Monthly Archives: November 2022

Scientists make unprecedented detection on a planet 700 light-years away

The powerful Webb telescope doesn’t need to take pretty pictures to revolutionize our grasp of the cosmos. Astronomers focused the space observatory — which successfully reached its outpost one million miles from Earth this year — on the Saturn-like exoplanet (meaning planet beyond our solar system) WASP-39 b. It’s a hot, gas giant closely orbiting…

How to make the bountiful, cursed buffet from ‘Spirited Away’

If you love Studio Ghibli films, you know how important the food is. The beloved animation studio behind Princess Mononoke, Kiki’s Delivery Service, The Wind Rises, and so many more relishes in animating truly delicious-looking meals inspired by food made by director Hayao Miyazaki himself. From Mei and Satsuki’s bento boxes in My Neighbour Totoro…

These are the major retailers which will be charging customers to return items this holiday season

Dinendra Haria/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Most retailers let customers return items for free. But some charge for returns by mail. At most of the stores, the return fee is taken off their refund and customers can return items in-store for free. Urban Outfitters, TJ Maxx, Kohl’s, Levi’s, DSW, and Anthropologie charge for some mail…

I’m an Amazon warehouse worker. I love the Black Friday chaos, but I needed hand surgery after working the packer line, and the raffle-ticket ‘incentives’ are kind of a joke.

“There’s a lot of competition, and we all know who the high producers are. So when the game is on, it’s fun,” one Amazon warehouse worker says. ane Barlow/PA Images via Getty Images An older Amazon worker shared their experience preparing for Black Friday at the warehouse. They used to be a packer but switched…