Smartphones have all looked similar for the last decade, but we may be on the verge of another major shift. At the Android Developer Summit today, the company announced native platform support for a class of devices it calls “foldables.” As you can probably guess, that means devices with foldable …
Read More »How (and Where) to Wear White After Labor Day
The fashion world has a litany of rules and standards to which even the richest and most fashion-forward are beholden. Watch your hemlines. Don’t be too “matchy matchy.” And, the most timeless and strict fashion rule of them all: you can’t wear white after Labor Day. Or can you? Here’s …
Read More »Google’s Pixel Slate Available for Pre-Order
Google announced the Pixel Slate in October alongside the new Pixel phones and the Home Hub, but the Slate didn’t have a launch date. Google only said it would come out later in the year, and we’re getting close. Pre-orders for Google’s latest Chrome OS device are live at several …
Read More »MIT Plans New Fusion Reactor That Could Actually Generate Power
Fusion powers the Sun, and thus all life on Earth. However, generating usable fusion power here on Earth has proven difficult. For decades, experimental reactors have achieved fusion at low levels, but never has there been net power generation. MIT says it has the tools to make true fusion power …
Read More »NASA Shares Photo of ‘Flying Saucer’ Crash
NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day has been operating for years, but something odd appeared in the feed recently. A photo entitled “Flying Saucer Crash Lands in Utah Desert” hit the internet, and it does look a bit like the traditional flying saucer UFO. There are no aliens on the …
Read More »Tinder doubles down on its casual nature, as Match invests in relationship-focused Hinge
Tinder has never really shaken its reputation among consumers as a “hook up” app, instead of one designed for more serious dating. Now, it seems Tinder is planning to embrace its status as the default app for younger users who aren’t ready to settle down. According to Match Group CEO Mandy …
Read More »Healthy Almond Joy Candy Fudge
Ohhhh yes. Almond Joy Candy Fudge. My heart just skipped a beat! Ohhhh yes. Wait, did I say that already? It appears I did, but you can’t blame me… I mean, c’mon, just look at that bite! Chocolate and coconut pair like no other, but the almond extract is what brightens up each bite. …
Read More »Archaeologists Uncover 4,500-Year-Old Ramp System at Alabaster Quarry in Egypt
An international team of archaeologists from the French Institute for Oriental Archaeology in Cairo, Egypt, and the University of Liverpool, UK, has discovered an ancient ramp system used to haul massive alabaster blocks out of a quarry. The remains of the 4,500-year-old ramp were found at the site of Hatnub, …
Read More »Wearable Drug Delivery Device Helps Frogs Regenerate Their Hindlimbs
A team of scientists from Tufts University and the University of Florida has found that delivering progesterone to an amputation injury site can induce the regeneration of limbs in otherwise non-regenerative adults of the African clawed frog (Xenopus laevis). The team created a wearable bioreactor attached to the wound site …
Read More »Coffee Consumption May Reduce Risk of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Diseases
A new study, published in the journal Frontiers in Neuroscience, shows that a number of polyphenolic compounds found in brewed coffee can inhibit the aggregation of beta-amyloid and tau — protein fragments common in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases. Drinking coffee may protect you against developing both Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases. …
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