Astronomer Offers Entirely New Theory To Explain 'Alien Probe' Asteroid
If there's one story that left astronomers truly scratching their heads in 2018, it had to be the mysterious interstellar visitor known as Oumuamua. The…
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Spectrum Plans Another Inexplicable Fee Hike Just Four Months After The Last One
If you get your cable through Spectrum, prepare for your bill to inexplicably go up next month. According to the Los Angeles Times, Spectrum will…
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Scientists Discover That Flying Squirrels Glow Bright Pink Under UV Light
If you've ever seen a flying squirrel in the wild you know that they're neat little critters. They're not particularly bothersome, and aside from mastering…
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Earth's Magnetic Pole Is Shifting Faster Than Scientists Predicted
If there's one thing big-budget Hollywood disaster films have taught us, it's that the Earth's poles are nothing to be messed with. But apocalyptic fiction…
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Chinese Satellite Snaps Image Of The Moon From The Side We Never See
The Moon dominates the night sky and, as the closest large body to Earth, we get to see it plenty. Unfortunately, since the Moon only…
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A Meteorite Exploded Over Cuba And Its Boom Was Captured On Video
Space rocks come crashing down to Earth with somewhat startling regularity, and when they do they often create a big boom. When a meteorite detonates…
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T-Mobile Promises The Sprint Merger Won't Drive Up Prices... For Now
Now that the government has officially reopened and the review process for T-Mobile's proposed merger with Sprint has presumably picked back up, CEO John Legere…
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Watch This Massive Jupiter Storm Swirl Forever
Jupiter, the mighty "king" of planets, is one of the most interesting objects in our Solar System, and not just because it's really really big.…
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Apple Watch 'Fall Detection' Feature Credited With Saving Man's Life
One of the more interesting things about the Apple Watch is how the narrative behind the wearable has seemingly done a 180. Early on, the…
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NASA's InSight Robot Had To Install A Protective Shield Because Mars Is Windy
It's now been over two months since NASA's InSight lander touched down on Mars. The landing went as smoothly as anyone could have hoped, and…
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Details Emerge Of An FBI Sting Targeting Huawei Last Month At CES
A few weeks before officials from the US Justice Dept. announced the unsealing of indictments against China-based tech giant Huawei -- indictments that included almost…
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Samsung Finally Decided To Cancel Its Eyebrow-Raising Partnership With A Fake Supreme Brand
It took almost two months, but it seems that Samsung has finally come to its senses. After a splashy announcement in December about a partnership…
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Climate Change Is Actually Changing The Color Of The Ocean
Climate scientists have long since warned that human activity and pollution is rapidly warming the Earth, and it's a consensus that we're at or near…
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China Deploys New Rocket-Launching Robotic Ship, But It's Not Built For War
When one of the world's superpowers deploys a robotic ship capable of launching rockets it's safe to assume that it's going to raise plenty of…
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DNA Testing Kit Company Has Been Handing Over Genetic Data To The FBI
At-home DNA testing kits were once little more than a fun distraction that might reveal something about your family history that had been long forgotten.…
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Here's What Would Happen If Apple Ever Kicked Facebook Off The App Store
Recent days have seen the simmering tension between Apple and Facebook reach an unprecedented level, after months of back-and-forth sniping, veiled potshots and a cold…
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Israel Is About To Launch The First Privately-Funded Mission To The Moon
Getting to the Moon takes an incredible amount of technical know-how, engineering excellence, and of course money. That's why embarking on a lunar landing mission…
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Uber Rides In New York City Are About To Get A Lot More Expensive
If you happen to live in New York City, you're about to see a discernible price increase when it comes to getting around town in…
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Researchers Invent 3D 'Replicator' That Builds Objects Using Liquid And Light
We've all seen what modern 3D printing technology is capable of, but it still has some serious limitations. Many times, 3D printed objects come out…
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Netflix Usage Surpassed Cable And Satellite TV For The First Time In 2018
The streaming video landscape is definitely going to look more interesting -- and fragmented -- than ever as 2019 continues to unfold, with established names…
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Here's What The Polar Vortex Looks Like From NASA's Heat-Mapping Satellite
You don't have to live in the U.S. Midwest to have heard about the polar vortex, but if you do you've no doubt felt its…
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China Says It's Even Colder On The Moon Than We Thought
China's Chang'e 4 mission has been a rousing success for the country's space agency, and it's already celebrated a number of "firsts," including being the…
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Scientists Built A Robot That Taught Itself What It Is
AI researchers who develop machine learning algorithms have demonstrated that telling a machine to teach itself how to do a certain task is a pretty…
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Follow Along As This Video Maps Out Everywhere Elon Musk Flew His Private Jet In 2018
He's referred to it as the "most painful" year of his career. Over the course of 2018, Tesla co-founder Elon Musk's personal and professional life…
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Scientists Create The Deepest Space Image Ever By Mining Hubble Images For New Light
The Hubble Space Telescope has produced some of the most stunning glimpses of distant objects mankind has ever laid eyes on, but one particular image…
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Apple Is Teaming Up With American Airlines To Offer Passengers Some In-Flight Entertainment
The day after Apple released its earnings for the most recent holiday quarter -- which, among other things, underscored how much the company is continuing…
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NASA's Mission To 'Touch The Sun' Just Reached A Major Milestone
NASA had a big year in 2018 with several bold new missions to study various features of our Solar System, and one of the most…
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