This week we’ve got the OSIRIS-REX flyby, this year’s IgNobel Prizes, and an electric bus that went a hell of a long way! It’s the sci-tech roundup for Sunday, September 24, 2017!
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Hey lovely readers! Trigger warnings for discussions of sexual assault in the following piece. If that is (understandably) not your bag, please rejoin me next week, where I will hopefully not be talking about it again.
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Today we’ve got the end of the incredible Cassini mission, the efficacy of using the banhammer on Reddit’s bigots, and the sheer unrelenting incompetence of Equifax—it’s the sci-tech roundup for Sunday, September 17, 2017!
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Last year for Valentine’s Day, I wrote a post about our troubling tendency to romanticize talking behaviors and grand gestures as things that prove a man’s love. And oh look, I get to do it again!
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Today we’re going to talk about The Hitman’s Bodyguard, what I loved about it, and some of the things that could use some work. (Don’t get a Master’s degree in anything that involves critical analysis, kids. It means you don’t get to fully enjoy anything for the rest of your life.)
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Sorry guys, it’s not a good news week. We’ve got stories on North Korea building a hydrogen bomb, climate change making hurricanes and wildfires worse while American politicians scream about how now is “not the time” to talk about climate change, and a hack so big that nearly one in two people with an American credit history are affected. It’s the apocalyptic news roundup for Sunday, September 10, 2017.
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Here’s the first rule about “Pretend to Care About Social Causes So People Buy Your Shit” Club: you gotta commit. Otherwise you end up showing your ass, and instead of being the champions of diversity, you are the poster children for hypocrisy and cowardice.
Case in point: L’Oréal Paris.
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This week we’ve got stories about the role climate change played in making the disaster known as Harvey, a new pick for NASA administrator, and the starting up of a 3.4km-long X-ray laser called XFEL. It’s the news roundup for Sunday, September 3, 2017!
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This week I’m still a bit exhausted from my giant, three-part post last week. Also, the thought of deconstructing Taylor Swift and her feminism (or lack thereof) makes me feel kind of faint. So instead I’m going to amplify a message I’m particularly fond of.
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This week we’ve got stories of a possible new type of gravitational wave discovery, the beginning of the video-throttling wars, and a few stories from SpaceX and Elon Musk. It’s the news roundup for Sunday, August 27, 2017!
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The OSIRIS-REX Flyby, IgNobel Winners, and An Electric Bus With A Long Range | Vol. 4 / No. 48 
Color-Changing Nail Polish is for Raves, Not Rape | Vol. 4 / No. 47.1 
Ending Cassini, Banning Bigots, and—Oh FFS, Equifax! | Vol. 4 / No. 47 
The (Mopey, Entitled) Piano Man | Vol. 4 / No. 46.2 
Ellements of Film #2: The Hitman’s Bodyguard | Vol. 4 / No. 46.1 
H-Bombs, Hurricanes, and Hacks | Vol. 4 / No. 46 
When Your Diversity Isn’t Intersectional, Or Why I Won’t Be Buying L’Oreal Products | Vol. 4 / No. 45.1 
A Hurricane, a NASA Administrator Pick, and a High-Powered X-Ray Laser | Vol. 4 / No. 45