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People Are Realizing That Straws Suck [Updated]

Straws are becoming controversial. Long overlooked as a waste source, perhaps because of the way they defy categorization, single-use straws are now drawing the ire of the environmental community, and policymakers are starting to take note. As the Los Angeles Times reports, California Assemblyman Ian Calderon, a Democrat, “said Tuesday he plans to introduce legislation…

Conservation Ari Phillips Jan 17

Here’s Why Most Animals Don’t Use Their Tails as Weapons

Humans tend to rely on crafted tools in order to harm one another, but most other species have evolved weapons right on their bodies. Normally, these bashers, spikes, and other instruments of attack appear on heads or limbs. But only rarely do they end up on tails—and scientists want to know why The tail might…

Tech News Ryan F. Mandelbaum Jan 17

RoboCop Enters a Future of Crowdsourced Justice for New Comic Series Citizens Arrest

After a few years away, Boom Studios is bringing the world’s most beloved cyborg cop back into action with a brand new miniseries. But this time, RoboCop finds himself in a weird dystopian future: one where law enforcement isn’t performed by cops, Robo or otherwise, but private citizens. Written by Brigg’s Land’s Brian Wood, and…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook Jan 17

Altered Carbon‘s Showrunner on the Only Book Scene She Insisted Be Changed

Netflix’s cyberpunk series Altered Carbon is staying relatively faithful to Richard K. Morgan’s 2002 novel—with a few exceptions, like changing the Jimi Hendrix Hotel to one featuring Edgar Allen Poe. However, there is one controversial moment from the book that showrunner Laeta Kalogridis refused to keep. Altered Carbon is about a man named Takeshi Kovacs…

Television Beth Elderkin Jan 17

I’m Completely Mesmerized By This Machine Whose Only Function Is Making Tiny Hedge Spheres

Where there’s a will, there’s a way. And where there’s a repetitive job no human wants to do, there’s also a machine we’ve invented to do the work for us. Like the hyper-specific RAP 10 trimmer from Orlandi, the sole function of which is to trim tiny shrubs into perfect, aesthetically-pleasing spheres. Why can’t I…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski Jan 17

New Trailer for Britannia Asks ‘What if Game of Thrones Had Druid Raves?’

The Romans have invaded Westeros. A new trailer is up for Sky Atlantic’s historical fantasy Britannia. Set during the Roman invasion of Celtic Britain, the show focuses on a Roman general named Aulus Plautius (played by The Walking Dead’s Governor, David Morrissey) who is attempting to conquer the Celtic heart of Britannia, which the series…

Trailers Beth Elderkin Jan 17

The Coolest Stuff We Saw at CES 2018

The world’s biggest whirlwind of tech, startups, and wild fever dreams is finally over, at least for this year. But before we close the book on CES 2018, we wanted to call attention to some of the coolest, most exciting things we saw at the show. That’s because even in a down year that saw…

Gadgets Sam Rutherford Jan 17

The Fascinating History of 10 Extra Letters the English Alphabet Used to Have

At 26 letters long, the English alphabet isn’t the most complicated string of symbols and characters to master, even for a five-year-old. But that’s because it has been put on a strict diet over the years that helped it slim down and shed 10 additional letters that were either deemed superfluous, redundant, or just downright…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski Jan 17

With Black Lightning, the CW’s Universe of Superheroes Is Growing Up and Getting Real

Billie Holiday’s rendition of “Strange Fruit” and the sounds of lightning and thunder are the very first things you hear as Black Lightning’s pilot episode opens. The haunting cacophony is an ominous warning about the storm coming Jefferson Pierce’s way, but it’s also a promise of what Black Lightning has in store this season. Though…

Television Charles Pulliam-Moore Jan 17

28 Secret Mouse and Trackpad Shortcuts You Probably Didn’t Know About

Operating a mouse or trackpad is super easy, but behind their simple exteriors these intuitive input devices hide a whole host of shortcuts and extra features that aren’t immediately obvious—and if you don’t already know about them, you’re missing out. Here are our favorites. Universal shortcuts 1) Go forwards and backwards: When browsing the web…

Gadgets David Nield Jan 17

Even More Rumors About the Comic Book Heroes and Villains Coming to the Venom Movie

Disney unleashes a bevy of sneak peeks at Ant-Man and The Wasp, Mary Poppins, and more. Supergirl could recruit another familiar Superman supporting character. A new rumor suggests Marvel is wiping its slate of animated series clean. Plus, an update on the Y: The Last Man TV show. Behold, Spoilers! Venom Symbiote-salt-shakers at the ready!…

Television James Whitbrook Jan 17

BP’s Massive Oil Spill Bill Reveals the True Cost of Offshore Drilling

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill shook the Gulf Coast of Mexico in 2010, but the reverberations are still being felt nearly a decade later. BP, the company responsible for the whole mess, is still paying out an ever-growing mountain of settlements to individuals and businesses that suffered economic losses from the disaster. In 2018, the…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes Jan 17

Future Heat Waves May Be Bad News For Sperm (Bird Sperm)

When it comes to extreme heat, zebra finches should theoretically have it handled. The birds are native to Australia’s hot, arid interior, which experiences intense summer temperatures. But new research suggests heat waves take a toll on the birds’ reproductive health, misshaping male finches’ sperm and rendering them unviable. It’s a discovery that has worrying…

Climate Change Jake Buehler Jan 17

BitConnect, Anonymously-Run Crypto Exchange, Crashes After States Issue Cease and Desists

BitConnect, an anonymously-run cryptocurrency lending and exchange platform long suspected of being a well-marketed Ponzi scheme, abruptly ceased operations on Tuesday after receiving cease-and-desist orders from authorities in Texas and North Carolina. Per Bloomberg, the Texas State Securities Board and North Carolina Secretary of State Securities Division told BitConnect it “isn’t registered to sell securities…

Tech News Tom McKay Jan 17

This Giant Fireball Over Michigan Was Visible From Six States and Canada

The National Weather Service says that the most likely explanation for an object which sent out illumination and a sonic boom throughout southwest Michigan, five other states, and Canada on Tuesday night was the breakup of a meteor, WXYZ reported. The American Meteor Society collected at least 200 reports of the incident, which for around…

Sploid Tom McKay Jan 16

Almost Everyone on the National Park System Advisory Board Quits in Protest of Ryan Zinke

Nine out of 12 sitting members of the Department of the Interior’s National Park System Advisory Board resigned on Monday in protest of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, who is very fond of having subordinates fly flags in his honor and hang dead animals in his office but apparently not meeting with them. Per the Washington…

Tech News Tom McKay Jan 16

Pirates of the Caribbean’s VFX Wizards Reveal How They Brought Skeleton Ghost Sharks to Life

With a team of over 700 visual effects artists and other on-set crew working in studios around the world, the Moving Picture Company produced 1,200 shots for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, including bringing to life—or afterlife—ghostly great white sharks. MPC was just one of over 14 different visual effects and…

Movies Andrew Liszewski Jan 16

If We Can’t Have New Universal Monster Movies, at Least We Can Admire These Posters

As far as we know, the new Universal Monsters movies are in shambles. The Mummy crashed and burned, all others have been delayed, and the future of the franchise has never been more in doubt. Thankfully, we’ll always have the originals, and those films have been captured like never before in this new art show.…

Movies Germain Lussier Jan 16

The 100 Fan Comic Wants to Give Clexa Fans the Story They Deserve

Almost two years ago, a large contingent of The 100’s fandom swiftly turned on the show and its creators after the sudden death of Lexa, one of its popular queer characters. For many, Lexa’s death was a shocking twist of events that betrayed the show and spat in the face of its fandom. As the…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore Jan 16

Millions of Migrating Baby Crabs Are an Absolutely Bonkers Sight to Behold

Each year, newborn crabs make the perilous trek from the sea shore to the forests of Christmas Island. This year was no exception, as new video taken of the migration makes abundantly clear. Around a week ago, the baby crabs began to emerge from the Indonesian ocean. Numbering in the millions, and seeming more like…

Biology George Dvorsky Jan 16

People Are Realizing That Straws Suck [Updated]

Here’s Why Most Animals Don’t Use Their Tails as Weapons

RoboCop Enters a Future of Crowdsourced Justice for New Comic Series Citizens Arrest

Altered Carbon‘s Showrunner on the Only Book Scene She Insisted Be Changed

I’m Completely Mesmerized By This Machine Whose Only Function Is Making Tiny Hedge Spheres

New Trailer for Britannia Asks ‘What if Game of Thrones Had Druid Raves?’

The Coolest Stuff We Saw at CES 2018

The Fascinating History of 10 Extra Letters the English Alphabet Used to Have

With Black Lightning, the CW’s Universe of Superheroes Is Growing Up and Getting Real

28 Secret Mouse and Trackpad Shortcuts You Probably Didn’t Know About

Even More Rumors About the Comic Book Heroes and Villains Coming to the Venom Movie

BP’s Massive Oil Spill Bill Reveals the True Cost of Offshore Drilling

Future Heat Waves May Be Bad News For Sperm (Bird Sperm)

BitConnect, Anonymously-Run Crypto Exchange, Crashes After States Issue Cease and Desists

This Giant Fireball Over Michigan Was Visible From Six States and Canada

Almost Everyone on the National Park System Advisory Board Quits in Protest of Ryan Zinke

Pirates of the Caribbean’s VFX Wizards Reveal How They Brought Skeleton Ghost Sharks to Life

If We Can’t Have New Universal Monster Movies, at Least We Can Admire These Posters

The 100 Fan Comic Wants to Give Clexa Fans the Story They Deserve

Millions of Migrating Baby Crabs Are an Absolutely Bonkers Sight to Behold

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