WOW Air CEO Paints Bleak Picture of Airline’s Future in Bondholder Letter

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23andMe now paints a far clearer picture of your DNA ancestry

To date, 23andMe’s Ancestry Composition report could trace your genetic roots back to 31 populations. That’s decent, but not exactly the most accurate representation of your lineage. It could soon be more accurate, however. The company is updating its methods to trace ancestry back to 120 more populations, for a total of 151. If you […]

An Emmy Win for The Handmaid’s Tale Paints a Dystopian Future for Traditional TV

Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale won the Emmy award for Best Drama Series on Sunday night, the first time that a streaming service has snagged the show’s top award. In many ways, this is a surprising news peg (Hulu?!) for an unsurprising story (the rise of streaming television). Hulu is a distant third behind Netflix and […]

‘Mr. Robot’ Season 3 Trailer Paints a Tense, Paranoia-Filled Picture in a Post-Trump World

I’ve frequently wondered what Mr. Robot would look like in a post-Trump world. The nihilistic, anarchist viewpoint of the series seemed overly cynical when it first hit USA Network’s airwaves in the summer of 2015, giving a fantastical update to the grim, solipsistic anger of ’90s male fantasies like Fight Club. But what once seemed out of place […]

Study paints a confused picture of how insecticides are affecting bees

Enlarge (credit: Congressman Ted Yoho) There’s widespread agreement that bees around the world are in trouble. A few years back, domestic honey bee nests started experiencing mass die offs, and problems were found in wild bees as well. What’s hasn’t been clear is what the cause might be. Viruses, fungi, and pesticides have all been […]

Pentagon’s report paints grim picture of Afghanistan in 2017

Afghanistan is “at a critical point” in its battle against multiple insurgencies and terrorist groups, the Pentagon has said in a new report to Congress. It also reveals that US and Afghan authorities are seeking peace through talks with the Taliban. Sixteen years after the US-led invasion aimed at overthrowing the Taliban and denying a […]

‘Ultimatum’: EU paints Hungary as ‘villain’ in migrant dispute, trying to pressure court – minister

Budapest has lashed out at Brussels following a report claiming Hungary will be pressed into accepting its share of migrants in accordance with the EU redistribution scheme, with threats of being booted out of the block. Pal Volner, State Secretary at the Hungarian Justice Ministry, said in a statement the report was an attempt by […]