Vaccines Remain Largely Effective Against Delta Variant, Counter to Claims From Fox News Guest

SciCheck Digest Multiple studies show the FDA-authorized COVID-19 vaccines continue to be effective against the delta variant of the coronavirus, even if the potency of the vaccines is somewhat reduced.…

It Happened: What the Legacy of ‘Zack Snyder’s Justice League’ Means for the Future of Film

DAVID EHRLICH (Senior Film Critic): Well, it actually happened. Just when it seemed like America was done capitulating to the will of its most toxic online communities, a massive telecom…

Pioneers in the Desert: A Tech-Infused Road Trip

In this special episode of Hello World, best-selling author and Bloomberg Businessweek journalist Ashlee Vance goes on a RV road trip through California in the midst of a pandemic and…

The Double Life of Wirecard’s Fugitive Executive

German payments company Wirecard was the darling of the nation’s fintech industry. Then came the admission that almost $2 billion of the company’s funds had gone missing. The scandal led…

IT Security News Monthly Summary – February

IT Security News Weekly Summary – Week 04 IT Security News Daily Summary 2021-01-31 Exabeam joins cybersecurity ecosystem revolving around Snowflake Robert M. Lee’s & Jeff Haas’ Little Bobby Comics…

IT Security News Weekly Summary – Week 04

IT Security News Daily Summary 2021-01-31 Exabeam joins cybersecurity ecosystem revolving around Snowflake Robert M. Lee’s & Jeff Haas’ Little Bobby Comics – ‘WEEK 314’ BSidesSF 2020 – Ari Eitan’s…

The Militarization of the South China Sea

Tensions between the U.S. and China have been steadily escalating on a range of issues, but there’s one place where a clash of superpowers would be most likely to happen:…

This Hallucinogenic African Plant May Cure Addiction

The Iboga plant has been used for tribal rituals in West Africa for millennia. While the highly toxic root causes days-long hallucinations, it may also be the answer to a…

How the Catholic Church Shielded $2 Billion to Limit Abuse Payouts

For most of the 20th century, the Catholic Church in the U.S. minimized the damage wrought by pedophile priests by covering up the abuse. Cover-ups worked when victims and their…

Why a U.S.-China Space Race is a Good Thing

While a cold-war scenario has dangerous political and economic implications, a race deeper into the cosmos, like any good rivalry, could be a huge benefit for space and other industries.…

How Patagonia Became The Billion-Dollar Brand of The Resistance

Outdoor clothing giant Patagonia says it puts the planet ahead of profits, in part by telling customers to "buy less." It’s a bold mission statement that, either purposely or by…

Using the Sun to Image Alien Planets

A team at NASA’s JPL is proposing a mission that will let us see planets in other solar systems. Bloomberg’s Moonshots talks with the scientist behind what could be the…

Please Do Not Call Me A ‘Mutt’ (Not Even You, Mom)

Zoe Rodriguez with her dog, Treble, in 2018. (Courtesy of Angel Zobel-Rodriguez) Over the next year, we’re hoping to hear your stories about how race and ethnicity shape your life…

“It might become as big as hip-hop”: the rise and rise of hyperactive subgenre glitchcore

Every year has its own musical phenomenon – even 2020. The last 12 months, musically speaking at least, have been all about hyperpop… or glitchcore… or whatever name sticks. Thinking…

Where There’s Smoke, There’s Robots | Hello World Road Trip: Part Two

Hello World’s Ashlee Vance heads out on Route 395 in a bid to prove that even a pandemic and an inferno can’t keep California down. #HelloWorld #California #Technology ——– Like…