A step toward making privacy universal
Messaging giant WhatsApp, owned by Facebook, just turned on complete encryption.
WhatsApp Now Encrypts All Messaging For Its Billion Users
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Here's What's In The Microsoft HoloLens Box
The peripherals that ship with Microsoft's augmented reality headset
Included in the box are seven different components, my personal favorite of which is an alternate "nose cap"...
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How To Extract Your Own DNA
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Former Astronaut John Grunsfeld Is Retiring From NASA
So long, and thanks for all the planetary science
John Grunsfeld has announced he'll be retiring from NASA at the end of April.
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To Survive The Next Extinction, Animals Will Have To Live Fast
Only the good die out
How do you survive when the world is crumbling around you, and basically all of your neighboring species are going extinct?
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The World's Brightest X-Ray Laser Is Getting A Billion-Dollar Upgrade
To study the fabic of reality
SLAC announced yesterday that their x-ray laser, the Linac Coherent Light Source, would be getting an upgrade to the tune of $1 billion dollars.
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Watch A Flamethrower Throw A 50-Foot Flame In Slow Motion
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Are North Koreans Using Facebook Live To Broadcast Video?
Facebook Live went global today
Despite North Korea announcing it was blocking Facebook last week, it appeared a few citizens managed to begin broadcasting Live video. It's unlikely the broadcast…
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Brain Structure Is Different In People Who Have Insomnia
It’s not just anxiety keeping you up at night
A team of Chinese researchers used an imaging technique to determine that people with insomnia have variations in the amount of white matter, which links the different…
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Enzyme Could Let Any Plant Produce Fuel
What, you think gasoline grows on trees?
From the mountains, to the prairies, to the estuaries green with scum.
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Your Water Heater Can Become A High-Power Home Battery
No need to rely on the Tesla Powerwall
For a few hundred dollars, an electric water heater can be made to work like a battery, providing cheap, clean energy at a fraction of the cost of a Tesla Powerwall.
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It’s Not Just Meat: Carbs Can Raise Cancer Risk, Too
But we still don't know how
People who regularly consumed sugary drinks were three times more likely to develop prostate cancer, and processed carbohydrates like pizza and hamburgers doubled their…
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FBI Spy Planes Are Using Augmented Reality To Watch America
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Hannibal's Famous Alps Crossing Revealed By Ancient Animal Poop
The story is in the poop
Solid evidence in the form of ancient dung microbes, has led microbiologists to believe that Hannibal's crossing of the Alps occurred in the Col de la Traversette pass…
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Roborace Cars Will Have NVIDIA Supercomputers for Brains
The autonomous racers will be able to improve as they race thanks to AI
The Roborace Championship of driverless cars will use supercomputers supplied by NVIDIA to process information during races.
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The First Major 4K Broadcast In The United States Will Be Golf
Your ultra-high res green is here
But on Thursday, the United States will get its first major 4K broadcast: the 11, 12, and 13th holes of the 2016 Masters golf tournament on DirecTV.
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Building Blocks Of Life Could Develop In Interstellar Space
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This Is How To Make Your Own Popcorn Dispensing Helmet
A helpful video tutorial by Simone Giertz and Adam Savage
Never get greasy fingers at the movies again!
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Millimeters-Thick Metal Foam Armor Obliterates Incoming Bullets
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How Fungus And Synthetic Biology Could Save Astronauts On Mars
Natural medicines, made to order in space
A few lucky samples of a fungus called Aspergillus nidulans will ride on a SpaceX rocket to the International Space Station on Friday.
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