Apple has quietly announced a new official Smart Battery Case for the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6S. The case, which costs $100, will provide your phone with as much as 25 hours of battery life.
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By Michael Franco Using a fluorescent protein from jellyfish, scientists from Northwestern University figure out what a fly had been experiencing hours earlier.
A Spanish galleon sunk in the Caribbean 300 years ago with an exceptionally valuable cargo has been discovered near the port city of Cartagena, Colombia. Called the San Jose, the ship is rumored to contain gold, silver, and jewellery worth an estimated $4 to $17 billion.
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By Bonnie Burton Harness the power of the dark side with a Star Wars Death Star USB car charger before those pesky Rebels find you. It’s perfect for pretending to blow up planets when stuck in traffic.
By Miranda July and Russell Quinn
A decade ago, cutting-edge writers/publishers were crafting books that were physically works of art, in response to the rise of ebooks. Now, those same people are making apps. Miranda July, creator of the instant-messaging app Somebody, talks to Russell Quinn, co-creator (with Eli Horowitz) of The Pickle Index and The Silent History, about making apps that are deliberately difficult to use.
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Did you know that, according to Polish law, graves can be reused after 20 years, provided nobody objects and the burial fee has not been paid? After reading …
By Maddie Stone
In 2005, an intense heatwave struck a mountaintop rainforest in northeast Australia. Accounts of the event were rather apocalyptic: birds dropping dead out of the sky; entire patches of forest withering to a crisp. But the biggest casualty of all was a snow-white furball that scampered amongst the branches at the highest elevations. The white lemuroid ringtail possum simply vanished.
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