The health insurer CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield has announced that a cyber attack has stolen 1.1 million records of both current and former members. Read more…
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1.1 Million User Records Stolen From Health Insurer CareFirst
We all have our own different coping mechanisms when it comes to stress. A nice walk outside. A cold beer. A punching bag. Blowing up at your friends. And glowing in the dark. What? Scientists believe that these millipedes evolved to glow in the dark to deal with stress (and to let predators now that they’re packing toxic cyanide). Read more…
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These eerie millipedes glow in the dark because of stress
Three years ago, we learned that a Dutch team had developed a biological concrete that could repair its own cracks . They said it might be two or three years before it found its way into a building. Now, it has. Read more…
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This Is the First Building That Can Heal Its Own Cracks With Biocement
Guess what’s finally built and undergoing extensive testing at Six Flags’ Fiesta Texas amusement park in San Antonio? The park’s brand new Batman coaster that was teased last year with 4D thrills courtesy of seats that are free to rotate 360-degrees during your vomit-filled ride. Read more…
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Six Flags’ New 4D Batman Coaster Looks Like a Super Fun Vomit Factory
Announced a year ago , BitTorrent’s charmingly-named Bleep P2P chat app is finally live, for all your secretive anti-governmental murmurings. Read more…
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BitTorrent’s Encrypted P2P Chat Service Is Now Live
It was six years ago this month that NASA shot the Kepler telescope to the heavens on a galactic, planet-finding mission. Today, the space agency released this graphic that could also be Kepler’s mic-dropping resume. Read more…
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NASA’s Kepler Mission Discovered 1,000 Planets In Its Quest to Find Life
A year ago Kevin Bates singlehandedly justified the antiquated tradition of swapping business cards with a thin and tiny handheld console that could even play video games. He originally created the Arduboy as the ultimate business card to show off his electronics skills to potential employers, but now anyone can finally buy one through Kevin’s recently-launched Kickstarter campaign. Read more…
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A Tiny Video Game-Playing Business Card You Can Smuggle In Your Wallet
If you need masses of storage but like your laptop’s performance super-fast, then this new SSD may scratch your itch. With 6 terabytes of storage, this is the world’s largest capacity 2.5-inch SSD (for now). Read more…
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This Is the World’s First 6TB 2.5-Inch SSD
On April 27th, a Russian resupply ship to the ISS started spinning out of control shortly after reaching space. For more than a week, Progress 59 has been hurtling around the Earth in an increasingly unstable orbit, but tonight, it re-entered safely (and violently) over the Pacific Ocean. Read more…
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Russia’s Rogue Spacecraft Disintegrated Safely
During a thunderstorm, it’s normally the lightning bolts that take over Instagram — after all, it’s a little difficult to apply the X-Pro II filter to a soundwave. That is, if you’re a heliophysicist armed with rockets, your own lightning bolt, and some heavy science. Read more…
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Here’s The First-Ever Picture Of Thunder