Japanese scientists think they know where the Ryugu asteroid came from
Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft has been hanging around the asteroid known as Ryugu for several months now. It first arrived in late 2018 and, in February, …
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Red Bull scared a bunch of people in Los Angeles with a fake meteor
A meteor streaking across the skies of Los Angeles is something we’ve all seen at least once in a big-budget Hollywood flick, but L.A. residents …
T-Mobile unveils home broadband service that could expand after Sprint merger
T-Mobile on Thursday unveiled a limited home internet service that it plans to pilot for 50,000 mobile customers at $50 a month, with the company …
Report claims Boeing has been forced to delay first Starliner launch by months
NASA needs a way to get astronauts to the International Space Station that doesn’t involve paying Russia heaps of money, so it struck deals with …
A Texas home was completely taken over by rattlesnakes, and the video is horrifying
It takes a special kind of person to make a career out of removing deadly creatures from people’s homes. That’s exactly what Nathan Hawkins, owner of …
NASA wants to help you develop cool new space tech
It’s been decades since NASA and its government contractors handled everything in-house, but the recent push by the agency to bring private companies into the …
Americans would be more comfortable in Africa than anywhere else on Earth
If you find yourself constantly tweaking your home’s thermostat in search of the perfect temperature, you might save some time by just moving to eastern …
World Health Organization joins fight against lax genetic editing standards
It’s now been several months since Chinese scientist He Jiankui revealed that he had successfully edited the genes of human embryos, which were then carried …
AT&T and Comcast are actually working together to stop robocalls
It’s been said that war makes strange bedfellows, and now we can say the same thing about the out-of-control problem of robocalls and spam calls …
NASA put the electronic brains of the Mars 2020 rover through a torture test
Building a robotic vehicle that will eventually travel to another planet is a complicated undertaking. With just one NASA rover, Curiosity, currently roaming around on …
Politician who supports anti-vaxer movement hospitalized due to chickenpox
As absurd as it seems, the anti-vaccination movement isn’t just peddled in sketchy online forums and creepy Facebook groups; some politicians have also joined the …
New leaks give us our best look at the camera phone set to dethrone the iPhone XS and Galaxy S10
The next iPhone XS and Galaxy S10 challenger will launch in less than a week in Paris, France, but we already know almost everything about …
Google slapped with massive $1.7 billion antitrust fine – its third in three years
Reports a few days ago said that Google would receive a new massive fine in Europe, and the EU on Wednesday delivered its latest ruling …
Scientists are trying to make the International Space Station’s bathroom a little less gross
The International Space Station is like no other place on Earth, and not just because it’s not actually on Earth at all. The orbiting laboratory …
Purdue University bans Wi-Fi access to streaming sites like Netflix following teacher complaints
Back in the day, before the advent of the modern-day smartphone, the only way to waste time in class was to trade notes with friends, …
NASA’s InSight lander still has a big problem, and nobody is quite sure how to fix it
One of NASA’s most exciting ongoing missions is that of the InSight lander that currently calls Mars home. The robotic lander has the potential to …
This is why Netflix canceled your favorite show
Netflix sparked a bit of an outcry last week when the streaming giant cancelled One Day at a Time, a Netflix original family comedy inspired …
iOS 12.2 beta suggests AirPower release may be right around the corner
It’s been an interesting and unusually busy week thus far for Apple. In the span of a few days, Apple unveiled a brand new iPad …
NASA captures devastating Nebraska floods from high above
Many of NASA’s satellites spend their entire lives pointed deep into the cosmos, but the space agency also had plenty of lenses pointed back down …
Scientists are using a video game to help stroke victims regain movement
Most people play video games for their entertainment value or simply to kill a bit of time, but games have also proven useful in a …
Save $60 on a brand new Apple Watch Series 3
Before you go and spend a small fortune on a shiny new Apple Watch Series 4, ask yourself if you really need a slightly larger …
Experiment proves that humans can actually sense Earth’s magnetic field
Everyone knows that when you hold a compass in your hand the needle will point north thanks to Earth’s magnetic field, but aside from simple …
March Madness 2019 deals: All the best bargains on food, 4K TVs, and more
March Madness 2019 is now officially underway, and that means two things. First, it means you get to sit there and watch helplessly as your …
Netflix CEO: ‘We’ve chosen not to integrate’ with Apple’s new TV service
As soon as the new streaming service Apple has in the works finally launches, it will offer users content from some third-party cable networks like …
Space makes your herpes flare up, apparently
Riding into space on the top of a rocket is something that very few people ever get the opportunity to do. It’s a dangerous journey, …
Scientists bring woolly mammoth cells back to life
The woolly mammoth is long gone, having been pushed to extinction thousands of years ago, but in recent years, there have been no shortage of …
Japan is going to blast a crater in an asteroid for science
Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft is doing some big things during its time at the asteroid known as Ryugu. JAXA, Japan’s space program, arrived at the space …
Here are the results from Apple’s largest-ever irregular heartbeat study
Imperfect but still promising. That’s been the takeaway so far from observers noting the results of Apple’s massive irregular heartbeat study, an analysis in which …
MySpace accidentally deleted every song, photo, and video uploaded before 2016
Before Facebook dominated the social networking landscape, there was MySpace. Remember Tom? Remember having a list of your top 8 friends? Remember obnoxious personal pages …
A huge fireball exploded in the Earth’s atmosphere and almost no one noticed
When a space rock comes speeding down towards Earth it usually makes headlines for obvious reasons. Even smaller objects that appear in our sky have …
