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Tech NewsSurprisingly, Pilot Errors Not the Main Cause of Drone Crashes
It wasn’t my fault that I crashed my drone. It was the drone’s fault! This probably wouldn’t be the case every time, but according to a new study released by the RMIT University School of Engineering and published in Aerospace, it’s more likely that technical errors with the drone itself will cause a crash, compared … Continued
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Tech NewsApparently People Trusted This Robot
Why would they give it lips?? Apparently, in order to make a robot as expressive as possible, researchers decided to give BERT2, a robot assistant a pouty pair of lips and wide eyes with… are those eyebrows? Researchers from the University College London and the University of Bristol, who dared to use BERT2 here to … Continued
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LSD Can Mess With the Language Centers in Your Brain
The stereotype of late 1960s authors and musicians is that certain drugs can help to expand the mind and make the user more creative. As someone who has never taken psychedelics, I can’t know this for sure, but a recent study seems to be the first step in displaying scientific evidence in support of that … Continued
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We Will Get ‘Justice for Barb’ in a Second Season of Stranger Things
Oh Barb with your coke-bottle glasses, your mom jeans, and your perfect eye rolls. There’s something in your charm and wit that made you so endearing to us, the viewers of Stranger Things. You were taken from us far too soon. But according to creators, we might get to see some “justice.” Speaking with IGN, … Continued
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NASA Just Found a Lost Spacecraft
If movies about space have taught us anything, it’s that no one can hear you scream. If you get lost in space, nobody’s going to find you. Unless you’re a spacecraft with a direct link to NASA. Then, there is hope for you yet. STEREO-B, from the Solar and Terrestrial Relations Observatory mission, went missing … Continued
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These Glowing Rocks Capture One of Nature’s Most Beautiful Phenomena
Looks at first like somebody threw a bunch of glowing beads on some rocks, but what you see here is actually alive. In a series titled “The Weeping Stones,” Tdub Photo, a photo and video company based in Japan, were able to photograph a group of bioluminescent shrimp, which they poured over rocks in the … Continued
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Tech NewsThis Jellyfish-Inspired Material Can Conceal Secret Messages
This is certainly a much better idea than a message that self-destructs after you read it (we’re looking at you, Inspector Gadget). Researchers at the University of Connecticut were inspired by the skins of squids and jellyfish, which can change color or texture in response to certain factors in their surroundings. In a move that … Continued
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SciencePhysics & ChemistryHow To Give Wood The Ultimate Paper Cut
It’s like a Bizzaro World version of “Rock, Paper, Scissors” where the paper manages to beat everything and scissors are pissed. A video posted by John Heisz shows that while paper is considered flimsy, it’s tough as nails and can actually cut through wood—with the correct circumstances. Heisz replaces his buzzsaw with a piece of … Continued
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EartherClimate ChangeGood Job Humanity, NASA Has Accepted Sad Levels of Sea Ice As a ‘New Normal’
The Arctic Ocean is seeing a rapid amount of ice loss this season, but NASA scientists aren’t too alarmed. “A decade ago, this year’s sea ice extent would have set a new record low and by a fair amount,” said Walt Meier, a sea ice scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. “Now, we’re kind … Continued
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The Next Big Solar Eclipse Is A Year Away But People Are Already Planning A Party
With this much planning, you’d think Americans were putting together a wedding. But it’s actually for something much larger. The next big solar eclipse is exactly a year away, and people stateside are already freaking out over it. It is kind of a big deal. We normally get a number of partial solar eclipses throughout … Continued
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Tech NewsDon’t Throw Out Your Game Boy Classic; Use It To Pilot a Drone Instead
What do you do with your old Game Boy? Some of us try and boot it up for the first time in decades, while others look at this brick that we played with in our childhood and make something of it. For somebody who goes by the name Gautier Hattenberger, the first thing that came … Continued
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This Is What The Perseid Meteor Shower Looked Like Around the World
Looks like the logo for our 1950s film production company. Actually, it’s more complicated than that (even though we would still like to use it when we go back in time to take down Universal). Students at the Florida Institute of Technology created this time lapse image during the peak of this summer’s Perseid meteor … Continued
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According to Airbus, A Flying Car Reality Is Just Around The Corner
The flying car is just one of a group of futuristic technologies that are like science’s White Whales—along with jetpacks and a machine that can record our dreams (just me?). Plenty of startups have tested their own versions and now, one major company says that future will be here sooner than you think. According to … Continued
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Why Men Shouldn’t Be the Sole Breadwinners in Families
Traditional gender roles have been shifting over the past few decades and that’s probably for the best. Not just because society’s expectations for a binary gender system are outdated, but because it might be bad for you. At least, that’s according to a new study to be presented by University of Connecticut sociologists at the … Continued
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In 1898, Nikola Tesla Predicted Drone Warfare
Nikola Tesla was both of his time and ahead of it (he has a car company named after him, after all). Besides his contributions to altnerating current electrical systems, the inventor predicted smartphones, television, and apparently drones, which he thought could cause humanity’s destruction. In a patent that was granted on November 8, 1898, Tesla … Continued
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When Martin Shkreli Calls A Pharma Company Out, You Know It Screwed Up [Update]
The extensive price hike for a vital, life-saving drug for many with allergies is causing concern among doctors, patients, and politicians—along with a guy responsible for an extensive price hike himself. Mylan pharmaceutical, the maker of the EpiPen—a portable epinephrine injector that can potentially save someone having a life-threatening allergic reaction—is being accused of raising … Continued
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io9Did Somebody Say Beetlejuice on Broadway?
Come on Broadway, you know you’re not supposed to say his name three times. Apparently somebody must have broken the rules, as The New York Post reports that a stage version of Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice is in the works. The article states that the show will be directed by Alex Timbers, who was recently replaced … Continued
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io9This Guy Made a Replica of The Computer That Helped the Robinson Family 50 Years Ago
If you’re a fan of 1960s sci-fi shows, then you probably recognize the computer in the video above. Everybody from the Robinson family to Bruce Wayne had one and to viewers, it looked like the future. Brian Mix is a replica prop builder and decided to make one of his own, which he presented at … Continued
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An Algorithm Can Tell If You’re Depressed Just By Looking At Your Instagram Photos
Social media can already give others insight into your personal life and mental state (even if you don’t want them to), but according to a recent study, even something as small as your Instagram filter choices can be enlightening. Andrew Reece at Harvard University and Chris Danforth at the University of Vermont published a paper … Continued
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Mass. is Trying to Settle Its Issues With Uber the Old-Fashioned Way
Massachusetts is attempting to aid its taxi industry in the wake of the digital ride-hailing industry by taking from one to give to the other—just like our Founding Fathers did. According to Reuters, the state plans to levy a 20-cent fee per trip on ride-hailing apps, with five of those cents going to taxis. It’s … Continued
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