In 10 days you’ll be aboard the USCSS Prometheus
June 8 is almost here, which means that you are thisclose to seeing the USCSS Prometheus in all its future-tastic glory. For the official countdown clock and an exclusive premiere red carpet cam, head here. And there’s more. Verizon has teamed with Twentieth Century Fox to bring you an online Prometheus mini-game in which you…
This rock could spy on you for decades
America is supposed to wind down its war in Afghanistan by 2014. But U.S. forces may continue to track Afghans for years after the conflict is officially done. Palm-sized sensors, developed for the American military, will remain littered across the Afghan countryside — detecting anyone who moves nearby and reporting their locations back to a…
Now you can buy an old prison in New York State
The State of New York is hoping to sell its old prisons. “One property, in the Hudson Valley, includes a 16-car garage, a piggery and hundreds of yards of lake frontage,” the New York Times explains. “Another offers 69 acres of waterfront land on the west shore of Staten Island, complete with a two-story gymnasium,…
