Humans can do things. Awesome things. Case in point: this human, named Aaron Cook. Cook can do some serious tumbling (just check out his YouTube channel), but he can also do something extremely difficult—a standing double back tuck (backflip). I […]
“The nature of these jobs, which often involve heavy physical demands and risk of injury … makes them difficult to fill and has led to concerns about an ongoing shortage in paid caregivers.” —“Automation in Everyday Life,” Pew Research Center […]
It wasn’t just that people were getting sick—it was who. And how many. Hepatitis A is a viral disease that primarily attacks the liver, and if it gets serious—as it can in the elderly and immune-compromised people—it can be fatal. […]
The most formal manifestation of the scientific consensus on climate change is an organization called the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Headquartered in Geneva, under the aegis of the United Nations, it coordinates the volunteer efforts of several thousand scientists, […]
Television's golden-statue extravaganza is finally here. Yes, that's correct; the 2018 Emmy Awards are upon us. There's a lot at stake in this year. Game of Thrones garnered an impressive 22 nominations, trailed by Westworld with 21. Nominees also include […]
Here’s a depressing number for you: 12. Just 12 percent of engineers in the United States are women. In computing it’s a bit better, where women make up 26 percent of the workforce—but that number has actually fallen from 35 […]
This week, we're witching, we're selling, and we're preserving the past. Things are going pretty nice this week on Replay, as massively multiplayer games get their due and so does Henry Cavill, who was totally underrated as Superman and also […]
When Etienne Schneider became Luxembourg's minister of the economy in 2012, one of his first trips abroad was to NASA’s Ames Research Center. It might have seemed strange for the tiny state's money man to solicit meetings with cosmic researchers, […]
The way the Nobel Committee tells it, the story of this year’s physics prize begins like a certain 1970s space opera. “Once upon a time, a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, two massive black holes engaged […]
As has become convention for our accelerated times, I first got word of Young Busco's death on Twitter. "Lmao bruh was legit hella funny RIP," @ChillyANT wrote in a tweet that included a minute-long compilation video showcasing Busco's routine antics: […]