Tomorrow is not only just a new day, and a new year, but a new decade as well. 2020 has been talked about for a long time now, with dreams of flying cars and space trips, and while many of those things won’t be happening in the New Year, there …

  NASA has inched closer to completing its next Mars rover with a milestone driving test. The team at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California fired up the Mars 2020 rover and allowed to to drive around the Spacecraft Assembly Facility clean room. NASA reports the rover passed the …

Microsoft has introduced Bing Rebates, the successor to its now-defunct Cashback shopping program. The new program, which was originally reported by WinBuzzer, makes rebates available to select Microsoft Rewards members when they make purchases through participating retailers on Bing. Why we care In the wake of numerous developments in the …

For businesses that operate in the physical world, Google My Business (GMB) has become the center of the digital universe. Google is relying increasingly on content in GMB for ranking and less on third party citations and off-page signals than in the past. A lot happened with GMB this year, …

Lush green forests grew on Ellesmere and Axel Heiberg islands of the Canadian High Arctic 56 million years ago (Paleocene-Eocene boundary), according to a new study published in the journal Palaeontographica Abteilung B. Dr. West hunts for fossils using a rock hammer to split apart shale on Ellesmere Island. Image …

Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), one of the principle polyphenolic compounds found in the leaves of the green tea plant (Camellia sinensis), is effective against Mycobacterium tuberculosis, a bacterium that causes tuberculosis in humans, according to new research from the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Green tea leaves. Image credit: Highnesser. “Though tuberculosis …

Common mealworms, the larvae of the darkling beetle (Tenebrio molitor), can consume toxic additives in polystyrene with no ill effects; the worms can then be used as a safe, protein-rich feed supplement, according to new research from Stanford University. Brandon et al investigated the fate of the flame retardant hexabromocyclododecane …

  Internet connected home security cameras have become a big business with companies like Google’s Nest and Amazon’s Ring dominating the high-end market. However, there are also numerous smaller players like the budget-minded Wyze. This company attracted attention for its $20 security camera and other super-cheap smart home products. However, …

The early Earth could have hosted many carbonate-rich lakes, which would have had high enough phosphorus concentrations to get life started, according to a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Lake Magadi. Image credit: Stig Nygaard, Flickr / CC BY 2.0. “For 50 years, …

Beta-carophyllene, a bicyclic sesquiterpene found in lavender, rosemary and ylang ylang, as well as various herbs and spices, has the capability to improve wound healing, an effect generated by synergetic impacts of multiple pathways, a new study conducted in mice shows. Beta-carophyllene, a compound included in essential oils, improves the …