SpaceX Retries Rocket Launch, And You Can Watch It Live Right Here
SpaceX will try again to launch the DSCOVR space weather satellite at 6:05 p.m. EST this evening, and to make another attempt at a tricky pinpoint rocket booster landing. –…
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Super-Cheap Gadget Tests For HIV Using Your Smartphone
Testing for HIV just got a whole lot easier. A team led by Samuel K. Sia, associate professor of biomedical engineering at Columbia University, has devised a smartphone accessory that…
Now We Know How Many Licks It Takes To Reach The Center Of A Lollipop
How many licks does it take to reach the center of a lollipop? A new mathematical model formulated by scientists at New York University and Florida State University pegs the…
Mars is the next step for humanity — we must take it
On the other hand, astronaut Chris Hadfield is skeptical: “Humanity is not going extinct,” he told me. He added: “There’s no great compelling reason to go, apart from curiosity, and…
15 Things Every Engineer Knows To Be True
“If the test is open-book, shouldn’t it be easy?” (Nope. Never.) “What kind of engineer are you?” (Follow-up question: “What’s that?” plus much head-scratching.) “How are you so good at…
If You Think The Threat Of Nuclear War Went Away, There’s Something You Should Know
Almost a quarter of a century has passed since the end of the Cold War, and these days people who worry about the end of the world as we know…
Earth’s Inner Core Found To Have A Core Of Its Own
An international team of researchers has discovered one of Earth’s deepest, darkest secrets: our planet’s inner core — once thought to be a ball of solid iron — has a…
Insecure People Use Facebook More, Science Confirms
Is Facebook posting all shameless attention-seeking? Well, it depends on your personality type. A new study confirms that people who tend to feel insecure in their relationships are more active…
See The Amazing Moment When A Deaf Person Hears For The First Time
Imagine hearing the sound of your own voice, or the voice of a loved one, for the very first time. For those of us who have always been able to…
U.S. To Create New Cybersecurity Agency: Official
WASHINGTON, Feb 10 (Reuters) – The United States government is creating a new agency to monitor cybersecurity threats, pooling and analyzing information on a spectrum of diffuse risks, a senior…
Download app, upload photo, sell house
Buying a home used to mean hiring a licensed real estate agent and visiting place after place, until you found the one you liked. These days, thanks to the Internet,…
‘Instagram for doctors’ lets medics share photos to solve mystery cases
“I’m a very visual learner. Most doctors are … and we like to talk to each other,” explains third-year medical resident Sheryll Shipes of Christus Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi-Memorial, in…
Chimps Can Learn To Communicate With Each Other, New Study Shows
Move somewhere new, and it’s not long before you pick up some local slang. As it turns out, chimpanzees might be able to do something similar. Maybe we’re not so…
Say cheese! Hubble Telescope spots smiley face in space
The image, captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, looks like two glowing yellow eyes and several curved lines forming a face and a smile. – For more on the smiley…
How To Stop Your Smart TV From Eavesdropping On You
There may be such a thing as “too smart” when it comes to your devices. A recent report says Samsung’s Internet-connected Smart TV might be listening in on your conversations…
Atlantic Corals: Colorful and Vulnerable
A council that sets regulations for fishing off the mid-Atlantic coast will meet on Wednesday to consider protections for little known and fragile ecosystems of deep sea corals in and…
Turning Carbon Dioxide Into Rock, and Burying It
CarbFix, a pilot program at Iceland’s Hellisheidi Geothermal Power Station, seeks to tackle climate change by injecting greenhouse gasses into the ground for permanent storage. HENGILL, Iceland — In a…
Sidecar, a Ride-Hailing Start-Up, Pushes Into Package Delivery
That is exactly what Sidecar, a ride-hailing start-up in competition with the likes of Uber and Lyft, aims to make happen. The company announced on Monday it plans to use…
Cockroaches Shown To Have Distinct Personalities (But They’re Still Gross)
While you may never hear the advice “be your own cockroach,” a new study suggests the icky insects have their own distinct personalities. Yes, scientists at the Universite’ libre de…
Apple Grabs 93% of the Handset Industry's Profit, Report Says
Samsung took the rest, but its share is shrinking, the report said. Canaccord Genuity’s report on industry profits a year ago estimated that Apple took 87.4 percent of phone earnings in the…
You Won’t Need Cable To Watch The Final Episodes Of ‘Mad Men’
Cord cutters who are fans of Don Draper and Rick Grimes are in luck. Sling TV, Dish’s $20-per-month live-TV streaming service, will add AMC to its small lineup of channels,…
Little Kids Learn The Same Way Pigeons Do
We often point to language as evidence of our species’ superiority. But the way humans learn language may not be so foreign to other animals, after all. A new study…
Training Birds to Aid a Scientific Breakthrough
With a new device scientists measure the force of a wingbeat while birds fly freely. James Gorman SCIENCETAKE – He said in the lab, researchers played recordings of birds tweeting…
Neil Armstrong’s Secret Bag Of Apollo 11 Mementos Found In A Closet
It turns out Neil Armstrong had a secret stash of moon mementos. Space historians this week announced the unexpected discovery of several items Neil Armstrong brought back to Earth following…
Northern Lights Collide With Sunrise In Spectacular New NASA Video
Dreamy Northern Lights and a slow-moving sunrise are beautiful on their own, so just imagine what happens they collide. A new NASA video released on Feb. 5 (above) shows a…
Demands To Censor Twitter Soar
If loose lips sink ships, what can tweets do? Enough to worry governments, apparently. Governments around the world made 796 demands to take down content on Twitter in the last…
More Safeguards Required To Protect Cars Against Hacking Attacks: Report
Automakers are cramming cars with wireless technology, but they have failed to adequately protect those features against the real possibility that hackers could take control of vehicles or steal personal…
Here’s Why Cats Like Boxes
Take heart feline enthusiasts. Your cat’s continued indifference toward her new Deluxe Scratch DJ Deck may be disappointing, but there is an object that’s pretty much guaranteed to pique her…
Crash-proof ‘drone in a cage’ flies away with $1 million prize
Its creatorsSwiss company Flyabilityare traveling home from Dubai $1 million richer after winning the “Drones for Good” international competition, on February 7. Gimball is described as the first “collision-tolerant drone,”…
Warning System for Solar Storms Is Kept on Earth for Now
Al Gore will have to wait at least one more day for his spacecraft to go to space. The planned launching of a spacecraft that is to act as a…