A couple of years ago, a company called Cortical Labs released a video that showed a simplified version of Pong being played by a culture of human neurons in a Petri dish. The idea that a bunch of neurons in a dish can do anything is impressive enough, but it turns out that things have...
Chainsaw Man fans have been eating well for a minute now with its weekly manga chapters continuing to be short, sweet, and impactful; Mappa’s Reze Arc film being good kino you can watch at home before that other anime award-nominated film; and season two now in production. But you can’t consume one piece of media forever...
Supplements are recalled for many reasons. Sometimes, it might be because they work as advertised, albeit thanks to ingredients they’re not supposed to have. On Wednesday, the Food and Drug Administration publicized the voluntary recall of Lockout Supplements’ “Boner Bears Chocolate Syrup.” The product, obviously marketed for sexual enhancement, was pulled for containing undeclared amounts...
Even with the launch of its Pokémon line, February was a pretty quiet month for Lego. That’s going to change in March, with an array of heavy hitters from the brick builder… and one that might go down in infamy for the company, too. Notable highlights this month include a highly anticipated return to Hyrule...
30 years ago, Doctor Who put a brief pause on its years of hiatus in style with the release of the TV movie, an attempt to revive the franchise for the then-modern age and American audiences. Although its legacy would endure in more ways off screen than on, the film itself has been a bit...
Even if you haven’t yet watched the most recent episode of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms“In the Name of the Mother,” it’s not a spoiler to say the Trial of Seven was excruciating. Dunk (Peter Claffey) and the other characters get put through hell fighting each other on the battlefield, and the viewer is...
Donating blood is a lifesaving gift, but it’s not always the easiest one to give. I should know—I’ve been doing it for over 15 years. The national blood supply is currently in dire straits. Last month, the Association for the Advancement of Blood & Biotherapies, America’s Blood Centers, and the American Red Cross jointly and...
Since day one, shot one, moment one, Star Wars has been about fascism. It’s not some hidden message. A group of Rebels fights an evil Empire that has taken over the galaxy, using masked Stormtroopers and by committing genocide. It’s right there in the text. Over the past few years, that story was given even...
SpaceX has pursued its founder’s dream of reaching Mars for decades, but now that Elon Musk has shifted the company’s focus to the Moon, another aerospace firm appears prepared to take the lead in the race to the Red Planet. Rocket Lab—a California-based aerospace firm—isn’t directly competing with SpaceX yet, but it has come a...
President Donald Trump held a press conference on Friday to discuss his administration’s surprise defeat at the U.S. Supreme Court on tariffs. To sum it up, Trump is angry at the Supreme Court justices he installed during his first term, who nonetheless voted against him. And he’s going to impose his tariffs anyway, just using...
