HBO's new hit series, The Last of Us, begins with a warning. During a fictional broadcast in 1968, a doctor and a scientist debate the danger of a looming pandemic.
HBO's new hit series, The Last of Us, begins with a warning. During a fictional broadcast in 1968, a doctor and a scientist debate the danger of a looming pandemic. The doctor is focused on a viral outbreak—but the scientist is more worried about fungi. "Viruses can make us ill, but fungi can alter our very minds," he pleads. The scientist explains that under the right conditions, an ordinary fungus can mutate, infect, and kill humans. Cue the apocalypse. Sounds dire, right? Well, dear reader, as a certified nosy individual I found someone who could give us some answers. Meet Matthew Kasson, a mycologist (AKA fungus expert) and associate professor at West Virginia University. "I think it's a great show," Kasson told Esquire. "But like any good science fiction, there's a lot more fiction than science." |
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| At a certain point it is fair to ask whether the Grammys are haunted. The Recording Industry Academy of America can modernize its voting system, it can diversify its membership, but when the number two pencil hits the paper on those ballots, the voting body seems to be possessed. "Jethro Tull is heavy metal," a voice hisses. "This Steely Dan album with no hits on it is better than Kid A, Midnite Vultures, and The Marshall Mathers LP." The Academy gets what the Academy wants, what the Academy has always wanted. The Grammy voter doesn't want to obey, but the Grammy voter is powerless, and so the chaos vote is cast, and the chaos vote is for Bonnie Raitt. It shall forever be thus. |
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| Listen up, we're not talking kitchen gadgets right now. We're not talking fancy countertop matcha makers either. Here, we're talking about the biggest collective investment you are going to make on a home: The appliances. Top of the line TVs barely cost $1,000 these days. Pizza ovens are nowhere near their old $10,000 price tags. And for all the best gadgets on the market right now, sure they are investments, but not like this. That's why when making a major purchase on something that's going to cost you a pretty penny, you really want to do your research and get down to the nitty gritty. |
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| Commander David Fravor of the U. S. Navy was behind the controls of a fighter jet over the Pacific Ocean in 2004 when he spotted something weird. It hovered over the water, churning it so forcefully that it appeared to be boiling. Moments later, the object accelerated away from him at a shocking speed. In 2015, another Navy pilot spied a fast-moving object at low altitude over the Atlantic. "What the fuck is that thing?" he radioed, a sentiment that basically everyone who heard about the two incidents shared. We've been wondering pretty much exactly that for as long as humans have walked the earth, searching for meaning and connection in the skies above us. But it's lately reached a fever pitch, an almost wishful fervor. You might even say we've become obsessed. |
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