2016 was a year for breaking records, breaking new ground, and (in some cases) breaking gear. More than 1,000 stories hit our homepage this year. These 12 were the most popular we published. Artificial ‘Gills’ Scam Comes Clean A week…
Amazon remains an e-commerce company at its core, but like any tech giant, it’s put its fingers in many other pies over the years. Some of its attempts have been disasters. Others are bona fide smash hits. The biggest surprise,…
If you’re looking for a good book to curl up with this winter, you’re bound to find one on this list. These are the books found on “best of 2016" lists the most. Why read through a bunch of book…
In 2014, Harvard researchers were able to generate insulin-producing cells in mice. No one—not even the scientists themselves—has been able to reproduce the original results. (Image: Harvard Stem Cell Institute) A Harvard research team led by biologist Douglas Melton has…
YouTube For most, 2016 was a wild ride with lows like the death of icons and highs like…well getting high. This is a year a lot of people would like to be over asap, but I’m not one to wish…
YouTube If you’re like me, your method for defrosting your car windshield is carving out a four inch peep hole using the sleeve of your jacket so you can drive while your car defroster completes the job over the next…
Technion/YouTube In an ideal world, a medical mystery could be solved with a device that quickly and cheaply takes a noninvasive sample and reports back with whatever condition a patient is suffering from — a real life “Star Trek” medical…
Why does everyone want to kill Bruce Willis? Because Pierre-Alexandre Chauvat hilariously edited together 53 different movies to make it seem like various characters from movies like The Bourne Ultimatum, Pulp Fiction, Hot Fuzz, Mad Max: Fury Road and more…
Ava works by tracking nine different physiological parameters through the bracelet, worn through the night, linking them to hormonal changes throughout the menstrual cycle. Ava Tracking fertility isn’t easy, but it can be, says Lea von Bidder, cofounder of fertility…
Just when you thought 2016 couldn’t get any more cruel. Debbie Reynolds—a Hollywood star since her teenage leading-lady debut in 1952's Singin’ in the Rain—died just one day after her daughter, Carrie Fisher. She was 84 years old. Read more……