Officials Knew of "Blowout" Risk at Gold King Mine
Internal documents released late Friday show that managers at the US Environmental Protection Agency were aware of the potential for a catastrophic “blowout” at Gold King Mine.
Internal documents released late Friday show that managers at the US Environmental Protection Agency were aware of the potential for a catastrophic “blowout” at Gold King Mine.
We usually use words like “immensely powerful” and “destructive” to describe Earth’s tectonic forces. But to artist Ken Goldberg of the University of California, Berkeley, even the most violent agents on Earth have an inner beauty. Read More >>
In the fine tradition of hacking old hardware to make electronic music, somebody’s now gone and reinvented the Mellotron, using a slightly more modern device.
At a lonely research station at the end of the world, a group of hardy men and women have spent the last four months in total darkness. But they received a well-earned bonus recently, when a gorgeous aurora australis rippled across the southern sky. Read More >>
It seems like cruel fate that some folks are naturally thin, while others have to work tirelessly to control their weight. But in the future, we may be able to level the playing field.
Projectile vomiting: Disgusting, yes, but also your body’s natural way of dealing with being ill. Oh, and a great way to spread your vile germs to others, according to research.
We’re pretty terrible at coming up with good passwords, but if you thought we were better when it comes to Android lock patterns, you’d be wrong.
A small number of the iPhone 6 Plus phones sold between September 2014 and January 2015 have a manufacturing defect in the iSight camera.
In parts of the developing world, off-the-shelf stethoscope models are prohibitively expensive. That’s why a team of doctors and hackers in Gaza has started 3D printing their own.
It sounds like Star Trek, and while we won’t be zapping humans across the universe anytime soon.
Listen to the sound of 20-year-old motors perform the Imperial March, it's mesmerising.
In a nutshell, a large solar storm would cause all kinds of shit here on Earth. But there's more to these more-likely-than-we-humans-would-probably-care-to-imagine Sun-borne mega-events.
Even the most zealous of selfie-takers won't break this camera.
TL;DR: if you’re at all concerned about data privacy you might want to jump ship now.
These ghostly little flecks of matter could hold the key to some of the deepest mysteries of the cosmos.
We suspected it was coming, and the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has just confirmed it.
