A Meteorite Crashed Through Somebody"s Ceiling and Landed on Their Bed
The New York Times reports: Ruth Hamilton was fast asleep in her home in British Columbia when she awoke to the sound of her dog barking, followed by "an explosion." She jumped up and turned on the light, only to see a hole in the ceiling. Her clock.....»»
Xgimi’s new IMAX Enhanced and ceiling-lamp projectors made me see the light
At CES 2024, Xgimi launched its brightest projector yet, the Horizon Max, and Aladdin, a ceiling-lamp/speaker/projector. We had to see them for ourselves......»»
Meteorite analysis shows Earth"s building blocks contained water
When our sun was a young star, 4.56 billion years ago, what is now our solar system was just a disk of rocky dust and gas. Over tens of millions of years, tiny dust pebbles coalesced, like a snowball rolling larger and larger, to become kilometer-siz.....»»
Watch Apple’s new ‘Get Ready’ ad for its Vision Pro headset
A new ad for the Vision Pro has landed just hours after Apple announced that the mixed-reality headset will officially launch early next month......»»
Tatahouine: "Star Wars meteorite" sheds light on the early solar system
Locals watched in awe as a fireball exploded and hundreds of meteorite fragments rained down on the city of Tatahouine, Tunisia, on June 27, 1931. Fittingly, the city later became a major filming location for the Star Wars movie series. The desert cl.....»»
The top automotive retail technology stories of 2023
Tekion, CDK Global, Reynolds and Reynolds and TrueCar were among the companies making news in 2023 and landed in the top 10 retail tech stories of the year, according to ......»»
Elon Musk wants to turn Cybertrucks into boats
Elon Musk has hinted at a future Tesla Cybertruck mod that would turn the car into a boat. Tesla's Cybertrucks finally landed at the end of November, and as well as being faster than Porsche 911s the giant, gleaming monstrosities also come with.....»»
Analysis finds that organic compounds in asteroids likely formed in colder regions of space
Analysis of organic compounds—called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)—extracted from the Ryugu asteroid and Murchison meteorite has found that certain PAHs likely formed in the cold areas of space between stars rather than in hot regions n.....»»
Intel’s new Core Ultra chips needed to be more than this
Intel's new Core Ultra chips have landed, and from my testing, they haven't moved the needle like they needed to......»»
Earth may have had all the elements needed for life—contrary to theories that they came from meteorites
For many years, scientists have predicted that many of the elements that are crucial ingredients for life, like sulfur and nitrogen, first came to Earth when asteroid-type objects carrying them crashed into our planet's surface......»»
Crossed wires led to high drama as NASA returned asteroid samples to Earth
"I was trying to mentally prepare myself to deal with a crashed capsule in the desert." Enlarge / The OSIRIS-REx sample return capsule, with its main parachute nearby, shortly after landing in Utah on September 24, 2023. (credit:.....»»
NASA’s asteroid mission struck its target, but then dodged a bullet
"I was trying to mentally prepare myself to deal with a crashed capsule in the desert." Enlarge / The OSIRIS-REx sample return capsule, with its main parachute nearby, shortly after landing in Utah on September 24, 2023. (credit:.....»»
NASA finds likely cause of OSIRIS-REx parachute deployment sequence
NASA's OSIRIS-REx sample return capsule landed under parachute in the Utah desert on Sept. 24, 2023, and safely delivered a cannister of rocks and dust collected from near-Earth asteroid Bennu. Although the delivery was successful, the landing sequen.....»»
YouTuber pilot regrets intentionally crashing plane, gets 6 months in prison
YouTuber took plea deal, dodged maximum sentence of 20 years. Enlarge (credit: TrevorJacob | YouTube) Trevor Jacob, a 30-year-old YouTuber pilot who intentionally crashed his plane to drive up views on a sponsored video,.....»»
The OnePlus 12 has landed with a massive battery and mega power
The OnePlus 12 has been unveiled in China, and it has some truly impressive specs......»»
OnePlus 12: release date, price, features and everything you need to know
The OnePlus 12 has finally landed in China, with a global release officially promised for early next year. Here are all the fresh details......»»
Duolingo Year in Review 2023: how to find yours right now
Duolingo's 2023 Year in Review has landed! Want to find your very own Duolingo recap for 2023? Here's everything you need to know......»»
COP28: Health is finally on the agenda, but there"s more to do as we face continued climate extremes
As global leaders gather in Dubai for COP28, health has finally landed firmly on the climate change agenda, with the first "health day" at the annual UN climate summit taking place yesterday (December 3)......»»
Pokemon GO Adds Haptics, Annoys Most Players But Me
Earlier in the week, I fired up Pokemon GO because I’m trying to complete a task that requires 30 days in a row of catching a Pokemon. As I tossed the Poke ball and it landed, I thought I noticed subtle haptics with the hit and then shake of th.....»»
Chrome’s next weapon in the War on Ad Blockers: Slower extension updates
When ad blocking is a cat-and-mouse game, make the mouse slower. Enlarge / Let's see, you landed on my "Google Ads" space, and with three houses... that will be $1,400. (credit: Ron Amadeo / Hasbro) Google's war on ad b.....»»
More than a meteorite: New clues about the demise of dinosaurs
What wiped out the dinosaurs? A meteorite plummeting to Earth is only part of the story, a new study suggests. Climate change triggered by massive volcanic eruptions may have ultimately set the stage for the dinosaur extinction, challenging the tradi.....»»