Nature doesn’t end at the borders of a city — it’s just transformed. That’s why scientists are finding new animal species in urban areas, where the ecosystems favor scavengers, hardy weeds, and junk-eaters. It probably comes as no surprise that the sprawling city of Los Angeles is home to its own unique fly species. Read more…
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30 Previously-Unknown Species of Fly Discovered in Los Angeles
Watch out Dropbox, Amazon’s coming at you with a new cloud storage plan that’s ridiculously cheap. You can now store an unlimited number of files in the cloud for $60 a year. That’s five bucks a month for everything. Read more…
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Amazon’s New Unlimited Cloud Storage Plan Is Dirt Cheap
In 1815 William Smith drew a map of the United Kingdom which transformed the scientific landscape: It laid the foundations for modern geology, and identified natural resources which would beget the Industrial Revolution. But up until last year, this first-edition copy was considered to be lost forever. Read more…
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This Lost Map Changed How We Saw the World
If you thought $10 was highway robbery when it comes to apps, this colorful infographic should help put things in perspective. Read more…
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The Most Obscenely Expensive Apps for iOS
If you need more than ten fingers to count the number of times you’ve burned yourself while trying to light a candle at the bottom of a tall glass container, the Illume ArcLighter will probably seem like the greatest invention since the wheel. Instead of a flame, it produces a glowing electric arc that can light everything from candles, to gas burners, to even kindling. Read more…
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This Lighter Works Like a Taser To Start Fires Without a Flame
Close to a decade ago a clever inventor came up with a safety feature for power tools that could detect when a blade made contact with human flesh and instantly retract it to prevent injury. Unfortunately, it destroyed the tool in the process. Read more…
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Flesh-Detecting Table Saw Instantly Drops the Blade Without Destroying It
Microsoft has announced that it will give be giving free upgrades of Windows 10 to anyone who uses Windows right now—even if they’re currently running pirated copies of the operating system. Read more…
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All Windows 10 Upgrades Will Be Free—Even Pirated Copies
Facebook Messenger now lets you send payments to your friends —exactly as you would with Venmo or Paypal. Except it’s way easier, because just about EVERYONE already has Facebook. Read more…
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You Can Send Money To Your Friends Through Facebook Messenger Now
Humans have been putting technology on their wrists for a long time—and not just to tell the time. The Apple Watch is just the latest in a long line of wrist-borne devices, so here’s a brief history of watches that were smart for their time, too. Read more…
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The Fantastic Vintage Wrist Gadgets That Came Way Before the Smartwatch
Biometric security is a feature already found on lots of mobile phones and tablets and it’s getting better and better , but Microsoft wants to bring the tech front and center on Windows 10, using fingerprint, faces, and even your irises to completely kill the password once and for all. Read more…
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Windows 10 Could Mean Never Typing a Password Again