Why Weather Forecasts Are Only Accurate Two Weeks Out
No matter how advanced science gets, we’ll always reach a wall on forecasting the weather into the future—and that threshold, on average, is two weeks. That is how long an…
20 Shows You’ll Love If You Watch ‘Black Mirror’
Another season of Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror is in the books, and given that it was four years between the fifth and sixth seasons, it’s unclear when (or if) we’ll…
These Simple Food Choices Can Drastically Reduce Your Environmental Impact
A few years ago, during a long drive from San Diego to Davis, I decided to go vegan cold turkey. I was driving toward my alma mater, where I was…
10 Fictional AI, Ranked by How Likely They Are to Kill Us All
Mrs. Davis is a genre-bending new take on artificial intelligence: Here is a TV series in which an action hero nun takes on an AI with dream of world domination.…
Try the ‘Five Things’ Method When You’re Overwhelmed by Mess
Photo: Phoderstock (Shutterstock) We talk a lot about how cleaning can be therapeutic and fun for some, but totally overwhelming for others. There are a number of methods you can…
How to Have the ‘Gun Talk’ With Other Parents
Photo: boyphare (Shutterstock) I grew up in a rural town in Michigan with several relatives who are avid hunters and, therefore, had guns in their homes. (In one case, those…