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One chemist has a new strategy to scan for life on other worlds: bypass organic chemistry in favour of any molecules too complicated to form spontaneously

Making space seem real and beautiful isn't just marketing. It's good for science, too. The post How NASA Visualizes Stunning Worlds Without Really Seeing Them appeared first on WIRED.

A hacker has been sentenced to two years in prison for creating and selling a software that was used to launch DDoS attacks at high-profile companies. But it's believed that it might not have been for the money.

Apple's plan to build its own cash transfer service in the vein of Venmo appears to be back on track. According to a report from Recode, Apple has recently held discussions with partners in the payments industry about a ...

If you're looking to pretty up the look of your desktop, there are just under 175 preset themes available in the Windows Store in the Windows 10 Creators Update at this writing--but finding them isn't so simple. Searchin...

Explorers planning to settle on Mars might be able to turn the planet's red soil into bricks without needing to use an oven or additional ingredients. Instead, they would just need to apply pressure to compact the soil--...

If Amazon has its way, the skies could soon be buzzing with drones, carrying our online purchases directly to our doors.  But today's drones can only travel so far — so what happens when you live out of range of a dis...

The drugs used in lethal injections were not designed to kill people, and they are on the market today because of their use in medicine. Pharma companies don't allow them to be used for executions, but Arkansas got their...

The computer board will launch with an octa-core Kirin 960 processor, a Mali-G71 GPU and 3 GB of LPDDR4 RAM.

A college professor thinks aliens were here billions of years before humans. Josh King has the story (@abridgetoland).        

Product Announcement Its design allows it to be built into brushless drives (ECX 13 AND ECX 16 SPEED) ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler Topics: STEM

We can now look for ancient human DNA at sites with no bone remains - and perhaps confirm claims such as that humans were present in the Americas 130,000 years ago

NASA's protoplanet probe's third reaction wheel has failed in the lead-up to observations of Ceres' weird bright patch.

(Université de Genève) Recent articles have declared that deposits of mineral raw materials will be exhausted within a few decades. An international team, including UNIGE has shown that the resources of most mineral co...

It has long been the stuff of science fiction — the dream of enabling rapid human learning via microchips, machine-to-brain cables, or some other type of technology. DARPA, as with many of its mad science projects, is ...

Uber may have the higher valuation, but Lyft is trouncing it in the PR game. Starting May 1, Lyft riders will have the option of rounding up their fares to the nearest dollar and donating the proceeds to charity. The rid...

The idea that people can be addicted to love is contentious, but a review of 64 studies found evidence for two different but harmful forms of this condition

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Tylt's excellent Energi Pro backpack comes with a 20,100mAh portable battery, 12 zippers, and one of the most comfortable set of straps I've ever worn. I have a bag problem. It started years ago when I was looking for a ...

Nintendo Switch may be lacking in the first-party games department right now, but company CEO Tatsumi Kimishima has a confident outlook for the console's future. During a recent earnings call, he teased "more unannounced...

Image protection is a fiery issue among us photographers and there's a good chance you sit in one of four camps… 1. You don't protect your work and are happy for publications to post your images in exchange for credit ...

By watching videos of people interacting with one other, Baxter robots learned to respond to social cues in a more human-like way