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Gadgets David Nield Jun 17

What Would Happen If the Whole Internet Just Shut Down All of a Sudden?

A world in which the internet suddenly stops: surely the TV show’s already in development. Sprawling cast, gorgeous visuals, tediously on-the-nose themes. Some handsome B-lister tearing around the country in pursuit of his wayward kids, or the shadowy sect that pulled the plug in the first place. A patch of prairie in Kansas with a…

Internet Daniel Kolitz Aug 19

Some National Parks Reopen as Others Prepare for Cleanup Following Chaotic Shutdown

After President Donald Trump agreed to temporarily reopen the government, the National Park Service on Friday announced that some parks that remained closed during the 35-day shutdown would once again open to welcome visitors. The Associated Press reported that hundreds of parks will be “reopening on a rolling schedule,” with the National Park Service also…

Conservation Catie Keck Jan 27

Air Travel Unions Warn They ‘Cannot Even Calculate the Level of Risk’ From Trump’s Shutdown

Unions that represent U.S. air traffic controllers, pilots, and flight attendants sent out an alarming joint statement on Wednesday warning that the ongoing federal government shutdown—at 33 days, the longest in history—has caused a situation in which they “cannot even calculate the level of risk currently at play” and is “unconscionable.” “We have a growing…

Politics Tom McKay Jan 24

GoFundMe Kicks Off Campaign to Help Government Workers Affected by Trump’s Shutdown

Faced with impossible circumstances forced by the longest shutdown in U.S. history, hundreds of government workers have turned to GoFundMe to help pay for things like medicine and groceries. Now, GoFundMe has initiated its own relief fund to help ease the burden for workers without pay. The company partnered with Deepak Chopra on the campaign…

Tech News Catie Keck Jan 20

The Shutdown Is Making the U.S. Less Prepared for Hurricane Season

Atlantic hurricane season begins on June 1, but preparedness season is in full swing. Or at least, it would be if the federal government wasn’t shut down. Of all the trouble the shutdown has brought upon the weather community, this might be the most impactful. Putting the off-season on hold over Trump’s imaginary border emergency…

Earth Science Brian Kahn Jan 18

President Trump’s Government Shutdown Is Breaking Federal Websites

Dozens of federal government websites are not working correctly due to the ongoing government shutdown, BuzzFeed News reported on Friday, including ones for the Seventh Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals and some NASA and Department of Justice webpages. According to BuzzFeed, these sites and others appear to be malfunctioning because they lacked valid…

Privacy & Security Tom McKay Jan 12

The Joshua Tree Fiasco Is Why Parks Should Be Closed During the Shutdown

In a bizarre decision on Wednesday, Joshua Tree National Park reversed course on closing its gates, despite clear evidence visitors are destroying the park’s namesake trees, illegally camping, and off-roading. The park was set to shutter temporarily on January 10, but will now tap funds normally used for regular maintenance and improving visitor facilities to…

Conservation Brian Kahn Jan 10

Government Shutdown Puts Damper on America’s Major Astronomy Conference

As the U.S. government shutdown drags on, scientists are beginning to see the effects of the closure firsthand. The American Astronomical Society (AAS) estimated that 300 to 450 people, or 10 to 15 percent of registrants, couldn’t attend its hallmark astronomy conference in Seattle this week, though that number could be a low estimate. Scientists…

Space & Spaceflight Ryan F. Mandelbaum Jan 7

The U.S. Government Shutdown Is Screwing Up the World’s Biggest Weather Conference

The American Meteorological Society (AMS) will host the largest annual gathering of the world’s largest weather nerds this weekend. But a key group of constituents will be notably absent. The shutdown over Trump’s border wall means federal scientists have had to cancel their trips to this year’s confab in Phoenix, and their absence could have…

Earth Science Brian Kahn Jan 4

The Government Shutdown Won’t Stop the CDC From Tracking the Flu

In the face of the Purge prequel we’re living out right now, it should come as a tiny bit reassuring that not every federal agency has closed—at least not completely—during this government shutdown. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will keep fighting and tracking the flu virus, which is important, because this year’s flu…

Health Ed Cara Jan 22

Squeeze Out a Bag for Juicero, Which Is Dead Now

Dozens of people will no longer be able to use an over-engineered machine to squeeze cold press juice from a bag in the near future. Juicero, the startup that became a symbol of the tech industry’s mission to solve problems no one has, is officially shutting down. https://gizmodo.com/the-mad-king-of-juice-inside-the-dysfunctional-origins-1795330639 In a public statement, the company explained…

Tech News Rhett Jones Sep 1

A Floating Balloon Bridge Could Help Replace New York City’s Failing Subways

One of New York City’s major subway lines connecting Brooklyn and Manhattan will be out of commission for months, maybe years, and some residents are preparing for an end-of-days scenario. A few enterprising New Yorkers have proposed a gondola, but building it will be nearly as pricey and time-consuming as the subway repairs. The city…

Tech News Alissa Walker Jun 16

NASA’s budget is less than the total cost of the government shutdown

NBC News has a list of nine things that costs less than the final bill of the government shutdown, estimated at $24 billion. Two of them: the 2014 budget of NASA ($17.7 billion) and running the International Space Station for almost eight years (cost per year: $3 billion). High five, Washington clowns.

Sploid Jesus Diaz Oct 17

6 Photos Of The Government Shutdown

What happens when the United States is closed? We asked you to show us—to capture both areas shut down by the government and just random things you found abandoned, rusted, and closed. And from here, the US looks like a post-apocalyptic wasteland. WINNER: The National Parks Are Closed So honestly, this is a pretty crappy…

Tech News Mark Wilson Oct 15

How a Math Professor Predicted the Government Shutdown

To many of us, the government shutdown is inexplicable: a crazy situation, brought about a minority faction over a bill that’s already been passed into law. But for math professor Peter Turchin, it wasentirely predicable. New Scientist writes that Turchin, who applies math of complex systems to political instability, saw the situation coming in his…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Oct 14

The Government Shutdown Has Created a Science Ghost Town at NIH

With days of the shutdown dragging on, projects and services across almost all government agencies are, you know, stalled. And the situation at the National Institute of Health in Bethesda, MD is unstable, according to a report in Nature. Hundreds of experiments with animals and cell lines are in jeopardy because researchers can’t go to…

Tech News Lily Hay Newman Oct 12

The Government Shutdown Is Killing Your New Favorite Beer

The government shutdown is killing dozens of beloved science programs? Whatever. Now it’s causing a massive outbreak of antibiotic-resistant salmonella? Who cares? Wait, what’s that? It’s standing between you and the delicious beer you would be drinking? ALARM! PROTEST! SOMETHING MUST BE DONE! It’s Friday afternoon, you’ve made it through the long week, and it’s…

Tech News Brent Rose Oct 11

A 5-Year-Old Crying Because NASA’s Website Is Shut Down Is So Sad

Well, this is just horrible. Summing up how sane people feel about the government shutdown and hopefully making Congress feel like imbeciles, a 5-year-old boy is in tears because NASA’s official website no longer works because of the idiotic government shutdown. Squabble all you want but don’t rob kids of their space game dreams! The…

Tech News Casey Chan Oct 9

The FDA Isn’t Inspecting Food During The Government Shutdown

E-coli outbreaks crop up every now and then. Some are more widespread then others, but if they’re related to food and especially if that food may have crossed state lines, the FDA starts tracing to find the source. If foodborne bacteria cause an outbreak in the U.S. today, though, the FDA won’t do anything. Because…

Tech News Lily Hay Newman Oct 6

Shutdown

20 Cool Command Line Tricks for Windows and macOS

What Would Happen If the Whole Internet Just Shut Down All of a Sudden?

Some National Parks Reopen as Others Prepare for Cleanup Following Chaotic Shutdown

Air Travel Unions Warn They ‘Cannot Even Calculate the Level of Risk’ From Trump’s Shutdown

GoFundMe Kicks Off Campaign to Help Government Workers Affected by Trump’s Shutdown

The Shutdown Is Making the U.S. Less Prepared for Hurricane Season

President Trump’s Government Shutdown Is Breaking Federal Websites

The Joshua Tree Fiasco Is Why Parks Should Be Closed During the Shutdown

Government Shutdown Puts Damper on America’s Major Astronomy Conference

The U.S. Government Shutdown Is Screwing Up the World’s Biggest Weather Conference

The Government Shutdown Won’t Stop the CDC From Tracking the Flu

Squeeze Out a Bag for Juicero, Which Is Dead Now

A Floating Balloon Bridge Could Help Replace New York City’s Failing Subways

NASA’s budget is less than the total cost of the government shutdown

6 Photos Of The Government Shutdown

How a Math Professor Predicted the Government Shutdown

The Government Shutdown Has Created a Science Ghost Town at NIH

The Government Shutdown Is Killing Your New Favorite Beer

A 5-Year-Old Crying Because NASA’s Website Is Shut Down Is So Sad

The FDA Isn’t Inspecting Food During The Government Shutdown

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