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Incredibly Detailed Image of Our Galaxy’s Center Shows How Things Move Around a Black Hole

There’s a black hole called Sagittarius A* at the center of our galaxy. It has 4 million times the mass of the sun, but is only around the size of Mercury’s orbit. It’s 26,000 light years away, but let’s say some unfortunate mishap brought you within a light year or two of that behemoth. What…

Space & Spaceflight Ryan F. Mandelbaum Feb 26 '18

The Koch Brothers Are Very Proud of Getting Republicans to Destroy the Environment

The Koch brothers and their network of rich donors have basically bought and paid for the Republican Party, and now they are reaping the rewards. In 2017, the biggest reward was Trump’s climate and environment deregulation frenzy. The Intercept and Documented obtained a memo that lists what the Seminar Network—a cadre of uber rich conservatives…

Environmental Justice Brian Kahn Feb 26 '18

How A Wrinkle In Time Made Mindy Kaling’s Scifi Dreams Come True

Mindy Kaling is one of us. Though she’s best known for her comedic work on The Office and The Mindy Project, Kaling is a huge genre fan. When she was growing up, she never felt those genres spoke to her directly. However, working on Ava DuVernay’s new Disney movie, A Wrinkle In Time, she finally…

Movies Germain Lussier Feb 26 '18

Affluent Seattle Suburb Repeatedly Fell for Nigerian Prince-Style Phishing Scam

A well-heeled Seattle suburb town with a median household income of $203,393 fell prey to blatantly obvious phishing scam. According to a report from the Seattle Times, Yarrow Point’s now-former fiscal coordinator (who had a personal driver) did not question emails from someone claiming to be the mayor asking him to wire thousands of dollars…

Tech News Jennings Brown Feb 26 '18

Fantasy Author Terry Goodkind Wants Everyone to Know How Much He Hates His New Novel’s Cover Art

Terry Goodkind—best known for The Sword of Truth series—has publicly apologized after posting scathing criticism of the cover art for his latest book, Shroud of Eternity. The author eventually laid the blame on his publisher, Tor Books, but the artist who created the cover says it’s not good enough. Goodkind recently wrote a post on Facebook…

Books & Comics Beth Elderkin Feb 26 '18

An Australian Tourist Breathed Measles Virus All Over New York City Last Week

Measles has just visited the Big Apple, and public health officials are warning the city’s small unvaccinated population to be on guard. Last Friday, the New York State Department of Health announced that an Australian tourist was confirmed to be carrying the viral disease days into their trip. Because exhaled measles can stay alive for…

Health Ed Cara Feb 26 '18

The Folks Behind The Tick Talk About the Superhero Show’s Radical Sincerity

There’s a lot of hugging on Amazon’s new version of The Tick. Everybody, villains included, talks about their feelings and problems with each other. It’s a refreshing change from most on-screen superhero adaptations, and a large part of what makes The Tick so unique, even from its predecessors. Emotional connection isn’t played for humor on…

Television Evan Narcisse Feb 26 '18

Annihilation Reminds Us Why We Need Ecological Horror Stories

Annihilation isn’t a perfect movie. But it deserves credit for striving to tackle a subject few mainstream films ever take more than a glancing interest in: the inherent weirdness, and fragility, of ecological systems. And given the harsh realities of our rapidly deteriorating biosphere, that’s something we could use more of right now. Spoilers for Annihilation ahead.…

Conservation Maddie Stone Feb 26 '18

Wickr Just Made It Easier to Keep Snoops Out of Your Next Conference Call

In July, Wickr announced that its paying users could make encrypted conference calls. For a company prioritizing businesses over consumers, this was a crucial development. But it also helped Wickr stand out from other secure messaging apps like Signal and WhatsApp, which have yet to roll out encrypted group calls. And on Friday, Wickr made…

Privacy & Security Melanie Ehrenkranz Feb 26 '18

US Air Force Chief Warns of Space War ‘in a Matter of Years’

Speaking to an audience of active-duty airmen, US Air Force Chief of Staff General David L. Goldfein predicted it’ll only be a “matter of years” before American forces find themselves “fighting from space.” To prepare for this grim possibility, he said the Air Force needs new tools and a new approach to training leaders. Oh,…

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky Feb 26 '18

How Lucasfilm Made The Last Jedi‘s Leia Hologram Sound Authentically Crummy

Early on in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, R2-D2 tries to get his disillusioned former master Luke Skywalker to join the fight against the First Order with what Luke calls a “cheap trick”—replaying the hologram that started Luke’s journey in the first place. But it turns out, a lot of work went into making that…

Movies James Whitbrook Feb 26 '18

Russian State TV Airs Video Game Clip as Real War Footage

Russian state TV aired a short video clip last night that was supposed to be from the brutal war in Syria. But it was actually from a video game called ARMA 3. And for some reason this seems to be happening again and again and again. The BBC was the first English-language news site to…

Tech News Matt Novak Feb 26 '18

Most King Penguins Could Vanish By the End of the Century

As global temperatures rise, the lives of countless plants and animals are changing in response. That includes king penguins, which a new study predicts will see profound, climate-driven changes in their numbers and the location of their breeding grounds over the next century. King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) live and breed on a collection of small,…

Conservation Jake Buehler Feb 26 '18

Rare Snow Has Turned Rome Into a Winter Wonderland

Italy’s Mediterranean climate has turned Siberian. Usually winter weather has a snowball’s chance in hell of reaching Rome. But on Monday, flakes flew in the Holy See and other parts of Italy normally spared from winter weather. The culprit is the “beast from the east,” a mass of cold Siberian air that has turned much…

Earth Science Brian Kahn Feb 26 '18

Emoji Domains Are the Future (Maybe)

There was a time when merely uttering “WWW.” caused investor eyeballs to blink dollar signs. Now, that excitement seems long gone. The digital space is near fully colonized. The .coms have been bought. Our grandparents are now on Facebook. If there’s a market to monetize, it’s been monetized. Well, not so fast. A small group…

Tech News Paddy Johnson Feb 26 '18

The Walking Dead‘s Mid-Season Premiere Was Pretty Good Despite Itself

The world’s pre-eminent source of zombie entertainment has never exactly been afraid of shooting itself in the foot now and again. It’s like the show has some sort of crippling self-esteem issues, and can’t help sabotaging itself. But this episode in particular felt like The Walking Dead wanted to offer us a delicious cookie, but…

Television Rob Bricken Feb 26 '18

James Gunn Gets Our New Hopes Up About Mark Hamill Appearing in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 might have given us Kurt Russell as a giant daddy planet, but the third volume in the series could (hopefully) give us something even bigger: Mark Hamill. Over the weekend, Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn was chatting with a fan on Twitter about possibly getting Star Wars:…

Movies Beth Elderkin Feb 26 '18

10 Tips to Find an Airbnb Accommodation That Probably Won’t Suck

You’ve opened up the Airbnb app or website with the intention of finding the perfect place to stay on your next trip—so how do you make sure you pick the right option out of what could be hundreds of possible choices? You want to avoid creepy hosts and rundown rooms. So here’s how to to…

Gadgets David Nield Feb 26 '18

Apple Says a Security Update Will Kick These Devices Off iTunes in May

Apple’s iTunes service may be 17 years old and in dire need of a redesign, but it’s still hanging in there as one of the most popular ways to download media. However new security changes from Apple mean that some users will either have to upgrade their aging devices or find a new media library.…

Tech News Rhett Jones Feb 26 '18

Can Nokia’s Breezy New Sirocco Phone Stand Up to Samsung’s Mighty Devices?

As slick as the designs on the Galaxy S8 and the brand new S9 are, some people just can’t get down with all the changes Samsung makes to Android on the inside. It’s an understandable complaint, especially since just a few year ago, Samsung’s TouchWiz skin (which is now called the Samsung Experience), was often…

Gadgets Sam Rutherford Feb 26 '18

Incredibly Detailed Image of Our Galaxy’s Center Shows How Things Move Around a Black Hole

The Koch Brothers Are Very Proud of Getting Republicans to Destroy the Environment

How A Wrinkle In Time Made Mindy Kaling’s Scifi Dreams Come True

Affluent Seattle Suburb Repeatedly Fell for Nigerian Prince-Style Phishing Scam

Fantasy Author Terry Goodkind Wants Everyone to Know How Much He Hates His New Novel’s Cover Art

An Australian Tourist Breathed Measles Virus All Over New York City Last Week

The Folks Behind The Tick Talk About the Superhero Show’s Radical Sincerity

Annihilation Reminds Us Why We Need Ecological Horror Stories

Wickr Just Made It Easier to Keep Snoops Out of Your Next Conference Call

US Air Force Chief Warns of Space War ‘in a Matter of Years’

How Lucasfilm Made The Last Jedi‘s Leia Hologram Sound Authentically Crummy

Russian State TV Airs Video Game Clip as Real War Footage

Most King Penguins Could Vanish By the End of the Century

Rare Snow Has Turned Rome Into a Winter Wonderland

Emoji Domains Are the Future (Maybe)

The Walking Dead‘s Mid-Season Premiere Was Pretty Good Despite Itself

James Gunn Gets Our New Hopes Up About Mark Hamill Appearing in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

10 Tips to Find an Airbnb Accommodation That Probably Won’t Suck

Apple Says a Security Update Will Kick These Devices Off iTunes in May

Can Nokia’s Breezy New Sirocco Phone Stand Up to Samsung’s Mighty Devices?

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