Long before Cartoon Network unveiled its Adult Swim lineup of mature-themed cartoon programming in 2001, MTV gave audiences its own selection of adult cartoons in a showcase known as “Liquid Television.” Launched June 1, 1991, the series was a variety program of sorts that aired strange animations and bizarre segments. It’s where the show “Beavis…

Frame Stock Footage/Shutterstock If you’re a longtime Apple user, you know the mix of anticipation and dread that accompanies any interface update. Oftentimes, the frustration of waking up to find your iPhone updated to the latest operating system is enough to turn any tech-savvy customer into a begrudging Luddite. iOS 26, for instance, was particularly…

Vladimir Sukhachev/Shutterstock It’s always fun to buy some new accessories for your PC setup, though buying every single accessory that catches your eye will probably rack up a rather unpleasant bill. 3D printing can yield all sorts of useful tools and gadgets, though even some 3D prints can have hidden costs, whether it’s an internal Raspberry…

Bitsandsplits/Getty Images The United States has a road fatality problem. Heightened safety regulations, anti-impaired driving laws, and road design improvements have forced traffic-related deaths to decline, cutting deaths per capita in half since 1972. However, vehicular deaths have also increased by over 10% between 2019 and 2023. 12,000 of these deaths, almost 30%, were related…

Alcato/Shutterstock Scientists say they may be able to design DNA without copying it, opening the door for major advancements in biology and biotech. Specific enzymes can sometimes create DNA that strays from a given template — a process called untemplated DNA synthesis or doodling. Scientists have treated doodling as little more than a curiosity since…

Photology1971/Getty Images If your PC is chugging along and trying its best to load programs and play games, but it struggles to boot up, you don’t have to buy a new one. There are several upgrades you can make to an outdated computer that can improve its performance, making it like new once again. That’s…

Primakov/Shutterstock Whenever you visit a website for the first time, your browser downloads the data needed to display it. If the website has a lot of graphic elements, this can take a while, which is why websites load slower the first time you open them (especially if you have a slow Wi-Fi connection). Downloading the…

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Planning a road trip means you have to think from multiple angles, such as what you would you do in case the tire goes flat in the middle of the trip with no repair station to be found nearby. For such scenarios, you should have…

Bg048/bauer-griffin/Getty Images If there’s a particular genre of serialized television that seems to have remarkable pop-culture staying power, it’s sci-fi, from the many iterations of “Star Trek” to the cult-classic “Firefly.” Amongst these beloved shows, a name that frequently pops up from the mid-90s is “Sliders,” a sci-fi series that ran from 1995 to 2000,…