This engineer is hitting back at naysayers

Just a few weeks ago, researchers at the University of Cambridge determined it was impossible for anything larger than a gecko to crawl along walls like Spider-Man.

From video to users to revenue, it’s winning

Facebook is on a roll, posting strong Q4 2015 figures and reminding us why it’s the king of social media.

There’s no stopping the Hyperloop train

Engineering and construction giant Aecom has been chosen to build the test track for SpaceX’s Hyperloop project.

New light on dark matter

While we still know very little about dark matter – other than that we can’t feel it or see it, though it accounts for 27% of all matter and energy in the universe – a new study shows that the relationship between the mysterious cosmic energy and galaxies is much more complex than we first thought.

It’s localisation, and it’s perfectly justified

Sometimes I’d like to send people on the internet back to school. It’s usually when they’ve fundamentally misunderstood the meaning of a word: irony, feminism, censorship, funny.

#Coolstory

Computers are getting smarter – they’re learning to say no to humans, adapt to injuries, and even „evolve“ – but they’re still stumped when it comes to identifying human sarcasm.

Prosthetics could one day ‚feel‘ more than humans

Researchers at Monash University have developed a new material that is more sensitive than human skin.

These not-so-secret passwords are still in use

Internet security developer SplashData has unveiled their yearly list of this past year’s most common passwords, revealing 2015 to be rife with such airtight codes as…“123456,“ „password,“ and „qwerty.“