Another Amazon video game has met an untimely end. The company has revealed to Bloomberg that it cancelled the Lord of the Rings game it was developing with the help of China’s Leyou. The company only explained the move by saying that it had been “unable to secure terms” to continue development of the massively…
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Key Takeaways Bitcoin crashed to lows below $51,000 late Saturday due to forced liquidations of long orders. A string of bad news triggered the sell-off, however, only one of them was verifiably true. While many indicators point to a “buy the dip” action, the volatility may persist this week. Bitcoin and the broader crypto market…
Key Takeaways After much anticipation, Coinbase’s direct listing on NASDAQ went off with much fanfare as the industry enjoyed some long-awaited validation. Events outside of the United States rocked Bitcoin this week. Simultaneously, Ethereum hit a new all-time high of $2,500. The market may have finally called a top as many traders are now nabbing…
When water is safe, there is nothing better to drink. It’s good for teeth, skin, weight control and even the ability to think straight. But drinking water contaminated with pathogenic bacteria, heavy metals or other harmful substances can cause diarrhea, brain damage, infertility and cancer. Bottled water is no guarantee of water safety. Not only…
Pair of critically endangered regent honeyeaters in Australia. Credit: AlamyAustralia’s critically endangered regent honeyeaters are losing what amounts to their culture—and that could jeopardize their success at landing a mate.Some birds are relatively easy to study. Ross Crates studies the ones that aren’t. He’s part of the Difficult Bird Research Group at the Australian National University. …
How to feel less stressed and more empowered and to create a life of meaning—without your phone Credit: Scientific American MIND, May-June 2021 Before the pandemic grounded most of us, if you’d ever ridden the subway or a bus, flew on a commercial flight or, heck, been anywhere in public with lots of other people,…
Since the earliest days of the pandemic last March, debate has raged over whether U.S. schools are a significant source of COVID-19 transmission and should remain closed—or if in-person learning can, and should, continue with safety protocols in place. Experts have expressed increasing concern over the downsides that prolonged virtual instruction might pose for academic…
A Space Age “tragedy of the commons” is unfolding right under our nose—or, really, right over our head—and no consensus yet exists on how to stop it. For more than a half-century, humans have been hurling objects into low-Earth orbit in ever growing numbers. And with few meaningful limitations on further launches into that increasingly…
