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Wreck Your Instagram Experience by Following Hashtags

Call them content creators, influencers, or maybe just fellow narcissists with a camera, but whether you like it or not, the people you follow on social media are how you get introduced to things like news, memes, or trends. But in an update scheduled to start rolling out later today, Instagram is trying to change…

Social Media Sam Rutherford

Those Kids Suing for Climate Action Might Soon Get Their Day in Court

A group of kids, ages 10 to 21, are threatening the Trump administration’s environmental agenda (or, rather, its lack of one) through a federal lawsuit. The Department of Justice doesn’t think this case should move forward, but it appears the courts disagree. The two parties—21 youth plaintiffs and the Department of Justice—stood before a three-judge…

Earther Yessenia Funes

FCC Commissioner Resorts to Trolling Ajit Pai Because All Is Lost

There’s not a ton we can do now but watch in horror as the FCC’s Republican leadership guts net neutrality. You should, of course, join the ongoing online protest. And if your representatives in Congress don’t support strong net neutrality protections, write them and explain how you won’t forget their stance next time they seek…

Tech News Dell Cameron

That ‘Man Flu’ Study Is From BMJ’s Irresponsible Holiday Issue (Updated)

Every December, for about the last 30 years according to the New York Times, the BMJ (formerly known as the British Medical Journal) publishes a batch of studies and papers that sound way more fun than the typical science fare. Last year, for instance, a Stanford epidemiologist asked whether caviar could be a risk factor…

Health Ed Cara

Legendary Detective Dick Tracy Is Returning to Comics

For decades, Chester Gould’s hardboiled, gadget-wielding, ace detective has cracked cases in newspaper strips and comics, and on the big screen and TV. But now he’s making a grand return to the page courtesy of Archie Comics. Written by Archie Comics co-president and crime novelist Alex Segura and Michael Moreci, with art by Thomas Pitilli,…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

The History of Wireless Everything

Halfway between Brooklyn and Montauk, a steel cupola propped up on wooden legs once looked out over the Long Island Sound and beyond the horizon. Built in the first years of the 20th century, Wardenclyffe Tower served as the centerpiece of a real-life mad scientist’s laboratory. Lever pulling, lightning bolts, maniacal laughter—this is where that…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

Arctic Sea Ice Hits Yet Another Brutal Milestone

On Tuesday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released its annual Arctic report card. It chronicles all the ways we’re causing the Arctic to fail at being, well, the Arctic. The most astounding fact? Ice is shrinking faster and reaching lower lows than it has in at least 1,500 years. Climate change has caused the…

Climate Change Brian Kahn

Researchers Used ‘Up’ to Teach AI How to Feel

I generally don’t care for the poetics of life. When I’m walking down the street and something poetic happens—sunlight piercing rainclouds, golden leaves dancing in an autumn wind—I just go “ehh.” But human emotion is quantifiable, meaning it can be taught to computers. A collaboration between MIT’s Lab for Social Machines and McKinsey’s Consumer Tech…

Tech News Sidney Fussell

A Pharma Company Raised the Price of a Daily Vitamin by 800 Percent

If you would like to take niacin, a B vitamin that is believed to lower cholesterol and the chance of having a heart attack, you could buy a month’s supply online for about $5. Or you could get a prescription for a bottle of virtually the same pills for almost $300, thanks to a pharmaceutical…

Tech News Jennings Brown

The Last Jedi Takes Star Wars to a Fantastic New Level

Days removed from seeing Star Wars: The Last Jedi, I still can’t believe it’s a real movie. I can’t believe what writer-director Rian Johnson did: He took all of our preconceived notions of what a Star Wars movie is and evolved them. The movie is genuinely shocking at times—multiple times—but it also feels fully authentic…

Movies Germain Lussier

In Year With Record Rains, California Still Lost 27 Million Trees

For more than six years, drought and bark beetles have ravaged California’s forests. Last year, the dead tree count broke 100 million. According to a new analysis from the U.S. Forest Service, it’s now up to 129 million. On Monday, the Forest Service announced that 27 million trees had died throughout the state since November…

Earther Ari Phillips

Google Promised a Way to Jailbreak the iPhone and It Delivered

Last week, a Google security researcher announced that he’d be releasing the goods that are needed to jailbreak the latest iPhones. For years, it was pretty easy to get all the customization options of Android on iOS, but the developer scene has since dried up. Even if you don’t plan on jailbreaking your phone, there’s…

Tech News Rhett Jones

Death, Destruction, and a Trio of Iconic X-Men Villains Make for The Gifted‘s Strongest Episode Yet

The Gifted’s ability to shy away from the melodrama and bombast of other live-action comic book adaptations in favor of a more grounded, realistic dystopia is a big part of what’s made it so strong, if a bit narratively staid. In its mid-season finale, though, The Gifted finally decided to up the ante with a…

Television Charles Pulliam-Moore

Bowers & Wilkins’ New Noise-Cancelling Wireless Headphones Blew My Mind

I’m a longtime Bowers & Wilkins fan. The headphones are so good, I’ve always thought, they don’t even need noise-cancelling. Well, Bowers & Wilkins didn’t listen to my thoughts and recently released a set of noise-cancelling headphones. I was wrong. The Bowers & Wilkins PX are are the best wireless headphones the company’s ever made.…

Headphones Adam Clark Estes

Good Omens Has at Least One Touching Tribute to Terry Pratchett

The more and more we see of Good Omens, the sadder it is that Neil Gaiman’s collaborator on the original novel, the departed Terry Pratchett, isn’t here to see his work come to life. But the BBC series, in some subtle ways, is planning at least one lovely tribute to the author. Gaiman took to…

Television James Whitbrook

Soylent Founder Steps Down as CEO: ‘If You Love Something, Set It Free’

In a blog post on Tuesday, Soylent founder Rob Rhinehart announced he was resigning as the company’s CEO. “If you love something, set it free,” his goodbye post began, which may not be the standard way to announce one is stepping down, but is still one of the more grounded statements from a man whose…

Tech News Avery Ellis

200-Pound Penguins Once Prowled the Seas of Ancient New Zealand

Penguins are objectively adorable animals. The flappy little buddies waddle around on stubby feet, and some even like to be tickled. Their chicks are basically cute fluffballs made of fat and charisma that dance in children’s movies. However, a new fossil discovery in New Zealand has revealed an ancestral penguin species that was considerably more…

Biology Jake Buehler

New Evidence From Ancient Amber Shows Dinosaurs Were Plagued by Ticks

New research on 100 million year-old amber with ticks preserved inside indicates these tiny, annoying critters have been around for a long time—and that dinosaurs were among their hosts. Acquiring ticks is a nasty consequence of doing basically anything outdoors during the warmer months. Whether you’re hiking, doing yard work, or camping, there’s a decent…

Biology Jake Buehler

Victor Stein Is ‘The Coolest Guy in the World’

The latest episode of Marvel’s Runaways has a shout-out we didn’t quite expect. Apparently, Gizmodo has given tech billionaire Victor Stein the proud title of, and this is a direct quote: “The Coolest Guy in the World.” The latest episode of the Hulu series, “Metamorphosis,” includes a scene between teenage hero Chase Stein (Gregg Sulkin)…

Television Beth Elderkin

Incoming Meteors Explode From the Inside, Simulations Suggest

Tomorrow night (weather permitting), you might be able to peer up to the sky and see some of the year’s brightest meteors, the Geminids. And now, thanks to new research, you may have a better understanding of why they sometimes blow up and make those spectacular flashes. You might remember the incredible Chelyabinsk meteor exploding…

Space & Spaceflight Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Wreck Your Instagram Experience by Following Hashtags

Those Kids Suing for Climate Action Might Soon Get Their Day in Court

FCC Commissioner Resorts to Trolling Ajit Pai Because All Is Lost

That ‘Man Flu’ Study Is From BMJ’s Irresponsible Holiday Issue (Updated)

Legendary Detective Dick Tracy Is Returning to Comics

The History of Wireless Everything

Arctic Sea Ice Hits Yet Another Brutal Milestone

Researchers Used ‘Up’ to Teach AI How to Feel

A Pharma Company Raised the Price of a Daily Vitamin by 800 Percent

The Last Jedi Takes Star Wars to a Fantastic New Level

In Year With Record Rains, California Still Lost 27 Million Trees

Google Promised a Way to Jailbreak the iPhone and It Delivered

Death, Destruction, and a Trio of Iconic X-Men Villains Make for The Gifted‘s Strongest Episode Yet

Bowers & Wilkins’ New Noise-Cancelling Wireless Headphones Blew My Mind

Good Omens Has at Least One Touching Tribute to Terry Pratchett

Soylent Founder Steps Down as CEO: ‘If You Love Something, Set It Free’

200-Pound Penguins Once Prowled the Seas of Ancient New Zealand

New Evidence From Ancient Amber Shows Dinosaurs Were Plagued by Ticks

Victor Stein Is ‘The Coolest Guy in the World’

Incoming Meteors Explode From the Inside, Simulations Suggest

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