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Amazon May Open an Entirely New Chain of Grocery Stores: Report

Less than two years after purchasing Whole Foods Market (WFM), increasingly not-online retail giant Amazon looks to be eying yet another chain of grocery stores, according to reporting from the Wall Street Journal. Two grocery chains may seem like overkill to consumers, but WFM made its name on only stocking items within specific parameters—like its…

Commerce Avery Ellis Mar 1 '19

Recycling a GoPro Box Into a Working Aquarium Is the Best Reason to Upgrade

Many factors have contributed to GoPro’s financial woes in recent years, but it doesn’t help that the company’s userbase simply doesn’t have a solid reason to upgrade their cameras every year like they would a fancy smartphone. YouTube’s Imaginative Guy actually makes a stronger case for upgrading your action cam than GoPro does. Built-in video…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Mar 1 '19

How My Month-Long Diet to Save the Planet Collapsed Under a Mountain of Donuts and Pizza

I’ve now spent four weeks eating a diet that scientists crafted to demonstrate how all of humanity could eat sustainably in 2050. And over the past two days, things went off the rails. Sorry, Earth (also sorry, body). The EAT-Lancet Commission put out a report in January outlining what a daily diet—dubbed the planetary health…

Climate Change Brian Kahn Mar 1 '19

Lyft’s IPO Banks Big on Self-Driving Cars, Shits on Its E-Scooters

Lyft finally filed for an IPO on Friday, a long-expected move for the ride-sharing company that has been racing to beat its larger competitor Uber to the public-offering punch. Aiming for a $20 billion valuation, Lyft’s newly filed IPO prospectus claims 39 percent of the U.S. ride-share market, a 17 percent jump in two years.…

Artificial Intelligence Patrick Howell O'Neill Mar 1 '19

Your Guide to the Kree-Skrull War, the Cosmic Conflict That Captain Marvel Could Bring Into the Spotlight

Pretty much since the original Avengers movie, Marvel movie fans have speculated that the cinematic universe could slowly build toward the most infamous interstellar skirmish of Marvel’s comic history: the Kree-Skrull War. It’s taken awhile, but Captain Marvel looks like it could finally be the film to do it—so here’s what you need to know.…

Movies James Whitbrook Mar 1 '19

Snoozing Late on the Weekends Won’t Make Up for Your Sleep-Deprived Weeknights

Sleeping in late on the weekends won’t protect you from the ravages of barely sleeping during the work week, suggests a new study. While extra weekend sleeping did temporarily help volunteers eat lighter and better control their blood sugar, the health benefits went away as soon as they started not sleeping much again. In some…

Health Ed Cara Mar 1 '19

Half of Child Grooming Cases Involve Facebook-Owned Platforms, UK Report Finds

Data compiled by the UK’s National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) found that in the past 18 months, over half of child grooming incidents in England and Wales where the communication method was known involved a Facebook-owned platform. The data is far from perfect. It was compiled from responses to freedom…

Social Media Avery Ellis Mar 1 '19

2,000-Year-Old Tattoo Tool Found in a Washington Storage Closet

A 2,000-year-old wooden implement with black-tipped cactus spines is now the oldest example of a tattoo tool in western North America, a discovery that’s shedding important new light on this ancient practice. Incredibly, the relic might have never been discovered had it not been for an inventory check. The tool, discovered by anthropology Ph.D. candidate…

Human History George Dvorsky Mar 1 '19

I Wasn’t Prepared for the Crushing Melancholy of Watching This Bull Pop His Toy Ball

His name is Tex and for a glorious moment, he found the one thing he never knew his life was missing. Tex resides at the Ima Survivor Donkey and Farm Animal Sanctuary in Cleveland, Texas. In a video posted to the sanctuary’s Facebook page, Tex the bull appears to learn something we’ve all known since…

Sploid Rhett Jones Mar 1 '19

How to Use Your Gaming Controllers With Your Computer

You may think that your Xbox One or PS4 controller will always stay faithful to the console it’s paired with, but that’s not always the case. Thanks to the wonders of Bluetooth and other wireless technologies, you can actually use these input devices with Windows and macOS as well—and the setup isn’t too difficult either.…

Gadgets David Nield Mar 1 '19

In Another ’90s Throwback, Captain Marvel Returns Magic Eye to the Public Consciousness

My name is Charles, and I can’t Magic Eye. Despite what the elderly might tell you, the ‘90s were a particularly odd (read: often bad) time for optical illusions masquerading as entertainment. Take, for example, Magic Eye, the books popularized by N.E. Thing Enterprises that convinced people they were having a good time staring at…

Movies Charles Pulliam-Moore Mar 1 '19

The ’90s Version of Me Would’ve Loved This Imaginary ’90s Version of the Samsung Galaxy Fold

Before the iPhone came along, it was not uncommon for me to upgrade my cellphone every few months. It was an addiction, I’ll fully admit it, but it was also a fun time when mobile phones didn’t all look like a feature-less slab of glass. Companies tried every hardware gimmick imaginable to make their devices…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Mar 1 '19

A Future of Heavier Rainstorms Could Be a Death Sentence For Corals

Corals have it rough. From warming oceans to sunscreen, threats are everywhere. Now, add freshwater to the list. A study out last week in in the journal BMC Genomics documents how low levels of salinity can stress out corals. The research highlights yet another environmental problem that may become more frequent in a warming world,…

Climate Change Yessenia Funes Mar 1 '19

RIP Amazon Dash Button—You Died as You Lived, Sort of Unnecessary

Those quirky Amazon Dash buttons will soon be dead, gone, no more. Intended to be an easy way to reorder items, Amazon has now pulled them from sale worldwide and seems to be admitting that no one really needs them. When the Dash buttons were originally introduced in 2015, it was hard to believe they…

Commerce Victoria Song Mar 1 '19

Watch Peter Parker Explain His Amazing Spider-Life in the First 9 Minutes of Into the Spider-Verse

Let’s start from the beginning, one last time. To celebrate this week’s digital home release of the Oscar-award-winning Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse in the U.S., Sony has uploaded the opening nine minutes of the film to its YouTube channel, for your viewing pleasure (and also to shove in the faces of anyone who’s yet to…

Movies James Whitbrook Mar 1 '19

Your March Horoscope Is Here, And Our AI Astrologer Is Getting Smarter

Welcome to AIstrology. With the help of research scientist Janelle Shane, we built a bot to generate monthly horoscopes. Each horoscope below is a prediction based on a wealth of predictions for each sign; a distillation of what the stars have in store for you this month. Its natural language faculties should improve the longer…

Tech News Divination Bot Mar 1 '19

Rare AT&T Videophones From the 1970s Go Up for Auction This Month

Two videophones from the early 1970s that were produced by AT&T/Bell Labs and the now-defunct Western Electric will go up for auction this month. And while they might not seem very special to kids of the 21st century, these videophones were the most futuristic things around for people who grew up watching movies like 2001:…

Tech News Matt Novak Mar 1 '19

The Fake Sex Doctor Who Conned the Media Into Publicizing His Bizarre Research on Suicide, Butt-Fisting, and Bestiality

Based on the information available online, Sendler could be one of the most accomplished 28-year-olds in medicine. But he’s not. Those are all lies.

Health Jennings Brown Mar 1 '19

Jessica Chastain Teases a Bloody Good Time in It: Chapter 2

Alas, Lupita Nyong’o probably won’t be in Bond 25. Patton Oswalt will lend his voice to the mighty MODOK. Clark Gregg hints that Agents of SHIELD’s recent renewals will really be its last. Plus, what’s to come on the cavalcade of CW/DC TV shows, and everyone wants to rule the world in new Game of…

Television James Whitbrook Mar 1 '19

Jay Inslee Enters 2020 Presidential Race, and Climate Change Is His Top Priority

The presidential candidate running in the name of climate change has arrived, and his name is Jay Inslee. The public’s been expecting the Washington state governor to announce his candidacy, so this comes as no surprise. Inslee finally shot his shot Friday morning when he released a video on Twitter that highlighted the governor’s long…

Climate Change Yessenia Funes Mar 1 '19

Amazon May Open an Entirely New Chain of Grocery Stores: Report

Recycling a GoPro Box Into a Working Aquarium Is the Best Reason to Upgrade

How My Month-Long Diet to Save the Planet Collapsed Under a Mountain of Donuts and Pizza

Lyft’s IPO Banks Big on Self-Driving Cars, Shits on Its E-Scooters

Your Guide to the Kree-Skrull War, the Cosmic Conflict That Captain Marvel Could Bring Into the Spotlight

Snoozing Late on the Weekends Won’t Make Up for Your Sleep-Deprived Weeknights

Half of Child Grooming Cases Involve Facebook-Owned Platforms, UK Report Finds

2,000-Year-Old Tattoo Tool Found in a Washington Storage Closet

I Wasn’t Prepared for the Crushing Melancholy of Watching This Bull Pop His Toy Ball

How to Use Your Gaming Controllers With Your Computer

In Another ’90s Throwback, Captain Marvel Returns Magic Eye to the Public Consciousness

The ’90s Version of Me Would’ve Loved This Imaginary ’90s Version of the Samsung Galaxy Fold

A Future of Heavier Rainstorms Could Be a Death Sentence For Corals

RIP Amazon Dash Button—You Died as You Lived, Sort of Unnecessary

Watch Peter Parker Explain His Amazing Spider-Life in the First 9 Minutes of Into the Spider-Verse

Your March Horoscope Is Here, And Our AI Astrologer Is Getting Smarter

Rare AT&T Videophones From the 1970s Go Up for Auction This Month

The Fake Sex Doctor Who Conned the Media Into Publicizing His Bizarre Research on Suicide, Butt-Fisting, and Bestiality

Jessica Chastain Teases a Bloody Good Time in It: Chapter 2

Jay Inslee Enters 2020 Presidential Race, and Climate Change Is His Top Priority

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