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Space Radiation On the Long Trip To Mars Could Make Astronauts Dumber

Deep-space radiation is a serious but largely unquantified threat to astronauts making a long trip to Mars. A new study in mice is discouraging: Space-like levels of radiation exposure damaged their neurons, giving the mice cognitive problems. High-energy particles from blackholes and stars zip around deep space. We on Earth and even astronauts on the…

Tech News Sarah Zhang

This crazy bridge in Japan looks more like a terrifying roller coaster

If you look straight onto the Eshima Ohashi bridge in Japan, the ridiculously steep incline makes it look more like a roller coaster than a road for cars to drive on. I mean, come on, would you want to drive on that road? It’s basically a highway to outer space, a shortcut to vomiting from…

Sploid Casey Chan

People Got So Into This Strange Internet Button They Made Up Religions

It started as an April Fool’s Day lark, but a digital button placed on Reddit just one month ago has spurred a complex, sprawling online community, with offshoots that consider themselves spiritual orders. I know. A month-old internet stunt is odd fodder for galvanizing spirituality. But this is the world we live in, babies! And…

Tech News Kate Knibbs

WikiLeaks Just Started Accepting Secrets Again

WikiLeaks is accepting submissions again, after a nearly five-year hiatus. Anyone who wants to submit a document can do so by accessing a new Tor site to anonymously upload whatever scandalous files you’ve obtained. Submissions were paused in October 2010 after vicious infighting among staff, as Wired’s Andy Greenberg pointed out: The site’s administrators wrestled…

Privacy & Security Kate Knibbs

Microsoft HoloLens, Round 2: Why Can’t I See More Of This Amazing Shit?

Last night, I donned a Microsoft HoloLens for the second time. It was incredible. I could see objects made of light appear in the real world—and this time, I could freely walk around them without a tether. I even built my own holographic app. It felt so easy. Now let me tell you why I’m…

Tech News Sean Hollister

Scientists are Brewing Medieval Potions to Fight Hospital Superbugs

Last month, a microbiology lab in Nottingham, England made international headlines when it unearthed a substance that kills methicillin-resistant staph, one of the deadliest superbugs of modern times. The most astounding part about the find? It was a 1,000-year-old Viking potion. “This is something we never, ever expected,” said Christina Lee, the Viking scholar at…

Tech News Maddie Stone

These High-Tech Archaeological Tools Will Help Rebuild Nepal’s History

As rescue efforts in Nepal begin to shift to recovery mode, relief workers in the earthquake-ravaged country are focusing on infrastructure—including the catastrophic loss of so many historic structures. And increasingly, they’re using emerging technology to do it. How bad is the damage? Earlier this week UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre released a reporton its Kathmandu…

Tech News Alissa Walker

Last Week, I Was Paragliding; Now I’m Delivering Aid In Nepal

I am OK, but Nepal is not. The part of the country that got hit the hardest is the remote Gorkha district. Many small towns and villages are still not included in any government search and rescue effort. This is one of many stories from the area: One day, six volunteers and two villages. When…

Tech News Peter Volf

Comcast Treats City to Fiber After Suing It For Installing Fiber

Insulting news, residents of Chattanooga! Comcast will soon offer its 2 Gigabit-per-second fiber internet service to some 200,000 customers in the area. Why insulting? Because just a few years ago Comcast sued Chattanooga’s utility board for building a fiber network, forcing residents to use its own super slow internet instead. Comcast eventually lost the lawsuit…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

Only Demolishing the Astrodome Will Unearth Its Lost Time Capsule

Time capsule hunters looking for the elusive Astrodome time capsule in Houston think they’ve finally figured out where it is. Unfortunately, the location means they won’t be able to retrieve it until after the Astrodome is destroyed. As some commenters here at Paleofuture noted, the 1963 photo above leads us to believe that the capsule…

Tech News Matt Novak

The Mathematical Formulae That Will Help You Get Dates

In a charming TEDx talk at Binghamton University last year, complexity expert Hannah Fry applies her math skills to romantic relationships. Watch as she explains how pattern theory may help you get dates, how to use optimal stopping theory to pick a spouse, and how an understanding of negativity thresholds can help your marriage succeed.…

Tech News Diane Kelly

Harley Quinn Goes A Bit Lolita In This Arkham Knight Action Figure

The harlequin suit is out, and the skirts are in, as Play Arts Kai’s Arkham Knight turns its attention away from cape-swooshing Batmen and introduces Harley Quinn’s latest look. And it seems like Square-Enix have also managed to put the plastic in “plastic surgery” a bit literally while they’re at it, too. Based on Harley’s…

Tech News James Whitbrook

Here’s Why Sharks Have Two Penises

Cartilaginous fishes, like sharks and rays, are blessed with something called “claspers,” dual sperm-releasing tubes jutting from their pelvic fins. Why two? Thanks to a recent study published in the journal Nature Communications, we now know more about the sea creatures’ mysterious double dongs. Many animals, including humans, have a gene called Sonic hedgehog (Shh)—named…

Tech News Bryan Lufkin

How Tesla’s Powerwall Stacks Up to Conventional Energy, By the Numbers

I think about big, cheap batteries for a living, so I stayed up late and listened to the Tesla announcement. My first thoughts: These are fantastic prices for an uninterruptible power supply—but still expensive as day-to-day electricity. In terms of what you get compared to market prices, this is a good deal. $350/kWhr for a…

Tech News Dan Steingart

The Best and Worst From Microsoft Build 2015

Microsoft’s Build Developer Conference wraps up today, and as we pack away our (metaphorical/emotional) lanyards and look forward, we’re mostly excited about how Microsoft’s latest consumer electronics fever dream is shaping up. Best: HoloLens is achingly close to a faceputer regular people might want Microsoft’s craziest idea right now is by far it’s most exciting.…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

Are These Insanely Fast Slot Cars Racing at the Speed of Light?

If you spent any time playing with slot cars as a kid, you’re going to have a hard time figuring out how these racers—at the Slot Car Racing European Championship—are able to keep their vehicles on the track. The cars look like nothing but blurs as they complete laps in mere seconds without rocketing off…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Video: Inside the fiery inferno of a rocket launch

Here’s an awesome view of the fiery power that is a rocket. A GoPro camera is strapped inside this rocket test so that rocket scientists can get a view of what’s going on inside. It’s pretty amazing, the fire burns so hot that you can almost feel it through the screen. Rocket scientists incorporate a…

Sploid Casey Chan

Actually, Most Women Don’t Need an Annual Pap Smear

Cervical cancer can be deadly and is treatable if caught early — which makes regular screenings really important. But according to clinical guidelines released yesterdayby the American College of Physicians, many women are getting screened far too often. Top image: Tom Schoumakers/Shutterstock.com The ACP’s “best practices” recommendations join (and are largely identical to) the screening…

Tech News Diane Kelly

Yep, Your Cool Wrist Tattoo Is Confusing Your EVEN COOLER Apple Watch

It’s a heartwrenching decision: either get that expensive tattoo removal, or live a life without an Apple Watch. Or, as Apple suggests, put on a heart rate monitor instead. The company has quietly confirmed that tattoos screw with the watch’s heart rate tracking. The comment was spotted by Trusted Reviews, which noticed a support page…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

There’s No Reason To Ever Get Out of a Millennium Falcon Bed

Finding the motivation to crawl out of bed to face work, school, or even sunlight is hard enough. But imagine the herculean task of getting up in the morning when your bed is a near perfect replica of the Millennium Falcon’s cockpit. This pic was posted to Imgur by edmcgowan a few days ago with…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Space Radiation On the Long Trip To Mars Could Make Astronauts Dumber

This crazy bridge in Japan looks more like a terrifying roller coaster

People Got So Into This Strange Internet Button They Made Up Religions

WikiLeaks Just Started Accepting Secrets Again

Microsoft HoloLens, Round 2: Why Can’t I See More Of This Amazing Shit?

Scientists are Brewing Medieval Potions to Fight Hospital Superbugs

These High-Tech Archaeological Tools Will Help Rebuild Nepal’s History

Last Week, I Was Paragliding; Now I’m Delivering Aid In Nepal

Comcast Treats City to Fiber After Suing It For Installing Fiber

Only Demolishing the Astrodome Will Unearth Its Lost Time Capsule

The Mathematical Formulae That Will Help You Get Dates

Harley Quinn Goes A Bit Lolita In This Arkham Knight Action Figure

Here’s Why Sharks Have Two Penises

How Tesla’s Powerwall Stacks Up to Conventional Energy, By the Numbers

The Best and Worst From Microsoft Build 2015

Are These Insanely Fast Slot Cars Racing at the Speed of Light?

Video: Inside the fiery inferno of a rocket launch

Actually, Most Women Don’t Need an Annual Pap Smear

Yep, Your Cool Wrist Tattoo Is Confusing Your EVEN COOLER Apple Watch

There’s No Reason To Ever Get Out of a Millennium Falcon Bed

Tesla Goes Ahead and Admits Its Robotaxis Are Sometimes Fully Human-Controlled

School Forced to Replace Toilets After Kids Flush Vapes

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