COVID Makes The Earth Move

from Nature Coronavirus lockdowns have changed the way Earth moves A reduction in seismic noise because of changes in human activity is a boon for geoscientists. by Elizabeth Gibney The coronavirus pandemic has brought chaos to lives and economies around the world....

COVID Kills Quinoa and Kale

from Bloomberg via Yahoo! News Americans Drop Kale and Quinoa to Lock Down With Chips and Oreos by Jen Skerritt, Lydia Mulvany and Isis Almeida Out with the Tuscan kale and acai berries, in with the Spam and popcorn. In a stark reversal, American shoppers who were...

COVID and Corrupted Blood

from WIRED Real-World Lessons From a World of Warcraft Virtual Outbreak Nearly 15 years ago, player responses to the “Corrupted Blood incident” helped researchers better account for unpredictable human behavior. WHEN IT COMES to a global...

The Big Goldstein

from The Hollywood Reporter The Peculiar Life of the Man in the ‘Big Lebowski’ House: An NBA Superfan’s Wild L.A. Mansion by Gary Baum Copyright 2004 NBAE/Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty ImagesSays Goldstein, pictured here with Snoop Dogg, “People...

Not Really Even Funny

from KYMA Strange pink unicorn lurking near middle school By Aziza Shuler Man in pink unicorn suit spotted near Woodard Jr. High School  YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA) In a nation where violence in schools has become a more regular occurrence than ever before, some of the...