Computer hackers have a long history of being shown on TV and in movies completely incorrectly, but if any show’s come close to accuracy, it’s Mr. Robot. So, let’s take a peak inside Elliott Alderson’s backpack. According to some snoopers…
Scientists writing in the Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific have found unusual signals emanating from a group of stars that are “signals probably from extraterrestrial intelligence.” The signals “have exactly the shape of an signal predicted in…
It’s been a whopping 34 years since the original TRON hit theaters back in 1982, and it’s been six years since Tron: Legacy rebooted the franchise in 2010 and brought TRON‘s ground-breaking graphics into the 21st century. I’d say that…
There’s magic out there in the world. You just need to go out there and find it. Like Japanese Twitter user @FustDrift, who just happened to find this dude in a smoking room who could casually make things levitate from…
LOS ANGELES — Pete Burns, the vivacious and androgynous frontman for British pop and New Wave band Dead or Alive, died Sunday from cardiac arrest, his management confirmed Monday. He was 57. Dead or Alive’s biggest hit was also its…
Image: YouTube Scientists may soon be able to conduct experiments on hearts without needing once-living tissue and muscle from animals. In a new study published today in Nature Materials, Harvard University researchers announced they’ve created the first 3D-printed heart-on-a-chip capable…
A team of British researchers has found a way to alter cow sperm and reduce male fertility by stopping the sperm from swimming. The discovery, if replicated in human sperm, could be used to develop new forms of male contraception,…
Someday, I’ll realize my dream of gathering ethnomusicologists and neuroscientists and engineers and we can finally sit down and work out why it is that the 303 is so damned pleasing. In the meantime, we can obsess over the nuances…
GIF Wicked Lasers is known for its handheld lasers and flashlights that redefine what it means to be bright. A few years ago it released a flashlight that was intense enough to start a fire, and now the company has…
Some financial gurus are convinced that blockchain (the underlying tech behind bitcoin) is the future of business, and they might already have some proof. The Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Wells Fargo have conducted the first international, inter-bank trade deal…