Here’s how it works. High Rise Battery Researchers have come up with an ingenious idea to tackle our renewable energy storage woes — effectively turning skyscrapers into massive gravity-powered batteries. A team from the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Austria suggest to take advantage of the vertical height of tall buildings, a… Continue reading Scientists Propose Turning Skyscrapers Into Massive Gravity Batteries
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Best Gaming Laptops Under $500 of 2022
While technology is always evolving, it can be disheartening to invest in an expensive gaming laptop, only to find a couple months later that your new computer can’t keep up with the latest games. If you’ve felt this disappointment or simply don’t have the funds to sink into a full gaming setup, then finding the… Continue reading Best Gaming Laptops Under $500 of 2022
AI Expert Says Soon People Will Raise “Virtual Children” That Cost Less, Are Less Messy
Catriona Campbell, a UK-based artificial intelligence expert, argues we could soon be raising artificially intelligence virtual children inside the metaverse. She dubs these hypothetical offspring “Tamagotchi children,” in a reference to the popular virtual pets from the 1990s. In her new book “AI by Design: A Plan For Living With Artificial Intelligence,” The Telegraph reports, Campbell… Continue reading AI Expert Says Soon People Will Raise “Virtual Children” That Cost Less, Are Less Messy
Sonos Ray Review: Ray-zing the Bar for Compact Soundbars
The Ray is the latest smart soundbar from Sonos; it officially launches on June 7 for $279, and its design challenges everything we’ve come to expect from this type of speaker. Soundbars have become popular because flat-screen TVs have gotten so thin that it’s become hard — if not impossible — to fit a decent-sounding… Continue reading Sonos Ray Review: Ray-zing the Bar for Compact Soundbars
Scientists Discover World’s Largest Organism, Chilling Out Under Ocean
Mysteries of the deep! Large, in Charge Scientists at the University of Western Australia (UWA) got a fascinating surprise when, while attempting to study genetic differences between plants in a massive undersea meadow, their samples revealed that the “meadow” was in fact just one very old — and very large — organism. According to The Guardian,… Continue reading Scientists Discover World’s Largest Organism, Chilling Out Under Ocean
JUUL Got a Million American Kids Hooked on Nicotine, Researchers Say
Image by Futurism Despite decades of legislative action and campaigns against the substance in the US, it seems that nicotine use by American teens has soared to astonishing new levels since JUUL’s fashionable, USB-drive-shaped vapes exploded in popularity over the mid-to-late 2010s. JUUL has fought back against allegations of intentionally marketing to kids for years, despite… Continue reading JUUL Got a Million American Kids Hooked on Nicotine, Researchers Say
Skip the Reservations With This Rad Kitchenware
Home cooking has been on the rise, as the Covid-19 pandemic forced even the most fanatical foodies to become home chefs. While we wholeheartedly recommend continuing to support your local restaurants, it can be nice to test a new recipe in the kitchen. If you’re continuing to use the battered kitchen gear you bought in… Continue reading Skip the Reservations With This Rad Kitchenware
Netflix’s Password Sharing Ban Already Sounds Like an Absolute Disaster
Why does this sound like the plot of a canceled Netflix show? Get it Together Netflix has already tried to ban password sharing in three Latin American countries, in a preview of what’s likely to soon become a worldwide strategy — but apparently it can’t even get its own policies straight. More than a dozen Peruvian Netflix… Continue reading Netflix’s Password Sharing Ban Already Sounds Like an Absolute Disaster
Bad News! The Plants Grown in Moon Soil Turned Out Wretched
Would you eat these weird-looking sprouts? Moon Unit Remember when scientists grew seedlings in actual Moon soil, collected by Apollo astronauts? Well, don’t get too psyched for delicious lunar salad just yet. In a new interview with Astronomy Magazine, University of Florida horticultural scientist Rob Ferl — the author of a recent Communications Biology study detailing the… Continue reading Bad News! The Plants Grown in Moon Soil Turned Out Wretched
Dogecoin Cocreator Slams Elon Musk as a “Grifter”
Outspoken cocreator of Dogecoin Jackson Palmer has slammed Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk — a longtime Dogecoin supporter — as a “grifter.” “About a year ago when Musk was saying something about crypto, I said Elon Musk was and always will be a grifter but the world loves grifters,” Palmer said in a new interview… Continue reading Dogecoin Cocreator Slams Elon Musk as a “Grifter”