Say you’re at a party, and someone wants to get a silent disco going. Everyone opens their phone, someone yells “play,” and hopefully everyone gets it started at the same time. Well, that works, but it could be better. So…
In the NASA plan to deal with a killer asteroid destroying the world, the first people to learn about it likely find out via text message. Seriously. If a killer asteroid on a path to striking Earth were discovered, the…
Nikolas Badminton Crunch Network Contributor Nikolas Badminton is a researcher and futurist based in Vancouver, Canada, and provides opinions about humanity, the future of work and life with technology. His opinions and thoughts on the future can be seen at…
GIF Hanging items on a nail isn’t hard, but it’s always tough to hang something you can’t see. You need the string to thread the nail, but not the wooden frame itself. You could photocopy a template, but your poster…
A winter storm warning is in effect for an unlikely place: tropical Hawaii. The National Weather Service has issued a warning for the Big Island’s Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa volcanoes through Sunday night. Around 2 feet of snow has…
For the longest while, researchers believed that you could only preserve a memory in your brain if the relevant neurons were active. However, it now looks like this isn’t always the case — and that could be a tremendous help…
Image: Shutterstock Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water … it totally was. While certainly dramatic, an image of a breaching great white shark currently making the rounds on Twitter as National Geographic’s “Photo…
Sometimes less is more. When that comes to photography that is often true. Beginner photographers frequently try to put too much into their photos. That causes the image to be cluttered and the subject to be less clear. Let’s see…
Cogito, ergo sum. We’ve all heard that famous assertion, foundation for a modern philosophy of self, consciousness, and individualism. But Descartes had it easy: for him, thought was self-evident — he didn’t have to define it. What is thought? What…
Last week, a suspected thief’s getaway vehicle turned into his jail cell when BMW employees managed to track and remotely lock a stolen car in Seattle, according to police. Authorities say the suspect was prowling cars early last Sunday when…