What It’s like to Fly a Solar Plane With a Coffin-Sized Cockpit
Pilots Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg show off the massive solar panel-covered wings of the Solar Impulse 2 plane and…
Surprise! Donald Trump Is the Newest Bernie Bro
Something about the enemy of my enemy. The post Surprise! Donald Trump Is the Newest Bernie Bro appeared first on…
Yellow Fever’s Comeback Was Utterly Avoidable, But We Blew It
A yellow fever outbreak in Angola shines a harsh light on the shortage of vaccines. The post Yellow Fever’s Comeback…
We’re Drowning in Content. Recommendations Are What We Need
YouTube (along with everyone else) is trying to make sure it always knows what you want to watch—even when you…
The 9 Things You Gotta Watch Before They Leave Netflix
All the movies and shows you need to stuff into your brain (through your eyeballs, of course) before they disappear…
Two Tips to Keep Your Phone’s Encrypted Messages Encrypted
WhatsApp and Viber may have turned on “default” end-to-end encryption, but truly securing your messages requires a couple steps of…
The Finnish Junkyards Where Garbage Goes to Fly
Old bikes, washing machines and cars get one last hurrah at a recycling plant. The post The Finnish Junkyards Where…
Gears of War 4 Multiplayer Beta Isn’t as Exciting as You’d Hoped
Gears of War 4’s multiplayer beta is like a Cadbury’s Creme Egg: delicious, a bit too familiar, and almost certainly…
8 Ingenious Redesigns of Everyday Objects
Students from École cantonale d’art de Lausanne paired up with conceptual gadget maker Punkt to recreate, and improve, eight everyday…
Nobody Knows How High You Are Right Now—It’s Really Hard to Measure
Unlike alcohol, which has standardized doses, it is currently impossible to reliably predict how high a dose of weed will…