Trump’s immediate plan for NASA doesn’t totally suck
President Donald Trump’s gutting of many government entities has created some serious outrage from both sides of the isle, but one scientific agency Trump isn’t really messing …
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Uh oh, the Curiosity rover’s wheels are starting to fall apart
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has been cruising along the martian surface for some time now. It doesn’t move particularly fast, and in the years that it’s …
This ridiculously powerful telescope will let us peer into the ancient history of the universe
Learning the secrets of the universe demands that humanity study its most ancient star-building regions, and the HERA radio telescope allows scientists to do just that. …
Alexa adds Prime Now delivery option for peak laziness
The future is already here, folks: we finally get to talk to machines and tell them what to do, and that includes buying stuff online …
Twitter has axed over 630,000 accounts for being too extreme
Twitter is doing its best to attract as many users as it possibly can, but not everyone who signs up for an account is welcome …
All personal electronics bigger than a cellphone prohibited from certain US-bound flights
Passengers on US-bound flights from 10 Middle-Eastern airports will not be allowed any electronics bigger than a cellphone on the plane, according to an emergency …
Stephen Hawking is going into space thanks to Richard Branson
Stephen Hawking has been studying, theorizing, pondering, and writing about the universe and everything that makes it tick for decades upon decades, and now he’ll …
Will AMC troll us again with a ‘Walking Dead’ season finale?
About this time last year, AMC trolled Walking Dead fans with a very annoying finale. The last episode of season 6 introduced Negan, who then …
Slow Wi-Fi could be completely eliminated by gigabit infrared light
Much as Wi-Fi is a marvel of modern technology, it also still really stinks. Two decades of development in, and we still can’t consistently beam …
Walmart wants to deploy in-store drones
Tired of searching far-flung corners of a big box retail store for that item you want? Walmart may have a high-tech solution – the retail …
Brain scanning accurately predicts how well a movie will do in theaters
Filmmakers have long used focus groups and test audiences to determine how to best tweak their vision for maximum crowd appeal. It makes good business …
Personal electronics banned on flights to the US from 13 countries
All personal electronics, apart from cellphones, have been banned on flights to the US from 13 countries. Royal Jordanian Airlines, the national airline of Jordan, …
Things keep getting worse for Uber as president and mapping VP both just quit
It’s safe to say that 2017 hasn’t been particularly kind of Uber thus far, with its CEO’s public meltdowns, accusations of rampant sexism and harassment …
Someone ported ‘Pokemon Yellow’ to the Apple Watch
Because the emulation community won’t rest until the original Pokemon games have been ported to every electronic device on the planet, Pokemon Yellow is now playable …
Scientist says there are over 100 planets in our solar system
Most of us grew up learning that there are nine planets in our solar system. Back in 2006 that all changed, when Pluto was demoted …
Google’s newest innovation will make your internet feel significantly faster
You might not sense it immediately, but Google just made the internet faster. And you won’t have to upgrade computers or internet subscriptions to take …
The Pentagon doesn’t want its employees watching March Madness
The Department of Defense wants its workers to be cautious and not stream March Madness games on their work computers, for fears the network could …
Space Station astronauts celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with gorgeous night shot of Dublin
Here on Earth, most people celebrate St. Patrick’s Day by heading down to their local watering hole for a pint of Guinness or maybe a …
People in the US may soon finally be able to erase themselves from Google
The internet is a fantastic tool for archiving information, but when that information says bad things about your own personal life, character, or past missteps, …
There’s never going to be an iPhone killer
Per usual, Apple finds itself in the crosshairs of armchair critics who lazily demand that Apple needs to come up with the next big thing lest …
T-Mobile scrambles as 911 outage leaves two dead in Texas
We take it for granted that if you pick up a phone and dial 911, someone will pick up at the other end. That hasn’t …
Uber’s garbage year somehow gets even worse
2017 has not been gentle to Uber. Between the sexual harassment allegations, video of Uber’s CEO being a jerk, and reports of an insidious program …
The world’s first lab-grown chicken tenders look better than McNuggets
A Bay Area food startup just served the world’s first chicken strips made that was cultivated in a lab directly from cells. No chicken was …
Government contractor says we could have a base camp around Mars by 2028
At this point it’s clear that humans are headed to Mars sooner or later, and it’s just a matter of when, who, and exactly what …
US ally used Patriot missile to shoot down small drone
A Patriot missile, which can cost up to $3 million, was used to shoot down a small quadcopter drone worth a few hundred dollars, according …
Elon Musk’s SpaceX just won a huge battle with the space industry
For the last decade, a joint Boeing-Lockheed Martin venture called the United Launch Alliance has been the only company allowed to bid on launching military …
If there’s life on one of the TRAPPIST-1 exoplanets, that could mean there’s life on all of them
The discovery of seven new exoplanets orbiting the relatively nearby star TRAPPIST-1 is exciting, and the fact that three of those planets are considered to be …
Apple quietly hires renowned iPhone security expert
In a blog post today, famous iPhone security expert Jonathan Zdziarski announced that he’s going to work for Apple. It’s an unusual announcement for a …
New long-distance laser beam tech could help inspectors sniff out weapons-grade uranium
Researchers at the University of Michigan have announced a new technique that detects enriched uranium from a long distance with the help of lasers. The …
Pictures emerge of Apple’s secret iPhone calibration machine
Apple is weirdly protective over the repair system that goes on at the Apple Store. You’d think that there aren’t many secrets to do with …
