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Mummified Kitten, Snake, and Bird Are ‘Unwrapped’ in New X-Ray Study

Using high-resolution, 3D X-ray scans, a team of researchers has digitally unwrapped and analyzed three mummified animals from ancient Egypt. A kitten with a broken neck, a bird of prey, and a dehydrated snake with a fractured spine are now teaching us a bit more about ancient Egyptian customs. These fascinating observations were made possible…

Human History George Dvorsky Aug 20 '20

Michigan Will Pay $600 Million to Flint Water Crisis Survivors

The people of Flint are finally getting some justice. The state of Michigan is dishing out $600 million in settlement dollars for victims of the water crisis that exposed the city of nearly 100,000 to unhealthy levels of lead in their drinking water. First reported in the New York Times and confirmed by the legal…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes Aug 20 '20

You Can Now Use Your Sony Camera to Look Less Like a Potato on Video Calls

Given the spike in Zoom calls driven by the global pandemic, several camera-makers have released apps to help you turn your camera into a webcam. Sony is the latest. Today it released new software that lets you hook up your Sony camera to a Windows 10 computer with just a USB cable. The app is…

Gadgets Victoria Song Aug 20 '20

This Voice-Controlled Faucet Gives Me Perfect Temperature Water Every Time I Ask

If I were to rank all the items in my kitchen that I thought could benefit from a smart upgrade, the faucet would be near the bottom of the list, outranking only butter knives and those plastic clips that keep bread bags closed. After spending a few weeks with the U by Moen Smart Faucet,…

Home Entertainment & Smart Home Andrew Liszewski Aug 20 '20

Search Your Feelings, You Know Lego’s Empire Strikes Back Anniversary Set to Be Cool

Yes, it can be fun when Lego’s Star Wars sets are ginormous, hyper-detailed monstrosities that vaporize our bank accounts like Death Stars vaporize Alderaanians. But there’s something to be said about the company taking one small, iconic moment, and turning it into a cool little set. StarWars.com has revealed a first look at Lego’s newest…

Toys & Collectibles James Whitbrook Aug 20 '20

Airbnb Bans Partying Around the Globe

A day after announcing it’s taking formal steps to issue an initial public offering, Airbnb is doing some housekeeping. The home-sharing network decided on Thursday that it’s had enough of all these stories about irresponsible patrons throwing parties in a pandemic, and it’s implementing a worldwide ban on large gatherings at rental properties. In a…

Tech News Rhett Jones Aug 20 '20

Incredible Fossil Shows a Sea Monster in the Belly of an Even Bigger Sea Monster

As the Jedi master Qui-Gon Jinn once said, “There’s always a bigger fish.” Or in the case of the Triassic Period, there’s always a bigger aquatic reptile, as this incredible fossil demonstrates. New research published in iScience offers the oldest direct evidence of “megapredation” in the fossil record, in which an apex predator feeds upon…

Biology George Dvorsky Aug 20 '20

Florida Plans to Fix Its Mosquito Problem With 750 Million More Mosquitoes

Hundreds of millions of mosquitos will soon be released in Florida. On purpose. The mosquitoes are being released as a form of pest control, but they could wreak havoc on local ecosystems. And honestly, just the thought of it makes my ankles itch. This week, the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District approved a plan to…

Conservation Dharna Noor Aug 20 '20

Wonder Woman 1984‘s ‘Amazon Olympics’ Will Bring an Important Part of Diana’s Lore to Life

Wonder Woman 1984, as the title implies, is set in 1984, at the height of a golden age of greed and excess. But that doesn’t mean the entire movie is set in our near past. At least some of the highly anticipated sequel will transport us back to Diana’s island home Themyscira to show us…

Movies James Whitbrook Aug 20 '20

Steve Bannon Finally Gets His Walls

U.S. federal prosecutors announced Thursday morning that four men have been indicted for their roles in a crowdfunding scheme to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Steve Bannon, President Donald Trump’s former right-hand man, was among those indicted this morning and is already in federal custody, according to MSNBC. Brian Kolfage started a GoFundMe…

Tech News Matt Novak Aug 20 '20

Amazon’s Wheel of Time Show Adds Some Major New Characters

Scream 5’s cast continues to expand. Robert Eggers’ mysterious next movie has a hell of a cast. Get a glimpse of The New Mutants’ powers in a new TV spot. Warrior Nun will return for a second season. Plus, The Batman and Supernatural return to filming, and a new look at The 100’s return. Spoilers,…

Television James Whitbrook & Gordon Jackson Aug 20 '20

Is Your Browser a Good Enough Password Manager?

Web browsers were once used simply for browsing the web. But now they can perform all kinds of tricks, including managing passwords. With new features like password suggestions and data breach warnings being added all the time, are these built-in password managers ready to take on the dedicated third-party tools? Here’s how they stack up…

Gadgets David Nield Aug 20 '20

Star Trek: Lower Decks Tackles One of Starfleet’s Oldest, Funniest Questions

We all have questions about some of the banal things that happen on Star Trek ships. One I’ve always loved thinking about the most is that interplay when an officer asks somehow how long it’ll take do some technobabbley thing, and they reply that it’ll take hours. Why does it take so long to do…

io9 James Whitbrook Aug 20 '20

Data-Informed Predictive Policing Was Heralded as Less Biased. Is It?

This article was originally published on The Markup and was republished under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license. When George Floyd was killed in May after a police officer pressed a knee into the man’s neck, millions of Americans protested, demanding civic leaders dismantle long-standing police practices and fundamentally reimagine public safety. A chorus of CEOs…

Privacy & Security Annie Gilbertson Aug 20 '20

Is Border Patrol Arresting Firefighters in California During Wildfire Season?

An official with U.S. Border Patrol sent out a tweet on Tuesday, claiming the agency had arrested ten “illegal aliens” in El Centro, California after some were allegedly caught with fake Social Security numbers. Strangely, the Border Patrol official said the suspects had claimed to be firefighters who were certified in Oregon. Is Border Patrol…

Earth Science Matt Novak Aug 20 '20

Stranger Things Will Continue Beyond Season 4

Though the next season of Netflix’s Stranger Things remains mostly shrouded in mystery, as is tradition, there’s a scrap of new information for fans to cling to as they await the series’ return. According to creators the Duffer Brothers, the show won’t wrap with its upcoming fourth season. “Season four won’t be the end,” Ross…

io9 Cheryl Eddy Aug 19 '20

Seiko’s Street Fighter-Inspired Watches Celebrate All the Right Moves

Hadouken! Seiko and Capcom have teamed up to bring us an entire line-up of watches inspired by the beefy players in the Street Fighter saga. The watches, now available for pre-order in the U.S., feature color schemes and clever nods to the original video game characters. Not content to just show you these timepieces of…

Games John Biggs Aug 19 '20

Facebook Cracks Down on QAnon, Just as Trump Makes Everything Worse

Facebook on Wednesday announced a crackdown on a range of extremist communities on its social networks, including the increasingly mainstream QAnon and not a moment too soon. Facebook said in a press release published on Wednesday that its new “policy expansion” applies to activity on its platforms “tied to offline anarchist groups that support violent…

Social Media Andrew Couts Aug 19 '20

Sony’s Spider-Woman Reportedly Gains a Female Director and Writing Team

One sign that movie production is ever-so-slowly emerging from its pandemic shutdown? Rumors regarding new projects that feel like potential future blockbusters. The latest to fit that bill comes from the Sony Pictures Universe of Marvel Characters, and it teases a potential Spider-Woman film. Deadline reports that Olivia Wilde “has closed a deal to direct…

Movies Cheryl Eddy Aug 19 '20

Avatar: The Last Airbender‘s Unaired Pilot Was Surprisingly Dark

Avatar: The Last Airbender is known for exploring complex morals and emotional situations. However, Nickelodeon has released an unaired pilot that shows a few key differences from the animated series we know and love, and they are pretty dark! The network held an Avatar: The Last Airbender live stream session on Sunday (as reported by…

io9 Beth Elderkin Aug 19 '20

Mummified Kitten, Snake, and Bird Are ‘Unwrapped’ in New X-Ray Study

Michigan Will Pay $600 Million to Flint Water Crisis Survivors

You Can Now Use Your Sony Camera to Look Less Like a Potato on Video Calls

This Voice-Controlled Faucet Gives Me Perfect Temperature Water Every Time I Ask

Search Your Feelings, You Know Lego’s Empire Strikes Back Anniversary Set to Be Cool

Airbnb Bans Partying Around the Globe

Incredible Fossil Shows a Sea Monster in the Belly of an Even Bigger Sea Monster

Florida Plans to Fix Its Mosquito Problem With 750 Million More Mosquitoes

Wonder Woman 1984‘s ‘Amazon Olympics’ Will Bring an Important Part of Diana’s Lore to Life

Steve Bannon Finally Gets His Walls

Amazon’s Wheel of Time Show Adds Some Major New Characters

Is Your Browser a Good Enough Password Manager?

Star Trek: Lower Decks Tackles One of Starfleet’s Oldest, Funniest Questions

Data-Informed Predictive Policing Was Heralded as Less Biased. Is It?

Is Border Patrol Arresting Firefighters in California During Wildfire Season?

Stranger Things Will Continue Beyond Season 4

Seiko’s Street Fighter-Inspired Watches Celebrate All the Right Moves

Facebook Cracks Down on QAnon, Just as Trump Makes Everything Worse

Sony’s Spider-Woman Reportedly Gains a Female Director and Writing Team

Avatar: The Last Airbender‘s Unaired Pilot Was Surprisingly Dark

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