A 1,600-foot-wide asteroid is about to buzz past Earth
NASA is keeping its eyes on yet another close approach asteroid set to buzz by Earth on Friday. Asteroid 2015 DR215 is approximately the size …
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Swarms of genetically modified mosquitos are about to be released in the US
Scientists have been playing god with mosquitos for a couple of years now. In 2020, British company Oxitec received approval to start releasing up to …
Video showing spiders hunting in packs is pure nightmare fuel
Scientists have discovered a terrifying species of spiders that hunt in packs. Most adult spiders prefer to live their lives alone, like the Joro spiders …
Scientists named this terrifying vampire-like cephalopod after Biden
Researchers have identified the earliest known relative of modern-day vampyropods. The family of creatures includes both octopuses and squid. The scientists published a study in …
Scientists might have finally figured out how memories work
Researchers might have figured out how the brain makes memories. A group of researchers with the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) published a new …
New discovery says the closest black hole to Earth isn’t a black hole at all
The Earth’s closest black hole isn’t a black hole at all. Instead, astronomers say it’s just a two-star system where one star is sucking the …
Google Pixel 6a benchmark leak confirms rumored specs
We’ve been getting teases about the Google Pixel 6a for a while now. First, there were renders of the Pixel 6a’s design, which leaked last …
This video of a furry green snake looks like a bizarre alien
Locals captured a mysterious furry green snake in the Sakhon Nakhon province in early March. Reports say that the snake is unlike anything the locals …
Experts say dogs may experience time differently than we do
It’s clear that dogs have some sense of time. After all, they remember when it’s time to be fed and what time their owners usually …
2 beers a day does as much damage to your brain as 10 years of aging
A new study is once more positing that drinking alcohol causes brain damage. In fact, the study says that drinking just two beers a day …
4 ways to improve your phone’s battery life
Whether you spend all your time at home, or two hours commuting to work, keeping your phone’s battery alive for a full day can be …
This 50,000-year-old DNA changes what we know about ancient human history
A new paper on ancient DNA (aDNA) posits that every person on the planet is descended from hunter-gatherers in Africa. The study was published last …
Google just made this amazing feature even better on Pixel phones
Google is looking to make Live Caption on calls even better. The company has added new features to its Google Pixel lineup in its March …
This YouTuber just made a mini Mac mini, and you need to see it
Think the Mac mini is small enough? What if I told you a YouTuber had made an even smaller Mac mini? Meet the “mini Mac …
NASA wants to fly your name to the Moon
Fly my name to the Moon. Or, at the least, fly it around it. Space travel for humans is still quite a way off. However, …
Images of this ‘zombie’ shark will haunt your nightmares forever
A YouTuber has shared new footage of a mummified “zombie” shark found in an abandoned aquarium. The shark itself isn’t actually a zombie, of course. …
Apple could be working on a Mac mini and Mac Pro hybrid called the Mac Studio
We already knew Apple has big plans for the Mac in 2022. But a new report from 9to5Mac has shared some interesting details about the …
Sony was caught shipping mysterious PlayStation prototype consoles overseas
Sony has found itself in the spotlight once again, but this time for something you might not expect. While PlayStation has released multiple games over …
Nuke-proof ‘doomsday plane’ spotted flying over Nebraska
Reports have surfaced that the U.S. Air Force’s “doomsday plane” was spotted running a brief training mission at the end of February. The mission ran …
These massive horrifying spiders are spreading across Southeast US
The Joro spider is spreading across the southeastern United States and it isn’t likely to stop anytime soon. According to the University of Georgia (UGA), …
Revolutionary new weight loss shot helped people lose 15% of their body mass
A new weight loss shot has just been recommended to the United Kingdom by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). NICE recommended …
A mysterious new substance may have been found in the Earth’s core
There’s a lot that we don’t know about the Earth, like how was life on Earth created? But we also don’t know a lot about …
This new security feature in Windows 11 will help block malicious apps
The internet can be a dangerous place. And, as we download new apps, we’re putting more and more trust into the developers behind them. Unfortunately, …
3 tons of space junk is about to hit the Moon and nobody wants to take the blame
A batch of space junk is about to hit the Moon. The real kicker here, though, is that nobody wants to take the blame for …
This controversial paper says T. Rex is really three different species
If you ask anyone what the most-known dinosaur is, you’re bound to get the answer “the Tyrannosaurus rex.” This dinosaur has carried an entire movie …
Best fitness trackers in 2022
Wearables have become a big part of smart tech in the past few years, and while there are tons of smartwatches out there with fitness …
NASA wants to make futuristic tech so we can breathe on Mars
NASA just greenlit the study of several futuristic tech concepts, including one that could let you breathe on Mars. The projects are part of the …
Playing Destiny 2 on the Steam Deck could get you banned
Bungie has issued a stern warning to Destiny 2 players planning to jump in on the Steam Deck. Bungie shared the warning on its official …
Russian sanctions could put the future of the ISS at risk
The future of the ISS is starting to look a little bleak. Previously, NASA shared that it had extended plans to operate the International Space …
New breakthrough tech will charge your phone in just 15 minutes
Oppo continues to push the threshold on smartphone charging. At Mobile World Congress 2022, the company unveiled its new 150W SuperVOOC fast charging tech. The …
