The Untold Story of Neuroscience’s Most Famous Brain
In 1953, a neurosurgeon cut out two slivers from a patient’s brain. The surgery helped the patient’s epilepsy, but left…
Suicide Squad Is the Future of Superhero Movies—Except For One Thing
Now, if it could just stop caring about the rest of the DC Extended Universe, maybe we’d all enjoy it…
Your Next Phone Will Have a Dual Camera (and You’ll Love It)
A few Android phones have a dual-camera setup. The next iPhone is rumored to have one, too. Here’s what dual…
Can We Cool It With the Pop Culture Petitions, Please?
Turning Change.org into your personal waaahmbulance-dispatch service isn’t just ineffective. It threatens to overshadow the site’s mission: Actual change. The…
How a Computer Outage Can Take Down a Whole Airline
A computer outage in Atlanta forced Delta to cancel more than 650 flights all over the world. How can that…
Siberian Child Dies After Climate Change Thaws an Anthrax-Infected Reindeer
Seventy-two nomadic herders, including 41 children, were hospitalised in far north Russia after the region began experiencing abnormally high temperatures.…
Rio Just Lost Its Mind Over Ping Pong. Yes, Ping Pong
Go ahead, laugh. But Sunday evening’s match was a delirious, emotionally draining 60 minutes. The post Rio Just Lost Its…
Walmart’s $3 Billion Jet.com Buy Still Leaves It Way Behind
Walmart’s never catching Amazon, okay? The post Walmart’s $3 Billion Jet.com Buy Still Leaves It Way Behind appeared first on…
Flight Mode: The Quest to Make Flying Safer, Faster, and Comfier
To get a look at how the industry’s pushing forward, we ventured beyond the locked doors of the airport. The…
The Search for a New Type of Neutrino Turns Up Empty
Experiments have fleetingly hinted at a fourth, so-called sterile neutrino. But it seems like it was never there in the…