To scientists, this is of greater value than an Olympic gold medal. The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) has confirmed the existence of four new elements with the atomic numbers 113, 115, 117, and 118. Chemistry textbooks are in need of a rewrite with the addition of four new elements to the Periodic Table. The periodic table … Read More

Amazon has removed many, but not all, brands of hoverboards from its website following reports of the popular Christmas present catching fire. Without any public announcement, models of the self-balancing scooters from makers like Swagway and Phunkeeduck have disappeared from the online retailer. Hoverboards from brands like Jetson and Razor remain for sale. Overstock.com announced that it would no longer … Read More

When Vincent showed up at the Story County Animal Shelter in Nevada, Iowa, he’d been through something awful. He had been found injured at a camping site, back legs missing from the shinbone down. The shelter had no idea how he’d gotten that way, but the little guy was in luck. At three years of age, Vincent has been fitted … Read More

Countless movies and books include a plot-line in which the protagonist is abducted and either tied or handcuffed to something solid. In the unlikely event you were taken hostage and incapacitated it would be nice to have something about your person that could help you escape. The Titanium Escape Ring has a hidden extra — a stainless steel multi-tool designed … Read More

Comcast’s data caps are ‘just low enough to punish streaming’. In many regions across the country, Comcast this week added Little Rock, Arkansas; Shreveport, Louisiana; Chattanooga, Tennessee; and Galax, Virginia, among other cities, to its growing list of regions with broadband data caps. It is already known from Comcast’s own internal documents that its data caps have nothing to do … Read More

A team at the University of Louisville has taken bioprinting a step farther by creating a working 3D printed human heart made of fat cells. Think of a future where, if your heart failed or has a defect, you could get one that works better and lasts longer. Researchers at the University of Louisville have moved a step closer in … Read More

The movie from 1989 got a few things right when it depicted what 2015 would look like. Although flat screen TVs and drones are abundant, the movie’s prediction of flying cars, hover boards and self-lacing shoes was completely wrong. Things the film predicted right: Flat Screen TV’s Video Conference Technology-Marty really did see the future with this one. Let’s see, … Read More

Amazon filed a lawsuit on Friday against more than 1,000 people who allegedly offered to hire themselves out as fake reviewers at $5 a review. Internet users increasingly rely on online customer reviews when making spending decisions, whether they’re buying an iPhone case on Amazon or hiring an Uber ride in their hometown. But just how much can you trust … Read More

The surprising thing is that no one has ruined it. Despite being purchased by Facebook and depsite vastly different opinions on how you should use the service, Instagram is still great—an unbested way to share a single moment of your life with your friends. If you’re searching for a concrete reason why Instagram hasn’t changed much to the naked eye, … Read More

A 28-year-old who has been paralyzed for more than a decade as a result of a spinal cord injury has become the first person to be able to “feel” physical sensations through a prosthetic hand directly connected to his brain, and even identify which mechanical finger is being gently touched. The advance, made possible by sophisticated neural technologies developed under … Read More