Over 80,000 acres of land stand torched as dozens of wildfires rage across the southeastern United States this week. The apparent cause? An unsavory combination of drought, carelessness, and arson.Read more...
Lees meerDiscover Weekly is great. The only downside is that when Spotify magically generates a new playlist for you on Monday morning, it replaces your old Discover Weekly playlist. Now, thanks to IFTTT, there’s a super easy way to keep an archive of your f…
Lees meerA team of scientists in China has become the first to treat a human patient with the groundbreaking CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technique. While the results of the trial are uncertain, it’s a historic milestone that should serve as a serious wakeup cal…
Lees meerFacebook has inaccurately reported some of its engagement metrics to publishers, the company admitted Thursday. Read more...
Lees meerHave you ever wondered how the largest ships in the world are able to cross Panama as they make their way from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic? The locks system in the Panama Canal are a modern engineering marvel, and how they work is now cleverly…
Lees meerIf only the best will do, you can save $30 on a bare PS4 Pro console today, with no sales tax for most buyers.Read more...
Lees meerDisney isn’t pretending it’s telling an entirely different story with the new live-action version of Beauty and the Beast. We all loved the original animated version, so just give us more of the shame. But this side-by-side comparison of the new tra…
Lees meerOn the heels of its very, very late foray into anti-harassment measures, Twitter has now suspended the accounts of several high profile alt-right figureheads, including Richard Spencer, Paul Town, Pax Dickinson, Ricky Vaughn, and John Rivers.Read mo…
Lees meerA pair of extreme weather events in 2006 and 2013 caused mass starvation among reindeer in Arctic Russia. Researchers have now linked these episodes to climate change and the associated loss of sea ice.Read more...
Lees meerOn Sunday, Amazon started running a $20 off promotion on the 8GB Fire HD 6, which was already one of the best sub-$100 tablets you can buy. As of this morning though, the discount is also available on the 16GB model with the same FIREHD6 promo code.…
Lees meerAll things must come to an end, including human civilization. Whether it’s a superbug pandemic tomorrow or a supernova sun in billions of years, one day, somehow, the apocalypse will arrive. You and loved ones plan on being ready for it, and ready f…
Lees meerSometimes a story is so powerful, it has the ability to cross cultures and even continents. If that story is truly remarkable, however, it can even become a movie starring the guy from The Big Bang Theory that no reasonable person would ever want to…
Lees meerYes, Facebook had the tools to filter out fake news and decided not to use it, but do not fear for the future of truth, dear readers. The soldiers in the war on fake news have a new ally: 9/11 truther and prominent Trump supporter Alex Jones.Read m…
Lees meerIt’s more fun to believe in a world where magic can possibly exist but then you see a different camera angle of a cool magic trick and realize it’s all just misdirection, tricks, and fantastic finger dexterity. But still it’s worth it just for that …
Lees meerHey Twitter, good job on finally rolling out that anti-harassment feature today. Unfortunately, you’re not out of the mud yet. Looks like at least one questionable promoted post found its way into a Twitter user’s feed. (Another user also claimed to…
Lees meerFollowing last week’s election, many watched with trepidation to see if President-elect Donald Trump planned to make good on his campaign threats to religious liberty, women’s rights and freedom of speech (among other things). One proud vaping advoc…
Lees meerApple considered killing the peach-butt, but the ass lobby made its demands loud and clear.Read more...
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Lees meerSince its founding by a former Ku Klux Klan leader in 1996, Stormfront has been the internet’s premier watering hole for white nationalists and neo-Nazis everywhere. It is also, apparently, full of soon-to-be White House Chief Strategist Steve Banno…
Lees meerOn December 5th, 1952, a veil of fog rolled over the city of London. It was the start of the deadliest air pollution disaster in British history, and more than sixty years later, an international team of chemists has figured out why.Read more...
Lees meerDeadspin is a liberal site (some might say too liberal), and to that end we encourage you to explore your sexuality. A great way to do that safely and limitlessly is online. Of course you already knew that. As soon as there was an online, people jus…
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