Science & Tech
Study Shows Most People Wouldn’t Take Immortality Pill
Do you want to live forever? I guess not, according to a new study by researchers at the University of…
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Video: A Lighter In SlowMo Looks Like Fireworks
YouTube’s Another Perspective shares this hypnotizing footage of a lighter igniting in slow motion. “Have you ever asked yourself what…
Study Ponders Limit On Natural Human Lifespans
If you want to live forever, you might want to start scrounging for robot parts, according to a new study…
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Study Explores How Accurate Clocks Produce Entropy and Help Destroy the Universe
Entropy. The Arrow of Time. It’s why you can’t unscramble an egg, or why Christmas lights somehow wind up in…
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Project Starline Promises Video Chats That Are Like Looking Through A Window
So here’s something weird but definitely of the future: Google’s Project Starline, a new video chatting technology described as a…
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Strange Inventions: An Extra Eye for When You’re Reading Your Smartphone
Some inventions make lives better. Others provide solutions to problems that can also be solved by looking up. Here we…
Super-Intelligent Extraterrestrials, and Why Michio Kaku Says We Should Be Careful
I guess it’s that time of the year, when scientists decide to freak everybody out about the potential for a…
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Watch SpaceX’s Starship SN10 Launch, Land, and Eventually Explode
SpaceX performed a mostly successful test launch and landing of their Starship SN10 launch vehicle early Wednesday morning. “Similar to…
AI Competes Against College Students In Essay Writing Exercise
Can an AI language model write an essay good enough to get a passing grade from a human college professor?…
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Scientists Levitate Tiny Objects With Light Alone
Researchers at the California Institute of Technology recently demonstrated the ability to levitate tiny nano-patterned objects using only light. “We…