Radiohead’s online ‘library’ hosts rarities, art and merch

It's been difficult to track down all things Radiohead on the web for a while. Even though the group recently posted its entire catalog to YouTube, you've still had to search fan sites and other sources for every last little bit of art, video or merch. Now, however, you effectively have a one-stop shop. Radiohead…

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Discovery shows early galaxies could have very short lives

You'd think that galaxies from the young universe would still be thriving, but that's not necessarily the case. Researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute and the National Observatory of Japan have discovered the farthest known dying galaxy (that is, with greatly suppressed star formation) known to date at about 12 billion light-years away. In other…

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai calls for ‘sensible regulation’ of AI

After laying out his relationship with technology and offering a few examples where innovation has had unintended negative consequences, Pichai makes the case that while AI is powerful and useful, we must balance its "potential harms... with social opportunities." Of course, this call for "balance" leaves some questions about how tight of regulation Pichai is…

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Jennifer Aniston lands Apple TV+ a SAG award for ‘The Morning Show’

Apple had likely hoped for a pair of trophies, as Billy Crudup had won as best actor in a drama series at the Critic's Choice Awards. However, that prize was taken by Peter Dinklage for HBO's Game of Thrones. Another surprise was Amazon's ensemble in a comedy series win for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, since…

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Lexus imagines space vehicles for humans on the Moon

Out of the seven concepts, envisioned by five different designers, the one that got published was a motorcycle-like vehicle called Zero Gravity. While it's supposed to be ridden like a motorbike, it doesn't have wheels -- it was designed with magnetic levitation in mind.Concept art: Karl Dujardin/LexusThe other concepts are just as interesting, though. There's…

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Pop Culture May Evolve at the Same Rate as Birds and Bugs

We like to think modern culture moves at a dizzying pace, fueled by a relentless parade of new works of music, literature, and technological design. Change in nature, by contrast, seems to follow a slower trajectory as genetic mutations over generations give animals bigger teeth, say, or a better camouflage. But maybe the opposite is…

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A Surge of New Plastic Is About to Hit the Planet

This story originally appeared on Yale Environment360 and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.As public concern about plastic pollution rises, consumers are reaching for canvas bags, metal straws, and reusable water bottles. But while individuals fret over images of oceanic garbage gyres, the fossil fuel and petrochemical industries are pouring billions of dollars into…

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404: The City Left Behind by China’s Nuclear Ambitions

Li Yang grew up in what he thought was a boring town. It was called 404, like the error code, and sat a couple hours from the nearest city, in the sun-beaten Gobi Desert of western China. There was no commercial movie theater—just a zoo with a handful of cages, several small video game arcades,…

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HBO Probably Won’t Make a Second Season of Watchmen

Hello, welcome to an all-new edition of The Monitor, WIRED’s entertainment news roundup. What’s been happening the last few days? Lots of television news. Let’s dig in.HBO Likely Won’t Make a Second Season of WatchmenHave you been wondering what happened to Regina King after she stepped into that pool in the season finale of Watchmen?…

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