‘Trident is old technology’: the brave new world of cyber warfare
Cyber warfare: the great wild card that can turn the world’s most advanced technology against itself with a few well-placed lines of code.

January 18, 2016 at 01:32PM
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Scientists Revive Microscopic Water Bears After 30 Years Of Deep Freeze
The hardy tardigrade sets a new personal best.

January 18, 2016 at 12:23PM
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Electrify Your Eating Utensils To Supercharge The Flavor Of Your Food
Munchies visits the inventor Hiromi Nakamura, who is researching the concept of “electric taste.” Hiromi has developed a fork and cup that zap your taste buds with electrical currents to make food taste saltier.

January 18, 2016 at 11:43AM
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How To Accomplish Anything Without Ever Getting Off Your Hoverboard
With a little ingenuity, elbow grease and some hand tools, you’ll never have to stop hovering.

January 18, 2016 at 11:43AM
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How To Break the Information Age Trance of ‘Continuous Partial Attention’
By 2020, there will be approximately 9.7 billion displays on Earth serving up over 5,000 ad-views per day per urban-dwelling person, a 25 percent increase from 2015. This figure doesn’t even include displays found on appliances or in cars. The situation, is one of “continuous partial attention.”

January 18, 2016 at 11:10AM
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Why Are All The Holograms In The Star Wars Universe So Crappy?
Of all the technological achievements of the “Star Wars” universe — faster-than-light space travel, antigravity, blue milk — the one that seems most ubiquitous is probably holography. Holographic projectors are all over the place. So why are they so crappy?

January 18, 2016 at 09:41AM
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Sadly, The Internet Isn’t Making The World A Better Place
Tech companies are trying to hasten the spread of the digital revolution, but a new study suggests it could do more harm than good.

January 18, 2016 at 06:38AM
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SpaceX Falcon delivers NASA/NOAA satellite but has rough landing
On Sunday, SpaceX’s Falcon booster successfully lifted the Jason-3 satellite into orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Following that, the first stage attempted to achieve a landing on the “Just Read the Instructions” barge, which was floating off the California coast, but failed when a landing leg broke.

January 18, 2016 at 12:12AM
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Can a brain scan uncover your morals and determine whether a prisoner dies?
Brains images are becoming standard evidence in some of the country’s most controversial and disturbing death penalty trials — including the case of Steven Northington.

January 17, 2016 at 05:03PM
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Watch SpaceX Try To Land A Rocket On A Floating Ocean Barge
SpaceX is launching its Jason-3 ocean-monitoring satellite from California. Last time, it successfully landed a rocket on land. This launch, it’s trying to land it on a floating barge in the ocean.

January 17, 2016 at 12:53PM
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