If you know about Nothing, you know that “making tech fun” is its self-appointed crusade. But what is fun, really, in the context of consumer electronics?

Maybe it’s something unexpected; say, a pair of transparent wireless earbuds that let you peer inside, or a charging case that looks like a tube of lipstick. Maybe it’s a phone that lights up like a Space Age Christmas tree when you get a text. To me, that is fun tech. And for Nothing, those feats are check, check, and check.

Beethoven is remembered as one of history’s greatest composers, but his life wasn’t always as upbeat and light as his music.

Throughout much of his adult life, Beethoven lived with a series of chronic and degenerative illnesses, the most well-known of which was his progressive hearing loss.

The exact diagnosis and cause of Beethoven’s illnesses have long interested historians. Now, using locks of the composer's hair and genomic analysis, an international team of researchers has new insight into Beethoven's health and ancestry. The findings were published Wednesday in the journal Current Biology.

Eric Heisserer knows that YA gets a bad rap.

“People will have just a misunderstanding of that genre by its label,” Heisserer tells Inverse. “I think they misattribute that it is meant for a certain audience, or a certain age group — when it's not.”

Season 2 of Shadow and Bone (out on Netflix now), doubles down on what made Season 1 so great — delivering more romance, yes, but also exploring those systemic and sociopolitical conflicts that Heisserer finds so rewarding about YA. The result is a more sprawling and ambitious season that juggles several more storylines, several new fan-favorite characters, and many more romantic tropes.