Scientist finds dinosaur tracks in NASA’s actual backyard
When you think about the best places to find evidence of dinosaurs, the grounds surrounding a NASA facility probably aren’t the first thing that comes …
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Stop us if you’ve heard this before: Bitcoin is tanking right now
Welcome to the second major Bitcoin bloodbath of 2018. The price of Bitcoin dropped below the $10,000 mark yet again on Thursday, making this the …
Mark Zuckerberg brags that people now spend less time on Facebook than before
It’s unusual for the CEO of a social network or an ad-based business to brag users are spending less time on the product the company …
Drones can fix our forest problem by planting 100,000 trees a day
We’re so good and so busy at cutting down trees that we can’t possibly make up for the forests we lose each year by replanting …
What’s happening to Google Fiber?
At one point, Google Fiber was going to be our savior from Big Cable. Roll the clock back three years, and it seemed that it …
Orange crocodiles that swim in bat poop are turning into a new species
A very special kind of crocodile calls the Abanda caves in Gabon, Africa, home. The creatures are African dwarf crocodiles, but they might not be …
CEO of alleged $600 million crypto fraud: ‘I can sleep at night knowing that I did my best’
Crypto-currencies are, to put it mildly, exploding right now. The rise of Bitcoin is thoroughly documented, but a hundred thousands other companies are piling it …
The sad state of Android: Google removed over 700,000 bad apps last year
Google just released a security update on its Android blog in which it reveals how it fought bad apps this year, revealing it combined new …
2018 could finally be the year Sprint’s network becomes good
Sprint has comfortably occupied the plucky underdog role among wireless carriers for the last five years. Its low prices and cheeky ads are out of …
Nintendo Switch lifetime sales have already topped those of the Wii U
In just ten months, the Nintendo Switch has surpassed its predecessor’s lifetime sales. More Switch consoles have been sold than the Wii U managed to …
Google can now predict if your flight is going to be delayed
Earlier this month, I had a flight from New York City to Atlanta. I arrived at the airport about an hour and a half before …
Meet the Swiss startup with a VR glove that wowed CES
Following a warm reception at CES this year, a Swiss-based startup called Sensoryx in a few weeks is planning to launch an Indiegogo campaign to …
Lost NASA satellite wakes up after being declared ‘dead’ 13 years ago
NASA has had a pretty great string of luck when it comes to spacecraft reliability as of late. The Cassini probe around Saturn proved to …
Researchers discover how roosters prevent themselves from going deaf from their own crowing
If you’ve ever lived on or near a farm that raises chickens you probably already know just how incredibly loud roosters are. The old depictions …
Check out these gorgeous photos of this morning’s Super Blue Blood Moon
This biggest skywatching event of 2018 (so far) has wrapped up and the rare Super Blue Blood Moon is now in the history books. The …
$1,000 iPhone X was called crazy – now people are worried iPhone prices won’t keep rising
Talk about “damned if you do, damned if you don’t.” Apple unveiled the tenth-anniversary iPhone X last September, and people lost their minds when the …
Bitcoin slides below $10,000 just as Korea and Facebook announce new crypto cash policies
Those brave crypto traders who remember with angst the great Bitcoin crash from mid-January 2018 will now have to deal with a dreaded sequel. Bitcoin …
An infected lab monkey escaped its cage at the University of Pittsburgh and is now at the center of a heated legal drama
An infected monkey escaping its cage sounds like the beginning of a very bad horror movie, but that low-effort plot point became reality at the …
Child health groups urge Facebook to kill the Messenger Kids app
Not too long ago, Facebook launched a standalone Messenger app for children that would allow kids to chat with friends and family under tight supervision …
How to watch as SpaceX launches another used rocket into space
By this point, rocket launches to send a satellite into orbit are absolutely nothing special. But it’s easy to forget that several times a month, …
Apple ‘vindicated’ as iPhone X is a top-three best-seller globally
The week started off on a note of doom and gloom for Apple. A report from Nikkei Asian Review yesterday suggested that Apple had cut its iPhone …
US government investigating Apple over iPhone slowdowns, report says
The US Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission have opened an investigation into whether Apple violated securities disclosure laws by releasing software …
Take a photo tour of the new indoor tropical forest in Amazon’s $4 billion urban campus
Amazon’s upcoming new second corporate headquarters might be the biggest story surrounding Amazon’s expansion plans right now, but HQ2 isn’t the only exciting new building …
Scientists invent way to turn astronaut poop into food for long-haul space missions
Humanity has big dreams when it comes to space travel, but our technology isn’t quite there yet. Spacecraft that can take astronauts to Mars and …
How to check out the Super Blue Blood Moon tonight
Unless you’ve been living under a rock since the beginning of January you probably already know that an incredibly rare lunar event is happening this …
Health officials worry that the Super Bowl may become one giant flu festival
In case you’ve missed the countless headlines, news reports, and official warnings from medical professionals across the country, let’s just get this out of the …
Streaming services will have to pay more for music, government decides
Streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music might be about to get more expensive, thanks to a decision from the Copyright Royalty Board. The CRB, …
Only in California: Donkey leads herd of escaped sheep and goats through local neighborhood
In a story that proves the old adage that truth is stranger than fiction, police in California last Thursday found themselves in hot pursuit of …
Facebook is trading fake news for local news
Facebook will start start pushing more news stories from local sources into your news feed, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a post on his favorite …
Why this week’s ‘Super Blue Blood Moon’ is so incredibly rare
You’d have to have been living under a rock to miss the incredible string of skywatching events that bestowed upon humanity. There were perfectly-timed supermoons, …
