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Android News
E-PAD: The Innovative New E-Ink Android Tablet
geeksaresexy.net - Geeks are Sexy
As far as I’m concerned, nothing beats the feeling on writing on paper. Even if tablets and phone are pretty good at what they do nowaways, they …
Arsenic
Arsenic in Some Bottled Water Brands at Unsafe Levels, Consumer Reports Says
consumerreports.org - By Ryan Felton
Natural foods grocery chain Whole Foods introduced its new brand of bottled water at a 2015 investor event, where company executives heralded the …
YouTube
What happens to traffic when you tear down a freeway?
www.youtube.com
Andrew Garfield
‘Under the Silver Lake’ Is Turning Cinephiles Into Self-Styled Sleuths
indiewire.com - Michael Nordine
David Robert Mitchell's bizarre neo-noir has led to a number of conspiracy theories, interpretations, and quests for meaning. Whether you’ve seen …
Hydrogen
The hydrogen fuel strategy behind Nikola’s truck dream
Ars Technica - Megan Geuss
Water electrolysis, not methane reformation, will drive heavy-duty refueling plan. Ars makes every effort to cover its own travel costs. To attend …
Spider silk could be used to make robotic muscles
sciencefocus.com - Sara Rigby
Spider silk’s newly-discovered ability to twist could provide new possibilities for robotic components. The findings could be used to build …
Empathy
How Selective Empathy Can Chip Away At Civil Society
kqed.org
Militia leader Ammon Bundy, famous for leading an armed standoff in Oregon, had a tender moment in November of last year. He recorded a Facebook post …
Robotics
Robot news presenter causes a stir on Russian TV
BBC News - BBC World
Russian state news channel Rossiya 24 has introduced a robot presenter for some of its bulletins. 'Alex' has already caused a stir, with some viewers complaining about his appearance and accusing him peddling
Sleep
You’re Not Getting Enough Sleep—and It’s Killing You
WIRED - Emily Dreyfuss
The whole world is exhausted. And it’s killing us. But particularly me. As I write this, I’m at TED 2019 in Vancouver, which is a weeklong marathon of …
GDC
How co-op VR is used to help train astronauts for space
gamasutra.com - Staff
The tools of game development can be used to help train astronauts for their voyages to the edge of known space, and at GDC last year a panel of …
Auto Shows
This little electric car is the coolest thing at the NY Auto Show
Ars Technica - Jonathan M. Gitlin
Genesis has to put its new concept electric car into production. As we detailed on Monday, this year's Shanghai auto show has been the place to be if …
Environment
Six-decade plankton study charts rise of ocean plastic waste
The Guardian - Jonathan Watts
A trove of data showing when the Atlantic began choking with plastic has been uncovered in the handwritten logbooks of a little-known but doggedly persistent plankton study dating back to the middle of
U.S. Census
Do You Earn Enough to Afford a House in the Largest U.S. Metros?
howmuch.net - by Raul
Owning a home is one of the biggest financial milestones. Data from the U.S. Census Bureau indicates that the homeownership rate nationwide is 64.8%, …
Weather Channel Knocked Off-Air in Dangerous Precedent
threatpost.com - Tara Seals
The incident was the work of malicious cyberattackers.
David Attenborough
David Attenborough Climate Change TV show a 'call to arms'
bbc.co.uk
Sir David Attenborough's new BBC documentary on climate change has been praised by TV critics.
Stephen King
Rest Stop: Stephen King's Short Story Is Coming to the Big Screen
comingsoon.net - By Kylie Hemmert
Rest Stop: Stephen King’s short story is coming to the big screen Deadline is reporting that Stephen King’s short story Rest Stop is being developed …
George Lucas
‘The Mandalorian’ Actor Giancarlo Esposito Describes the New Technology Used on the ‘Star Wars’ Show
collider.com - Adam Chitwood
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Jean-Luc Picard
‘The Next Generation’ Veteran Jonathan Frakes to Direct Picard Series Episodes; Alison Pill and More to Cast
slashfilm.com - Hoai-Tran Bui
20 years later, one first officer of Star Trek: The Next Generation is getting promoted to captain for CBS All Access’ upcoming Jean-Luc Picard …
Thor
Tessa Thompson Says ‘Thor 4’ Pitch Is To Have Taika Waititi Return to Direct
indiewire.com - Zack Sharf
Waititi could become the first director to helm two standalone "Thor" movies. The upcoming “Avengers: Endgame” is set to say goodbye to longtime …
Tech Industry
The Future of Wearable Tech Is Called a Hearing Aid
Bloomberg
When Brandon Sawalich started at Starkey Hearing Technologies in suburban Minneapolis, he was 19 and there were about 70 companies worldwide making …
Music
Smart speakers: Why your voice is a major battle in music
BBC Culture - By Peter Rubinstein
Smart speakers, those voice-activated devices that allow you to check the weather, play podcasts or order food delivery, are becoming more and more common in our homes. In the space of less than five brands
Anesthesia
We finally know how general anesthesia works
futurity.org - Marla Broadfoot-Duke
In a new study,researchers found that to knock you out, different anesthesia drugs hijack the neural circuitry that makes you fall sleep. The …
What Would Really Happen if Thanos Erased Half of All Life on Earth?
Gizmodo - Robin George Andrews
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the past year, you’ll know that the end of Avengers: Infinity War was a rather bleak affair. To recap: …
Denmark
Global attention span is narrowing and trends don't last as long, study reveals
The Guardian - Dream McClinton in New York
It’s just as you suspected; the information age has changed the general attention span. A recently published study from researchers at the Technical University of Denmark suggests the collective global
Planets
TESS discovers its first Earth-sized planet
mit.edu - Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office
NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, TESS, has discovered its first Earth-sized exoplanet. The planet, named HD 21749c, is the smallest …
Opinion (India)
Only rebellion will prevent an ecological apocalypse
The Guardian - George Monbiot
Had we put as much effort into preventing environmental catastrophe as we’ve spent on making excuses for inaction, we would have solved it by now. Everywhere I look, I see people engaged in furious attempts
Long-form Journalism
The Truth About Dentistry
The Atlantic - Ferris Jabr
It’s much less scientific—and more prone to gratuitous procedures—than you may think. In the early 2000s Terry Mitchell’s dentist retired. For a while, Mitchell, an electrician in his 50s, stopped seeking
Source Code
You can now download the source code for all Infocom text adventure classics
Ars Technica - Samuel Axon
Yes, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and Zork are both included. The source code of every Infocom text adventure game has been uploaded to …
Science
Newly Discovered Ancient Carnivore Was Bigger Than a Polar Bear and Is True Nightmare Fuel
Gizmodo - George Dvorsky
New research describes the remains of a gigantic, four-legged mammalian carnivore that terrorized Africa some 22 million years ago. The name of this …
Science
Planet Mercury Has Solid Inner Core About the Same Size as Earth's
Gizmodo - Ryan F. Mandelbaum
A new analysis has found that Mercury has a solid inner core, just like Earth does. And Mercury’s core is just about the same size as our own …