Over 190,000 ceiling fans sold through Home Depot stores across the United States and in Canada are now being recalled due to a pretty serious flaw. The blades on the fans can apparently come loose, flying off of the fan and potentially causing injuries to anyone nearby. The fans, which measure 54 inches across, were …
Scientists from Harvard have developed what they say is a material that is not only strong against impacts like Kevlar but also protects against heat and cold. The material is 20 times as insulating as the alternative materials while also providing impact protection. The new material could be used for firefighters, military personnel, or even …
In a move that isn’t particularly surprising to anyone who has been following the woes of aircraft manufacturer Boeing, the company has now officially halted production of the troubled 737 Max aircraft. As CNN reports, the manufacturer has frozen the assembly facility that was constructing the popular planes. The 737 Max was grounded worldwide in …
Earthquakes can be incredibly devastating natural events, and the key to preserving life during a quake is a system that can alert people to a quake while they still have enough time to head to a safe place to ride it out. With that in mind, researchers have been working on early warning systems that …
Lots of people struggle with a fear of flying, but normally if you’re a little bit freaked out by the thought of a massive commercial jet, you’re actually on that jet. Folks in a residential neighborhood in Milton, Massachusettes, now have an entirely different reason to fear Boeing jets, and it has nothing to do …
If you were to list the things that a gun holster should do, it probably wouldn’t take you very long. If it’s doing its job, a holster should hold the weapon safely and securely and… well that’s about it, really. The Blackhawk T-Series L2C holster manages to fail at one of those two basic tasks. …
Kids do the darndest things, and that’s seriously bad news if you’re a large company that makes airtight boxes that a kid might want to climb inside. Igloo, the popular cooler maker, just announced a recall of some 60,000 of its Marine Elite coolers after 5-year-old Nicholas Wanes decided his parents’ cooler would make for …
West Nile virus — which is carried by infected mosquitos and has a habit of making people very ill — has been steadily spreading across the United States for a while now, but 2018 is proving to be a particularly active year. According to the latest reports from the CDC, the virus has been positively …
We carry devices with us every day that have built-in rechargeable batteries, and whether it’s smartphone, tablet, or even an electronic cigarette, the lithium-ion batteries inside of them can be volatile if and when they fail. You don’t need to look far to find videos of cell phones, laptops, and vapes blowing up in people’s …
Facebook’s latest scandal is one that’s been lingering in the shadows for years: if you used Facebook for Android, chances are you allowed the app to collect your SMS text logs and call history. Although Facebook has never technically obfuscated the fact that it collects your message logs and call data, the extent of its …
