Insurance Giant Allstate Buys Independent Phone Repair Company, Joins Right to Repair Movement
Allstate, one of the largest insurance companies in the United States, just made a curious purchas…
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Wildlife-friendly road infrastructure makes economic sense
It’s estimated that one million animals are killed every day by collisions with vehicles — and tha…
Bryan Cranston Wants More of Us to Get ‘Mad as Hell’
In Groundbreaking Decision, Feds Say Hacking DRM to Fix Your Electronics Is Legal
The Librarian of Congress and US Copyright Office just proposed new rules that will give consumer…
”Eat your greens, children are starving in Europe”
Exactly a century ago, a massive U.S. relief effort kept Europe – including Communist Russia – fro…
The math of why it’s so hard to build a spherical Death Star in space
Enlarge / Geometry puts some real design constraints on Darth Vader’s desire for a spherical Deat…
Farmer Lobbying Group Sells Out Farmers, Helps Enshrine John Deere’s Tractor Repair Monopoly
Farmers have been some of the strongest allies in the ongoing battle to make it easier for everyo…
The Mistake You Make in Every Political Argument
The Mistake You Make in Every Political Argument
We’ve all been sufficiently frustrated by the ga…
Astronomers Confirm Einstein’s Theory of Relativity By Watching a Star Orbit a Black Hole
The closest supermassive black hole to Earth is a mere 26,000 light years away, situated right in…
‘Doom’ Rendered Entirely in ASCII Is the Most 1337 Way to Play
As a child of the 90s, the drumbeat of the classic first person shooter Doom is permanently runn…