Elon Musk Managed to Piss Off an Unusual Number of Politicians This Weekend

It’s hard to contain all the weekend’s Elon Musk news in one post, but let’s try. The tech mogul had a busy two days of posting and fending off investigations. He said a civil war in Britain was inevitable, faces accusations in Michigan of misappropriating voter data, and is awaiting a letter from five Secretaries

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Rare Warm Spell Hits Antarctica in the Dead of Winter

Antarctica is experiencing some unseasonably warm weather in the midst of its winter, and it may have nothing to do with climate change. While overall temperatures are still below freezing, the eastern portion of the continent has seen temperatures that are up to 50 degrees Fahrenheit (28 Celsius) above average in July. Antarctic climate analyst

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Watch a Little Robot Flap Its Wings Like a Rhinoceros Beetle

A teeny robot designed to replicate the wing dynamics of rhinoceros beetles could be well-suited for search-and-rescue missions, as well as spying on real insects, according to researchers at Switzerland’s Institute of Technology Lausanne and South Korea’s Konkuk University. Roughly twice the size of a beetle and weighing slightly more than a CD (18 grams),

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Legendary Will Bring Neal Stephenson’s Seveneves to TV Life

If you’ve been enjoying recent sci-fi shows like 3-Body Problem and For All Mankind, there’s a new show coming to the stable. Neal Stephenson’s sci-fi novel Seveneves is coming to the small screen with a TV adaptation. Per Deadline, Legendary TV has acquired the TV rights for the 2015 novel. The book centers on the planet’s best scientists all

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Peter Stormare Will Reprise Until Dawn Role for the Game’s Movie

Later this month, shooting will commence for Sony’s Until Dawn movie. After locking down much of its principal cast a few months ago, the film has added three more to the call sheet, with the big name being fan favorite actor Peter Stormare. In the original PlayStation 4 game, Stormare played Dr. Hill, a therapist who appeared

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Bruce Campell Says Evil Dead is Slaying Its Way to Animation

The Evil Dead franchise has been well-regarded for decades, but it’s also only just gotten back into the spotlight. We already knew at least two more movies are set to follow last year’s Evil Dead Rise, but it sounds like the series will further live on through animation. During a recent Entertainment Weekly interview to promote his new

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Google Says AI Olympics Ad ‘Tested Well’ Before Inspiring Outrage

Google’s attempt to funnel Olympics excitement into its chatbot, Gemini, “tested well before airing,” the company said. Upon its debut, however, the ad repelled viewers by making artificial intelligence seem like a weak substitute for parenting and human creativity. The negative response to “Dear Sydney,” which features a dad using Gemini to help his daughter

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