Tech

Tech

West Virginia Screwed Up, Gave Taxpayer Money to Big Telecom, and Now Owes the Government $4.7M

10.13.17

By Kaleigh Rogers
Tech

This High School Dropout Is Lighting up NYC’s Dark Fiber

10.13.17

By Kaleigh Rogers
Tech

This Guy Built a Semi-Automatic Portable Railgun

10.13.17

By Matthew Gault
Tech

This Shape-Shifting Material Mimics Octopus Skin

10.12.17

By Jacob Dubé
Tech

This NASA Satellite Is ‘Sounding’ Our Atmosphere to Understand Fossil Fuel Emissions

10.12.17

By Becky Ferreira
Tech

There’s a ‘Rick and Morty’ Porn Parody Called ‘Dick and Morty’ and I’m Sorry

10.12.17

By Jason Koebler
Tech

The Navy’s First Carrier-Launched Drone Will Be a Flying Gas Tank

10.12.17

By David Axe
Tech

Corporations Have Utterly Failed to Protect Speech

10.12.17

By Jordan Pearson
Tech

A Former Clickhole Writer Made a ‘Content Bot’ That Will Probably Become My Boss

10.12.17

By Claire Downs
Tech

Wikipedia’s Science Articles Are Elitist

10.12.17

By Michael Byrne
Tech

The Flirtbot Condition

10.12.17

By Marie Vibbert
Tech

The US Has Withdrawn from a UN Agency that Teaches Kids to Read and Protects Ruins

10.12.17

By Kaleigh Rogers

The Latest

(Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for Coachella)

Music

4 of Coachella’s Biggest Band Reunions Through the Years

7 hours ago

By Daniel Kohn
The Earth Has 8.3 Billion People. This Is How Many It Can Actually Hold, According to Science.

Obviously, that’s a number we have severely overshot and will continue to build on that lead for the foreseeable future.

10 hours ago

By Luis Prada
Ekaterina Demidova/Getty Images

Life

Scientists Figured Out How to Stop Your Brain From Feeling Fear

Scientists used ultrasound to reduce fear responses, a breakthrough that could one day help treat PTSD and anxiety.

11 hours ago

By Luis Prada
Yana Iskayeva/Getty Images

Life

If People Constantly Disrespect You, It’s Probably Because You’re Doing This

If you find yourself constantly feeling taken advantage of or treated unfairly, you might need to pause and self-reflect.

11 hours ago

By Sammi Caramela
Screenshot: Tetris

Gaming

Two Games Everyone Grew Up With Just Teamed Up for the First Time Ever

Two of the most iconic early-era gaming legends just teamed up for a limited-time event that is running right now.

11 hours ago

By Denny Connolly