AJ Dellinger

For much of the country, the first wave of coronavirus never truly went away. The spread seemed as though it was starting to slow, prompting public officials to re-open their economies and preemptively declare victory over the virus. In many cases,…

There have been any number of events this year that would make anyone want to throw their phone and computer into a dumpster, Ron Swanson style, just so they don't have to deal with it anymore. Unfortunately, we did too much of exactly that in 2019.…

Back in April, millions of people around the world were under lockdown in an attempt to stop the spread of coronavirus, and hospitals were in desperate need of personal protective equipment (PPE) for healthcare workers. On r/JerseyCity, a community…

Facebook has finally put a dent in part of its growing extremist problem. On Tuesday, the company announced that it is removing accounts, pages, and groups connected with the violent, anti-government Boogaloo movement. The bans come as advertisers…

It’s been nearly a month since George Floyd was killed by Minneapolis police, and the conversations around police brutality and racial injustice continue to shake the world. While much of social media has reflected this conversation, from ongoing…

We've known for decades that Earth as a whole is getting hotter. We've also known the heat has devastating effects on Antarctica and its massive sheets of ice. What we didn't know was just how hot things were getting down at the South Pole.…

Reddit announced today that it will ban thousands of communities, including the Donald Trump fan community r/The_Donald, following an update to the platform's content policy that now explicitly bans hate speech. Other communities banned under the…

With Project Artemis, NASA is planning to put astronauts back to the moon by 2024. Parts of the trip will be groundbreaking, including having the first woman ever step foot on the lunar surface. Other parts of the mission will be slightly less…

Weeks before Minneapolis police killed George Floyd and the social and political upheaval that followed, researchers at Harrisburg University announced what they viewed as a technological breakthrough. Two professors, along with a former NYPD…

On the surface, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic is about as innocent as you can get. It's a cartoon television show based on a line of children's toys centered on a group of magical horses. But on the internet, nothing is sacred. Since its…

2020 has been a year of inexplicable and untimely horrors, from the still increasing death toll caused by the coronavirus pandemic, to the introduction of murder hornets in the Pacific Northwest, to the ongoing strife caused by racism and inequality…

Remember Pizzagate? In the seemingly endless cycle of hellish events that have happened since 2016, it’s understandable if this one got lost in your memory or perhaps feels like a distant fever dream. As a quick refresher, Pizzagate was a viral…

Beneath the Earth's crust, where the mantle meets the outer core, there is a collection of unexplainable rock blobs that are hundreds of miles long. This isn't the exposition for a sci-fi flick about monsters living under the planet's surface, it's…

On May 30, days after the killing of George Floyd by a police officer in Minneapolis, protests broke out across the country, occasionally turning violent. In Philadelphia, a masked woman allegedly set two police cars on fire. Unable to identify her…

When much of the world went into lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic earlier this year, greenhouse gas emissions plummeted. Now as states and countries drop restrictions that kept their populations in isolation, the latest research shows…

Filming the police is an incredibly important right protected by the First Amendment. In our woefully imperfect system, it is an essential tool in keeping citizens safe and holding law enforcement accountable for their actions. Unfortunately, it’s…

One way for a corporation to deal with critical press is by addressing the issue head on, either by acknowledging its own failures and dealing with them or by refuting claims that it believes to be inaccurate. Another way is to stalk the publishers…

President Trump hates science. The people he appoints to head up agencies like the Environmental Protection Agency, Energy Department, National Parks Service, and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration hate science, too. While there are…

The concept of a universal basic income (UBI) has gained momentum in recent years, but there are still a lot of unknowns. Some fear that giving money to low-income households might produce worse outcomes for the planet, leading to more consumption…