GIF We usually see rocket launches and landings from above. But there’s something about seeing the whole thing happen from the ground-up that’s just so much better. SpaceX just put up a little video clip showing its latest rocket landing…
Last week, thousands of fitness nuts had the chance to analyze the heartbeat of someone taking steps high on the towering slopes of Mount Everest thanks to the ingenious idea of two mountaineers and their Strava accounts. Ever wonder what…
Below you’ll find the most popular designs we’ve tracked over the last 30 days – an overview of designs you shouldn’t have missed in May 2016. The Bend is a medical finger-splint with a revolutionary design. Finger bone fractures can…
Shutterstock Bro. Why aren’t you boning now? Because your girl’s at the office? Doing email? And you think that she doesn’t want to bone because she’s doing email at the office? That ain’t true. That ain’t true at all. She…
When Pebble announced its new Core fitness device, we immediately recognized it could be one of the best products of the year so far. Pebble markets it as a fitness device since it can track your steps, distance and pace.…
Smart mirrors have been all the rage this year, and it looks like Microsoft’s getting into the game too. While Microsoft’s mirror is teased as a commercial product, they’ve released the source code if you’re interested in making one for…
LiveLeak Michelle Gregg, the mother of the 3-year-old boy who wandered into the gorilla enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo, has received much criticism for the shooting death of Harambe. Animal Planet host Jeff Corwin placed blame on Gregg for not…
As editor of 99U, my inbox is (thankfully) filled with pitches of all kinds. Mainly, writers who’d like to contribute to this site and speakers who’d like to throw their hat in the ring for our yearly 99U Conference. And…
YouTube/Recode In today’s day-and-age, we’re all “already a cyborg.” Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said technology has already turned us into cyborgs At Vox Media’s Code Conference Wednesday night. And he makes a really interesting point — our ability to have a…
The backlash has been vicious since zookeepers killed a gorilla named Harambe in order to protect a boy who fell into its enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo. Now, police are investigating the parents in a misguided effort to administer blame,…
