Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. By the end of his career, William Shakespeare was a bona fide celebrity boasting multiple homes across England. Historical documents indicate the legendary playwright spent the majority of his later years in the town of his youth, Stratford-upon-Avon, but…
Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images On April 15, a federal jury found that Live Nation, the concert and entertainment company that includes Ticketmaster, violated federal and state antitrust laws in acting as a monopoly. The ruling came after four days of jury deliberation. The Justice Department sued Live Nation two years ago with hopes of splitting…
Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. It’s that time of year again! Internet-famous eagle couple Jackie and Shadow have two new chicks in need of names. For a small donation, you can submit your name suggestion on the Friends of Big Bear Valley (FOBBV) website….
Taylor Frankie Paul. Photo: Natalie Cass/Disney via Getty Images The Salt Lake City DA’s office confirmed yesterday that The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star Taylor Frankie Paul will not be charged with domestic assault against her ex-boyfriend Dakota Mortensen, with whom she shares one child. Prosecutors declined to bring new charges against her because…
Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. The megalodon (Otodus megalodon) is another step closer to becoming the first state shark in the United States. At the last second, a bill to name the extinct behemoth Maryland’s state shark passed on the final day of the…
Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. No matter how snappy your smartphone feels when you first buy it, it will inevitably slow down over time. When that happens, you have to decide when it’s time to upgrade. Eventually, an upgrade becomes necessary—especially once your phone…
Photo: The Drew Barrymore Show/YouTube I’ve never wanted to see Drew Barrymore hold someone’s hand as much as Chris Fleming, let alone give them a sweet smooch. Thankful, Genie Barrymore granted my wish and invited Fleming on her talk show to chat about his new comedy special. The two played a game of Barrymore Bingo,…
Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. While rinsing really does help clean fruits and vegetables of harmful pesticides and bacteria, washing produce with water alone doesn’t ensure a longer shelf life or guard against decay. With millions of pounds of fresh food wasted annually in…
She’s giving up purple. Photo: Ryan Bakerink/WireImage Olivia Rodrigo is gearing up to release her third album, You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love, and if you haven’t already applied non-waterproof mascara to cry in, you’re late. The pop star spent her first album cycle, for the purple-hued Sour, constantly surprising listeners….
Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Daniele Venturelli/WireImage, Jean Baptiste Lacroix/AFP via Getty Images All of us are going to live for a very, very long time and definitely don’t have anything (globally, economically, climatologically) to worry about for the foreseeable, so it’s a little fun, maybe, to consider what it would feel like to die. Your breath…
