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We Were ThisClose to Never Having Macs
Thirty years ago today Steve Jobs unveiled the first-ever Macintosh computer to much fanfare, naturally. The Apple hype machine was in full swing, and in all fairness, Jobs' claim that the Mac would...
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What Death Row Inmates' Last Meals Say About Their Crimes
Pecan pie (for later) via Flickr/CC. What can a last meal say about someone sentenced to die? In some cases, it’s a lot.Take, for instance, the case of Ricky Ray Rector. Rector was convicted of the...
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Alien Life May Exist Beyond the Habitable Zone
A nice diagram of what fits in the habitable zone, via NASAAs NASA’s Kepler mission began spotting planets outside our solar system, scientists were excited to announce the discovery of a planet...
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2013 Was the Biggest Year for Exploding Oil Trains in Four Decades
The Lec-Magantic train derailment. Image: WikimediaYou might recall some anachronistic-sounding headlines last year—oil trains derailing, catching fire, exploding, spilling. Yeah, oil trains. The...
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How the Future of War (and Flying) Could Be Swarms of 3-D Printed Drones
The U.S. military has a problem. It takes too long to acquire new fighting machines.In 1983, top-brass decided that they needed a new fighter jet to maintain a tactical edge in the Cold War threat...
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A Wearable Book Feeds You Its Characters' Emotions As You Read
Has a book ever made you cry? It's more rare than losing it at a movie for sure. All a fiction writer that's trying to pull on your heartstrings has to work with are the 26 letters in the alphabet, a...
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More Evidence that Space Travel Is Bad for Immune Systems
Astronaut Jake Garn sick aboard space shuttle mission STS-51D in April, 1985/NASAFor the foreseeable future, humans in space still means human bodies in space. And human bodies are crappy, ungainly...
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Why Australia Is Pouch-Swapping Wallaby Joeys
Rock Wallabies via FlickrI’m not a huge fan of the story of the ugly duckling for two reasons: 1. The message is basically “Yeah, you might be ugly, but later you might not be; so hang in there,” which...
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Could Drone Escorts Make Cycling Safe?
A safer world is among the nascent promises of drone technology, and frog design, a nearly 40 year old design firm behind concepts ranging from the old-school Sony Walkman to South African HIV home...
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Marketers Turn to Neuroimaging for the Real Honest Truthiness About Consumer...
The people really just want to buy balloons/FotopediaIn the industry of selling things it's important to know exactly what your customers want. And here in the digital age, new technologies and...
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3-D Printed Crime Scenes Are Coming to a Courtroom Near You
There's undeniably something captivating about looking at a crime scene. Similar to watching a train wreck, try walking by a block protected by police tape without doing a double-take. As the...
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India Arrests Its First Ever Cyber Criminal
Image: Christopher Schirner/FlickrIndian law enforcement has some celebrating to do. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)—essentially the country's version of the FBI—has caught its first ever...
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Gamers Are Better at Dreaming Too
cell105/FlickrThe studies proving video games are changing your brain for the better just keep coming. To date we know playing video games increases the size of your brain and improves your cognitive...
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We Can Now 3D Print with Multicoloured Multi-Materials
Image via Stratasys3D printing company Stratsys today unveiled a new printer at the SolidWorks World 2014 convention in San Diego, and it looks to be a step toward what most people probably thought of...
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Behind "Web Junkie," a Documentary About China's Internet-Addicted Teens
China was the first country to diagnose internet addiction as a clinical disorder, and in 2008 the country declared it a top health threat for its youth. Across the nation, desperate parents are taking...
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The Raptor Cage from Jurassic Park Is on Ebay—Raptor Included
via eBay/Vendio/themeparkconnectionGot close to $100K and a large, if scientifically-inaccurate, animal you need to kennel? Hold on to your butts, because eBay has you covered.The cage from the opening...
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A New York Senator Wants to Use GPS to Track Autistic Kids
Photo via Wikimedia Commons. Just a day after the funeral for an autistic child whose remains were found in the East River earlier this month, Democratic Senator Charles Schumer proposed legislation...
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Why Scientific Papers Are Like Pop Music
Want your research to be widely read? It helps to be the science equivalent of Lady Gaga on a fake horse. Photo: Joe Seer / ShutterstockWhen a person gets some type of official acclaim for their...
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The FBI Is Using Its Stash of Secure Tor Emails to Hunt Criminals
Photo via flickr/Carsten LorentzenWhen the FBI seized the Tor network's top web host, Freedom Hosting, in August, it took down the largest child pornography ring online—quite the feather in the...
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The Most Powerful Man on Wall Street Made Some Pretty Weak Arguments Against...
JPMorgan Chase Chairmand and CEO Jamie Dimon disses Bitcoin. Via FlickrThe chief of the largest bank in the US comprehensively dissed Bitcoin last Thursday.In a CNBC interview, JPMorgan Chase chairman...
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