High-Res Satellites Want to Track Human Activity From Space Hopkinsville, Kentucky, is normally a mid-size town, home to 32,000 people and a big bowling ball manufacturer. But on August 21, its human density more than tripled, as around 100,000 people swarmed toward the total solar eclipse. […]
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‘Game of Thrones’ Recap, Season 7 Episode 7: The Show That Just Ghosted Everyone
‘Game of Thrones’ Recap, Season 7 Episode 7: The Show That Just Ghosted Everyone There is a series of questions that every person asks themselves when a relationship falls apart. Why did this happen? What could have been done differently? How did we end up here, […]
Fitbit’s First Real Smartwatch Puts Fitness First
Fitbit’s First Real Smartwatch Puts Fitness First By the time Fitbit decided to make a smartwatch, it was already behind. It was 2014, and Apple had already announced its watch at its annual fall event. Android Wear was on its way to building up an ecosystem […]
Temi, a Tablet on Wheels, Can Be Your New Robot Roommate
Temi, a Tablet on Wheels, Can Be Your New Robot Roommate Yossi Wolf, the CEO of robot-maker Roboteam, almost didn’t want to call his newest product a robot. When people think of robots, he says, they expect the stuff of science fiction—machines with faces and personalities […]
‘Game of Thrones’ Season 7 Finale Reactions: Yeah, We’re Gonna Need to Talk About That One
‘Game of Thrones’ Season 7 Finale Reactions: Yeah, We’re Gonna Need to Talk About That One Well, as we hoped would happen, Game of Thrones celebrated the coming of winter by bringing some serious heat. At nearly 80 minutes, “The Dragon and the Wolf” was the […]
‘Game of Thrones’ Finale Reactions: Yeah, We’re Gonna Need to Talk About That One
‘Game of Thrones’ Finale Reactions: Yeah, We’re Gonna Need to Talk About That One Well, as we hoped would happen, Game of Thrones celebrated the coming of winter by bringing some serious heat. At nearly 80 minutes, “The Dragon and the Wolf” was the series’ longest […]
What Ligers, Grolar Bears, and Mules Show Scientists About Evolution
What Ligers, Grolar Bears, and Mules Show Scientists About Evolution In 2006, a hunter shot what he thought was a polar bear in the Northwest Territories of Canada. Closer examination, however, revealed brown patches on its white fur, uncharacteristically long claws and a slightly hunched back. […]
What I Learned at Gerrymandering Summer Camp
What I Learned at Gerrymandering Summer Camp At 6’5″, Aaron Dennis towers over the whiteboard beside him. Blue marker in hand, the 22-year-old hunches slightly to jot down suggestions being shouted by a group of people deep into a brainstorming session. Dressed mostly in nerdy T-shirts […]
The Internet Responds to James Cameron’s ‘Wonder Woman’ Critique In This Week’s News Roundup
The Internet Responds to James Cameron’s ‘Wonder Woman’ Critique In This Week’s News Roundup Welcome back, internet fans. We’ve got a lot to catch up on, so let’s get started. First of all, to set the scene, it’s been the kind of week where an attempt […]
What the Controlled Chaos of Burning Man Reveals About Cities
What the Controlled Chaos of Burning Man Reveals About Cities Every year, for the past 26 years, something truly remarkable happens: an entire city appears out of the desert. I’m speaking, of course, of Black Rock City, in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert, erected for the quasi-ritualistic […]