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Tuesday April 16, 2024. 05:36 PM
Acclaimed sci-fi author and commentator Annalee Newitz is currently promoting their upcoming non-fiction book Stories Are Weapons: Psychological Warfare and the American Mind, which — as the title suggests — looks at the real-life sci-fi-like history of psychological...
For the over 25 million Americans who suffer from the constant ringing, buzzing, or other phantom noises of tinnitus, an new device offers hope for relief from the relentless disorder. NPR reports on an FDA-approved device, called the Lenire, that reduces tinnitus by using...
TV manufacturing conglomerate TCL has just announced plans to release the first ever fully AI-generated TV movie special. It's called Next Stop Paris, because of course it is. Here's the official synopsis (which may as well be AI-generated, if it's not already). — Read the re...
Here's a feel-good eclipse story that's just too awesome to let slip through the cracks. In 1978, earth science teacher Patrick Moriarty made a promise to his students: to reunite for the 2024 solar eclipse. And he actually pulled it off! — Read the rest The post After 46...
The New York Times has told its staff to avoid using the term 'Palestine' to refer to it, and to avoid using terms such as 'refugee camps' and 'occupied territory.' It may be no surprise to learn that the terms 'genocide' and 'ethnic cleaning' are also right out. — Read the...
TL;DR: Gear up for your solo summer trip abroad with some translation help with the Mymanu CLIK S! These translation earbuds can help you communicate in 37 different languages for only $89.97 (reg. $157) through April 21! Traveling to new places is enriching, eye-opening,...
Map Happenings posted a retrospective of the Etak, the original in-car navigation computer from 1985. The simple and unambigious monochrome display looks great! Lacking GPS, the technical tricks it used to pinpoint the user's location, such as magnetic dead reckoning, are...
'Mini rope bridges' are being installed in England's ancient forests, writes the BBC, to help hazel dormice travel around the treetops. Two tiny 65ft bridges have so far been installed in the Forest of Dean, where the mice's habitat has thinned due to ash dieback. — Read the...
Rust armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, convicted of manslaughter for her sloppy handling of guns and ammunition on the movie set after star Alec Baldwin shot and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, is off to jail for 18 months. It's the maximum sentence—the judge was...
With the Fallout TV show turning out to be fairly decent if you ignore the baffling worldbuilding changes, interest in the game series has naturally renewed. Ahead of the next-gen remaster of Fallout 4 (two weeks left!), YouTuber Habie147 has proven his mastery of the...
This DIY mutant Furby by Evan and Katelyn is far more futuristic and terrifying than the original 1998 Furby model. This spin on the beloved toy combines the original Furby body with a mechanical dog-like robot body that can run around. — Read the rest The post This DIY...
Now that Summer 2024 is almost upon us, you've just about run out of time to snatch up this gem from Balenciaga's Spring 2024 collection. It's a mere $925 and will make you look like you're fresh out of the….shower. Yes, you read that right, the shower. — Read the rest ...
We've seen the wave of states that have fallen to regressive, draconian age verification laws of late. In a surprising turn of events, Arizona, the home of much controversial legislation, has knocked down a bill that would have enforced age verification on websites that...
A woman who goes by 'Alethea' on X/Twitter just posted that she was driving her car on I75 S toward Miami and was tailgated by a black-tinted sports car. She explains that the sports car passed her and, mere minutes later, the traffic on the highway came to a stop because of ...
A gun-toting, gravelly-voiced elite killer clad in all black and played by Keanu Reeves. Sound familiar? It shouldn't – it's not John Wick 5 (yet). Instead, veteran actor and human golden retriever Keanu Reeves has signed on to the cast of Sonic the Hedgehog 3, providing the...
Most embezzlers are highly intelligent, skilled at their jobs, and very likable and charming. The author of 'Embezzlers are Nice People,' an attorney at the law offices of Stimmel, Stimmel & Roeser says, 'we spend a lot of time suing embezzlers,' and has learned that being a...
It's time for Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders to choose a hapless scapegoat to deflect attention away from her in the latest scandal rocking the Arkansas governor's office. No doubt her team members is scrambling to pin the blame on for the mysterious purchase of a...
When a staffer at British law firm Vardags brought up the wrong computer file, it resulted in the wrong couple being granted an automated divorce. And now a judge, Sir Andrew McFarlane, has dismissed the company's application to reverse the error. — Read the rest The post...
Residents of Grassy Park—a suburban neighborhood in Cape Town, South Africa—sheltered in place on Sunday while a hippopotamus roamed the quiet streets. The massive beast was on the lam from the nearby Rondevlei Nature Reserve. 'My 74-year-old mom watched from inside the ...
No, not the US state, but I could imagine that too. Lawmakers in the Eastern European country of Georgia enjoyed an exciting session of Parliament when member Mamuka Mdinaradze of the ruling Georgian Dream party socked oppositional MP Aleko Elisashvili right in the kisser...
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