By Benjamin Hunting The 2022 Audi S3 is tasked with a seemingly impossible mission: charm entry-level luxury fans away from the steady drip of SUVs they’ve been mainlining for the last five years. To do this, it’s been given license to accentuate the a…
Do Monkeys Get Drunk? These Scientists Found Out.
By Tobias Carroll Plenty of humans enjoy the experience of drinking alcohol. It does beg one question, though: is there a scientific reason for this? In his 2014 book The Drunken Monkey, Robert Dudley ventured deeply into history to find an answer to t…
Is An EV Battery Shortage Coming? Rivian’s CEO Thinks So.
By Tobias Carroll Had you asked someone in 2019 about the likelihood of a chip shortage affecting the auto industry, you might well have gotten an odd stare. Now, it’s something both automakers and prospective car buyers know all too well. It’s had a d…
New Bird Flu Strain Puts Bald Eagles at Risk
By Tobias Carroll Since the early 1980s, the comeback of the nation’s bald eagle population is one of the environmental movement’s most notable success stories. That doesn’t mean that eagles aren’t still in danger, however — from a host of variables, i…
Judge Approves Zoom’s Agreement to Pay $85 Million in Class-Action Suit
By Tobias Carroll Since the beginning of the pandemic, there’s been a rapid uptick in the number of organizations using Zoom for online events. This is eminently understandable. Unfortunately, that also led to the rise of Zoombombing — instances where …
Jose Canseco Turned an Acura Into a Lamborghini. Now It’s For Sale.
By Tobias Carroll Here’s a riddle for you: when is a Lamborghini Diablo GT not a Lamborghini Diablo GT? The answer, in this is case, is simple: when it’s actually a heavily modified Acura NSX. Head on over to eBay Motors and you’ll see a listing for wh…
Turns Out Antarctica Needs Postal Workers, Too
By Tobias Carroll What’s it like to work in one of the southernmost places in the world? In addition to the remote location and extreme cold, jobs in Antarctica offer plenty of challenges — not the least of which are the extent of time people are expec…
Bob Odenkirk and Bill Maher Talked Comedy History on a New “Real Time”
By Tobias Carroll Sometimes the state of the world is strange enough that merely recounting current events can do the bulk of a comedian’s job for them. Such was the case when Bill Maher delivered his opening monologue for the latest episode of Real Ti…
Products of the Week: Ergonomic Office Supplies, Cold Brew Cocktails and the Aime Leon Dore x New Balance 650R
By Paolo Sandoval Each week, our inbox runneth over with news of gear, apparel and tech releases from around the world. In this feature, we’ll parse through the best of it. Today: Logitech’s futuristic mouse, a caffeinated Jägermister martini kit, and …
Plagiarism Controversy Emerges at This Year’s Venice Biennale
By Tobias Carroll For longtime observers of the Venice Biennale, this year’s edition has offered plenty to ponder. There’s the ever-present question of how the pandemic — and a longer-than-expected absence — would affect the proceedings. There’s the im…