The internet, as a "place," is constantly growing. We build more and more webpages every day--so many, in fact, that it can feel as if certain corners of it are lost to time.
What's up with the make-up? That's what fans wanted to know after the second trailer for Avengers: Endgame, which finally added Captain Marvel into the manic mix of superheroes. Many noticed that in her solo outing, which was directed by a man and a woman, Carol Danvers didn't wear much make-up, but in Endgame, which...
Animals
Intricate Skin Impressions Still Visible on 'Exquisitely Preserved' Dinosaur Footprints
Apr 10, 2019During the Early Cretaceous, a small two-legged dinosaur walked across a stretch of fine-grained mud following a rainstorm. The resulting footprints became locked in stone, but unlike other fossilized dinosaur tracks, these 120-million-year-old fossils show skin impressions across the entire footprint, in what is...
Google
YouTube Shuts Down Chats After Streams of House Hearing on White Nationalism Are Flooded by White Nationalists
Apr 10, 2019YouTube shut down numerous chat rooms being flooded for over an hour by racist comments when thousands of people tuned into YouTube on Tuesday to watch a House Judiciary Committee congressional hearing on the rise of white nationalism.
Animals
These 'Astroecologists' Are Using Star-Spotting Tech to Count Endangered Animals
Apr 10, 2019Astrophysicists sometimes turn to thermal infraredtechnology to help them find and study stars. The technology's been around for decades, and it's constantly evolving to reveal more about the cosmos. Now, some of these scientists are bringing their expertise to the world of conservation. If thermal cameras are...
If you were looking for another reason to hate the rich, Red Carpet Home Cinema is here to help out. For $1,500 to $3,000 per film, the company will let you rent first-run films from the comfort of your tricked out mansion.
Welcome to AIstrology. With the help of research scientist Janelle Shane, we developed a bot to generate monthly horoscopes. Its language faculties will be tweaked and trained as time goes on. Sometimes they may more closely resemble human syntax, and other times, well... less so.
Health
In a World of MRSA and Superfungi, You Need to Start Washing Your Hands Correctly
Apr 9, 2019A harrowing article in the New York Times this weekend has set plenty of people on edge. It details the rise of a fungal disease in hospitals that--like so many infections--has steadily become resistant to the drugs used to treat it. But for all our justified fears about superbugs, there's a simple precaution against...
There once was an era where transportation planners believed cars zipping along highways was the sustainable future of transportation. They thought every problem could be solved by more highways with more lanes. Some even believed stacking highways ever-skyward was not only an inevitable but desirable urban future....
To weary enthusiasm, Facebook announced last month it would ban white nationalists and white separatists from the social network, dissolving the company's bizarre distinction between those ideologies and white supremacism. The policy change, first reported by Motherboard, felt like progress. But as with all things...
The most downloaded app in Apple Store's China region, with over 100 million users, awards points for reading articles, taking quizzes, learning about socialist theory and watching videos about President Xi Jinping and the Communist Party. The app, Study the Great Nation, was developed by the public opinion research...
Today brings some small relief for New Yorkers worried about the face-scanning tech being used at the city's entry points: So far, the system has reportedly been a total bust, detecting 0 percent of faces "within acceptable parameters." But that isn't stopping the city from expanding the pilot program.
Air & Space
The International Space Station Is a Cesspool of Bacteria and Fungi, Study Finds
Apr 9, 2019An extensive survey of bacteria and fungi on surfaces inside the International Space Station has revealed an astonishing number of microorganisms living among the astronauts--the health impacts of which aren't entirely clear.
Apple
iPhone Rumor Update: the SE Might Be Getting a Reboot, New Nanoparticle Protective Coatings, and More
Apr 9, 2019It hasn't been very long since the most recent barrage of iPhone rumors. However, the latest round of iPhone reports and musings are a bit more exciting, with word about the iPhone SE getting a reboot for 2019, a patented nanoparticle coating that could increase iPhone durability, and even a die shrink for Apple's...
On Windows, at least, the era of living on the edge by recklessly ripping out your USB devices appears to be coming to an end.
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