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  • Newly Discovered ‘Asteroid’ Is Far Freakier Than Astronomers Expected

    Yep, there’s two of ‘em. Image: Arecibo/GBO/NSF/NASA/JPL-Caltech Normally we’d say this is no biggie; around 15 percent of all known asteroids larger than 650 feet (200 meters) in diameter are binaries. But 2017 YE5 is special because it’s an “equal mass” binary, in which the two objects are roughly the same mass. The vast majority…

  • America Could Lose Its Access to the International Space Station for Nearly a Year

    The International Space Station. Image: NASA Boeing and SpaceX, owing to manufacturing delays and certification hurdles, are unlikely to provide NASA with the vehicles required to transport astronauts to the International Space Station next year, according to an alarming government report. As a result, and starting in late 2019, the U.S. might not have a…

  • What Did You Get in Trouble for at Your School’s Computer Lab?

  • The invention of dynamite and the first private computers

    14 July 1867 Alfred Nobel first demonstrated dynamite. The first tests took place in the quarry Redhill, Surrey in the UK. According to the legend, Nobel invented dynamite by accident. Bottles of explosive nitroglycerin was being transported for the security of diatomaceous earth, one bottle burst and the substance was mixed with the rock. Alfred…

  • The frameless smartphone Xiaomi showed in video

    The network has the opportunity to see the design of upcoming smartphone Xiaomi Mi 3 Mix until submitted by the manufacturer. Rendered realistic renderings and a video was published by the Science and Knowledge channel on YouTube. Of course, this is only a concept, based on the recent leaks, including live photos. However, it allows…

  • Two Cancer Drugs Found to Boost Aging Immune Systems 

    Image: annca (Pixabay) Drugs that can lengthen life have long been a hallmark of speculative science fiction—many hope for an invention that could extend average lifespans well into the triple digits in the distant future. But the timeline of these drugs could be shorter than we think. A new clinical trial published Wednesday in Science…

  • Face Recognition ‘Tickets’ Are Coming to Baseball Games

    Photo: AP MLB and Clear announced a partnership on Thursday that will soon let baseball fans enter stadiums using fingerprints, and eventually, just their face, instead of tickets. Clear, which offers similar biometric fast-tracking for participating airports, says it will let baseball fans link their Clear and MLB.com accounts. By sharing fingerprint data, visitors can…

  • New South African Telescope Releases Epic Image of the Galactic Center

    The black hole at the center of the Milky Way and filaments.Image: (Credit: SARAO) You’re looking at the center of our galactic home, the Milky Way, as imaged by 64 radio telescopes in the South African wilderness. Scientists released this image today to inaugurate the completed MeerKAT radio telescope. But these scopes form part of…

  • Vaping Pilot Trying to Hide E-Cig Cloud Accidentally Sends Passenger Flight Plummeting

    Photo: Getty An Air China flight crew had to enact emergency protocols during a flight from Hong Kong to the city of Dalian on Tuesday, all because a co-pilot tried to sneak in a vape break. China’s Civil Aviation Administration (CAAC) began investigating the alarming incident and found that the co-pilot tried to turn off…

  • YouTube Says Sorry for Ruining Your World Cup Moment

    Photo: Tom Grimbert YouTube got a lot of crap earlier this week when its budding cable TV substitute, YouTube TV, went down during England and Croatia’s World Cup semi-final match. At 3pm ET, YouTube acknowledged the screw-up, saying “the timing is horrible but we’re working to be up and running again ASAP!” Fans predictably lost…