To date, Earth has been the only planet in the Solar System known to demonstrate tectonic activity. Other planets are geologically active, but not much more than that. However, it now looks like our homeworld isn't alone. Smithsonian res…
Lees meerGo almost anywhere these days and they’re out there, lurking. At our festivals . By our pools . Even in our prisons . Drones have now infiltrated just about every area of human society, as a member of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony learned recently when a …
Lees meerMicrosoft might lose a whole city of customers in Russia. According to Bloomberg, Moscow will begin replacing Redmond's products with homegrown software as a result of Vladimir Putin's urging to stop depending on foreign tech. Artem Yermola…
Lees meerIt's been 53 years since the first measles vaccine was released in 1963, though most people alive today have gotten it bundled into the combined MMR prevention shot that first appeared in 1971. After a half-century of immunization, the Worl…
Lees meerApple has been big on strong encryption lately, but it's not immune to making missteps. Security researchers at Elcomsoft have discovered that iOS 10's local encrypted backups (that is, the ones you create in iTunes) use an older password …
Lees meerElon Musk finally revealed his plans for a mission to Mars today. But a new set of images from SpaceX show the Interplanetary Transport System going even further in the solar system than the Red Planet. Read more...
Lees meerToday, noted space cadet (in every sense of the phrase) Elon Musk revealed his plan to colonize Mars. He also basically told us to prepare to die for him. Cool idea, Elon! Read more...
Lees meerDespite the fact that September is typically the lowest month for atmospheric carbon dioxide, the CO2 levels in Earth's atmosphere crossed the symbolic 400 parts per million threshold this month. According to climate scientists, it is extre…
Lees meerThe most immersive virtual reality experience is still going to feel fake with your body plopped motionless in a chair. Adding motion into the mix, through the use of a simulator, greatly increases the realism of the experience—particularly if it ca…
Lees meerDARPA, the agency that helped invent things like email in the early 1970s and the internet itself in the late 1960s , just launched a podcast. Podcasts have been around since the 2000s, but better late than never, I guess.Read more...
Lees meerThe Federal Bureau of Investigation thinks Russian hackers may have targeted the mobile phones of democratic party officials, according to Reuters. The US government also blamed Russia for the hack on the Democratic National Committee, which exposed…
Lees meerIt won't shock you to hear that the first US presidential debate shattered TV viewing records -- Nielsen says the broadcast was the most-watched debate ever with an average of 84 million viewers. However, it also pushed boundaries of the in…
Lees meerPrior to a few days ago, anyone wanting to run Android apps on their Chromebook had to be an early adopter. Google finally released a stable build of Chrome OS that included a Play store in beta that would allow users to run mobile apps...b…
Lees meerIf you’re still smarting over the loss of Agent Carter, then news of how it was close to making a return isn’t likely to help you cheer up. But according to Hayley Atwell, for a good period of time, ABC was optimistic about the show existing alongsi…
Lees meerAmazon now produces its own line of iPhone cases for the iPhone 7, 7 Plus, and 5/5s/SE, and if you buy any one of them today, you’ll get a $5 Kindle eBook credit emailed to you automatically once it ships.Read more...
Lees meerLast Friday, for the first time in my adult life, I bought a new phone before the current phone had a chance to drown in a toilet or was mysteriously smashed to shit somewhere deep in blackout. I was punished for this pretense of competence.Read mor…
Lees meerSpaceX plans to build a “self-sustaining city” on Mars, company founder Elon Musk announced today. Here’s what we know about how they plan to do it.Read more...
Lees meerMany of Trump’s supporters live in a colorful and exciting universe not burdened by the confines of reality. Among their favorite hobbies is inventing conspiracies about their chosen candidate’s opponent, Hillary Clinton, and until last night we had…
Lees meerFox Sports Go is basically on every major streaming platform already, including Apple TV, Chromecast, Roku and Fire TV. And now you can add a gaming console to that list, with the app now available on the Xbox One. To give you a refresher, …
Lees meerDirected by speculative architect Liam Young, In the Robot Skies claims to be the first narrative fiction film shot entirely by autonomous, pre-programmed drones. But the lack of human camera operators is more than just a headline grabbing …
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