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Scott Pruitt’s Big, Dumb Climate Debate Might Really Happen

The Environmental Protection Agency could deliver a huge Christmas present to climate deniers. Humorless ghoul Bob Murray, a billionaire who runs one of the largest independent coal mining companies in the U.S., told E&E News that the agency is weeks away from announcing a formal effort to undermine climate science. The effort will involve setting…

Earther Brian Kahn Dec 1

Riverdale‘s Gothic Sabrina the Teenage Witch Spinoff Is Coming to Netflix Instead of the CW

Archie Comics has single-handedly pulled itself into the 21st century with multiple rebooted comics series reimagining its classic characters, and the wildly successful Lynchian drama Riverdale. At one point, the company’s next big plan was to bring another character—Sabrina, the teenage witch, to the small screen as well. Those plans are definitely still on, but…

Television Charles Pulliam-Moore Dec 1

Netflix’s New Scifi Mystery Series Dark May Become Your New Obsession

If shows you can pause, rewind, analyze, and speculate about until your brain explodes are your thing, stop what you’re doing and go watch the new Netflix series Dark. The 10-episode show debuts today, and it’s kind of a gloomy version of Lost crossed with It set in a small, quiet German town named Winden…

Television Germain Lussier Dec 1

The New Animal Crossing Stinks

Moderately motion sick and stuck on a Connecticut-bound bus this Thanksgiving Eve, I downloaded the pick-me-up I was certain my brain required: Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp. And crossed the animals did, over a shaky cellular connection and onto my iPhone as the bus lurched into stop-and-go traffic uptown. With a single thrilling tap I launched…

Games Harri Weber Dec 1

Why Basement Biohackers Might Need to Start Fearing the FDA

Last week, the Food and Drug Administration issued a stern warning to biohackers in America: Undertaking DIY gene therapy, it warned, is risky, and selling the supplies to do it is flat-out against the law. “FDA is aware that gene therapy products intended for self-administration and ‘do it yourself’ kits to produce gene therapies for…

Health Kristen V. Brown Dec 1

Convicted Drunk Drivers Say Smartphone Breathalyzers Helped Prevent Impaired Driving

Back in August, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) gave 475 people with DUI convictions a smartphone breathalyzer, a mobile device that can estimate one’s blood alcohol level instantly. Now CDOT has surveyed the participants, and the results are hugely positive: 90 percent said the breathalyzer helped them avoid driving while impaired and 94 percent…

Tech News Sidney Fussell Dec 1

Kerry Washington and Rashida Jones Are Adapting Cute Girl-Detective Comic Goldie Vance Into a Movie

Goldie Vance is a comic book series from publisher Boom Studios that won over readers’ hearts when it first came out last year. It’s won over actresses who starred in The Office and Scandal, too, so much so that Rashida Jones and Kerry Washington are going to adapt it for film. The movie deal was…

Movies Evan Narcisse Dec 1

Without Sharks, Some Reefs Would Look Completely Different

If you’ve ever taken the long way home to avoid a path that seems unsafe, you can sympathize with unicornfish in Fiji’s Votua marine reserve. A new study has shown that herbivorous reef fishes alter their foraging behavior to avoid running into sharks. In other words, even though sharks don’t eat seaweed, they help influence…

Earther David Shiffman Dec 1

Uber to Staff: I Know You’re Not Spying On Anyone, But Please Do Not Spy On Anyone

Uber has historically gotten an edge on its competition by deploying some unsavory practices—like spying on individuals. But the company’s new chief legal officer has a message to employees who may still be surveiling humans to get ahead: “Stop it now.” The new executive, Tony West, who just filled one of the company’s vacant leadership…

Privacy & Security Melanie Ehrenkranz Dec 1

All the Best New Science Fiction and Fantasy Books for December

December is relatively light on new book releases, but you still won’t want to miss out on what the month has to offer. There’s a new Expanse book, a new entry in George R.R. Martin’s Wild Cards series, a thoughtful new collection from the great Ursula K. Le Guin, and so much more! Canto Bight:…

Books & Comics Cheryl Eddy Dec 1

Mangrove Forests Could Protect Us From Climate Change—If They Survive It

Mangroves are underappreciated. Around 100 species of these trees and shrubs blanket tropical estuaries and tidal zones across the globe. Their partially exposed, stilt-like roots extend deep into waterlogged soil, sequestering carbon and protecting coastlines against storm surges. They would seem like the hardiest of plants, but new research shows their tough living conditions may…

Earther Ari Phillips Dec 1

Jean Grey‘s Phoenix Force Finally Makes Its Return in the Most Melodramatic Way

Dennis Hopeless and Victor Ibenez’s Jean Grey is a thoughtful, nuanced exploration of anxiety, self-doubt, and fear. Teen Jean’s been preparing for the Phoenix’s return—the test of her life—but this week, the Phoenix decides that it’s tired of waiting for her to study up. Reckoning day’s here. Though she is a vastly different person than…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore Dec 1

Hopefully You Only Need to Use This Ring-Revealing iPhone Case Once

When you shell out $40 for an iPhone case, you probably expect to use it for the life of your phone. But will you really want to keep using the RokShok, a transforming iPhone case that hides a pop-up engagement ring, after you’ve popped the question? Among the many terrible, terrible things we all have…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Dec 1

If You Stopped Watching Agents of SHIELD, It’s Time to Come Back

After what feels like forever—mainly thanks to the fact we had to endure the collective trauma of Inhumans before we could get here—Agents of SHIELD is finally back on our screens tonight. If you’ve drifted away from the adventures of Coulson and the gang, you really should consider coming back and seeing what’s up, because…

Television James Whitbrook Dec 1

Even the Geniuses at Hot Toys Cannot Truly Capture the Glory of Oscar Isaac’s Face

Hot Toys’ expensive, yet gorgeous figures are known for their often jaw-dropping likenesses. The intricately detailed figures are almost like little homonculi, and we’ve frequently joked that they’ve basically captured the souls of the actors they’re depicting. But sad news ahead: Not even Hot Toys could get Poe Dameron quite right. While Hot Toys has…

Toys & Collectibles James Whitbrook Dec 1

Feast Your Eyes on Some of the Year’s Best Wildlife Photography

The British Ecological Society has announced the winners of its annual photo competition, and it features fantastic photos of fearsome predators pouncing on prey, a freakishly rare ocelot, and a crafty chameleon doing what a chameleon does best. This year’s competition was called “Capturing Ecology,” and it features photos primarily taken by international ecologists and…

Biology George Dvorsky Dec 1

A Timeline of Everything We Know Happened After Return of the Jedi, Up to The Last Jedi

Two years ago, the “Journey to The Force Awakens” gave us our first tentative steps into fertile new ground for Disney’s Star Wars canon: the three-decade period between Return of the Jedi and the time of the new sequel trilogy. Two years later, with The Last Jedi mere weeks away, we know so much more.…

Movies James Whitbrook Dec 1

ThinkGeek’s Got More NES and SNES Classics to Sell You… If You Win a Contest

Despite Nintendo promising to bring back the NES Classic Edition next year, and to manufacture enough SNES Classic Editions to meet demand, both consoles are still hard to come by ahead of the looming Christmas deadline. ThinkGeek has managed to get its hands on a bunch of both consoles, but the retailer says it will…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Dec 1

The 20th Anniversary Editions of Harry Potter Accidentally Added Fake Potter News

In 2017, fake news is everywhere. It’s on your Twitter feed, on your television, it’s flung out of the Trump administration like confetti. But I’m sorry to report, readers, that fake news has wormed its way into another beloved institution: the latest printing of Harry Potter. New editions of J.K. Rowling’s beloved books—emblazoned with the…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook Dec 1

Use This Tool to See If Your Name Was Used to Support Net Neutrality Repeal

So far, the FCC has refused to cooperate with New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s investigation into identity theft during the commenting period on net neutrality repeal. So Schneiderman is using the internet to find the evidence and he needs help. On November 21st, Schneiderman wrote an open letter to the FCC that claimed the…

Tech News Rhett Jones Dec 1

Scott Pruitt’s Big, Dumb Climate Debate Might Really Happen

Riverdale‘s Gothic Sabrina the Teenage Witch Spinoff Is Coming to Netflix Instead of the CW

Netflix’s New Scifi Mystery Series Dark May Become Your New Obsession

The New Animal Crossing Stinks

Why Basement Biohackers Might Need to Start Fearing the FDA

Convicted Drunk Drivers Say Smartphone Breathalyzers Helped Prevent Impaired Driving

Kerry Washington and Rashida Jones Are Adapting Cute Girl-Detective Comic Goldie Vance Into a Movie

Without Sharks, Some Reefs Would Look Completely Different

Uber to Staff: I Know You’re Not Spying On Anyone, But Please Do Not Spy On Anyone

All the Best New Science Fiction and Fantasy Books for December

Mangrove Forests Could Protect Us From Climate Change—If They Survive It

Jean Grey‘s Phoenix Force Finally Makes Its Return in the Most Melodramatic Way

Hopefully You Only Need to Use This Ring-Revealing iPhone Case Once

If You Stopped Watching Agents of SHIELD, It’s Time to Come Back

Even the Geniuses at Hot Toys Cannot Truly Capture the Glory of Oscar Isaac’s Face

Feast Your Eyes on Some of the Year’s Best Wildlife Photography

A Timeline of Everything We Know Happened After Return of the Jedi, Up to The Last Jedi

ThinkGeek’s Got More NES and SNES Classics to Sell You… If You Win a Contest

The 20th Anniversary Editions of Harry Potter Accidentally Added Fake Potter News

Use This Tool to See If Your Name Was Used to Support Net Neutrality Repeal

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