SpaceX Crew-10 astronauts’ journey to orbit starts now (sort of)
SpaceX’s Crew-10 astronauts are set to fly to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard a Crew Dragon spacecraft on March 12. But in many ways, their journey to orbit started…
Fruit Fly Invasion Causes a Produce Quarantine in California
Agricultural officials in California placed parts of Los Angeles County under a produce quarantine last week after several invasive Tau fruit flies were discovered. Get Ready For Another Summer of…
How Peloton and its instructors became saviors in a hellish year at home
When schools, non-essential businesses, and travel borders around the world began to shutter in March 2020, people desperately searched for ways to adapt to an unexpected quarantine lifestyle. Some coped…
Shoutout to ‘New Girl,’ the ultimate quarantine comfort watch
In 2020, a year that’s hellbent on introducing a constant and unwavering string of harsh anxieties, TV lovers have found their perfect weighted blanket: New Girl. Though popular television shows…
‘Mentally I’m here’ memes are here to prompt some 2020 introspection
We’re more than halfway through 2020, and many of us are physically still quarantining at home. But mentally? Well, we could be anywhere. A new meme is here to help…
Boredoom is the perfect term for the crushing mix of boredom and anxiety in 2020
Never in my life did I imagine that living through some of the world’s darkest days would be so incredibly… boring. I’ve been quarantining at home since March 1, and…
This guy built a hilariously complicated robot barber and let it cut his hair with scissors
[embedded content] Shane Wighton’s YouTube channel, Stuff Made Here, is no stranger to remarkably complicated robotics projects. You might remember his viral video where he built a basketball hoop where…
The ‘Palm Springs’ memes that perfectly describe life in quarantine
In the new movie Palm Springs, Andy Samberg’s character Nyles and Cristin Milioti’s Sarah wake up to the same day, every day, which Nyles describes as “one of those infinite…
‘Mr. Brightside’ by The Killers hits different now
The 2003 jam, “Mr. Brightside,” hits different in 2020. Amidst protests against police brutality and the coronavirus quarantine life, people have started finding new meaning in the lyrics to The…
Watch two neighbors make the most of social distancing with a beer catapult
[embedded content] Quarantine doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy a drink out front with your neighbors. You simply have to sit in your separate yards and shoot beers to each other…