For the bold and brainy: Best dating sites for geeks, nerds, and sci-fi buffs
Discover the best dating sites for geeks, nerds, and sci-fi fans. Find your perfect match and embrace your inner geek. If there's one thing geeks know how to do, it's care a lot. We're no strangers to nerding out and expressing our love with no.....»»
Female mosquitoes rely on one another to choose the best breeding sites, and they"re already on the hunt
Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, one of the most common species in the U.S., love everything about humans. They love our body heat and odors, which enable them to find us. They love to feed on our blood to make their eggs mature. They even love all the stan.....»»
Germ aversion found to have impacted 2020 election voting behavior
Voters opted to pick candidates in 2020 by mail-in ballots, avoiding poll sites due to COVID-19 concerns rather than because of political party efforts to promote specific voting methods, according to a new University of Michigan study......»»
If polyamory is on the rise, there may be good economic reasons. But economist says arrangements are "tricky"
Social attitudes toward dating may be a factor driving interest in polyamory, but economic forces could also be playing a role, says Mindy Marks, associate professor of economics at Northeastern University......»»
Smelling danger in the water: Schreckstoff mystery solved after 86 years
Researchers led by Yoshihiro Yoshihara at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science in Japan have solved a fishy mystery dating back to 1938: What is the schreckstoff—or alarm substance—that fish smell when their shoal-mates are injured?.....»»
How to pin a website to the taskbar in Windows
The Windows 11 Start Menu and its taskbar are good for programs, but pinning websites is tricky. Learn to access sites via taskbar on Chrome, Firefox, and Edge......»»
Chicago should set limits on buildings" greenhouse gas emissions, report says
A new report from an influential real estate organization calls on Chicago to take a bold step to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from buildings......»»
How touchscreens and eye trackers can tell us something about the dating life of orangutans
Aesthetic attraction plays a big role in orangutans' mate choice, behavioral biologist and Ph.D. candidate Tom Roth has observed. But to discover just how big that role is, more research is needed into the emotions of the great apes......»»
OnePlus told us the secrets behind its one-of-a-kind smartwatch
The OnePlus Watch 2 marks a bold entry into the world of Wear OS smartwatches. OnePlus told us exactly how it came together in an exclusive interview......»»
NASA grapples with budget cuts as it undertakes ambitious programs
"Naturally, we have to make hard choices." Enlarge / NASA Administrator Bill Nelson is putting a positive spin on NASA's budget. (credit: NASA) It's budget-palooza, NASA nerds. For the first time in more than a decade, t.....»»
Texas can require age-verification on porn sites, 5th Circuit judges rule
One judge dissents, saying Texas law "limits adults' access to protected speech." Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | PA Thompson) Texas can enforce a law requiring age-verification systems on porn websites, the US Court of.....»»
Age verification should be Apple’s job, says Tinder parent Match
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has argued that for age-restricted apps, age verification should be Apple’s job. He’s now been joined in this view by the new head of trust and safety at Match, the company behind leading dating apps like Tinder, Hinge, O.....»»
Four most polluted national park sites are in California
A couple years ago, as part of the Sierra Club's Outdoors for All campaign, Roberto Morales took a group of low-income Los Angeles area residents north to Sequoia National Park to help with a forest restoration project......»»
"Are we dating the same guy?" These women-run groups are accused of being toxic, but they carry a feminist legacy
In 2022, a social network was formed in New York for women to share warnings about their interactions with men on dating apps. These were men who had allegedly lied, manipulated, cheated on, ghosted, used or abused them......»»
Attack wrangles thousands of web users into a password-cracking botnet
Ongoing attack targeting thousands of sites, continues to grow. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Attackers have transformed hundreds of hacked sites running WordPress software into command-and-control servers that force vi.....»»
Lost tombs and quarries rediscovered on British military base in Cyprus
More than forty archaeological sites in Cyprus dating potentially as far back as the Bronze Age that were thought lost to history have been relocated by University of Leicester scientists working for the Ministry of Defence......»»
Google now wants to limit the AI-powered search spam it helped create
Ranking update targets sites "created for search engines instead of people." Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) In the continual cat-and-mouse game of Google Search versus search engine optimization (SEO) firms, Google seems.....»»
GM receives $26M in federal funding for hydrogen fuel cell medium-duty trucks
GM said it will work with Southern Co., an electric and gas utility company in the southeastern U.S., to deploy a hydrogen fuel cell-powered medium-duty truck at work sites in Georgia......»»
Apple says the new MacBook Air is ‘the world’s best consumer laptop for AI’
Apple’s press release for the new M3 MacBook Air includes a bold claim, calling the machine the “world’s best consumer laptop for AI.” The claim comes ahead of WWDC 2024, during which Apple is expected to announce a slew of new artificial int.....»»
Njalla: Hundreds of Suspended .TV Domains Could Soon Return to Life
It's been four days since at least 200 .TV domains, many of them linked to pirate sites, suddenly went dark with no explanation. The domains affected by the unprecedented event were all registered at Finland-based registrar Sarek Oy and until late Fr.....»»
Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week – 02/26/2024
Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'Mean Girls' tops the chart, followed by 'The Beekeeper'. ‘'The Zone of Interest' completes the top three. From: TF, for the latest news on c.....»»