The Los Angeles County Health Department is the latest victim of a ransomware attack, just days after a Los Angeles hospital coughed up $17, 000 to unlock their files. Read more…
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The Los Angeles County Health Department Is The Latest Victim Of A Ransomware Attack
The Ogasawara Islands, just south of Japan, are a beautiful and geologically active spot. In 2013, members of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force noticed a “hot spot” among the islands, near the Nishinoshima volcano. In 2015 they returned, and found a small, entirely new islet, just south of the main volcano. Read more…
Before you call fake, know that both you and this custom built computer are being tricked in two very clever ways. Read more…
Foxconn is best known as the sometimes-controversial Taiwanese manufacturer used by Apple to assemble iPhones. Sharp is an ailing Japanese company that used to make plasma TVs, and now makes iPhone displays. Read more…
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Report: Major Apple Manufacturer Foxconn Has Bought Sharp For $6.2 Billion
Every day, troves of hungry marine organisms—shrimp, jellyfish, squid and bony fish—migrate from the ocean’s murky depths to the surface. For the first time, marine biologists have captured the sound of their collective lunch outing. May it be the sonic backdrop to all of your future, jellyfish-induced nightmares. Read more…
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This Is What Millions of Hungry Jellyfish Sound Like
It doesn’t look like much, but this tattered piece of clothing found buried in an ancient Egyptian cemetery has been confirmed as the world’s oldest dress as well as the oldest woven garment known to archaeologists. Read more…
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This Threadbare Garment Is Officially the World’s Oldest Dress
Organizers for California’s high-speed train just announced that when their bullet train opens, it’ll start service out of the Bay Area, not Southern California like originally planned. Read more…
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California’s Bullet Train Will Now Start In the Bay Area—Which Might Save It
Angelica Pereira feeds her baby Luiza, who was born with microcephaly in Brazil on 6-February 2016. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) Researchers in Brazil have detected traces of the Zika virus in the amniotic fluid of two fetuses with microcephaly, further bolstering the connection between the two. However, questions still remain. Read more…
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New Research Suggests Zika Can Cross the Placental Barrier
Scientists have discovered eight new species of amblypygid—a special kind of arachnid with a pair of whip-like legs. This is a big deal. Amblypygids are not well-documented, which is a shame, considering we see them every evening in our nightmares. Read more…
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These Eight New Whip-Wielding Spiders Will Haunt Your Nightmares
In case you’re ever in the position of wanting to get back at a lawyer, here’s some news from Florida: don’t get your revenge by posting a slanderous Yelp review, or you’ll be in the hole for $350, 000. Read more…
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Libelling a Lawyer in Yelp Reviews Turns Out to be a Bad Idea