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When researchers surveyed the ruins of a Purépecha Empire city in Mexico the old-fashioned way a decade ago, it took them two seasons to explore two square kilometres. Good thing they decided to use LiDAR, because the c...

Saturday, February 17th marks the 5,000th local day (sol) of operations for NASA's Mars Opportunity rover, which was originally designed to last for just 90 sols after its January 2004 landing date, but has instead conti...

As the US continues to uncover the effects of Russian manipulation on its elections, Facebook has found itself desperately trying to fix its platform to eliminate interference and regain trust. Now the social media compa...

Electronic skins might not only detect health troubles in the near future, but display them for the world to see. University of Tokyo researchers have developed an e-skin that can measure vital signs like your heartbeat ...

Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster may have slipped the surly bonds of Earth, but you can still follow its path through the Solar System. Satellite guru Ben Pearson's unofficial Whereisroadster.com website is tracking the EV bas...

PowerUp first previewed its smartphone-controlled paper airplane back in 2014, but now it's finally available to everyone. The startup has announced that a retail version of its Dart aircraft will ship in February, and i...

Facebook has a new yet very old solution to fighting Russian manipulation attempts during future US elections: conventional mail. Global policy program director Katie Harbath has revealed that the social network will sen...

It's been a volatile week for us all, what with the stock market's unpredictable undulations, the US Senate's DACA drama, the Olympics hacking and whatever other craziness that's sure to happen between the time I file th...

Rocket League has taken the video game market by storm, and now it’s coming to table tops in the real world thanks to the continuing partnership with Hot Wheels, which has already seen the toy brand’s iconic vehicles...

Humanity is going to need a lot of lithium batteries if electric cars are going to take over, and that's a problem when there's only so much lithium available from conventional mines. There may be an oddball solution for...

There is a new Star Wars movie just months away, which means, it's time for new Star Wars merchandise. Oh, who am I kidding? It's very clearly always the time for new Star Wars merchandise. Here's the latest from The Las...

Asteroid mining is about more than just heading up into space and bringing back a rock full of platinum--you actually need to land something on just the right asteroid.

Elon Musk's SpaceX has delayed the next scheduled launch of its Falcon 9 rocket to at least Wednesday, February 21st for further testing of the rocket's fairing, the $5 million section at its tip that deploys the rocket'...

Despite what it seems, Netflix isn't a dominant force everywhere on the planet. In fact, it's struggling in the Middle East and northern Africa -- Netflix and Amazon combined represent 21 percent of the local subscriptio...

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Facebook, which landed itself in the crosshairs after becoming one of the primary venues by which federal prosecutors allege a Kremlin-linked, pro-Donald Trump Russian operation called the Internet Research Agency tried ...

Toy Fair is upon us once more, which means it's time to be hit with a deluge of cool new toys that'll be tempting our wallets in the near future. Here's what's coming from Hasbro when it comes to Marvel, from Ant-Man & T...

The last few years have seen a number of flexible, electronic skin patch concepts for things like administering medicine or monitoring health conditions, but the latest version from researchers at the University of Tokyo...

The number of people Loon connected in Puerto Rico has doubled since November: 200k+.

With the community of Parkland, FL still reeling after one of the worst school shootings in history, the president of the United States has used the massacre as an excuse to attack the FBI and defend himself from an encr...

As we continue to reel from yet another week of revolting news, it's worth taking a moment to remember that some glimmers of good remain. Being a shill can still get you in some deep shit, and arguing to your entire comp...

Mattel's last Kamigami STEM robot was an adorable DIY lady bug. Now, the toy company is aiming for something bigger with its new Jurassic World bots. You'll still have to put them together first, but what you end up with...