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 An advanced weather satellite will launch to space Saturday: Watch it here
A satellite designed to revolutionize the way we forecast weather on Earth is set to launch to space Saturday. The GOES-R satellite, developed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), is scheduled to launch to orbit atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket at 5:43 p.m. ET Saturday. Once in space and operational, the satellite is expected to change the way we look at and forecast weather on our planet. The satellite is one of four new geostationary spacecraft expected to launch between now and 2024 that will overhaul the way scientists look at the weather. In total, the program will cost about $10.83 billion. Read more... More about Weather, Noaa, Nasa, Space, and Climate Read More »Watch Prince surprise the late Sharon Jones with a spontaneous guitar solo
You know that feeling when Prince loves your song so much, he surprises you onstage with a spontaneous guitar solo? You almost certainly don't. But Sharon Jones did. The beloved soul singer died of cancer on Friday at the age of 60, and fans are reminiscing about this June 2011 show in Paris. A few months prior, Prince had expressed admiration for Jones's song "When I Come Home." So, naturally, the late Purple One decided to pop in for a guitar solo on that same track. And in a quintessentially Prince move, he rode to and from the stage on his bike. [H/T: The Daily Beast] The next frontier in wearables is helping couples conceive
The next round of wearables is good for more than tracking your steps. Ava, a fertility wearable that helps couples conceive, raised $9.7 million in a Series A round this week. The round was led by Polytech Ventures, a European VC firm. The FDA-approved medical device tracks measurements like pulse rate, breathing rate, skin temperature, movement and heat loss to identify the days of each month when a woman is most likely to get pregnant. Women wear the device while sleeping. The technology detects at least five fertile days each month, far more than women are usually able to identify by taking their temperatures or taking ovulation tests. It costs $199. Read more... More about Birth Control, Apple Watch, Fitbit, Wearables, and Womens Health Read More »6 vegetarian Thanksgiving mains even carnivores crave
Thanksgiving, for all its stuffing and creamed corn, generally relegates vegetables to the side dishes. After all, it's all about that turkey, right? Wrong, if you're a vegetarian or vegan (or just don't like turkey). Here are six vegetarian main courses that are so hearty, flavorful and seasonal you might find your most meat-hungry friends forgoing the drumstick for another helping of the veggies. 1. Vegan pot pie Image: facebook This recipe from Minimalist Baker is so on point it's hard to say what its strongest suit is. It is vegan, it's savory, it's hearty and it comes together in an hour. It's also topped with pumpkin sage biscuits. But if that's too daunting, you can substitute any canned biscuit, pie dough or puff pastry. Read more... More about Cooking, Recipes, Vegetarian, Food, and Thanksgiving Read More »See ‘Captain America’ as an 8-bit, shield-throwing, beat-'em-up game
It’s the action-adventure spy game you wish you had as a kid. Or, well, it's an animated short that looks like that game, in this retelling of Captain America: The Winter Soldier in the style of an 8-bit arcade classic. Our CineFix series, 8-Bit Cinema, "gamifies" your favorite Hollywood blockbusters into '80s arcade- and NES-inspired action. Subscribe to CineFix for more videos: https://www.youtube.com/c/cinefix Read more... More about Mashable Video, Captain America, 8 Bit Cinema, Movies, and Cinefix Read More »LinkedIn thinks campus recruiting hurts tech sphere diversity
Campus recruiting is a staple of hiring for tech companies, but the process feeds into the lack of diversity already plaguing the industry. Elite colleges have their own diversity problems. And when companies only recruit from elite schools the lack of diversity is magnified. That's what LinkedIn found when the professional network ditched campus recruiting in favor of regional recruitment events not limited to students at four-year colleges. "Our goal is to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. When I looked at the process of traditional college recruiting, it wasn't necessarily in line with our company's vision to do just that," Tey Scott, LinkedIn's talent acquisition executive behind the change in strategy, told Mashable. Read more... More about Linkedin, Internships, Hiring Process, Jobs, and Tech Read More »Massive South Korean protests calling for President Park ouster continue in Seoul
You call that a political protest, America? Take a look at how it's really done. While the U.S. has been mired in its own post-election hangover and all the things it portends for 2017, South Korea's president has remained embroiled in one of the biggest political scandals in the country's history. SEE ALSO: Hundreds of thousands storm Seoul's streets calling for South Korea's president to step down Protesters calling for the ouster of President Park Geun-hye took to the streets in October following revelations regarding her behind-the-scenes dealings with Choi Soon-sil, a relationship that some reports have linked to possible corruption in Park's administration. Read more... More about Park Geun Hye, Protests, Asia, South Korea, and World Read More »Amazon's new app will 'see' inside your packages
Amazon is giving its app a new feature to help holiday shoppers keep track of what's in their packages. The company updated its iPhone app with a new feature that uses the phone's camera to help detect what's inside your packages without opening them. Dubbed, "Package X-Ray," the feature uses your iPhone's camera to scan the barcode on the package. Once scanned, the app will show which of your orders are inside. You can try it for yourself if you have the latest version of Amazon's iOS app (no word yet on Android availability) by tapping the camera icon next to the search bar and selecting "Package X-Ray." Read more... More about Amazon, Apps And Software, Tech, and Apps Software Read More »Trump tweeted about 'Hamilton' again and then deleted it
Yup, Donald Trump is still upset about Hamilton. Hours after he first took to Twitter to criticize the cast of Hamilton for delivering a message to Mike Pence, the President-elect once again had some harsh words for the actors. But, this time, he quickly deleted them. "Very rude and insulting of Hamilton cast member to treat our great future V.P. Mike Pence to a theatre lecture," Trump wrote in a tweet that was promptly deleted Saturday evening. He further criticized Hamilton actor Brandon Victor Dixon for not memorizing his lines — apparently referencing the now viral videos of the actor reading a statement directed at Pence, the vice president-elect, following a performance of the musical Friday night. Read more... More about Twitter, Hamilton, Politics, Donald Trump, and Us And World Read More »Alec Baldwin returns as a totally overwhelmed Donald Trump on 'Saturday Night Live'
Donald Trump knows Mike Pence is his ticket to not getting impeached. At least, that was one of the best jokes of this week's Saturday Night Live cold open, which found Donald Trump (Alec Baldwin, back after being MIA last week) taking meetings about cabinet appointments and just being generally overwhelmed at the process of, you know, being president. When a military general came in to meet with him about his "secret plan" to defeat ISIS, Trump quickly went to Google and Siri to hopefully provide him some answers about important military questions, like "What is ISIS?" Read more... More about Alec Baldwin, Saturday Night Live, Entertainment, and Tv Read More »5 articles that'll only make sense to true 'Harry Potter' fans
Over the last few months I've had the sweet, sweet pleasure of rereading all the Harry Potter books. After I'd finished Rowling's series for a second time — and in an attempt to siphon off some of my excitement — I decided to write down my waffling opinions on the books in a series of five articles. The results — from an exhaustive list of the hidden clues I spotted to my thoughts on why the books should never be classed as "just for kids" — are rounded up below. Read more... 37 hidden clues I only spotted when I reread Harry Potter in my 20sMore about Uk, Jk Rowling, Books, Harry Potter, and Entertainment Read More »Newly discovered spider looks just like a dried-up leaf
In the animal kingdom, sometimes the best survival strategy is to pretend to be something you're not — either to ambush unsuspecting prey or to convince predators that you're not very tasty. And scientists recently discovered a spider that uses a unique masquerade to hide in plain sight. It is the only known spider to have a body that bears an uncanny resemblance to a dangling, partly dried-up leaf. SEE ALSO: 13 animals that mimic plants The find was reported in a new study, though the spider is yet to be described and assigned a species name. The newfound costumed arachnid is in the Poltys genus in the orb spider family, which contains more than 3,000 species and one spider celebrity from children's fiction — an Araneus cavaticus was the barn spider Charlotte from the classic story "Charlotte's Web" (Harper and Brothers, 1952). Read more... More about Insects, Spiders, and World Read More »Gorgeous color postcards capture life in 1899 Tunisia
Souc-el-Trouk, Tunis. Image: Library of Congress These color postcards of the sun-baked streets and Moorish architecture of Tunisia were created using the Photochrom process, a technique for applying realistic color to monochrome images that predated the spread of practical color photography. Invented by a Swiss printer in the 1880s, the process began with coating a tablet of lithographic limestone with a light-sensitive emulsion, then exposing it to sunlight under a photo negative for up to several hours. The emulsion would harden in proportion to the tones of the image and the less-hardened portions would be removed with a solvent, leaving a fixed lithographic image on the stone. Read more... More about Mediterranean, Travel, Photochrom, Africa, and Tunisia Read More »Kate McKinnon and Kristen Wiig making kitten jokes is the 'SNL' sketch you need
Here's Kate McKinnon and Saturday Night Live guest host Kristen Wiig playing with kittens. There are nods to Jill Stein, S&M (but not the way you think) and the musical, Cats. It's the best kind of SNL weirdness. The two comics break again and again as they successfully out-funny one another with increasingly deranged kitten origin stories. It's the SNL sketch we need right now in this confused and embattled world. How to get the best deal on Black Friday
Consumers spent $626.1 billion during the 2015 holiday season, snatching up Black Friday bargains and Cyber Monday goodies. Most shoppers on the day after Thanksgiving Day likely believed that it was worth getting up early, fighting crowds and waiting in long lines for the sales. But are Black Friday sales really such a bargain? Use these tactics to find out. This looks familiarMost retailers get up to 30% of their annual revenues in the months of November and December, so they need to make you believe that you’re getting a good deal during the holidays. A 2016 NerdWallet study of Black Friday advertisements found that at least 32 retailers listed at least one product for the same price as in their 2015 ads. So if a sale price looks familiar, don’t buy the item without doing some research. Read more... More about Black Friday and Business Read More »7 unexpectedly great moments from Season 7 of 'Gilmore Girls'
Fans probably haven't watched Season 7 of Gilmore Girls lately. Due to a contract dispute with the CW, Gilmore Girls creator Amy Sherman-Palladino was not involved with the beloved show's seventh season — and it showed. The dialogue is slower. The plot lines are more contrived (Lorelai and Christopher in Paris, anyone?). Honestly, it's not really the Stars Hollow fans came to love — which is partially why people are so excited about the show's Netflix revival. But despite Season 7's general mediocrity, it didn't all leave us cold. In fact, those 22 okay episodes gave us a few stellar moments — even though we'll always know Lane deserved better and that Rory should have just told Lucy she already knew Marty or whatever. Read more... More about Gilmore Girls, Watercooler, Entertainment, and Tv Read More »The wonderful, weird world of wizard rock
Paul DeGeorge was 26 when he quit his day job. He gave up a full salary, benefits and stock options to write songs about Harry Potter -- to tour and produce wizard rock full time. A very niche genre of music, wizard rock describes tunes written about Harry Potter from the perspective of various characters in the stories, most of which are written by bands who do so exclusively. That was in 2004 -- to date, there are over 750 wizard rock bands, active or archived, and like the Harry Potter books and movies, in 2016 the music is thriving. Back in 2000, DeGeorge read Harry Potter and began to think about what music the eponymous hero would identify with. Read more... More about Tonks And The Aurors, The Whomping Willows, Harry Potter, Draco And The Malfoys, and Harry And The Potters Read More »This might be the world's quietest library
Located on a deserted beach in China, this library is gorgeous and would be the perfect spot to study to ace any test. Read more... More about Mashable Video, Seashore Library, Nandaihe, Architecture, and China Read More »These sensors turn your drumsticks into a virtual drumkit
'Freedrum' is a virtual drumkit that connects to your iPhone and lets you jam anywhere you want. Read more... More about Mashable Video, Drums, Iphone, Technology, and Music Read More »Alec Baldwin responds to Donald Trump's latest 'Saturday Night Live' attack
President-elect Donald J. Trump's ongoing one-sided feud with a weekly sketch comedy series took on a new wrinkle Sunday morning. The incoming United States president bemoaned Saturday Night Live's "one-sided, biased" (presumably political) leanings in a Sunday tweet. He capped off the blast with a question: "Equal time for us?" The tweet earned a response from Alec Baldwin, who impersonated Trump on SNL multiple times toward the end of the 2016 election. He revived that role on Saturday for the first time since Nov. 5, portraying a now-victorious Trump, overwhelmed by the enormity of his new role. Read more... More about Politics, Tv, Entertainment, Nbc, and Saturday Night Live Read More »Sabra recalls hummus that may make you sick
Attention snackers: Put down the carrots. Step away from your hummus. Sabra Dipping Co. is voluntarily recalling dozens of its hummus products because of possible Listeria contamination. The Virginia snack maker on Saturday said it identified Listeria at one of its manufacturing facilities, although not in its tested finished products. The hummus was distributed to supermarkets and other retail outlets in the U.S. and Canada. Sabra hummus, on display. Image: Alexandra Wyman/Invision/AP Listeria is a food-borne illness that can cause high fevers, diarrhea and nausea in minor cases. However, infections can be fatal in young children and people with weakened immune systems. Read more... More about Bacterium, Snacks, Food Borne Illness, Listeria Contamination, and Listeria Read More »Over 100 killed after train derails in northern India
At least 115 people died Sunday in a train wreck in northern India, with rescuers still working to pull passengers from the mangled coaches. An overnight passenger train rolled off the track around 3 a.m. local time near the city of Kanpur. The cause of the derailment is not yet known. Ranchandra Tewari, a passenger on the Indore-Patna Express, said he was asleep when the train suddenly lurched and flung him to the floor. Tewari, who smashed his head, is one of at least 150 people injured in the wreck. "There was a loud sound like an earthquake. I fell from my berth and a lot of luggage fell over me," Tewari told reporters from his hospital bed in Kanpur. Read more... More about Train Derailment, India, World, and Transportation Read More »Mike Pence tries to end the 'Hamilton' drama while Trump stokes the flames
The feud between the Broadway musical Hamilton and Vice President-elect Mike Pence is hopefully coming to a close. According to Fox News Sunday, Pence claims that he was not offended when the cast of Hamilton delivered a statement to him after curtain call at a show he attended on Friday evening. The statement came after Pence was booed by the audience when he went to take his seat.
The 1972 Texas State Fair was bursting with beef, eggs and wild fashion
Image: Texas State Archives In 1887, rival associations merged to create the Texas State Fair & Dallas Exposition, an annual occasion for the farmers, ranchers and business owners of the state to gather and show off their products, and for visitors to enjoy a wide selection of entertainment. After a series of mishaps, the fairgrounds were sold to the city of Dallas, with an agreement to hold the annual exposition each fall. More than a million people visited the fair in 1916, and auditoriums, a stadium, a monorail and a 52-foot cowboy statue were constructed as the event grew. By 1968 the fair was drawing over three million annual visitors. Read more... More about Food, Fashion, Agriculture, Texas, and History Read More »'Saturday Night Live' creates a safe space for life in Trump's America
Saturday Night Live has a happy surprise for the liberal elite: You don't have to swallow four years of a Donald Trump administration after all. Just move to The Bubble, a planned community for like-minded free-thinkers — and absolutely no one else. It's a haven for those that wish to spend the next four years checked out and blissfully unaware of the toilet drain their country is circling. If you watch this and think, 'Hey, that looks a lot like Brooklyn,' you're right. That's because The Bubble is literally Brooklyn, with an impenetrable dome built around it. Kanye West calls out Beyoncé, ends concert early with a mic drop
Just days after defending Donald Trump, Kanye West called out Beyoncé and Jay Z on stage before ending his show early in Sacramento. West went on a Kanye West-style rant on Saturday evening after showing up to a concert 90 minutes late. Three songs into his performance, West stopped the show and went on a rant where he claims Beyoncé hurt him. "I am putting my career, my life, my public standing at risk when I talk to y’all like this," West told the crowd. "This is a moment in the matrix, bro, the defiance is back!" Read more... More about Kanye West, Jay Z, Beyonce, Entertainment, and Watercooler Read More »New York forms special police hate crime unit after Trump's win
As hate crime reports have spiked across the country following the election, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo promised to do something about it in his Sunday address Harlem's Abyssinian Baptist Church. He pledged to form a special police unit to respond to the "explosion of hate crimes" in New York state and a legal defense fund for immigrants who fear prosecution under a Trump administration. "With trained professionals we will investigate every incident and prosecute the perpetrator to the fullest extent of the law," he said after listing off chilling finds, such as KKK fliers on parked cars in Long Island, a swastika on the B Train in Manhattan, and a swastika with the words "Make America White Again" in Buffalo. Read more... More about New York, Andrew Cuomo, Us And World, Politics, and Us World Read More »Russian bear attempts to play on tiny playground swing
Residents of the Russian town of Kolpashevo spotted a large brown bear trying to use a small swing set in the town's playground. According to The Siberian Times, the bear is actually part of a circus group that was slated to perform in the area later that day. Although it can't be seen on the video, its handler was apparently close by. "You can see a collar on the bear. I had a call from locals who saw the bear trying to get on a swing next to the club. We found later that the bear cub was on a walk with its handler," Kolpashevo region's ranger Sergey Yelnikov told the Times. Just a bear out for a walk. Nothing to see here, folks. Read more... More about Russia, Bear, Viral Videos, Watercooler, and Videos Read More »Americans are now fighting over where Melania and Barron Trump will live
Americans are now arguing about where incoming First Lady Melania Trump and First Kid Barron Trump will live, pushing stories of President-elect Donald Trump's $25 million Trump University settlement and his controversial cabinet appointments further into the background. This latest story started with a New York Post report that Melania and Barron would continue to reside in Trump Tower in New York City with a source telling the Post, “Melania is extremely close to Barron, and they have become closer during the campaign. The campaign has been difficult for Barron, and she is really hoping to keep disruption to a minimum.” Read more... More about Donald Trump, Trump Tower, White House, Barron Trump, and Melania Trump Read More »'Fantastic Beasts' can't conjure 'Harry Potter' magic at the box office
Don't break out the champagne for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them just yet. Hollywood's first return to Wizarding World of J.K. Rowling in five years posted an estimated $75 million at the domestic box office. It's a fine start, especially accompanied by a reported $143.3 million in foreign sales. Still, Warner Bros. ought to pay attention. Fantastic Beasts is on track to be the lowest Wizarding World opening to date. It's closest to — and could conceivably surpass, once final tallies are in — Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, which opened with $77.1 million in July 2007. Read more... More about Box Office, Film, Entertainment, Warner Bros, and Harry Potter Read More » | ||||
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