October 28, 2021 Humanity’s Ancestor Could Get a New Name: ‘Homo Bodoensis’ The chronicling of human evolution has proven to be an onerous and complicated task, resulting in all sorts of contradictions and inconsistencies. A group…
October 28, 2021 The 10 UNESCO World Heritage Forests That Humans Ruined UNESCO World Heritage Sites are the planet’s most iconic places and include sites from the natural and built world. But a new report from…
October 28, 2021 Facebook Lays Out a Future in Which Some Poor Soul Will Be the First to Get Fired in the Metaverse Facebook is trying really hard to make the metaverse happen, and at its annual Connect keynote, CEO Mark Zuckerberg explained what exactly that will…
October 28, 2021 48 New Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books to Keep You Cozy This November This month is huge for fans of sci-fi and fantasy books. We’ve got James S.A. Corey’s final Expanse book, Leviathan Falls; a new collection…
October 28, 2021 Judge Tells NYPD the Vaccine Is Not Optional Oh no—some of New York City’s, uhh, finest may be forced to join their rage-quitting compatriots over in Washington state and stop being cops…
October 28, 2021 Bitcoin Miners Are Gobbling Up U.S. Energy There’s a big new presence slurping up power from the U.S. grid, and it’s growing: bitcoin miners. New research shows that the U.S. has…
October 28, 2021 Hawkeye’s Latest Trailer Wants You to Feel the Festive Spirit, or Else While all of Disney+ and Marvel’s character-specific shows have felt like studies of their interior selves, the vibe radiating from the trailers for the…
October 28, 2021 12 Scary Horror Movies to Stream for Halloween What goes best with fun-sized Hershey bars? Horror movies! And while everybody knows the classics (Beetlejuice, Hocus Pocus, The Craft, the original Halloween, etc.),…
October 28, 2021 A Cheap Antidepressant Can Keep Covid-19 Patients Out of the Hospital, Large Trial Finds A cheap and widely available drug used as an antidepressant now also appears to be a lifesaving covid-19 treatment. In a newly published, large-scale…
October 28, 2021 Nikon Finally Reveals Its $5,500 Flagship Z9 Full-Frame Mirrorless Camera For everyone who has been waiting for a true full-frame mirrorless camera from Nikon, today is the day as Nikon has just announced its…