Health

Are Wearables Accurate at Detecting Calorie Burn?

It’s easy to attribute omnipotence to one’s devices. I’d hate to know what my iPhone knows about me. That said, there are still aspects of existence that Silicon Valley has yet to quantify (though not, I’m sure, for lack of trying). Calorie-burn might be one of these. While countless apps/devices profess to track it with…

Tech News Daniel Kolitz

We’ve Hit the ‘Collectable Gold Masks’ Stage of the Pandemic

Face masks are an absolute necessity during the coronavirus pandemic. They help protect the wearer and, more importantly, the people around them. Yet, they also cover the majority of people’s faces, and it can be dull to wear a generic surgical mask or even the same cloth mask over and over again. Some people have…

Health Jody Serrano

Pet Food Recalled After at Least 28 Dogs Die, FDA Says

More than two dozen dogs have died after ingesting specific lots of Sportmix pet food that contained potentially deadly levels of aflatoxin, the Food and Drug Administration said this week. Midwestern Pet Foods, the Indiana-based maker of Sportmix, has issued a voluntary recall of specific types of dog and cat food that were found to…

Tech News Catie Keck

The Biggest Science News of 2020

[Yelling into a cavernous chamber as supernovae explode in the dark and a gust of hot wind comes whistling through] SCIENCE!!!! Now that, friends, is how you introduce a science year-end list. Like everything else in 2020, science had one hell of a year. There were thrilling highs, like the record speed of creating coronavirus…

Reviews Rose Pastore & Brian Kahn

The Best and Worst of the World’s Covid-19 Response

On January 7, 2020, I wrote about a mysterious, pneumonia-causing viral illness making people sick in Wuhan, China. It was the first Gizmodo article about what eventually became known as covid-19, the second pandemic to strike humanity in the 21st century. It’s eerie to look back at those early days and weeks, when it still…

Reviews Ed Cara

Congress to Employers: You Can Go Back to Not Giving Paid Leave to Covid-Positive Staff

Here’s a big fuck you from Congress to everyone else: The coronavirus relief bill passed this week removes a requirement that employers provide at least two weeks of paid sick leave at full salary if their employees contract the coronavirus. The bill also strips requirements that employers provide two weeks of leave at two-thirds’ salary…

Health Tom McKay

Can You Train Your Ears to Become More Sensitive?

Is your body perfectly toned? Are your workdays marathons of effortless achievement? Do your relationships proceed from a place of maximal openness/empathy? Have you, through therapy or nootropics, trained your brain away from thoughts of sadness/despair? If you’ve answered yes to all of these questions—and frankly I can’t imagine a person who wouldn’t—you might be…

Tech News Daniel Kolitz

UK Prime Minister: ‘We Cannot Continue With Christmas as Planned’

With only days left before Christmas, millions of people in the United Kingdom received disheartening, though not unsurprising, news on Saturday. They were under a strict lockdown again, and would in general not be allowed to mix with other households for the next two weeks. The reason was related to a new strain of the…

Tech News Jody Serrano

You Know the Pandemic’s Getting Worse if Apple’s Closing Its Stores En Masse Again

Besides the official reports from states, the federal government, and entities like Johns Hopkins, there’s always been another, unorthodox way to gauge the severity of the pandemic: Apple Store closures. The company was one of the first major retailers to close its stores during the pandemic and has been opening and closing them ever since…

Tech News Jody Serrano

The World’s First Death Attributed to Air Pollution Could Spark the Change We Need

In a groundbreaking decision on Wednesday, a UK court ruled that polluted air was a contributing factor to the 9-year-old Ella Kissi-Debrah’s untimely, tragic passing in 2013. She is the first person in the world to have a death certificate that lists air pollution as a cause of death. The declaration could reverberate around the…

Earther Dharna Noor

Report: Trump Admin Turned Down Chance to Buy 100 Million More Doses of Pfizer’s Covid-19 Vaccine

On Monday, the UK became the first country to begin mass vaccination against the novel coronavirus pandemic using a vaccine manufactured by Pifzer. That vaccine should begin being rolled out in the U.S. soon—though there might not be enough to go around for a while, thanks in part to the White House’s purchasing decisions. The…

Health Tom McKay

Do Adaptogens Actually Work?

Spend enough time desperately googling cures for “brain fog” and “pathological procrastination” and you’re likely to come across all kinds of things—YouTube videos in which bodybuilders beg you to take vitamin C, shady websites selling generic Adderall, Reddit threads in which weirdos who think they’re doctors speak with clinical precision about enzymes and what does…

Tech News Daniel Kolitz

‘Mystery Illness’ Kills 1 and Sickens Hundreds in Eluru, India

One person is dead and at least 345 people have become sick with a “mystery illness” since Saturday in India’s southern state of Andhra Pradesh, according to new reports from the Indian Express and the Hindustan Times. Patients have shown a variety of symptoms, including vomiting, frothing at the mouth, seizures, giddiness, and a burning…

Tech News Matt Novak

Trump Reveals That Another Member of His Inner Circle, Rudy Giuliani, Has Covid-19 Via Tweet

To no one’s surprise, especially given the reckless behavior exhibited by President Donald Trump and those in his orbit, Rudy Giuliani, the president’s infamous personal and campaign lawyer most recently known for farting in the courtroom, has covid-19. Giuliani’s diagnosis was announced by Trump himself on Twitter on Sunday. In the tweet, the president showered…

Tech News Jody Serrano

Letitia Wright Responds to Backlash for Sharing Transphobic, Antivax Video

In yet another example of how the best rule of thumb is to simply never tweet, Black Panther star Letitia Wright has found herself on the receiving end of a significant amount of backlash from the public. This came after she shared a video of a YouTuber who questioned the seriousness of the ongoing covid-19…

Movies Charles Pulliam-Moore

Biden Says He’ll Ask Country to Wear Masks for 100 Days, Issue Mask Mandates in Federal Jurisdiction

President-elect Joe Biden says he will ask the entire country to wear masks for the first 100 days of his presidency, and he will issue federal mask mandates applying to places where he believes he has jurisdiction, including federal buildings and interstate transportation. Biden also committed to allow the public to watch him receive a…

Health Tom McKay

Hackers Target Covid-19 Vaccine Distribution ‘Cold Chain,’ Though Motives Remain Unknown

Hackers “assumed to be state agents” have been waging a phishing campaign against pharmaceutical firms and other institutions involved in the forthcoming distribution of a vaccine against the novel coronavirus, IBM announced on Thursday. In a post on Security Intelligence releasing their findings, IBM Security X-Force researchers wrote that “precision targeting of executives and key…

Privacy & Security Tom McKay

Doctors Release Their ‘Most Worrying Outlook’ on How Climate Change Is Ruining Our Health

The doctors are here to give the Earth its annual checkup, and they say it’s running a fever which is making people sick. They issued their findings showing all the ways climate change is affecting our health in the annual Lancet Countdown, published on Wednesday. “The indicators included in the 2020 global report and U.S.…

Earther Dharna Noor

Why Do I Sometimes Feel Like I’m Falling for No Reason?

To be alive is to feel fucking terrible, if not all then at least some of the time. Headaches, nausea, mysterious aches and pains—all conspire to make our short time on Earth something less than a nonstop thrill-ride. Worse than the routine ailments are the ones you can’t even name: sudden strobes of unwellness you…

Tech News Daniel Kolitz

Yes, Virtual Santa Claus Meet and Greets Are Happening on Zoom

If you, like me, ever asked yourself, “What’s next? Santa Claus on Zoom?” during the coronavirus pandemic, let me just say: 2020 is the year of virtual hangouts. It’s now clear that anything can happen on video chat, from work meetings to birthday parties. I can personally attest that I gave my maid of honor…

Tech News Jody Serrano

Are Wearables Accurate at Detecting Calorie Burn?

We’ve Hit the ‘Collectable Gold Masks’ Stage of the Pandemic

Pet Food Recalled After at Least 28 Dogs Die, FDA Says

The Biggest Science News of 2020

The Best and Worst of the World’s Covid-19 Response

Congress to Employers: You Can Go Back to Not Giving Paid Leave to Covid-Positive Staff

Can You Train Your Ears to Become More Sensitive?

UK Prime Minister: ‘We Cannot Continue With Christmas as Planned’

You Know the Pandemic’s Getting Worse if Apple’s Closing Its Stores En Masse Again

The World’s First Death Attributed to Air Pollution Could Spark the Change We Need

Report: Trump Admin Turned Down Chance to Buy 100 Million More Doses of Pfizer’s Covid-19 Vaccine

Do Adaptogens Actually Work?

‘Mystery Illness’ Kills 1 and Sickens Hundreds in Eluru, India

Trump Reveals That Another Member of His Inner Circle, Rudy Giuliani, Has Covid-19 Via Tweet

Letitia Wright Responds to Backlash for Sharing Transphobic, Antivax Video

Biden Says He’ll Ask Country to Wear Masks for 100 Days, Issue Mask Mandates in Federal Jurisdiction

Hackers Target Covid-19 Vaccine Distribution ‘Cold Chain,’ Though Motives Remain Unknown

Doctors Release Their ‘Most Worrying Outlook’ on How Climate Change Is Ruining Our Health

Why Do I Sometimes Feel Like I’m Falling for No Reason?

Yes, Virtual Santa Claus Meet and Greets Are Happening on Zoom

Do ‘Disclosure Day’ Prep With a Spielberg Sci-Fi Marathon

How to Watch the F1 Japanese GP 2026 on a Free Channel

Ranking 2016’s Superhero Debuts, 10 Years Later

Fourth Most Populous Country in the World Bans Most Social Media for Kids

How to watch UFC Fight Night Adesanya vs Pyfer live this Saturday

‘Steel Ball Run’ Will Return This Year…Eventually

‘The Mummy 4’ Is Getting the Family Back Together

JD Vance Says UFOs Are Actually Demons

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

Level Lock Pro Review: As Good as a Secret Smart Lock Gets

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