If you’re counting on technology to radically extend your lifespan , you’ll want to pay close attention to what’s happening with the Greenland shark. According to a new scientific paper , this mysterious deep-sea dweller can live up to 400 years, making it the longest-lived vertebrate on Earth. Read more…
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A 400-Year Old Shark May Hold the Cure to Aging
Delta Airlines flights around the world have been indefinitely delayed this morning following a major “computer outage” affecting all of the carriers flights. Read more…
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Delta Flights Grounded Worldwide After Unexplained Computer Shutdown (Updating)
“Mike” (portrayed above) is a real person and his email party is now over. Authorities announced today that a 40-year-old Nigerian man, identified only as Mike, was nabbed in a joint operation by Interpol and the Nigerian Economic and Financial Crime Commission. Mike was reportedly the mastermind behind a large number of online scams, and officials suspect him of swindling more than $60 million from people around the world, including $15.4 million from one victim alone. Read more…
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Interpol Just Busted a Nigerian Email Scam Kingpin
The question on everyone’s mind: What’s going on with Solar Impulse? Read more…
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Solar Impulse Becomes First Plane to Go Around the World Without Fuel
Refrigerated pasteurized milk typically lasts about two to three weeks before turning into a wretched hive of scum and villainy. A new process developed by researchers at Purdue University extends the shelf life of milk up to 63 days—and without the benefit of added chemicals. Read more…
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This Milk Lasts Up to Nine Weeks Without Spoiling
The game of whack-a-mole continues. Less than 24 hours after being taken down in an international sting operation , Kickass Torrents (KAT) is back—well, sort of. The popular torrent link site isoHunt has created a mirror for KAT at KickassTorrents.website . Read more…
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Someone Already Made a Kickass Torrents Clone
Neuroscientists working on the Human Connectome Project have compiled the most accurate map yet of the human cerebral cortex. The researchers identified 180 distinct areas of the brain’s outer layer—effectively doubling the previous number of known regions. Read more…
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Crazy Detailed Brain Map Finds Nearly a Hundred New Regions
In theory, Twitter’s blue “verified” check mark made it harder to impersonate famous people, but in practice it mostly showed who was famous enough to bother impersonating. Prepare for the “verified” badge of approval to stop mattering nearly as much now that Twitter has opened up its once-mysterious verification process to everyone . Read more…
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We Can All Be Verified On Twitter Now
The MeerKAT radio telescope isn’t even finished being built, but it’s already released its first image: a small patch of sky showcasing 1, 300 galaxies. Read more…
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Hundreds of New Galaxies Detected in First Image From Super Telescope
The astronomical map you see here doesn’t depict stars, it shows galaxies— 1.2 million of them, to be exact, a new record for astronomers. This extraordinary new 3D scan of the universe provides yet more evidence that a mysterious substance known as dark energy is likely causing the universe to expand at an accelerating rate. Read more…
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New 3D Map of the Universe Features a Whopping 1.2 Million Galaxies