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Drug Suppliers Flooded Tiny West Virginia Town With 20 Million Painkillers Over 10 Years

There are many causes behind the epidemic of opioid abuse in the U.S., but chief among them are the unscrupulous drug manufacturers and suppliers who turned a blind eye to their products’ addictive potential for the sake of profit. On Tuesday, the House Energy and Commerce Committee, as part of its ongoing investigation into the…

Health Ed Cara Jan 30

Zachary Quinto Will Investigate the Paranormal for History Channel’s In Search Of Revival

Once hosted by Leonard Nimoy, the cult-favorite TV show In Search Of… is making its triumphant return to TV with another well-known Spock: Zachary Quinto. Today, the History Channel announced that it’s producing a new, 10-episode run of the famed paranormal investigation show originally narrated by The Twilight Zone’s Rod Serling in the early ’70s,…

Television Charles Pulliam-Moore Jan 30

Fentanyl Overdoses May Cause Lasting Amnesia

Starting in 2015, doctors in Massachusetts began noticing a wave of typically young patients coming down with unexplained, sometimes permanent short-term memory loss. The only connection found between these patients was a history of recreational drugs; either heroin or cocaine. But these drugs almost never cause the kind of brain damage that results in amnesia,…

Health Ed Cara Jan 30

Judge Can’t Help But Make Tinder Joke While Ruling App Discriminated Against Older Users

Tinder introduced new pricing tiers in 2015, charging users a monthly fee in exchange for a few bonus features, like undoing a swipe or changing locations. These premium options are available to all paying users, with one catch: Older people have to pay more. But a California judge ruled yesterday that this pricing structure is…

Tech News Melanie Ehrenkranz Jan 30

A New Short Film Aims to Share the Untold Story of the First African American Man in Space

Have you ever heard of Guion “Guy” Bluford—the first African American in space? Despite his major place in history, his name is surprisingly not very well-known. A new short film aims to change that, with the blessing of Bluford himself, who shared his own unpublished memoirs with the filmmakers. Here’s a look at the Indiegogo…

Movies Cheryl Eddy Jan 30

Jack the Ripper Letters Were Fake News, Linguistic Analysis Suggests

Following the brutal Whitechapel murders of 1888, London police and media outlets were deluged with letters claiming to have been written by Jack the Ripper. While discerning the authorship of these messages, a researcher from the University of Manchester has concluded that two of the earliest letters were written by the same person—a discovery which…

Tech News George Dvorsky Jan 30

Shadow of the Colossus Might Be Video Games’ Most Beautifully Twisted Fairy Tale

This week, PlayStation 4 owners will get the chance to play a remastered version of Shadow of the Colossus, widely regarded as one of the best video games ever made. From a narrative and presentational standpoint, what makes Shadow of the Colossus great is how it subverts almost everything from the genres it lives in.…

Games Evan Narcisse Jan 30

We Don’t Even Live There Yet, But Humans Have Already Left Over 400,000 Pounds of Trash on the Moon

It’s inevitable that one day humanity is going to need to live somewhere other than Earth, and our first step towards intergalactic colonization will probably be the moon. The only problem? We’ve only visited it 12 times, and already there’s over 400,000 pounds of garbage up there. How did our nearest celestial neighbor already become a…

Space & Spaceflight Andrew Liszewski Jan 30

Biker Protestor ‘Throttles’ Traffic Around FCC Headquarters

Many pundits and companies have tried to illustrate how the net neutrality repeal will affect internet users, but YouTuber Rob Bliss has made one of the best demonstrations yet. It’s good because it’s simple, it isn’t trying to sell you hamburgers, and it confused police officers. The demonstration also took place at a very suitable…

Tech News Jennings Brown Jan 30

Moon to Be Slightly More Moon-y for Some People Tomorrow

At my last job, we used to talk about how the only way to avoid disappointment was by setting clear expectations. In the case of the “Super Blue Blood Moon,” the rest of the internet has set the expectations: that you’ll see it. But for many, that’s not the reality. I know that everyone is…

Space & Spaceflight Ryan F. Mandelbaum Jan 30

Grandma’s a Bad Influence Even After Death in the Freaky Hereditary Trailer

It’s an amazing time to be a horror fan, with Get Out up for multiple major Oscars, and a new strain of deeply creepy, artistically innovative, psychological/supernatural thrillers popping up in theaters. On the heels of films like mother! and The Killing of a Sacred Deer comes Hereditary, which earned raves at the recent Sundance…

Trailers Cheryl Eddy Jan 30

Facebook Bans All Cryptocurrency Ads for Being ‘Frequently Associated’ With Financial Grifts

In a sweeping change to site policy today, Facebook has opted to ban all advertising on its platform pertaining to cryptocurrency. The newly added 29th section of the company’s advertising policies, which reads as an indictment of blockchain startups writ large, states (emphasis ours): Ads must not promote financial products and services that are frequently…

Tech News Avery Ellis Jan 30

Scott Pruitt’s First Senate Oversight Hearing Was a Total Sham

The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) website states that its mission is “to protect human health and the environment.” You would think this would be clear to EPA head Scott Pruitt, and yet at a Senate oversight hearing on Tuesday—Pruitt’s first as administrator—he seemed far more interested in talking jobs and the economy. In fact, Pruitt…

Climate Change Brian Kahn Jan 30

FCC Explains How That Nuke Alert Happened In Hawaii

Two weeks ago, residents of Hawaii kissed their loved ones goodbye or huddled in confusion after emergency warnings of an incoming ballistic missile threat were sent out in error. Forty minutes later, they were told it was all a mistake, and that an employee clicked the wrong button. But an FCC investigation has concluded that…

Tech News Rhett Jones Jan 30

Hacking a Child’s Ride-On Toy to Hit 40 MPH Trades Safety for Fun

With a top speed of around four or five miles per hour, most ride-on toys don’t provide much of a thrill—unless you throw safety out the window. The irresponsible chaps from YouTube’s The Real Life Guys channel upgraded a simple ride-on toy with a 15 horsepower engine that can accelerate it to over 40 mph…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski Jan 30

Creepy UK Surveillance Law Ruled Illegal, But Privacy Advocates Still Call Bullshit

An appeals court in the United Kingdom ruled Tuesday that key portions of the government’s immense surveillance powers are unlawful, putting greater pressure on authorities to quickly add greater protections for citizen’s privacy and civil liberties. But privacy advocates say changes the government plans to impose will likely do little to keep the government out…

Privacy & Security Sidney Fussell Jan 30

Invasive Pine-Killing Wasps Are Even Worse Than They Sound

A new insect invader is spreading in eastern North America’s pine forests, and it’s causing trouble wherever its wings can carry it. The invasive Eurasian woodwasp (Sirex noctilio) is a pest of pine trees, capable of inflicting huge ecological and economical losses. Now, scientists are reporting that the spread of the Eurasian woodwasp may also…

Conservation Jake Buehler Jan 30

For Chris Claremont, the Key to the X-Men’s Future Success Is to Never Look Back

Chris Claremont isn’t exactly sure just how many times Jean Grey and the Phoenix have returned from the dead, but when we spoke with the comics giant recently about the character’s impending return to Marvel’s books, he responded only with a heavy, slightly-annoyed sigh. On some level, part of Claremont had to have known that…

Movies Charles Pulliam-Moore Jan 30

Man Carrying Oxygen Tank Dies After Being Sucked Into MRI Machine

MRI machines use a powerful magnetic field to produce internal images of the human body. The magnetic fields are so powerful that hospitals take great care to ensure no iron-containing metals come near the machines while they are in use. In rare cases, however, mistakes happen. This past weekend, an Indian man visiting a sick…

Tech News George Dvorsky Jan 30

iOS 11 Is So Broken That Apple Is Reportedly Delaying Features in iOS 12

It looks like iOS 12 won’t be as flashy or fun as Apple originally wanted it to be. Following months of embarrassing bugs and performance issues, the company is reportedly pushing some features originally slated for this year’s iOS 12 update back to 2019. Engineers will be focusing on quality and reliability instead. In tandem…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Jan 30

Drug Suppliers Flooded Tiny West Virginia Town With 20 Million Painkillers Over 10 Years

Zachary Quinto Will Investigate the Paranormal for History Channel’s In Search Of Revival

Fentanyl Overdoses May Cause Lasting Amnesia

Judge Can’t Help But Make Tinder Joke While Ruling App Discriminated Against Older Users

A New Short Film Aims to Share the Untold Story of the First African American Man in Space

Jack the Ripper Letters Were Fake News, Linguistic Analysis Suggests

Shadow of the Colossus Might Be Video Games’ Most Beautifully Twisted Fairy Tale

We Don’t Even Live There Yet, But Humans Have Already Left Over 400,000 Pounds of Trash on the Moon

Biker Protestor ‘Throttles’ Traffic Around FCC Headquarters

Moon to Be Slightly More Moon-y for Some People Tomorrow

Grandma’s a Bad Influence Even After Death in the Freaky Hereditary Trailer

Facebook Bans All Cryptocurrency Ads for Being ‘Frequently Associated’ With Financial Grifts

Scott Pruitt’s First Senate Oversight Hearing Was a Total Sham

FCC Explains How That Nuke Alert Happened In Hawaii

Hacking a Child’s Ride-On Toy to Hit 40 MPH Trades Safety for Fun

Creepy UK Surveillance Law Ruled Illegal, But Privacy Advocates Still Call Bullshit

Invasive Pine-Killing Wasps Are Even Worse Than They Sound

For Chris Claremont, the Key to the X-Men’s Future Success Is to Never Look Back

Man Carrying Oxygen Tank Dies After Being Sucked Into MRI Machine

iOS 11 Is So Broken That Apple Is Reportedly Delaying Features in iOS 12

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