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A group of Russian scientists is perfectly fit to the film by John carpenter. They claim to have discovered ancient worms-nematodes buried in the Siberian tundra who were able to play, after 32 000 years in permafrost. If this discovery is confirmed, it will be an example of the long survival and return to life…

Photo: Getty Police say a couple in their 60s woke up in their Palo Alto, California bedroom around midnight last Saturday to find someone looming above them wearing a mask, or possibly a black T-shirt covering their face. The intruder asked for their wifi password. According to a city press release, one of the residents…

Photo: Getty For weeks, Facebook has faced tough questions for allowing Alex Jones’ InfoWars page to spread conspiracy theories that incite harassment while simultaneously pledging to fight misinformation. The situation has led to Jones taunting Facebook, and Mark Zuckerberg seemingly excusing Holocaust deniers. On Thursday, the company finally took some confusing action that probably won’t satisfy anyone. InfoWars…

Photo: Alex Cranz (Gizmodo) Google has been steadily improving its smart speaker with updates facilitating more fluid conversations, as well as the addition of routines for chaining together multiple tasks with a single command. Now Google is adding scheduling to the mix, which means your mornings can start just the way you want them, at…

Selected images of the frozen worms said to be recovered from ancient permafrost samples dating back at least 32,000 years ago.Image: Shatilovich, et al. (Doklady Biological Sciences) A team of Russian scientists is lining themselves up to be the opening cast of a John Carpenter film. Earlier this month, in the journal Doklady Biological Sciences,…

Photo: Kraft-Heinz Lego might be the most popular toy on Earth, but it’s about to get some stiff (jiggly?) competition from Kraft-Heinz, which just tweaked the recipe of its Jell-O gelatin mix, making it thicker and sturdier. It’s only available in new Jell-O Play kits that also include plastic molds for making squishy bricks that…

The Japanese company Tamiya is better known on this side of the Pacific for its remote control cars and trucks, but the company also has a lesser known line of educational building toys that teach (or terrify) more than thrill. That now includes this robotic centipede that’s based on the i-Centipot robot developed at Osaka…

Screenshot: Youtube To anyone whose YouTube pages started to look strange today, you’re not alone: with little fanfare, the site pushed a change that now adapts its video player to match the aspect ratio of your content. Until now YouTube forced all videos into a 16:9 ratio by windowboxing them, meaning surround them with black…