5 Reasons Senior Year of High School Is the Absolute Worst
Being a high school senior isn’t all fun and games. Sure, there are plenty of great things about being a senior, but for the most part,...
Swiss Government Files Criminal Complaint Over CIA’s Decades-Long Global Encryption Racket
As senators and U.S. tech companies scream their fears of Chinese spyware (TikTok) and state-funded telecoms (Huawei) from the rooftops, the U.S. is being called to...
Black Hole Photobombs Asteroid
The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft set out on September 8, 2016 to study the asteroid Bennu. But last fall, one of its experiments detected something surprising: a flare...
Time Traveling in Octavia Butler’s ‘Kindred’
First published in 1979, Octavia E. Butler‘s Kindred remains a touchstone of speculative fiction. For Ploughshares, Kat Solomon takes a closer look at how Butler uses...
NASA Recreated What Apollo 13 Astronauts Saw While Circling the Moon in a Glorious 4K Visualization
Despite not actually getting to walk on its surface, the Apollo 13 astronauts were still able to visit the moon from a distance of around 158...
The $600 Sony a6100 Is Everything You Need to be a Happy Photographer
The Sony a6100 has a difficult task ahead: replacing the a6000 as the best budget APS-C camera. It takes on the challenge with quite a few...
The Nebula Mars II Pro Is an Incredible Portable Projector Hindered by Rinky-Dink Software
When I move back to Brooklyn in a few months, the Nebula Mars II Pro will take the place of my once-beloved 4K LG TV. Read...
Moscow Didn’t Get a Winter This Year
Russia holds a place in our cultural imagination as being cold as balls. But with climate change, past results don’t guarantee future performance. Or even present...
A Movie as Epic as Avengers: Endgame Deserves an Equally Epic Painting
If ever a showdown could be described as “great,” Avengers: Endgame would be it. You’ve got the Avengers, you’ve got Thanos, you’ve got ships, aliens, and resurrected...
Record Labels Blast Cox’s Attempt to Overturn $1 Billion Piracy Verdict
Last December Internet provider Cox Communications lost its legal battle against a group of major record labels. Following a two-week trial, the jury held Cox liable...
