cara

Brilliant Battery Adapter Lets You Power Small Devices Over USB

If sacrificing the portability of a small device is outweighed by the inconvenience of having to feed it a constant supply of replaceable batteries, a clever adapter has popped up on Kickstarter that converts a battery-powered device to USB power, and it’s as easy to use as popping in a fresh pair of AAs. It’s…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Updates From Thor: Love and Thunder, Indiana Jones 5, and More

There’s new reports of some sneaky spies coming to Marvel’s Secret Invasion. Get a look at Paramount’s latest Spongebob spinoff. Loki teases more chaos and costume changes than you can shake a dagger at. Plus, Disney+ Moon Knight set pictures. Spoilers get! Thor: Love and Thunder During a recent interview with news.com.au, Sam Neill stated he’s “completely…

Television James Whitbrook & Gordon Jackson

Why Your Windows PC Needs a Keyboard and Mouse Upgrade

Maybe you’ve always used the keyboard and mouse that came with your computer and had a very happy life with them—if it’s not broken, why fix it? But if you’re wondering what all the fuss is about with the more expensive versions of these essential peripherals, we’re here to explain why some users spend a…

Gadgets David Nield

World’s Largest Beef and Pork Supplier Hit by Cyber Attack

JB Foods, the world’s largest beef and pork processor, was hit by a cyber attack on Sunday that’s incapacitated systems in the U.S., Canada, and Australia according to a new report from Bloomberg News. The global food giant hasn’t shared what kind of cyberattack it’s been hit with, but large global operations like this are…

Tech News Matt Novak

British and Indian Variants Renamed ‘Alpha’ and ‘Delta’ Under New WHO Covid-19 Guidance

The so-called British and Indian variants of covid-19 have gotten name changes under new guidance released by the World Health Organization on Monday. The British variant will now be called “Alpha” and the mutant variant first identified in India will be called “Delta” as the WHO tries to stop stigmatization of regions that were the…

Health Matt Novak

Battlestar Galactica‘s Bear McCreary Knows What Concert Nerds Have Been Missing

This Bobcat Family Calling a Burned Out Tree Home Is All of Us

Clever Maker With Hand Tremors Turned a Smartphone Gimbal Into a Soldering Iron Stabilizer

Newly Revealed Emails Show Utilities Are Desperate to Avoid Gas Bans

eBay and PayPal Finally Break Up for Good

How Loki Shapeshifted From Nordic Folklore to a Marvel Icon

No, an Asteroid the Size of a Skyscraper Isn’t Going to Hit Earth, Sorry

Kelly Sue DeConnick on Her Relationship With Tarot, and a Magical New Kickstarter

Nvidia Shows Off Its New Gaming Flagship GPU

Johnson & Johnson Forced to Pay $2.1 Billion in Baby Powder Cancer Case After Supreme Court Denial

Borderlands’ First Look at Cate Blanchett as Lilith Is Shadowy But Somehow Still Impressive

Something Is Killing Florida’s Manatees in Record Droves

Cows Might Be Getting Smart Masks for Their Problematic Methane Burps

Mexican Authorities Raid Construction Site Near Famous Archaeological Ruins

Health Officials in China Report First Human Case of H10N3 Bird Flu

Brilliant Battery Adapter Lets You Power Small Devices Over USB

Updates From Thor: Love and Thunder, Indiana Jones 5, and More

Why Your Windows PC Needs a Keyboard and Mouse Upgrade

World’s Largest Beef and Pork Supplier Hit by Cyber Attack

British and Indian Variants Renamed ‘Alpha’ and ‘Delta’ Under New WHO Covid-19 Guidance

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