When you’re looking for alien life, the best place to look is somewhere like Earth; the only place we know of that life exists. Kepler-186f , the first Earth-sized planet to be found in the habitable zone of a star, is the best bet we’ve ever found. Read more…
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What We Know About the First Earth-Sized Planet In a Habitable Zone
As anyone who’s driven through Middle America knows, it feels like there’s very few places in the U.S. that don’t have at least a few inhabitants. But as a map by cartographer Nik Freeman proves, there are still some amber waves of grain and fruited plains that remain. Emphasis on some. Read more…
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Here’s a Map of the 47 Percent of America Where No One Lives
You wouldn’t think that a four-wheeled car would go faster if one of its wheels didn’t touch the ground. Or if its axles were bent. Or if it was designed to grind against a wall. But you’d be wrong, and here’s the science to prove it. Read more…
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The Science Behind Making the Fastest Possible Pinewood Derby Car
It’s been a while since we last heard of a software update for Glass and now I guess we know why. The team over at Mountain View has been busy updating the face-computer to run on the latest version of Android (4.4.2 a.k.a. KitKat). Read more…
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Latest Update Brings KitKat to Google Glass
By now you’ve probably heard about the massive Heartbleed security bug that may have compromised the majority of the world’s web sites. Everyone should change their passwords on the affected sites—but only after those sites have patched the issue. Mashable is maintaining and updating a list of the most popular sites you should change your passwords for ASAP. Read more…
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This List Reveals the Heartbleed-Affected Passwords to Change Now
When you see and touch the massive furniture of David Kiss , you feel something sensational, something deeply ancient and radiantly modern at the same time. I recently joined the Hungarian product designer and sculptor for a day, to watch his process—which verges on alchemy. Read more…
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Casting Molten Metal On Wood With a Hungarian Design Master
Anyone who’s ever torn a muscle will be grateful for that fact that the fibers can repair themselves. But now, researchers have developed lab-grown muscle that can achieve the exact same thing . Read more…
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First Ever Lab-Grown Muscle That Can Heal Itself in Living Creatures
A pioneering new technique which uses electrical implants in the spines of paralyzed patients can help them move their legs again —and could soon allow them to walk once more, too. Read more…
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Amazing New Spinal Cord Implant Revives Paralyzed Man’s Legs
AT&T is currently experiencing a nationwide blackout in U-verse service. The company says the outage is “due to a power-related issue triggered by a third-party at our video hub.” [ Mashable ] Read more…
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AT&T is currently experiencing a nationwide blackout in U-verse service.
It must be the combination of the steel grey palette, the black accents, and their patches and rivets, but these two A-10s look especially cool and futuristic to me in this photo. Like they can be piloted by this guy: Read more…
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The A-10 Warthog looks especially awesome and futuristic in this photo