Randall Munroe has a hot take on the recent space news around Kepler 452-B and Pluto.
How to name an exoplanet, by XKCD
New York feeding rats tasty birth control
The tales of New York City's rats are legendary. NY Rats are big and smart, and they have lots of babies. The city has a rat czar and recently held a rat… READ THE REST
Deep sea video of weird sea creature walking around on its 13-foot "legs"
An underwater rover deployed by the Minderoo-UWA Deep-Sea Research Centre captured remarkable footage 3,300-meters down at the bottom of the Tonga Trench. It shows a rarely-seen bigfin squid (Magnapinna) "taking… READ THE REST
Academic fraud endemic in published research, from photoshopped blots to AI slop
Eliezer Masliah, a prominent neuroscientist and top NIH official steering billions in federal grant money, has "fallen under suspicion" of extensive academic fraud, writes Charles Piller at Science.org. The understated… READ THE REST
This router might be better than a VPN since it brings 'The Office' back on Netflix!
TL;DR: This VPN router can unblock content on your streaming services, and it's available for $149.97 (reg. $219) through October 27—and it's the lowest price ever! We can't lie. Netflix, well, isn't quite… READ THE REST
You don't want to be known as the 'bad American traveler,' so learn the language!
TL;DR: Babbel can help you learn the local language of your destination with its 14 language offerings, now $149.97 (reg. $599) until October 27! As much as we'd like to deny it, Americans… READ THE REST
