The New York Times reports that several recent moves by Google suggest that it’s set to launch a new car insurance shopping site in the near future. Read more…
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Report: Google Car Insurance Is Imminent
Fat isn’t all bad . In fact, maybe you should celebrate it just a little bit: new research suggests that it plays a vital role in fighting off infections. Read more…
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Your Fat Is Fighting Off Infection
It’s been a long time coming, but the state of California is finally building its long-promised high-speed rail link. The new line, which will see trains travel at up to 220mph, will finally start construction this week. Read more…
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California’s 220MPH High-Speed Railway Is Finally Being Built
Gmail has been blocked in China , following months of disruption. Reports suggest that China’s Great Firewall is to blame, with large numbers of users being cut off from their email since last Friday. Read more…
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Gmail Has Been Blocked in China
If you’re running out of digital storage and are on a tight budget, you could do a lot worse than consider Seagate’s latest hard drive. Part of its Archive HDD line , you can pick up an 8TB model for just $260. Read more…
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This 8TB Seagate Hard Drive Only Costs $260
You’re looking at some of the most intricate images of live nerve endings ever captured, in which it’s possible to make out individual nerves and touch receptors in unprecedented detail. Read more…
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The Most Intricate Images of Live Nerves Ever Captured
Windows 8.1 now natively supports the MKV video format , which has been supported by the Xbox One for a little while now. Read more…
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Windows 8.1 now natively supports the MKV video format, which has been supported by the Xbox One for
During a court hearing in Oakland, California, it’s come to light that, between 2007 and 2009, Apple deleted tracks downloaded from rival music services off of iPods. Read more…
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Apple Deleted Competitors’ Songs From Your iPod
The most inefficient part of a gearing system is also its most vital: the teeth. While they allow the systems to, y’know, work, they also introduce vast quantities of frictional losses and, in turn, mechanical wear—so this new system uses magnetic levitation to do away with them. Read more…
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This Maglev Gearbox Doesn’t Need Teeth
When it’s hot out, buildings have a hard time staying cool: bombarded with ambient heat and generating yet more inside, their air conditioning systems have to work hard to keep temperatures down. Now, a new super-thin coating developed at Stanford could be applied to buildings to help them cool themselves more effectively. Read more…
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A New Super-Thin Coating Could Cool Buildings Without AC