Bavi Slams Pacific Islands
Wind screaming. Rain lashing. That’s Monday. Super typhoon Bavi doesn’t just arrive on Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands; it pummels them. Hard.
The US...
We Are Unprepared for the Heat
The numbers don't lie. June’s heatwave was the hottest Europe has ever recorded. It hit less than a month after May broke its own...
When Mom Just Walks Away
White-faced capuchin monkeys usually handle the forest's shifts just fine. Plants, bugs, they are adapted to change. But then comes a year like 2015....
Portable ACs are broken. Until they’re fixed.
Portable air conditioners usually suck.
That’s not a critique. It’s physics.
And nobody tells you this at the checkout.
I didn’t know it when I bought mine....
Uranus hides more ice than we thought
Ice giants are slippery things. Thick gas masks everything below. You can’t see inside, so you have to guess based on what floats on...
Star Fox Returns, And We Have Seen This Movie
Star Fox 64 just won't die. It clings to life. It thrives on it.
The new Switch 2 release—stripped of numbers, just titled Star Fox...
Quantum promises, zero payoff
What is a quantum computer actually good for?
Absolutely nothing. Not yet.
To this day, these machines haven’t performed a single useful task convincingly. They’re tiny....
Hidden worlds beneath your feet
Jay Lichter has a new book. The Secret Life of Fungi. It’s a guide to New Zealand’s micro marvels, packed with photos of fungi...
The Hantavirus Threat Has Faded
The world held its breath in April.
Three dead on a cruise ship. Panic in the air.
WHO just dropped the anchor on it. Outbreak over.
"No...
DNA Confirms the Scythians Were a Dynasty
They were feared. Feared for their horses, their ferocity, and the sheer speed of their raids across the Eurasian steppe.
The Scythians left no writing....
