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Scientists were able to create a device for collecting water from dry desert air. They only require heat from the sun. The invention can change the lives of the 2.1 billion people who lack clean drinking water. The main advantage of the invention is that for its operation requires neither electricity nor rain. We have…

Badgers like this one in South London are already nocturnal, but may find more prey in human-disturbed areasPhoto: Laurent Geslin All around the globe, human activity is driving mammals to become more active at night, according to new research. Likely driven by a fear of people, many animals shift their schedules toward nocturnality to avoid…

Skyscraper Window Replacement Goes Horribly, Horribly Wrong Construction workers in Moscow using a rooftop crane to lift a giant pane of glass to the top of a… Read more Read The glass used to shape the building’s interior, while aesthetically stunning, was also easy to miss, leading a few Apple employees to just walk right…

Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr., speaks during a hearing of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, May 8, 2018 in Washington.Photo: AP House Democrats are working to keep a flame to Facebook’s feet ahead of the company’s anticipated responses to lingering concerns over the handling of user…

By now, you’ve probably seen the satirical posts where someone claims to have “forced a bot” to watch thousands of hours of video and then write their own script. The posts are funny, but if you haven’t realized, they’re jokes that don’t quite encapsulate how artificial intelligence works. We thought it was pretty obvious, but…

An artist’s representation of a black hole eating a star and spewing a jetIllustration: Sophia Dagnello, NRAO/AUI/NSF When a star meets the gravity of a black hole, chaos ensues. A newly published study relies on 10 years of observations from a slew of well-known telescopes to sort through that chaos and reveal what seems to…

Photo: Leon Neal (Getty Images) Google, seemingly aware that people are unnerved by just how much ad networks know about us, today said it’s refining how it lets you control what ads you see. The company has updated its ad personalization settings page, and in the process, has kindly reminded us that it’s easy to…

The James Webb Telescope, pictured here, has been plagued by delays, technical hurdles, and shoddy workmanship.Image: NASA The US Government Accountability Office released a scathing report in May claiming that NASA’s most expensive projects have “deteriorated” significantly in the past year both in terms of added costs and scheduling delays. Earlier today, NASA had to…

Photo: Wikimedia MoviePass is a runaway train that relentlessly burns through cash to keep itself going. But the head of its parent company is doing a lot of press to insist that everything’s fine. In fact, he claims the theater subscription company is 2 million subscribers away from breaking even. An upcoming family plan could…

Pictured: Not a human.Photo: Leamsii (Pixabay) Consumer DNA testing is going to the dogs. A Canadian testing company has been accused of sending back supposedly human ancestry results on a faux sample that actually came from a chihuahua named Snoopy, CBC News reported Wednesday. Remarkably, it’s the second company reported to have been fooled by…