Back in January , the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that it was getting involved with a large outbreak of mumps in Washington state. At the time, it was uncertain if the problem was isolated to the region. It’s now becoming clear that the uptick of infections is occurring across the United… Read more…
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Mumps Outbreak Spreads Across the Nation
CAPTCHA’s are an irritating but necessary evil. The system that is used to verify whether or not a user is human has been around a while and it had to evolve because machines were getting better at reading the text than humans. With its latest iteration, Google says you’ll no longer have to input anything at all. Read more…
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Google Has Finally Killed the CAPTCHA
When 14-year-old Daniel Kristiansen was assigned a World War II project for history class, his father jokingly suggested he look for a German plane that had allegedly crashed at the family farm. Well wouldn’t you know it, he actually found the damned thing—along with the dead airman’s remains. It’s being called one of… Read more…
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School Assignment Leads to Discovery of WWII Plane With Pilot’s Body Still Inside
My first question was, “What is a time crystal?” Harvard graduate students Soonwon Choi, Joonhee Choi and postdoctoral researcher Renate Landig all started laughing. “That’s a very good question, ” said Soonwon. The time crystal’s silly science fiction name shrouds its deep quantum mechanical nuance. Sometimes a name… Read more…
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Scientists Finally Observed Time Crystals—But What the Hell Are They?
Dual monitors are useful for a lot reasons, even if they don’t actually affect productivity . Buying a second monitor is straightforward if you’re working from a desktop computer, but it’s much trickier with a laptop. YouTuber DIY Perks shows you how to build a second monitor from recycled parts that works great with a… Read more…
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Build Your Own Laptop-Specific Second Screen With Recycled Parts
On Friday, Facebook debuted its new flagging system for fake news in America, tagging hoax stories as “disputed” for some users. First announced amid criticism of the company for its role in spreading misinformation during the 2016 election, the new feature uses non-partisan third parties to assess the factual… Read more…
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Facebook Finally Rolls Out ‘Disputed News’ Tag Everyone Will Dispute
The idea that a bit of gross mold would be worth $14, 617 seems absurd until you realize it may be the most important mold to that was ever grown. Read more…
New Zealand’s Kaikoura Canyon—known for its abundant seabed life—is now an undersea wasteland following a series of earthquake-induced mudslides. Read more…
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Enormous Mudslide Devastates New Zealand Marine Reserve
We’ve long known that the expiration date on groceries is a mess of different terms that mean absolutely nothing . Now, the Food Marketing Institute and Grocery Manufacturers Association have put together a plan that simplifies the label you’ll see on food. Read more…
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Groceries Will Soon Have Practical, Standardized Expiration Dates
In what archaeologists are calling the “find of a lifetime, ” a horde of Late Bronze Age weapons has been discovered at a Scottish construction site. Among the items found is a gold-decorated spearhead, and a 3, 000-year-old bronze sword in remarkably good condition. Read more…
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This 3,000-Year-Old Bronze Age Sword Is Absolutely Incredible