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NASA Scientists Have Found Millions of Arctic Methane Hotspots

Scientists are taking to the skies to study methane emissions in the Arctic. In a series of more than 400 airplane rides in 2017, researchers with NASA’s Arctic Boreal Vulnerability Experiment discovered 2 million methane hotspots. The findings point to one of the more disturbing aspects of climate change in the Arctic as frozen soil…

Climate Change Yessenia Funes Feb 14 '20

Tech Nonprofit Uses Automation to Get 66,000 Old Marijuana Convictions Dismissed in Los Angeles

It’s been nearly four years since California voted to legalize marijuana and offer a clean slate for at least tens of thousands of racially-targeted residents with past convictions for victimless crimes. California is now high on a legal supply, which is fun, but the state hasn’t delivered so much when it comes to cleaning up…

Tech News Whitney Kimball Feb 14 '20

10 Great Sci-Fi Movies to Watch When You’re Sick

When I was a boy, A Clockwork Orange made me vomit. I was in the ninth grade. I was just starting to get heavily into movies, and one day I got sick at school. The nurse said I should go home, so my mom picked me up and we decided to stop at the video…

Movies Germain Lussier Feb 14 '20

Four Shortlisted NASA Missions Would Explore the Nastiest Places in the Solar System

As part of its ongoing Discovery Program, NASA has selected four possible missions that would involve some of the most hostile and enigmatic places in the solar system. Established in 1992, NASA’s Discovery Program “gives scientists a chance to dig deep into their imaginations and find new ways to unlock the mysteries of our solar…

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky Feb 14 '20

In This Star Trek: Picard Teaser, What Rhymes with ‘Panache?’ Easy, It’s Eyepatch

No, they’re not taking a side quest in the Holodeck. They’re on an important mission—in style. The teaser for Star Trek: Picard’s next episode, “Stardust City Rag,” puts the captain and his cohorts in some fashionable threads as part of a vital rescue mission, and they’ve got a fantastic companion along for the ride. Jean-Luc…

Trailers Beth Elderkin Feb 14 '20

Oh Yeah, Betelgeuse Is Definitely Looking Weirder

At this point, we’re all crossing our fingers that the dying star Betelgeuse will hurry up and explode already, because who doesn’t love a good show? The red giant star (visible in the constellation Orion) has been growing dimmer since late last year, leading many to speculate it could soon go supernova. Scientists operating the…

Space & Spaceflight Ryan F. Mandelbaum Feb 14 '20

Shitty Person Wins Case Against UK Police Who Warned Him About His Transphobic Tweets

A high court in the UK ruled on Friday that police should not have visited a man who sent out transphobic tweets at his place of work and that they had a “substantial chilling effect” by doing so, the Guardian reported. Police told 54-year-old Lincolnshire man and former cop Harry Miller that no crime was committed…

Tech News Tom McKay Feb 14 '20

China Using Drones in Increasingly Dystopian Ways to Combat Coronavirus Outbreak

Authorities in China have deployed drones to combat the spread of coronavirus in a variety of ways since the outbreak began, including disinfectant drones and drones that fly around with a loudspeaker to tell people they should keep their masks on. But there’s another way that police in China have started to use drones, and…

Tech News Matt Novak Feb 14 '20

Utopia Falls Is a Formulaic Dystopian YA Love Letter to Hip-Hop

Hulu’s Utopia Falls, created by R.T. Thorne, is a dystopian YA drama that simultaneously feels like a story you’ve heard countless times before and like a heartfelt attempt at trying to bring something new to a generally formulaic genre. Set in a world where the last bastion of humanity lives in a literal bubble under…

Television Charles Pulliam-Moore Feb 14 '20

Meet the Stars of Clone Wars‘ Imminent Return, the Bad Batch

Disney has released a new teaser for the premiere episode of The Clone Wars’ imminent return next week, and…well, honestly I just don’t know what to tell you. It’s Clone Wars. It’s more Clone Wars. What else do you need? At long last, Star Wars: The Clone Wars rage on—and it seems like the more…

Trailers James Whitbrook Feb 14 '20

The Sony PS5 Is Making the PS4 Look Cheap

Bloomberg is reporting that Sony is having a problem driving the price down on this year’s PS5. The console is expected to launch later this year, but Sony is struggling to get the cost of manufacturing below $450 per unit. According to Bloomberg the challenge currently is sourcing key components for the PS5 at a…

Games Alex Cranz Feb 14 '20

Facebook Stealthily Launched a Pinterest-Esque App Called Hobbi

Facebook’s at it again. While everybody knows the company for its eponymous app, it also regularly plays around with launching new ones on the down-low. Remember Lasso? How about Whale, Bump, or Aux? Well, the latest experimental app from Facebook is a Pinterest-like app called Hobbi. The app bills itself as a kind of DIY-project…

Social Media Victoria Song Feb 14 '20

Another Tiny The Batman Tease, Dark Army Updates, and More

Some familiar Jurassic World faces will return for round three. There’s good news for Avenue 5 fans. Robert Englund makes his one pitch for returning to Freddy Krueger. Doctor Who teases the rise of the Cybermen. Plus, what’s to come in another Gotham City, on Batwoman. Happy spoilentine’s day, spoiler lovers! Jurassic World 3 Collider…

Television James Whitbrook Feb 14 '20

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Here’s What People Thought of YouTube When It First Launched in the Mid-2000s

When YouTube first launched 15 years ago, a lot of people weren’t sure what to make of it. Anyone can upload a video to this service? Why do I want to hear what some obnoxious teenager has to say from their bedroom? YouTube was much more than that, of course. Most of the site’s most…

Tech News Matt Novak Feb 14 '20

Stranger Things Season 4’s First Teaser Reveals a Surprising Return

You can’t keep this American hero down. Netflix has released the first look at the fourth season of Stranger Things, bringing us to Russia (with love) as the international showdown over control of the Upside Down escalates. And there’s someone you might recognize working on the rail line. The first teaser for Stranger Things 4…

Trailers Beth Elderkin Feb 14 '20

Under Armour’s New Smart Sneakers Are Ugly as Sin But Good for Running

Last year I reviewed Under Armour’s HOVR Infinite shoes, which sync with your smartphone to offer running data from the built-in Bluetooth chip. I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed working out in them. I expected the shoes to be more gimmick than substance, but the personalized gait-coaching actually helped me shave two…

Accessories & Wearables Victoria Song Feb 14 '20

China Reports 6 Health Workers Dead and 1,716 Sickened by Coronavirus

Health officials in China announced on Friday that the new coronavirus has sickened at least 1,716 health care workers and killed six. Roughly 87 percent of those health workers infected with COVID-19 were in Hubei province, the epicenter of the outbreak, according to Chinese state media outlet China Daily. The deputy director of China’s National…

Tech News Matt Novak Feb 14 '20

Amazon Wins Court Injunction, Halting Work on $10 Billion JEDI Contract It Lost to Microsoft

A federal judge just put the brakes on a major military contract after Amazon argued it only lost out to rival Microsoft because the president wanted to “screw” CEO Jeff Bezos. This injunction marks the latest development in the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) project’s ongoing saga. The contract—an up to $10 billion purchase order…

Commerce Alyse Stanley Feb 13 '20

Mystique’s Tragic Love Story Could Threaten the X-Men’s Future

Marvel’s Dawn of X event began by establishing who the world’s most influential mutant power players truly were: people like Moira MacTaggart, whose gifts afforded them unique perspectives and insights about the past, present, and future. Moira spent multiple lifetimes searching for a way to ensure the mutant species’ eternal survival and ultimately managed to…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore Feb 13 '20

Vertical Movies Are Coming Whether Anyone Actually Wants to Watch Them

Smartphone cameras have become so good that they’ve turned us all into amateur directors. But because social networks like Snapchat and Instagram encourage vertical videos, we don’t shoot the horizontal footage that makes sense for, say, a movie. That’s fine when an Instagram Story video is only 15 seconds long. But do you really want…

Tech News Caitlin McGarry Feb 13 '20

NASA Scientists Have Found Millions of Arctic Methane Hotspots

Tech Nonprofit Uses Automation to Get 66,000 Old Marijuana Convictions Dismissed in Los Angeles

10 Great Sci-Fi Movies to Watch When You’re Sick

Four Shortlisted NASA Missions Would Explore the Nastiest Places in the Solar System

In This Star Trek: Picard Teaser, What Rhymes with ‘Panache?’ Easy, It’s Eyepatch

Oh Yeah, Betelgeuse Is Definitely Looking Weirder

Shitty Person Wins Case Against UK Police Who Warned Him About His Transphobic Tweets

China Using Drones in Increasingly Dystopian Ways to Combat Coronavirus Outbreak

Utopia Falls Is a Formulaic Dystopian YA Love Letter to Hip-Hop

Meet the Stars of Clone Wars‘ Imminent Return, the Bad Batch

The Sony PS5 Is Making the PS4 Look Cheap

Facebook Stealthily Launched a Pinterest-Esque App Called Hobbi

Another Tiny The Batman Tease, Dark Army Updates, and More

Here’s What People Thought of YouTube When It First Launched in the Mid-2000s

Stranger Things Season 4’s First Teaser Reveals a Surprising Return

Under Armour’s New Smart Sneakers Are Ugly as Sin But Good for Running

China Reports 6 Health Workers Dead and 1,716 Sickened by Coronavirus

Amazon Wins Court Injunction, Halting Work on $10 Billion JEDI Contract It Lost to Microsoft

Mystique’s Tragic Love Story Could Threaten the X-Men’s Future

Vertical Movies Are Coming Whether Anyone Actually Wants to Watch Them

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