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Astronauts Take the Best Selfies
Barry "Butch' Wilmore and Terry Virts went out for a six-and-half hour spacewalk yesterday in the continued effort to ready the International Space Station for upcoming commercial space taxis. But while the two astronauts were floating above the blue marble, traveling near 5 miles per second, they took the opportunity…
How Can Space Travel Faster Than The Speed Of Light?
Light speed is often spoken of as a cosmic speed limit … but not everything plays by these rules. In fact, space itself can expand faster than a photon could ever hope to travel.
France Wants Google, Facebook, and Twitter's Help Fighting Terrorism
When it comes to social media presence, the Islamic State (ISIS) has Western nations completely outgunned. In fact, ISIS and its supports tweet and post upwards of 90,000 times a day and has led to the U.S.and the U.K. to reconsider its propaganda social media strategy. France wants to take a slightly different…
Beautiful aerial photo of New York surrounded by ice
Impressive aerial photo of New York surrounded by ice taken from the southern tip of Manhattan—tiny icebergs and ice plaques floating along the Hudson, the East River and New York bay. CBS has video here.
Ruined Fukushima Plant Leaking Radiation 70 Times Above Normal Levels
Fukushima is Japan's radiation nightmare that just won't go away. Ever since March 11, 2011, the damaged plant has been riddled with leaks and cleanup setbacks. Now Tepco, the operator of the damaged facility, says they've recorded spikes between 50-70 times above average readings in the gutters that pour water into a…
This Week's Puzzle Is As Easy As Pie
You can solve this week's puzzle with a pie (traditional or pizza) and slicer, a pen and paper, or a little math. The choice is yours.
Samsung's Got a Steve Jobs Problem
Welcome to Reading List, your weekly collection of great tech reads from around the web. This week we learn the problem behind Samsung's design, why America's infrastructure is rotting, and on a less grim note, get a rare peek at the technology behind Magic Leap's mixed reality. Enjoy!
Bartenders Talk About Your Terrible (and Not So Terrible) Tinder Dates
Oh, Tinder, OkCupid, Grindr, whatever your particular dating app poison. Your first date dramas play in bars the world over. Because bars are a typical venue for painfully awkward first encounters, bartenders all have a front-row seat—and they're definitely talking about it.
China used more concrete in 3 years than the US in 100 years
Bill Gates has an incredible statistic: According the USGS' cement statistics, China has used more concrete from 2011 to 2013 (6.6 gigatons) than the United States in the entire 20th century (4.5 gigatons). It blows my mind but, then again, as Gates point out, look at Shanghai's evolution...
Ro-Bow Is a Violin-Playing Robot That Actually Sounds Pretty Good
Described as a kinetic sculpture, Ro-Bow (as the name suggests) is a violin-playing robot that uses electromagnetic actuators to play digital files. Yeah, it won't be the first chair at the London Philharmonic any time soon, but its pretty amazing to watch all the machine's parts work in unison to produce some pretty…
New Documents Show Leading Climate Change Denier Is Full of Shit
New documents obtained by Greenpeace via freedom of information filings show that a leading climate change denier, Wei-Hock Soon, known as Willie, allegedly accepted $1.2 million over the past 14 years from energy companies and additionally failed to report conflicts of interest in his own research.
Leaked Renders Show HTC's New Flagship Phone From All Angles
HTC's flagship phone, the One M9, is due to be announced a little over a week from now at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. You don't have to wait to see it though, a new leak from Mobile Geeks looks to be preeeeetty on the money.
CastAR's Vision of Augmented Reality Is Fun for the Whole Family
CastAR's projected augmented reality specs have come a long way. Back in May 2013, the headset was little more than a hacked together idea by ex-Valve engineers, formed under the new company Technical Illusions. Then that idea grew with a hugely successful Kickstarter campaign, and now the company has shipped its…
The Troubled Future of the World's First Commercial Spaceport
Completed in October 2011, Spaceport America is an 18,000 acre commercial spaceport—the first of its kind in the world—that was going to be a major hub for SpaceX and Virgin Galactic, as each company toils away on developing the future of private spaceflight. It's been more than three years since opening, and New…
This Abandoned Hospital Isn't From A Zombie Movie
Although this photo might look like a screengrab from a dystopian video game, or a made-for-TV zombie film, it's actually taken in the middle of a bustling city in the UK.
Scan Reveals This Buddha Statue Has A Mummy Inside
This is no ordinary Buddha statue. As the CT scan at the right clearly shows, there's a mummy concealed inside!
This Crazy Chair Builds Itself
Building flat-pack furniture is a major pain in the ass, so much so that a MIT team has spent years and millions of dollars solving the problem. Actually, that's not quite true: the problem they're trying to solve is actually a far more exciting one, even if it won't benefit Ikea quite yet.
A Clever Push Pin Doesn't Make Holes
Push pins and a corkboard are the most basic organisational tool around, but they kinda suck for photos — in order to stick them up, you stab a tiny hole through your grandma's face. This neat alternative tries to solve that.
How 'Defensive Architecture' Is Ruining Our Cities
Cities have always struggled with the tension between the different needs of social classes who share the space. But as The Guardian documents, a new trend of defensive — and some times overtly hostile — architecture is changing the urban landscape, and not in a good way.
NASA Satellite Image Shows How Damn Cold It Is
Forget looking at historical temperature graphs and referencing how cold the North Pole is: to get your head around how goddamn frozen you are right now, just locate your house on this satellite picture, and let out a hollow, chilled laugh as you succumb to the hypothermia.
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