October 15, 2021 Tiny Gas Explosions Create the Raised Dots on This Electronic Braille Display Creating dynamic Braille displays that can quickly change their pattern of dots isn’t a new idea, but the existing solutions are often big boxes…
October 15, 2021 New Zealand Lays Off Its Official City Wizard After 20 Years of Loyal Service Since 1998, UK-born Ian Brackenbury has been paid a solid $16,000 NZD (roughly 11,300 USD) per year to be the official wizard for the…
October 15, 2021 Star Trek: Lower Deck’s Mike McMahan Breaks Down Season 2’s Themes and That Epic Finale Another season of Star Trek: Lower Decks has come to an end, but this time, the show has evolved into a whole new level…
October 15, 2021 Fine, the Monarchy Is Good (Just This One Time) As the world starts looking to Glasgow for the United Nations climate talks happening later this month, the British royals are saying what we’re…
October 15, 2021 Recurring Water Vapor Potentially Found on Europa—but Just on One Side The icy surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa appears to be continually feeding its thin atmosphere with water vapor, according to Hubble observations made from…
October 15, 2021 Ted Cruz, Greg Abbott, and the Magical Thinking About Bitcoin’s Ability to Fix Texas’ Grid This week, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said he will make Texas the number one state for bitcoin. What’s more, he espoused the wonders of…
October 15, 2021 Doctor Who’s Jodie Whittaker Has Filmed Her Goodbye, But Not Met the Next Doctor It’s the end of an era for Doctor Who, even if we might not see the ramifications of it for quite a while. Jodie…
October 15, 2021 Here Are the Right-Wing Goons Who Spread BS Rumors Southwest Airline Delays Were Due to Covid-19 Vaccines Many Republican politicians and right-wing pundits were thrilled to report that massive disruptions at Southwest Airlines over the past week were due to airline…
October 15, 2021 Your Guide to COP26, the World’s Most Important Climate Talks Maybe you’ve educated yourself a little bit about what COP26 is all about. You know what a COP is (that’s “conference of the parties”…
October 15, 2021 Experts Say Apple, EU’s Photo Scanning Plans Are ‘Dangerous Technology’ Over a dozen cybersecurity experts are slamming Apple and the European Union’s plans to scan photos on people’s phones for known child sexual abuse…