The GoFly challenge has just announced 10 winning flying-car designs. It’s the first phase of a three-part contest, and they’re very cool.
Search Results
You searched for: Systems
A company specializing in A.I. medicine will tell you how long you’re likely to live.
Given the premium placed on slender, lightweight mobile technology, the removal of speakers could free up space inside Google devices. No speakers necessary.
The President laid out his ambition, but no money to fund it. It’s a classic Trump move, and a recipe for failure. Last week, President Trump signed Space Policy Directive 1, […]
Many of our greatest fears stem from uncertainty about the future, and technology has made the future very uncertain indeed.
Only 5-15% of the World Ocean’s floor has been mapped. This herculean effort is set to tackle our planet’s last frontier.
Instead of eternal expansion, could we just be part of a universal cosmic cycle? There are few questions that can keep us up at night the way pondering the eventual fate […]
Believe it or not, our eating habits are influenced by what music is playing and other forces that we may not be consciously aware of.
Scientists discover an antibody that blocks the triggering of allergic reactions.
In about 500 pages of documents, Facebook responded to questions from U.S. senators about privacy, monopoly, and political discourse on the world’s largest social media platform.
The answer has nothing at all to do with the Higgs boson. In this Universe, there are very few fundamental properties that cannot be derived from something simpler. The rules governing […]
Here’s why the porn industry leads the way in developing virtual reality.
Ultra-low-power sensors carrying genetically engineered bacteria can detect gastric bleeding.
Facebook has been cataloguing our faces because…um.
New research on the hypothalamus shows that body heat matters.
White dwarfs, neutron stars, and brown dwarfs aren’t actually stars at all. Here’s why. When it comes to stars, there’s a huge variety of different types out there. Our Sun is […]
The Medici family had a long and powerful influence in European history for hundreds of years. They were well known for their banking prowess and are synonymous as an unparalleled patron of the arts during the Italian Renaissance.
U.S. drivers faced a 12% greater risk of dying in a car crash on April 20 over the past 25 years. The likely explanation? High drivers.
Today’s launch of the Falcon Heavy is being streamed all over the Internet this afternoon
If you thought LIGO’s recent discoveries were profound and unusual, wait until you meet OJ 287. Recently, LIGO has revolutionized our knowledge of the Universe by discovering merging black holes. The […]
Experts can’t agree on exactly when or where, however.
A Wikipedia/YouTube “fact checker” relationship is in the works.
What do puppies, world monarchies, and Abraham Lincoln have in common? Why, they’re all part of our awesome series (drumroll, please) Random Fact Roundup!
In the wake of Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica scandal, another data firm was discovered to have amassed similar user profiles of millions of people.
The world’s greatest clockmaker sent a clock to the new world, and everything went haywire. The reason why will shock you. For millennia, humanity’s one-and-only reliable way to keep time was […]
While the Patriots battle the Eagles during Super Bowl LII, asteroid AJ129 is flying pretty close to Earth, cosmically speaking. But how close exactly will it be, and should you be concerned?
“We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can’t have both.” – Former US Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis
A new augmented reality game is being developed to help stroke victims stick to their rehabilitation regimen.
Anxiety disorders are common. Yet, many find current treatments methods only partially effective.
What do Google, sharks, and money have in common? They’re all in our weekly random fact roundup.