Image by Getty Images Plastic Problem Scientists around the world have been ringing alarm bells about microplastics, tiny particles now found in pregnant people’s bodies, in the deepest reaches of the Earth’s oceans and unfortunately, your gut. For years it’s been unclear how these tiny pollution particles affect human health, but continued research is starting… Continue reading Inflammatory Bowel Disease Linked to Microplastics in Your Gut
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Boomers Rejoice: RadioShack is Making Crypto for Old People
“The older generation simply doesn’t trust the new-fangled ideas of the Bitcoin youth.” Crypto for the Rest of Us After an extremely sad online-only relaunch, RadioShack is gasping for relevancy by launching a cryptocurrency exchange for customers who, in the company’s own words, are on average “age 68.” The husk of what was once known… Continue reading Boomers Rejoice: RadioShack is Making Crypto for Old People
Physics Dept Gets Random Box Full of $180K in Untraceable $50s and $100s
A box full of untraceable cash sat collecting dust in the unused office of a New York City physics professor for the better part of a year, with the intended recipient none the wiser. As The New York Times reports, this story straight out of a Christmas movie actually happened to Vinod Menon, the chairs of the… Continue reading Physics Dept Gets Random Box Full of $180K in Untraceable $50s and $100s
Scientists Claim to Entangle Entire Animal in Quantum State
A team of researchers from Europe and Asia claim to have quantum entangled frozen tardigrades, microscopic animals that are extremely hardy and can withstand practically any conditions or abuse. According to a new controversial preprint, the researchers managed the feat by placing frozen tardigrades between two capacitor plates of a superconductor circuit to form a… Continue reading Scientists Claim to Entangle Entire Animal in Quantum State
Turns Out Elon Musk Still Lives in a Giant Mansion, Not That Little Prefab Box
Remember when Elon Musk said he was gonna sell all his property to live in a little box? Yeah, turns out that was a stretch, to say the least. As The Wall Street Journal reports, the SpaceX and Tesla CEO has quietly been living in a friend’s waterfront estate in Austin that a few years ago… Continue reading Turns Out Elon Musk Still Lives in a Giant Mansion, Not That Little Prefab Box
American Life Expectancy Crashes by Almost Two Years
Image by ORLANDO SIERRA / AFP According to data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), life expectancy in the US dropped by 1.8 years from 2019 to 2020. That’s a massive drop, in large part due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and the largest decline since at least World War II,… Continue reading American Life Expectancy Crashes by Almost Two Years
Tesla Under Formal Investigation for Allowing Drivers to Game While Driving
Talk about distracted driving. Gaming While Driving Tesla is now officially under formal investigation for allowing its customers to play a number of games while actively driving the vehicle — a seemingly obvious oversight that could lead to even more distracted driving on the road. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has now kicked off… Continue reading Tesla Under Formal Investigation for Allowing Drivers to Game While Driving
Optimize Your Experience with the Best Gaming Headsets
When you’re trying to pinpoint where the enemy team is approaching from or scouting the nearest weapons drop, you don’t want to get distracted by static sounds and communication delays from your teammates. Most gamers can handle slight disruptions, but when your headset cannot maintain a signal at all it becomes a real problem, significantly… Continue reading Optimize Your Experience with the Best Gaming Headsets
Someone Is Selling NFTs of Olive Garden Locations That They Do Not Own
And you can mint a breadstick NFT — for free, of course. Blockchain Casual Because 2021 couldn’t get much dumber, someone has begun minting Olive Garden NFTs — even though they admittedly do not have any affiliation with any actual brick-and-mortar Olive Gardens. Taking the generalized meme surrounding the fast-casual “Italian” chain to the next… Continue reading Someone Is Selling NFTs of Olive Garden Locations That They Do Not Own
MIT Scientists Say Life May Have Been Detected on Venus After All
Researchers made a huge splash last year when they announced the discovery of significant sources of phosphine in the atmosphere of Venus. The colorless and odorless gas, they claimed at the time, could be a possible sign of life, as it’s often the result of organic matter breaking down here on Earth. The hypothesis remains… Continue reading MIT Scientists Say Life May Have Been Detected on Venus After All