Clockwise from top left: Twentieth Century Fox; Missvain (Wikimedia Commons); Alex Cranz (Gizmodo); Pablo Lopez, “Trippy Duck,” 2018.
Tomorrow marks the first day of fall 2019, though you’d be forgiven for not noticing in much of the country thanks to unseasonably warm temperatures predicted to extend into October through much of the nation (and, well, almost everywhere almost all the time now). And summer went out with a bang, with millions turning out for climate strikes across the globe on Friday.
This week, we covered Microsoft’s dirty partnership with Big Oil to speed up petroleum extraction, the fallout of that “Storm Area 51” event, the backlash to the Impossible Burger, and the disappearance of a third of the continent’s birds. Elsewhere, we looked at the evolution of the X-Men franchise, reviewed the iPhone 11, and found the only good Gifs (quack!).
All this and more, below:
Just Days Ahead of Employee Climate Strike, Microsoft Announces Partnership with Chevron to…
Mere days before Microsoft workers are set to walk out of their jobs and publicly call on their…
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Amazon’s Climate Plan Is Full of Gaping Holes
On Thursday, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced that he was committing the world’s largest online…
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Naruto Run! Some Guy Who’s Probably Going to Get Himself Killed Is the First ‘Storm Area 51’ Meme
The original “Storm Area 51" Facebook invitation encouraged people to break into the secret…
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Impossible Burgers Aren’t Healthy, and That’s the Whole Point
When you go to a restaurant and order a hamburger, do you think to yourself, “Ah, yes, this meal…
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Facial Reconstruction Shows What the Enigmatic Denisovans Might Have Looked Like
A pinky finger bone, some teeth, and a lower jaw. That’s all the physical evidence we have of the…
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How Does the New Interstellar Object Differ From 'Oumuamua?
The second interstellar object on record has visited our solar system, according to astronomical…
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'There Is Always Hope:' Why Young Adults Are Coming to the UN Youth Climate Summit
Hundreds of young people from around the world have congregated in New York. It’s nearly Climate…
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It's Time to Listen to the Teens
Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg landed in the U.S. earlier this month and has since injected a …
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North America Has Lost Almost 30 Percent of Its Birds Since 1970, Upsetting New Study Finds
There are almost 3 billion fewer North American birds in 2019 than there were in 1970, accounting…
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A Black Lady Sketch Show's Post-Apocalyptic Backdrop Is Its Best Joke
HBO’s A Black Lady Sketch Show is exactly what its title tells you it is: a sketch comedy show…
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This Is Who the X-Men Really Are
We see them. But do we know them?
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We Need More Near-Future Space Exploration Movies Like Ad Astra
In the lead-up to Ad Astra’s release, many have called it this year’s Interstellar. The two films…
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How the Pop Culture Event MondoCon Has Changed, and So Have I
When MondoCon 5 unofficially began at midnight this past Saturday morning, I thought I knew what to …
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6 Recent Cult Movies That Happen to Be Black and White
Black and white movies were once the only option. But after a certain point in history, filming in…
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Try to Hate the iPhone 11 Pro
The iPhone 11 Pro is a beautiful phone. There I said it! The matte glass back is elegant. The OLED…
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The iPhone 11 Is Legitimately Great
The iPhone 11 is good. Some of its most touted features might feel more like gimmicks, and I…
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The Apple Card Won't Change Your Life—But It Will Hook You on Apple Pay
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19 Things You Can Do in iOS 13 That You Couldn't Before
Happy iOS 13 day! If you’ve got an iPhone 6s or something newer, get ready for your iOS 13 update,…
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When Will We Run Out of Water?
Even people who believe in climate change are climate change deniers: you might know,…
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Duck Gifs Are the Only Gifs With Integrity
Gifs lit up Web 1.0 like Las Vegas—the torches, crystal balls, humping muppets, dancing babies,…
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