Photo: Neil Ackerman (Aberdeenshire Council) Archeologists were amazed when they first saw a newly-identified ancient arrangement of stones on a farm in Aberdeen, Scotland, in December. They first found out about the monument when a woman who owns the farm told local experts about the stone circle after she couldn’t find any records of the…

Photo: Adam Clark Estes (Gizmodo) I’ve been a fan of the Jabra Move wireless headphones for years. They’re super functional, lightweight, attractive, great-sounding, and at $100, surprisingly affordable. Jabra just released an updated version of the headphones, the Move Style, with improved battery life and a new range of colors. The best part is they’re…

Existing border fence on the U.S.-Mexico border near Nogales, ArizonaPhoto: Getty Arizona state Senator Gail Griffin, a Republican, has introduced a new bill that would force computer and phone retailers to install porn-blocking software, which could only be removed for a fee of at least $20. The weirdest part? The money that was collected by…

The third column, which represents how birds see the world, has the most contrast, demonstrating the importance of ultraviolet light. The fourth column is how the trees appear to human eyes. Eyes, like computer printers, create images by combining a selection of primary colors. But rather than three ink cartridges, eyes have a series of…

Photo: Sara S. Davis (Getty Images) There are plenty of people who are exceptional in one way or another. But a new review published this week suggests that even the poop we make can be extraordinary. It argues that some of us are super fecal transplant donors, with poop that is uniquely suited to treating…

Photo: Getty The European Union has spent the last year working on a controversial overhaul of its copyright laws and was scheduled to finalize the proposal on Monday. Lawmakers failed to come to an agreement and the legislation is stalled for the time being, but that hasn’t stopped Google from threatening to pull its News…

Photo: AP One of the most egregious myths about automation is that it is a faceless and elemental force of nature that we puny humans are capable only of scrambling to adapt to. This is technological determinism at its most aggressive, and it’s generally a big fat fallacy. As I’ve tried to show in these…

Artist’s depiction of small objects within the Kuiper belt. Image: ESO/M. Kornmesser The odd orbital arrangements of objects beyond Neptune have led scientists to speculate about the existence of a so-called Planet Nine—a hypothetical large planet in the outer reaches of the Solar System. New research suggests a planet isn’t required to achieve the anomalous…

Photo: Nest A California family said they got the scare of a lifetime this past weekend when their smart security cameras began falsely warning of three North Korean intercontinental ballistic missiles headed to Los Angeles, Chicago, and Ohio. Thankfully, the missile warning was a hoax. Less comforting was the fact that the family’s Nest security…