To understand the nature of Pringles and other stackable chips, forget the notion that they come from actual potatoes in any recognizable way. The Pringles...
Computer failure at an air traffic control center in London caused the city’s airspace to become restricted this afternoon, leading to “potentially severe” flight delays...
We often think about how happy we are as individuals in a given moment, but rarely look at the bigger picture. The website MoveHub.com is a resource...
Despite its poverty and isolation, North Korea has poured resources into a sophisticated cyber-warfare cell called Bureau 121, defectors from the secretive state said as...
If you’ve ever taken a biology course at or above the high-school level, you’ve probably encountered the term Archaea in a passing sense. You won’t...
It’s not easy to develop new treatments for a disease. In fact, many of the things doctors try never make it past the early stages....
The smart spoon is a fantastic idea, on a number of levels. To be fair, Google didn’t come up with it; the original “smart spoon” actually...
The elevator of the future may be just over the horizon thanks to German company ThyssenKrupp. The firm has invented a cable-free elevator (called MULTI)...
Last week’s fatal Virgin Galactic spaceship crash has cost the company about 20 of its 700 potential customers. According to the South China Morning Post, the...
Replicating the capabilities of the human brain in a computer is not easy, and it goes beyond simply wiring a lot of CPUs together. There...
The incredible technology behind and extreme usefulness of Google’s Street View service has helped skyrocket its popularity into the stratosphere. It’s not just to help...
We learned from a recent video just how awesome tattooing looks up close at 3,200 frames per second, but getting stabbed with tiny needles thousands of...