The first test flights to Mars could be ready as soon as the first half of next year, Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk said, but there’s a “good chance you will die.” “It’s difficult, dangerous, [there’s a] good chance you will die, excitement for those who survive, that kind of thing,” Musk told the […]
A Texas-based company is using 3D printing technology to find a solution to the growing problem of affordable housing around the world. Austin startup ICON unveiled a new method of mass producing small homes with a massive 3D printer in a process that the company says takes just 12 to 24 hours. At the annual […]
President Trump on Monday blocked Broadcom’s $117 billion bid for the chip maker Qualcomm, citing national security concerns and sending a clear signal that he was willing to take extraordinary measures to promote his administration’s increasingly protectionist stance. In a presidential order, Mr. Trump said “credible evidence” had led him to believe that if Singapore-based […]
According to a new study, the level of empathy we display may not be a result of our experiences and upbringing alone but also genetic. Researchers from Cambridge studied and made this novel discovery that appeared in the latest issue of the journal Translational Psychiatry. The researchers explain that empathy maybe of two types Cognitive […]
Mars spaceships will be ready for short flights by the first half of next year, predicts Elon Musk. The SpaceX and Tesla CEO was taking questions during an on-stage appearance at the SXSW conference in Austin. Musk did fudge on this prediction a little bit by conceding that his timelines can be optimistic. Of course, […]
For generations of parents, Toys R Us was the go-to destination to reward a child after scoring the winning soccer goal or to track down the hot plaything for the holidays. But if the superstore chain doesn’t find a buyer or win a last-minute reprieve, Toys R Us is expected to file for Chapter 7 […]
No one is a fan of being bitten by mosquitoes, but the small insects are already beginning to appear in local areas. That’s both good and bad news for Mosquito Joe franchise owner Darryl Nevins, who said he has seen plenty of mosquitoes along Gosling Road during his evening runs. “I’m training right now for […]
A massive 6-foot-long fish washed up on a beach at Bundaberg in southern Queensland, Australia, confused and scared beachgoers leaving them clueless about what the creature was. A few days ago, a couple came across a “monstrous” find while strolling around Moore Park Beach in Western Australia. The two noticed a big lump in the […]
A teenager has been rewarded for her kindness with a college scholarship after she was photographed cutting up food for a 78-year-old diner who couldn’t do it himself. 18-year-old Evoni Williams works as a waitress in a Texas Waffle House in La Marque, Texas to save money for college. During her shift, an […]
Game of Thrones may be out of season, but the complex and multi-dimensional strategic drama at the heart of the acclaimed series can still be witnessed in today’s on-going showdown between Broadcom and Qualcomm. This week, we even had a character “death” of one of the “royals” to boot. For those who have not been […]
We think of tattoos as fixed adornments. Plunge ink deep enough into the skin and there it will sit, suspended in subterranean connective tissue forever. But what if I told you that tattoos are actually maintained by an ever-changing process — one in which ink crystals are continuously engulfed, regurgitated and gobbled back up, merely […]
Environments make species. This was the fundamental biology lesson that was drilled into Charles Darwin when he visited the Galápagos Islands back in 1835, a trip that ultimately inspired his theory of natural selection. Nearly 200 years later, scientists in Hawaii have stumbled upon a fascinating evolutionary quirk that would’ve made Darwin proud—the discovery of […]
