Your Smartphone Camera Should Suck. Here’s Why It Doesn’t
A good sensor is important, but other smartphone components may play a bigger role in the rise of mobile imaging.…
Star Wars and the Quest for the Forever Franchise
The Force will be with us. Always. The post Star Wars and the Quest for the Forever Franchise appeared first…
Astronauts Need to Fix the ISS Before Its Cargo Ship Docks
Watch the livestream of the emergency spacewalk. The post Astronauts Need to Fix the ISS Before Its Cargo Ship Docks…
Why Flying Home for the Holidays Might Be Greener Than Driving
Thanks to a host of ingenious tech tweaks, air travel is light-years better for the planet than it used to…
The CIA Secret to Cybersecurity That No One Seems to Get
The system is broken. It isn’t keeping us, our companies, or our government safe. Worse yet, no one seems to…
While You Were Offline: Goats Sing Christmas Carols
The Internet was 95 percent made up of things from Star Wars this past week. Here’s some of the remaining…
SpaceX Will Launch (And Land?) Its Most Powerful Rocket Yet
SpaceX is attempting their first launch since a rocket exploded in June, and they’re going big. The post SpaceX Will…
Landmark Algorithm Breaks 30-Year Impasse
Computer scientists are abuzz over a fast new algorithm for solving one of the central problems in the field. The…
With Childhood’s End, Syfy Bets Big on Sci-Fi Classics
In this week’s episode of the ‘Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy’ podcast, Syfy’s head of original programming breaks down the…
Space Photos of the Week: This Is One Cranky Child Star
Space photos of the week: December 13–19. The post Space Photos of the Week: This Is One Cranky Child Star…