Granville T. Woods: Smartest Guy in the Room
Any home baker will confirm that, even if you have all the right ingredients and follow the recipe, things don’t always turn out the way you envisioned. Such was the life of inventor extraordinaire Granville T. Woods.Who was Granville T. Woods?Woo.....»»
In US capital, selfies with asteroid hinting at Earth"s origins
In a hushed room of a museum in Washington, cameras and cell phones focus on a tiny piece of rock, no larger than a piece of gravel......»»
"Air-pocalypse": Indian capital launches "Green War Room"
The enemy is nearly invisible and there are no soldiers, but the Indian capital's new "Green War Room" is battling air pollution that is cutting lives of residents by over a decade......»»
AMD is slowing down at the worst possible time
AMD has been dominating the booming handheld gaming market, but it looks like it might give Intel a lot of room to take over......»»
"There will come a point when no job is needed," says Elon Musk
Billionaire Elon Musk tells the British prime minister that AI will be smarter than the smartest human......»»
I wish I loved Alan Wake 2’s most creative gameplay feature
The Mind Place is one of Alan Wake 2's more creative gameplay features, but it doesn't leave much room for players to play detective......»»
Room-temperature continuous-wave topological Dirac-vortex microcavity lasers on silicon
With the explosive growth of data traffic, it is highly desired to develop hybrid photonic integrated circuits combining various optical components on a single chip......»»
Ultra-long room temperature phosphorescence of indium-based organic inorganic metal halide
A study published in the journal Science China Chemistry found that PBA3[InCl6]·H2O exhibits a special "herringbone" stacking mode that enables abundant weak interactions between organic ligands and metal halide units. While the light source with 42.....»»
SCOTUS blocks order that said Biden admin can’t “coerce” social media firms
Supreme Court issues stay and will hear case on US contacts with social networks. Enlarge / US President Joe Biden during a meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House on Friday, Oct. 20, 2023. (credit: Getty Images | Bloomber.....»»
Dealmaster: OLED TVs, Apple gear, a robot vacuum, and more
Holiday deals are already here, apparently. Enlarge / LG C3 OLED TV mounted in a living room. (credit: Best Buy/LG) Like it or not, holiday shopping season isn't that far off, and we're already seeing deals rev up for te.....»»
Daily deals Oct. 20: 14" MacBook Pro 32GB RAM $1,499, iPad 9th Gen $249, Samsung M8 2023 monitor $499, more
Today's top deals include a 9th Gen iPad for $249, 50% off a Case Logic 3-in-1 foldable wireless charger, 53% off a Samsung Galaxy S22 Plus Smartphone, 73% off a Rosewill True HEPA large room air purifier, and more.Get an M1 MacBook Pro for $1,500The.....»»
Further evidence of Earth"s core leaking found on Baffin Island
A combined team of geochemists from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and California Institute of Technology has found evidence of high levels of helium-3 in rocks on Baffin Island—possible evidence that the Earth's core is leaking. In their pap.....»»
This stunning 85-inch mini-LED TV is $600 off at Best Buy
Bring the cinemas into your living room with the 85-inch TCL QM8 4K mini-LED QLED TV, which you can purchase from Best Buy for $2,200 after a $600 discount......»»
77-inch LG C3 OLED TV just had its price slashed by $1,000
The 77-inch LG C3 Series OLED 4K TV will bring the theater into your own living room for a lowered price of $2,500, following an $1,000 discount from Best Buy......»»
Netflix is opening physical stores in 2025 as marketing ploy
"Netflix and chill" may take on new meaning. Enlarge (credit: Netflix) "Netflix and chill" usually implies a cozy night in with a companion and no one else in your living room besides those on your TV screen. In 2025, t.....»»
Lego employees share 10 secrets for finding boundless creativity
Tips for feeling motivated, embracing bad ideas, getting over creative blocks, and more. Some conference room tables boast bowls of candy or a gaggle of diminutive bottles of water. Others, painfully benign centerpieces, like a vase filled with colo.....»»
The best October Prime Day projector deals happening today
Don't miss this chance to buy a projector for your living room or backyard from the Prime Day deals in Amazon's Prime Big Deals Days 2023 or other retailers......»»
HP wireless all-in-one has 83 Wh rechargeable battery, handle for portability
A 24-inch Windows PC weighing 9 pounds. HP sees the Envy Move being shared among family members and moved from room to room. [credit:.....»»
Gravitational distortion of time helps tell modified gravity apart from a dark force
With his theory of General Relativity in 1915, Albert Einstein revolutionized how we think about our universe. Rather than the cosmos simply providing the room for the planets and stars to orbit each other, space and time themselves were now dynamica.....»»
Successful morphing of inorganic perovskites without damaging their functional properties
A research team co-led by scholars from City University of Hong Kong (CityU) has successfully morphed all-inorganic perovskites at room temperature without compromising their functional properties. Their findings demonstrate the potential of this cla.....»»
Superconductivity at room temperature remains elusive a century after Nobel Prize for landmark discovery
On April 8, 1911, Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes scribbled in pencil an almost unintelligible note into a kitchen notebook: "near enough null.".....»»