Scientists Find Over 300 ‘Huge’ Viruses With Strange Abilities
Scientists are continuing to discover weird-as-hell viruses all over the world. This week, researchers detailed their finding of relatively mammoth bacteriophages, viruses that infect...
7 Essential Invisible Men (and One Invisible Woman)
H.G. Wells’ The Invisible Man was published in 1897, giving sci-fi one of its most intriguing and enduring characters. Thankfully, that Dark Universe...
Essential Is the Latest Phone Maker to Fold
Former Google executive Andy Rubin’s smartphone startup, Essential Products, is officially done after years of circling the drain.Read more...
Scientists Turned McDonald’s Fryer Oil Into Plastic Resin For 3D Printed Models That Probably...
There are lots of reasons not to eat greasy deep-fried fast food, the least of which being the challenges involved with disposing of used...
Discovery of ‘Invisible Oil’ Shows BP Deepwater Horizon Disaster Was Bigger Than We Thought
We already knew 2010’s Deepwater Horizon disaster was the biggest oil spill in history. When the BP rig exploded, it released 210 million gallons...
Leia Succeeded Where Luke Failed
The Skywalker bloodline is perhaps defined by a series of failures. Anakin’s attempts to protect Padmé brought about the rise of the Empire. Luke’s...
Homeless Man Files Civil Rights Suit Against Police Officer Who Monitored Him on Facebook
Not all police are bad, but Facebook is the highway to surveillance hell, and cops are on it. In the latest story to...
Mobile World Congress Cancelled Over Coronavirus Fears [Update: GSMA Confirms]
Companies have been canceling appearances at Mobile World Congress 2020 left and right—to the point where GSMA, the conference’s organizer, has decided to pull...
Here’s the Best Way to Make Fried Rice, According to Hungry Engineers
Scientists explored the physics of tossing fried rice in order to devise the “optimal regime” for producing the dish, according to a new paper.Read...
Britain Appoints Content Cops for Social Media
Social media is a content minefield, and Britain’s had it. Today, the British government announced it will appoint its media watchdog Ofcom as a...
