Smuggler caught attempting to transport over 750 tarantulas to the Philippines
Smuggling contraband into a country is a dirty business, especially when the goods being illegally transported are things like drugs or weapons. A man in …
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Boeing’s Starliner is officially delayed, again
It hasn’t been a great year thus far for Boeing. The company has been dealing with a whole bunch of its commercial planes being grounded …
New test shows AT&T has the fastest wireless network in the US
With the just-released results of its latest speed test measuring the fastest wireless network in America, Ookla has shaken up the familiar pattern we tend …
In case you forgot, Netflix is raising its prices next month for many users
Netflix customers in the US have been getting emails reminding them of some important news happening next month for many of them. No, it’s not …
Luckiest traveler in the history of mankind gets an entire 737 to himself
Flying might be the fastest way to travel over a long distance but you don’t have to look very hard to find plenty of reasons …
Elon Musk boasts about a ‘major improvement’ in Crew Dragon’s reusability
SpaceX has made a name for itself in the spaceflight industry by rapidly developing its own rocket technology and providing reliable ways for its clients …
Reuters: Apple Watch Series 5 will get new OLED screens from a different source
The Apple Watch is the best-selling wearable out there, with the Series 4 models delivering more advanced health features than any of its predecessors. Apple …
Here are NASA’s favorite 3D-printed Mars habitat designs
When mankind eventually makes it to Mars, it’s going to be a momentous achievement, but the travelers who first set foot on the Red Planet …
NASA is going to need more money to make Trump’s Moon dreams a reality
Last week, Donald Trump sent Mike Pence to relay a message to NASA demanding that the agency speed up its timeline for landing crewed missions …
Apple News+ is off to a strong start, based on sign-ups from the first 48 hours
There are certainly some big omissions from Apple’s new premium news bundle, Apple News+, given that media companies like The New York Times and The …
Verizon just announced the first smartphone plan designed for kids
Kids are sometimes as young as 10 when parents allow them to have their first smartphone, according to studies from recent years, which might sound …
How the International Space Station is helping find the cure to Parkinson’s disease
Health researchers around the world have been studying Parkinson’s disease for decades. It affects millions of people and, while doctors and scientists know a good …
We’re probably about to see the first-ever photograph of a black hole
Black holes are so strange that they’re kind of hard to wrap your brain around. They’re super-dense objects with gravitational pull so strong that nothing …
India shot a missile at a satellite and now the debris might hit the International Space Station
You can’t exactly see it from down here on Earth, but there’s a whole lot of junk floating around in the space around our planet. …
NASA discovers Saturn’s moons are caked in ring dust
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has long since bitten the proverbial dust, but data it sent back years ago is now revealing how actual dust affects some …
Student astronomer spots two new planets with the help of AI
Discovering planets that nobody has ever seen before is even harder than it sounds. Space telescopes from NASA and other scientific bodies have gathered an …
Facebook will finally start explaining its choices for your News Feed
One of the least understood and arguably most disliked features of the Facebook user experience is the social network’s all-important, algorithmically-sorted News Feed. For the …
Liquid crystal technology could prevent idiots from distracting pilots with laser pointers
On the long list of things you should never, ever do, shining a laser pointer at an airplane is definitely very close to the top. …
Apple is doing something in China it almost never does: Cutting iPhone prices
Apple is taking something of an unusual step to stem the tide of losses in China that the iPhone maker said at the end of …
This massive antenna is going to help NASA learn a lot about Europa
NASA has spent decades studying many of the planets in our solar system up close. Probes like Juno and Cassini have taught us a lot …
Apple’s upcoming credit card is a lot cooler than you might think
Apple’s special media event last week was unique for a variety of reasons. Though Apple didn’t introduce anything groundbreaking or revolutionary, the event saw Apple …
This new Russian drone is literally a 12-gauge shotgun with wings
Military drones have existed for some time now, and while most of the time we imagine drones in wartime as surveillance tools or, in some …
Watch a meteor light up the night sky over Florida
If you happened to be in certain part of Florida or Georgia on Saturday — and also happened to be outside after dark and looking …
A professor and his students turned an observatory into a giant R2-D2, and it’s amazing
People who study science day in and day out usually have some fondness for science fiction, and Professor Hubert Zitt is no exception. Zitt, who …
Samsung’s new flower vase bursts into a blob of flame-retardant goo when you throw it into a fire
Even though it’s mandatory that you keep a fire extinguisher at home if you live in South Korea, around 40% of homes reportedly don’t own …
Scientists created an AI that can predict when a person will die
Fears of an AI-controlled robot takeover aside, artificial intelligence has provided mankind with an incredible opportunity to leverage incredible computational power for use in a …
New 737 MAX crash details reveal what may have been to blame
The recent tragic crash of a second 737 MAX aircraft prompted airlines around the globe to halt any and all passenger flights using Boeing’s popular …
SpaceX is inching closer to launching its Starhopper for the first time
After making big waves earlier this month with the successful launch, docking, and return flight of its Crew Dragon spacecraft, SpaceX has been relatively quiet …
The decades-old mystery of Garfield phones on French beaches has finally been solved
It’s been over three decades since beachgoers in France began finding bright orange Garfield-themed phones on their shores. The phones, often disintegrating and obviously no …
The Apple Watch alerted my father to a serious heart condition in the middle of the night
After Apple’s event this past Monday, I wrote up some high-level thoughts on the company’s announcements, and I focused on why I have so much …
