Cicadas right now: “My biological clock is ticking!”

Plus, Mordor awaits. ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   [// Meet the language app trusted by NASA astronauts »]( [Advertise]( | [Talk to Us](mailto:letschat@getthefuturist.com) | [Shop]( | [Unsubscribe]( [The Futurist is your daily tech, cosmic, and science (both weird or otherwise) newsletter with articles and content curated just for you. Love The Futurist? Forward to a friend and have them sign up here!]( [/science] [For cicadas, it's safety in numbers. Is climate change throwing off their timing? | NBC News]( [For cicadas, it's safety in numbers. Is climate change throwing off their timing?]( “This summer, the number of periodical cicadas is expected to be extra large, as two broods emerge at the same time. The last time these two emerged together was in 1803. … What’s more, scientists say they’ve noticed some changes in the insects’ rhythms, which has led to hypotheses that rising temperatures may be rewiring the internal clocks of some periodical cicadas. … Chris Simon (professor of ecology at University of Connecticut) has a theory about how climate change may be playing a role: She thinks rising temperatures are lengthening the growing seasons of the plants that cicadas feed on, supercharging the insects’ development underground. That, in turn, may cause many more ‘stragglers’ to emerge early. Eventually, she said, the entire population will adapt and shift timing” [// NBC News »]( [/digital] [Microsoft VisualStudio - You’re not perfect, but your coding could be [Partner]]( [You’re not perfect, but your coding could be]( You may think you are, but you’re far from perfect. It’s okay. We all make mistakes. 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Called Top Escape Rooms Project Enthusiasts’ Choice Awards (TERPECA), the competition gives annual awards for the best escape rooms in the world. … Lately, TERPECA-winning rooms have had a certain style, one that’s dark, gritty, and grim, say David and Lisa Spira, the couple behind the website Room Escape Artist. … ‘It’s somewhere between art and mad science,’ David says.” [// Atlas Obscura »]( [/gear] [Epilog - This retrofit could make a Corolla cooler than a Tesla | [Partner]]( [This retrofit could make a Corolla cooler than a Tesla]( Self-driving cars aren’t exactly news anymore (we’re looking at you, Tesla), but they’re also not exactly realistic (again, cough, Tesla). Ditching your current ride for a smart EV isn’t just impractical; it’s way, way too expensive. Epilog is making automated cars a reality for everyone with its patented computer vision tech that brings self-driving capabilities to ordinary cars. 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Jackson remastered his LOTR trilogy in 4K in 2020 and fans have been able to buy those movies and watch them at home, but soon they'll be in theaters again.” [// GameSpot »]( [/bites] [// The weather's too warm right now to be stuck inside applying for jobs. Isn’t that what the robots are for, anyway? LazyApply certainly thinks so »]( [// RIP your old Nintendo 64 and GameCube. There’s a new retro gamer in town and it’s got all your favorite arcade and video game classics pre-loaded for just $70 »]( [// Your PC’s current PDF reader ain’t got nothing on this one. Merging, annotating, password-protecting, editing — all that good stuff that default readers don’t have »]( [/earth] [@hotelsandhandluggage on Instagram]( [@hotelsandhandluggage]( Interested in having one of your social posts featured in The Futurist? 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