Our favorite stories of 2021
The end of the year is always a good time for a bit of introspection and self-reflection. It also seems right to pause to celebrate some of the high points from a challenging year. We asked our writers and editors…
The China Initiative’s first academic guilty verdict raises more questions than it answers
Recently former DOJ officials involved in the program, among others, have called for an end to the effort or a significant change in its focus. Testifying on the matter before Congress, Attorney General Merrick Garland promised that the Justice Department…
Netlicks? ‘The TV screen you can taste’
Journalists were shown a demonstration of the device by a student. She told the machine she wanted “sweet chocolate”, and after a few attempts the order was sprayed on to the plastic film for her to taste. “It’s kind of…
Omicron is outpacing delta on social media, too
At the same time that omicron was quickly overtaking delta to be the dominant strain of Covid-19 in the US and many other countries, it’s also spread on social media. People are posting about the omicron variant significantly more than…
Elyse Flayme and the final flood
Molly shot me an acid look. “You know what I think about that kind of laundering.” I did; everyone did. Elyse Flayme’s best friend Meritxell was always coming up with ways in which they could keep using magic and delay…
From the archives
November 1960 From “Climate Control and the Oceans”: Without a clear picture of how the ocean overturns and with no accurate time scale for interaction with the atmosphere, oceanographers and meteorologists alike are at a loss to explain adequately the…
How to Change The Information of The Frontend in Shopware
The e-commerce world is gradually changing. Magento that was once oriented towards businesses of all sizes switches attention to bigger clients, creating a gap for other e-commerce platforms to fill in. Therefore, more and more merchants focus on Shopware 6…
The rare spots of good news on climate change
The deadly consequences of climate change only grew clearer this year, as record-shattering heat waves, floods, and wildfires killed thousands and strained the limits of our disaster responders. In the closing days of 2021, scientists warned that the eastern ledge…
AWS suffers third outage of the month
Enlarge (credit: Chesnot | Getty Images) AWS Service Health Dashboard shows the problem lies within a data center in northern Virginia and affects customers in the US-EAST-1 Availability Zone. The first outage was reported at 7:35 am EST. Slack users…