A big fake Moon is slowly making its way around the Earth
You probably don’t spare much thought for the Moon. I mean it’s there in the night sky, being all bright and cool and whatnot, but …
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Japan just announced when it will attempt to land on an asteroid
It’s been about two months since Japan’s space program, JAXA, arrived at the asteroid known as Ryugu. The mission began way back in 2014, and …
NASA crosses its fingers as skies over its sleeping Opportunity rover continue to clear up
The saga of the Mars dust storm that may have killed NASA’s Opportunity rover may still come with a twist ending. The rover, which has …
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station had to plug this hole with their thumb
Yesterday, Russian space organization Roscosmos and the European Space Agency broke the news that the International Space Station had sprung a leak. That’s a pretty …
‘Avengers 4’ spoilers: New movie will be just as shocking as ‘Infinity War’
I fully expected to see Thanos kill some of the Marvel superheroes in Infinity War. I also believed that at least Captain America would be …
Best Buy’s Labor Day sale has big discounts on Apple Watch, TVs, laptops, and much more
Labor Day weekend is upon us, which means two things: one last long weekend before the school year kicks back into high gear, and a …
Leaked Apple Watch Series 4 photo reveals a cool feature no other smartwatch has
Apple will unveil a bunch of new products on September 12th, including the highly anticipated iPhone XS and 6.1-inch LCD iPhone, but also the Apple …
Legendary investor Warren Buffett warns Apple that buying Tesla would be a bad idea
Amid the Apple-heavy crush of news today, what with the leaks and headlines about what the newest iPhones and Apple Watch models will look like, …
Freezing temperatures likely contributed to the extinction of Neanderthals
The amount of information we have about the human family tree is steadily growing, but there are still plenty of unanswered questions. One of the …
This 61-year-old man survived a great white shark attack by beating it up
An idyllic dip in the ocean off the coast of Massachusetts turned into an actual nightmare for 61-year-old William Lytton earlier this month. Without warning, …
Scientists think black holes could bring dead stars back to life as ‘zombies’
What happens when a star dies? When most stars exhaust their bountiful supply of energy they enter a state where they become white dwarfs. These …
Apple Watch Series 4 leaks online weeks ahead of Apple’s fall event
Just moments after giving us a first look at the iPhone XS, 9to5Mac on Thursday shared the first images and details of the Apple Watch …
A Harvard scientist built an AI that can predict earthquake aftershocks, with help from Google
Earthquakes are notoriously hard to predict. When they happen in a major city or populated area they can be utterly devastating, and warning people ahead …
The International Space Station has sprung a leak after being hit by a meteorite
When an alarm sounds in your office building you’ll probably just end up standing around in the parking lot for a few minutes while someone …
Apple to hold fall 2018 iPhone reveal event on September 12th
Apple’s next big fall hardware reveal will take place on September 12th, according to a source with knowledge of the company’s plans. We have also …
Latest acquisition suggests Apple’s next big thing could be AR-powered smart glasses
Taking a look at Apple’s recent earnings reports, one can’t help but notice that Apple’s R&D spending over the past few years has grown at …
Jaguar Land Rover wants to stick googly eyes on self-driving cars so you’ll trust them
It might not have seemed possible after their incredibly slow start, but self-driving cars are looking more and more like the future of personal transportation. …
A massive ancient volcano wiped out roughly 90 percent of all life on Earth just 250 million years ago
It might be hard to imagine today, but life on Earth hasn’t always had an go of things. The volcano that is thought to have …
Netflix didn’t stop movie theaters from having their best summer since 1998
Reports of the death of the movie theater have been highly exaggerated. On Wednesday, research firm comScore estimated that North American ticket sales for the …
Not every crowdfunding campaign is a scam, but the FTC sure thinks this one is
There are almost 3,800 comments at the time of this writing on the Indiegogo campaign page for the iBackPack. That’s the page in support of …
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft just spotted its next target, more than 100 million miles away
NASA’s New Horizons mission is a pretty interesting one. Rather than heading to one specific location, as many other spacecraft do, the New Horizons craft …
It looks like that ‘pedo’ tweet from Elon may have just set a lawsuit in motion
Yesterday, Elon Musk got into a little Twitter back-and-forth with Drew Olanoff (@yoda) over why the cave explorer Elon had previously bashed with a particularly …
Scientists are hunting for a meteorite that just struck in Australia
A meteor streaked through the skies above a heavily populated area of Australia last night, prompting countless residents to gaze skyward and sparking a scientific …
There’s no way I’m upgrading my iPhone X to a 2018 iPhone
With August almost over, it’s only a matter of days until Apple sends out those press invitations that will confirm what we’ve been suspecting for …
Scientists finally observed ‘God Particle’ behavior that supports our understanding of physics
It’s been over half a decade since scientists working with the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) managed to capture what they believed was the elusive “God …
Opposition grows to the T-Mobile Sprint merger
Since T-Mobile and Sprint finally stopped flirting and made their union official in April, the two companies have encountered less opposition than you’d expect. Verizon and …
China has samples of a deadly new flu virus and it won’t share them with anyone
Diseases can spread incredibly rapidly throughout a population, and as past outbreaks of infections diseases have demonstrated it’s incredibly important that scientists have time to …
Despite a mass shooting and a judge’s order, this guy is now selling 3D-printed gun plans online
This chronology of events certainly captures modern America pretty well: On Sunday, a mass shooting and tragic loss of life. The next day, a judge’s …
Samsung has unveiled a new monitor with a gorgeous ultra-wide curved display
It was unveiled this year at CES, and now here it is: Samsung’s new ultra-wide, 34-inch curved monitor that sports Intel’s Thunderbolt 3 connectivity that …
Lonely dolphin has humped so many tourists that a French town had to ban swimming with him
A tiny seaside town in northwestern France has been forced to warn locals and tourists against swimming in the ocean. What could possibly warrant such …
