Shocking discovery of ancient teeth could rewrite human history
There’s still many questions to be answered regarding the origins of mankind, but researchers have a pretty good outline of how it all went down …
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Razer just made webcams and mics exciting again with two never-before-seen features
Not long ago, streaming video games live online was little more than a curious pastime. Today, it’s a booming industry where self-made internet celebrities draw …
Archaeologists find gates of Hell in Saudi Arabia
When researchers are searching for remnants of structures and settlements constructed by ancient peoples they typically focus on areas that are hospitable to human life. …
Uber constructed a life-sized fake city so its self-driving cars maybe won’t kill us all
It’s no secret that Uber’s ultimate end goal is to convert its fleet of human-driven on-demand chauffeurs to a fleet of AI-driven driverless taxis, but …
A house-sized asteroid is going to squeak by Earth today
Astronomers and skywatchers have done an amazing job at locating lots and lots of near-Earth objects that could pose a threat, but some of them …
Scientists shocked by 75 percent decline in flying insect numbers
Bees, moths, and other flying insects can be a bit of a nuisance when you’re trying to enjoy a nice sunny day outside, but they’re …
Scientists want astronauts to live in a lava tube on the Moon
A human settlement on the Moon — or at least some kind of lunar base that astronauts can hang out in — is a romantic …
WTF is floating around Saturn?
NASA Cassini spacecraft performed its final, fateful dive into Saturn several weeks ago, destroying itself in the planet’s atmosphere and ending an incredible mission that …
Lego’s newest set celebrates the women of NASA
Most of Lego’s most popular toy sets focus firmly on fantastical worlds that have nothing to do with reality — like Star Wars, Harry Potter, …
Google’s AlphaGo AI is now teaching itself how to be smarter than humans
AlphaGo, the board-game-playing AI built by Google’s DeepMind subsidiary, just got a huge update, making it smarter — and potentially creepier — than ever before. …
We’ll all get a great view of Uranus tonight, and we won’t even need a telescope
Uranus is a pretty awe-inspiring sight. It’s big, pale, and packed with gas, but we rarely get a chance to actually see it without the …
Google Maps goes interplanetary, adds Pluto, Venus, and a bunch of moons
When it comes to maps, Google has already conquered Earth. Whether you need a bird’s eye view of your neighborhood or a street-level glimpse at …
You can watch America’s giant fighting robot take on Japan tonight, and wonder where we all went wrong
It’s 2017, the world is in utter chaos, we don’t have flying cars or a cure for the common cold, but we do have giant …
Of course Alphabet is working on a drone-powered burrito delivery service
Everyone gets cravings for tasty, tasty Mexican food every once in a while (or every few days, if you’re me), but leaving your couch is …
Cops in Dubai are getting real, actual hoverbikes, and they look amazing
Back in the 1950s, everyone thought that by the year 2000 we’d be jetting around in flying cars. Nearly two decades late, we’re finally seeing …
Xiaomi Mi Note 3 review: What if the iPhone 8 ran Android?
Xiaomi has always had a somewhat unpredictable strategy when it comes to their mobile devices. Wild designs like the Mi Mix stand out the most, …
Here are all 17,000+ songs that Google’s Pixel 2 can instantly recognize
Google had a lot of nifty little software features to show off during its Pixel 2 event a couple of weeks back, and one of …
Terrible Adobe Flash, which is terrible, has terrible bug that allows installation of terrible malware
Adobe Flash sucks. It’s sucked for a long time, and it continues to suck today. In fact, it sucks even more right now because of …
Scientists witnessed the most spectacular event in the universe, and now we know where gold comes from
In a carefully orchestrated series of press conferences, papers, and journal studies that were sent out together today, scientists from around the globe are announcing …
NASA says the evidence for a ‘Planet Nine’ is mounting
We might not actually know how many planets are in our Solar System — and no, this isn’t a trick regarding Pluto’s status. For years, …
China’s space station is out of control and will smash into Earth within months
With regular launches from the likes of SpaceX, fantastic photos of far-away worlds sent straight to Earth by high-tech spacecraft, and the very real discussion …
Microwave-powered hard drive will boost capacity to 40TB, blow your SSD away
SSDs are all the rage these days thanks to their extremely fast speeds, smaller sizes, and lower potential for physical failure. They’re great, but there’s …
Asteroid that barely missed Earth this week could wreak havoc in the not-so-distant future
The asteroid that came “damn close” to slamming into the Earth this week could cause utter devastation several decades down the road, and scientists can’t …
This BMW e-bike is an absolute beast, but you’d never know it by looking
E-bikes are an extremely niche market right now, and nobody really knows whether or not they’re going to explode in popularity or just kind of …
Study shows robots are better at slicing humans open than humans are
Human surgeons are some of the most skilled, precise individuals on the planet, but no amount of training and experience can make them better at …
Genetically-modified apples that don’t go brown are headed to supermarkets next month
There are few things as satisfying as biting into a nice, crisp apple, but the beloved fruit has always had one big problem: it tends …
Samsung’s ‘Star Wars’ vacuums are proof that brands will never stop
Star Wars is one of — if not the — most popular multimedia franchises ever to exist. As such, everyone wants a piece of the …
Scientists develop shape-shifting ‘skin’ that would give robots the ultimate camouflage
Humans might think that we have a pretty good handle on camouflage, but in the grand scheme of things we’re really just amateurs. A sniper …
So many people throw pizza on the ‘Breaking Bad’ house they had to put up a fence
Walter White was a fictional character who never really existed, but the residence that served as his New Mexico home most definitely does exist, and …
Dude builds world’s first semi-automatic portable railgun, uses it to kill a laptop
A couple of years ago, a Imgur user by the name of NSA_Listbot showed off one of the most impressive DIY creations ever attempted: an …
