April 6, 2021 Stop Shaming Vaccinated People for Socializing As the U.S. speeds ever closer toward mass vaccination against covid-19, a curious trend has started to emerge on social media and elsewhere: well-intentioned…
April 6, 2021 There’s Absolutely Nothing Wrong With Saving the World There’s one phrase I’ve been using a lot, as I’ve been promoting my young adult space-opera Victories Greater Than Death: “Save all the worlds.”…
April 6, 2021 What’s the Best Office Chair Under $300? So, the vaccines are finally getting into arms. This spring, many Americans will actually be able to get their doses just in time for…
April 6, 2021 Hundreds of Glacial Rivers Are Pouring Into the Belly of Greenland’s Ice We use the cliched term “glacial pace” to describe something that moves really slowly. But new research shows that Greenland’s glaciers may actually be…
April 6, 2021 Matt Gaetz Reportedly Fought a Revenge Porn Law to Protect His Stash An update on the metastasizing horrors from the ongoing saga of U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, a Florida Republican reportedly under investigation for sex trafficking:…
April 6, 2021 Godzilla vs. Kong’s Humans Ranked (By Usefulness) A movie like Godzilla vs. Kong isn’t about humans, it’s about giant monsters fighting each other—and yet, Godzilla vs. Kong is jam-packed with non-kaiju…
April 6, 2021 Your 3D Printer Can Finally Make Biodegradable Objects A Czech 3D printing company called Fillamentum has released the first ostensibly biodegradable filament, the stringy plastic used to extrude printed objects. Called NonOilen,…
April 6, 2021 Will.i.am Is Back With a Stupid Face Mask Overpriced connected face masks are a thing now—a side effect of the pandemic. The latest person to hop on the smart mask train is…
April 6, 2021 Google’s April Software Update Just Gave the Pixel 5 and 4a 5G a Big Performance Boost The Pixel 4a 5G and Pixel 5 weren’t exactly slouches when it came to processing power, but now a recent software update from Google…
April 6, 2021 Watch Live: NASA Drops an Orion Spacecraft Into a Giant Pool NASA is getting ready to drop a 14,000-pound mock-up of the Orion spacecraft into a large pool in Virginia, the latest in a series…