If you’re looking to get in the Halloween spirit, look no further than Shirley Jackson’s classic horror novel, The Haunting of Hill House.

The book follows a group of people — the scientifically-minded Dr. Montague, the paranormally-vulnerable Eleanor Vance, seemingly telepathic Theodora, and future heir to the house Luke — who spend a few weeks living in Hill House, tasked with investigating its mysteries. But as the group explores, they soon learn that Hill House has a demand of its own: “Help Eleanor come home.”

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Nations around the world still aren’t doing nearly enough to limit greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming, a new report warns.

While progress is being made, a new United Nations report says that collectively countries aren’t on track to contain global warming to the level set by leaders in the Paris Climate Agreement. We are currently on course to see between 3 and 3.2 degrees Celsius, or about 5.8 degrees Fahrenheit, of warming by the year 2100. 

To put this another way, countries have only committed to about one-third of the emissions reductions needed to meet the Paris Agreement’s temperature target, the report found.  Read more…

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Source: Mashable | Earth to overshoot global warming targets, U.N. warns in blunt report

Cybersecurity expert Ondrej Krehel explains that your internet browser’s incognito mode doesn’t really keep you safe, but it does have advantages.

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Source: Mashable | Here's how incognito mode can save you lots of money