VIDEO: An Easy Way To Understand Variants — Using Puzzle Pieces
Video by Xueying Chang, Kaz Fantone and Ben de la Cruz/NPR YouTube When will the pandemic end? How many more COVID-19 waves will the U.S. goes through? Will we go back to "normal" in the fall? All these questions depend largely a one key factor: how the variants behave. As the virus spreads around the…
Undercover Video Of Clandestine Luxury Dinner In Paris Prompts Police Inquiry
This clandestine recording of a private luxury pop-up restaurant flouting COVID-19 restrictions in Paris has caused widespread outrage. M6info/Sceenshot by NPR hide caption toggle caption M6info/Sceenshot by NPR This clandestine recording of a private luxury pop-up restaurant flouting COVID-19 restrictions in Paris has caused widespread outrage. M6info/Sceenshot by NPR A secret recording of an opulent…
Open source video player VLC will get a new UI this...
Enlarge / An orange traffic cone has long been the logo and symbol for VLC media player. News website Protocol ran an extensive piece on the history and status of the popular open source video player VLC, and the story includes new details about the next major version of the software. Among other things, VLC…
Biomarkers are how cancers give up their secrets
Animated by Hannah Folz. Click here for transcript. We’re kicking off a new video series focusing on science, and we’re starting with the science of cancer treatment. There are a lot more options for cancer treatment than there used to be, but new treatments are often more effective because they only work in specific situations.…
An extended Blade Runner interview with Westwood co-founder Louis Castle
Edited by Jeremy Smolik. Click here for transcript. As 2020 draws to a close, we've still got a couple of extended-edition "War Stories" videos to release, and this one's been a while coming. We had a great time last year talking to Westwood's Louis Castle—so much so that we actually got two videos out of…
VIDEO: How To Protect Yourself From Coronavirus That Can Linger In...
We all know that if someone with the coronavirus coughs or sneezes on you, you're at risk of catching it. But even when we speak or laugh or breathe, particles come out of our noses and mouths. Big bits of spittle can fly out when you're shouting and singing, along with respiratory droplets and tiny…
War Stories: How Diablo was almost a turn-based strategy game
Produced by Justin Wolfson, edited by Jeremy Smolik. Click here for transcript. The year 1997 means a lot of things to me—it's not only the year I met my wife, but it's also the year wherein I sacrificed hundreds of evenings and nights to Diablo, the newly released grandpappy of loot lottery games. No game…
This ‘Stay Calm’ Video Series Is Great for Expectant Moms
Photo: AePatt Journey (Shutterstock)Pregnancy can be a time of joy and fear, excitement and stress—sometimes all at once. There are more resources online for pregnant women than ever before, but sometimes it’s nice to actually see and hear someone else’s experiences, especially during a time when we’re all so physically isolated. That’s why Very Well…
NASA video reveals haunting beauty of sunsets on other planets
This composite image shows a sunset view from the International Space Station in April 2016. NASA astronaut Jeff Williams snapped the series of photos that went into making this look at the sun reflecting on the ocean with an accompaniment of clouds. NASA We're all familiar with the glorious glow of sunset on Earth, but…
Boomshakalaka: How the original NBA Jam caught fire through chaos
Directed by Justin Wolfson, edited by Aulistar Mark and Jeremy Smolik. Click here for transcript. How did NBA Jam overcome a rocky launch and become one of the arcade era's all-time biggest hits? How did its developers move past a serious "digitization" screw-up? And where's the legendary original version featuring Michael Jordan and Ken Griffey,…
