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This Bed Gives Kids the Wrong Impression About Bear Encounters

According to cartoons, bears are nature’s most cuddly animal and are more than willing to welcome children into their den for a snuggle. But that’s a dangerous fallacy that this giant plush bear bed continues to reinforce. Admittedly, the thought of curling up inside a giant stuffed teddy bear does have a certain appeal. But…

Biology Andrew Liszewski

Evidence Shows Cancer Regrowth Is Driven By Cancer Stem Cells

While scientists increasingly understand the genetics of cancer, they’ve never been able to track how single cancerous cells form tumors in the body, or work out how tumors grow back seemingly from nowhere. New research, however, sheds some light on that problem—and suggests that tumors are fueled by cancer stem cells. The research, which is…

Health Jamie Condliffe

The Higgs Boson Discovery Just Got More Certain

At the start of July, scientists announced that they’d discovered what they strongly believed to be the Higgs Boson, a particle that’s believed to be the key to unifying the standard and quantum models of physics. Now, after a handful more experiments, they’re even more certain that they’ve finally got it. https://gizmodo.com/physicists-have-found-the-higgs-boson-5923422 The experiments that…

Physics & Chemistry Jamie Condliffe

Hairy Electronic Skin That Lets Robots Feel

A coating of hairy electronic skin could soon help robots feel the slightest breath of air or detect the faint vibrations of a beating heart. Kahp-Yang Suh and colleagues at Seoul National University in South Korea wove together thousands of individual polymer nanohairs to make a flexible touch sensor that is more sensitive than human…

Physics & Chemistry Will Ferguson - New Scientist

FDA Approves the First Smart Pills That Track When You’ve Taken Your Meds

Remembering if you’ve taken your medication could be a thing of the past now that the FDA has approved Proteus Digital Health’s new chip-embedded pills that can report back to a sensor and your smartphone when meds have been ingested. The tiny silicon-based chips are no larger than a grain of sand, and contain trace…

Health Andrew Liszewski

This Aquarium Is the Only Place On Earth Where Penguins Can Fly

The Sunshine Aquarium—located atop an entertainment complex in the Ikebukuro district of Tokyo—features a unique ring-shaped see-through tank perched seven-and-a-half feet over guests that usually lets them watch the facility’s seal population swim laps. But this summer the aquarium’s added a special penguin exhibit, and every evening the birds are given exclusive access to the…

Biology Andrew Liszewski

All the American Flags On the Moon Are Now White

NASA has finally answered a long-standing question: all but one of the six American flags on the Moon are still standing up. Everyone is now proudly talking about it. The only problem is that they aren’t American flags anymore. They are all white. The debate on the Moon flags has been going on for decades.…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz

How You Photograph a Man Free Falling From the Edge Of Space

Felix Baumgartner’s upcoming and record setting 22.7-mile skydive has been hyped and promoted to the point that most of us just want him to jump already. But here’s one bit of hoopla we’re actually nerding out over—a look at all the wonderful camera gear that will be documenting the free fall. https://gizmodo.com/record-smashing-supersonic-space-jump-will-happen-in-20-5883029 Onboard the capsule…

Space & Spaceflight Andrew Liszewski

The Space Station’s New Aquarium Prepares Astronauts For a Puppy Some Day

Thanks to JAXA—the Japanese Space Agency—the astronauts aboard the International Space Station have some new pets to keep them company. A small school of Medaka fish that will be used to study the impacts of radiation, muscle atrophy, and bone degradation in space. The AQH Aquatic Habitat (because fish tank sounds too low-tech) features a…

Space & Spaceflight Andrew Liszewski

Tiny Satellite To Scrawl Morse Code Messages Across the Night Sky

Inside an unmanned craft now headed towards the International Space Station sit several smallish, cube-shaped satellites. Soon, one of them will be writing Morse code messages across the sky. While most of the cargo on the craft is supplies for the space station, one of these little satellites, known as “cubesats”, serves another purpose entirely.…

Space & Spaceflight Eric Limer

Blind Mice Can See Again—and Maybe Blind Humans, Too

Some mice that once were blind can now see, thanks to a breakthrough from researchers at UC Berkley. And humans might not be far behind. There are two main causes of blindness—retinitis pigmentosa, which is genetic, and macular degeneration, an age-related problem your grandmother might have. Both ailments are related in that the retina’s rods…

Health Leslie Horn

Under Chair Cat Hammock Keeps Fluffy off the Damn Furniture

If you have pets you’ve already accepted the fact that your home will be perpetually covered in a layer of fur. Visitors, though? Probably not as keen. So this tiny hammock lets your cat still use your furniture without leaving it covered in hair. It’s just $30—available for pre-order now—and straps to the legs of…

Biology Andrew Liszewski

Your Sprint 4G Sucks Because of BIRDS

Sprint’s LTE network has been slow to roll out with only 15 cities up and running so far. On the company’s conference call this morning, it divulged an unusual culprit: Birds! It seems that birds are living all up in Sprint’s LTE towers and hampering your 4G coverage. We’re so glad human incompetence and technical…

Biology Mario Aguilar

How Twitter Can Predict When Individuals Will Get Sick

If you’ve been walking around a public place lately, you’ve come in contact with a lot of people. Some of those people may have been sick. And if you’ve been hanging around enough of them as they cough and sneeze, then you might be about to get sick too. That may sound obvious, but Adam…

Health Michael Reilly - New Scientist

The Five Most Beautiful Photographs of Earth According to NASA

The Landsat satellites have been watching Earth uninterruptedly for a record 40 years. During that time they have acquired millions of amazing images of our home world, available for everyone in the planet. These are the five most beautiful ones, according to NASA. These natural works of art make our blue marble look like an…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz

Find Out How Many Goats (or Guinea Pigs) It Would Take to Mow Your Lawn

As fun as it is to cut your lawn with a riding mower, they can be expensive to operate and maintain. Even the push variety end up costing you in the manual labor department, so you might want to consider putting a team of animals to the task. But how many goats, sheep, chickens, guinea…

Biology Andrew Liszewski

Humiliate Your Backyard Pests With This Giant Head Squirrel Feeder

There’s no point to deliberately feeding squirrels since those suburban rats will raid bird feeders and anyplace else they can snag a meal. But if you absolutely must feed them, at least use this giant squirrel head feeder that will humiliate the bastards while they scrounge for supper. If there was ever a better way…

Biology Andrew Liszewski

Cheese Could Reduce Your Diabetes Risk

If you tend to avoid cheese at all costs to keep your weight in check, you might want to think about including a little in your meals—because a new study suggests that a those who eat cheese are at reduced risk of developing diabetes. The research, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, considered…

Health Jamie Condliffe

A Comfy Recliner That Stretches Your Spine

When you hear the term ‘traction’ you immediately think of someone lying in a hospital bed rigged up to a complicated pulley system that’s yanking them in every direction. But the SuperTrac recliner takes a far comfier approach to stretching your spine. Besides automating and making the traction experience considerably more pleasant, the SuperTrac can…

Health Andrew Liszewski

The Robot Doctors of the Future Are Coming

Remember how in sci-fi tomorrowland we were promised that doctors would be followed around by robots who knew your medical history by rote and could make sure that nothing gets missed? Well, we’ve woken up in the future because shit just got real. Meet the RP-VITA, or Remote Presence Virtual + Independent Telemedicine Assistant, a…

Health Brent Rose

This Bed Gives Kids the Wrong Impression About Bear Encounters

Evidence Shows Cancer Regrowth Is Driven By Cancer Stem Cells

The Higgs Boson Discovery Just Got More Certain

Hairy Electronic Skin That Lets Robots Feel

FDA Approves the First Smart Pills That Track When You’ve Taken Your Meds

This Aquarium Is the Only Place On Earth Where Penguins Can Fly

All the American Flags On the Moon Are Now White

How You Photograph a Man Free Falling From the Edge Of Space

The Space Station’s New Aquarium Prepares Astronauts For a Puppy Some Day

Tiny Satellite To Scrawl Morse Code Messages Across the Night Sky

Blind Mice Can See Again—and Maybe Blind Humans, Too

Under Chair Cat Hammock Keeps Fluffy off the Damn Furniture

Your Sprint 4G Sucks Because of BIRDS

How Twitter Can Predict When Individuals Will Get Sick

The Five Most Beautiful Photographs of Earth According to NASA

Find Out How Many Goats (or Guinea Pigs) It Would Take to Mow Your Lawn

Humiliate Your Backyard Pests With This Giant Head Squirrel Feeder

Cheese Could Reduce Your Diabetes Risk

A Comfy Recliner That Stretches Your Spine

The Robot Doctors of the Future Are Coming

‘Butt Birth’-ing Rhinoceros from Ace Ventura Sequel Sold at Auction for a Whopping $60,000

The Ryan Gosling Sci-Fi Streak Will Continue Until Morale Improves

Study Challenges Popular Theory on Why Primordial Bugs Were So Darn Huge

Ewan McGregor and Anne Hathaway’s Mystery’s Sci-Fi Film Has Its First Trailer

Scientists Just Found the Salt Limit That Pushes Your Heart to the Breaking Point

White House Social Media Just Had Its Covfefe Moment

Roborock F25 Ultra Steam Wet Dry Vacuum Is Now at Its Lowest Price, but Only During the Spring Sale Window

This $450 Semi-Dumb Phone Is Barely Even a Phone

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

Level Lock Pro Review: As Good as a Secret Smart Lock Gets

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