Stop the presses! Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have made a new measurement of Planck’s constant to a highly accurate degree. It’s the latest step toward improving the official definition of the kilogram, the unit of mass that underpins our entire international system of weights and measures. Read more…
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Scientists Are Redefining the Kilogram
Oh no. This is it. It’s the end. We had a good run everyone, but Google Calendar is down. Read more…
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Google Calendar Is Down, Life As We Know It Ceases to Exist [Update: It’s Back]
Nearly thirty years after an international treaty banned the use of chlorofluorocarbons, the Antarctic ozone hole is finally starting to heal. By mid to late century, it should be fully recovered. Read more…
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The Ozone Hole Is Finally Healing
We already know the Raspberry Pi makes a great photo frame , but DIYer Paul Stamatiou took it another step and integrated in Google Photos. Read more…
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Build an Automatically Updating Digital Photo Frame with a Raspberry Pi and Google Photos
Beware this new Los Angeles attraction if you’re afraid of heights. I know I am because nope. Read more…
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The Most Terrifying Glass Slide Ever Opens Atop L.A. Skyscraper
Image: Capasso Lab/Harvard SEAS These beetles may look like two different species, but they’re the same individual. The difference lies in how they were photographed, using a new lens that allows scientists to “see” one of the most fundamental properties of biology: chirality. Read more…
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These Images Were Taken With an Entirely New Kind of Photography
1998 was such a good year for PC gaming. Half-Life , Grim Fandango , Baldur’s Gate, Star Craft , Rogue Squadron , and many, many more. Dang. Those looking to relive the glory days could easily run most of these games through a virtual machine, but YouTuber nine took it a step (or several) further and built a period-accurate 1998 gaming rig. Read more…
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Building a Windows 98 Gaming PC in 2016 Is a Pain in the Ass
Of the seven cities chosen as finalists for the US Department of Transportation’s Smart City Challenge, Columbus, Ohio may have seemed like the underdog. (It was the only finalist that has no rail system whatsoever.) But today, USDOT announced Columbus as the winner of over $50 million in cash that will transform its transportation system into one of the most forward-looking in the country. Read more…
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Why Columbus Just Won $140 Million to Become the Transportation City of the Future
This is a 53, 000 megapixel photo of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. It’s also a promotional photo for the Bentley Mulsanne. Read more…
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This Is A 53,000 Megapixel Photo Of A Bentley Mulsanne
Amazon has just announced some nice improvements to the cheapest Kindle . The price is still crazy good at $80, and the battery still lasts for weeks. (It also still has a middling 167 ppi display.) But it’s also thinner, lighter, and now comes in black and white. Read more…
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The Cheapest Kindle Just Got Better