Humans may not be able to survive in the Persian Gulf by 2045
Humans are surprisingly hearty creatures — we can live above the arctic circle or in the most arid desserts. However, a new climate analysis published in Nature Climate Change suggests that rising temperatures […]
Gamer leaves Super Famicom on for 20 years to preserve save data
So you think you’re a committed gamer? You’ve got nothing on a Japanese gamer who goes by Wanikun on Twitter. In a move worthy of George Costanza trying to save his Frogger high […]
Comcast data cap talking points leaked, says not to call it a cap
Comcast recently expanded its 300GB monthly data cap to dozens of new markets as it continues to test the limits of consumer outrage. It’s expecting FCC complaints to be filed, but also angry […]
A man has died of cancer contracted from his tapeworm
Having a tapeworm is gross, but never before have the hosts of these parasites needed to worry about cancer. The CDC has confirmed that a Colombian man has died after contracting cancer from […]
Altwork Station computer desk costs $5,900, but lets you work lying down
Even the most fancy desks are still recognizable as desks, but the Altwork Station is something else entirely. It’s a completely adjustable workstation consisting of a motorized chair and swing arms for your […]
New ‘unbreakable’ glass developed that’s almost as strong as steel
Improvements in hardened glass have benefited a number of industries, including but not limited to, automotive and mobile devices. Scientists have been searching for a way to make glass more resistant to scratching […]
Volkswagen’s gasoline vehicles may also have cheated emissions tests
Volkswagen has made some very poor choices in recent years, and it’s only now that we’re finding out the scale of the blunder. After admitting that its diesel vehicles were using a “defeat […]
Germany is ready to switch on its stellarator fusion reactor
Even with recent pushes to expand clean energy, most of modern society runs on fossil fuels. Scientists have been chasing the dream of clean nuclear fusion for decades. It hasn’t worked out so […]
NASA finds Antarctic ice sheet is adding more ice than it’s losing
Climate researchers have been struggling to determine where and how much ice is being melted by global warming in recent decades, but a new NASA study casts doubt on Antarctica as the primary […]
Harrison Ford wanted to kill off Han Solo in the original trilogy
We are just a few weeks away from the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the first feature film set in the Star Wars universe since Disney’s acquisition of Lucasfilm. The movie […]
Mars is destroying its moon Phobos
Mars has two moons, but they’re both quite small and unusual. Phobos is the larger of the two, and it orbits close to the planet. Even though mars has less mass than the […]
NASA seeks programmer fluent in 60-year-old languages to work on Voyager
After decades with the Voyager program, NASA engineer Larry Zottarelli is retiring. That means there’s a job opening at the storied Jet Propulsion Laboratory, but it won’t be the right fit for just […]
Titanfall is coming to Android and iOS in 2016
You might remember Titanfall as the highly anticipated first-person shooter that was super-popular for about 10 minutes last year. It’s not gone by any means, though, and the developers are looking to get […]
The Moon Parka is made of synthetic spider silk, on sale next year
The Moon Parka looks like a typical piece of cold weather gear from the outdoor apparel retailer The North Face. However, from a materials perspective, it’s a very important garment. This is a […]
Apple rejects app that uses iPhone 6s 3D Touch as a digital scale
Apple is excited about the 3D Touch technology that debuted in the Apple Watch (then called Force Touch) before making its way to the new iPhones last month. This feature lets you assign […]