Kosmos-482 Falls, Cuttlefish Wave, and the Wealthy Warm the Climate

Sinking Cities, Waving Cuttlefish and Falling Spacecraft A spacecraft is set to fall from the skies, 28 U.S. cities slowly sink, and a new study pinpoints how the overindulgence of the wealthy contributes to massive warming.  By Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi & Alex Sugiura Anaissa Ruiz Tejada/Scientific American Rachel Feltman: Happy Monday, listeners! For Scientific…

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Google’s ‘G’ logo just got prettier

Google’s logo just got a little bit blurrier. In a new logo quietly rolled out across iOS and Pixel, the search giant ditches its color-blocked “G” for gradients. Google’s new logo keeps the same letterform, as well as the bright red-yellow-green-blue color sequence, but now those colors blur into each other. The new “G” is…

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Go-to migraine drug actually does nothing to relieve vertigo symptoms

The drug rizatriptan is often recommended for different types of migraines Aleksandr Zubkov/Getty Images A medication commonly prescribed for migraines actually seems to do little to ease vestibular ones, which cause vertigo, along with more typical symptoms like headache and sensitivity to light. This is despite the drug, called rizatriptan, sometimes being recommended for these…

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