The Radio In ‘Stranger Things’ Is A Real, 100-Year-Old Internet
HAM radio saves lives, even if it can’t contact other dimensions. In episode four of the Netflix series ‘Stranger Things,’ our heroes sneak into the Hawkins Middle School science lab….
This Bike Is The World’s Fastest Human-Powered Vehicle
If this doesn’t cut down Seamless delivery times, nothing will. If you see something resembling a large kidney bean zooming through the streets at breakneck speeds, fear not: It’s probably just…
You Might Be Going To Mars In 2022
Ines Vuckovic/Dose Sign up if you’re over 18 and “prepared to die.” On September 27th, Elon Musk disclosed his much-anticipated plan for an “Interplanetary Transport System” that will, Musk hopes, take…
We Finally Did Something Good For The Environment!
Milan Stojanovic/Getty Congrats, Earth, on 4 million kilometers of shrinkage. As the world seems to slide irrevocably towards apocalypse, the brains over at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) finally…
Archaeologists Just Found A Hidden Tunnel In King Tut’s Tomb
Hannes Magerstaedt/Stringer/Getty Why the discovery will have you saying, ‘YAASSS ANCIENT KWEEN’ ? On November 26th, 1922, archaeologists Howard Carter and George Herbert uncovered Pharaoh Tutankhamun’s tomb in Egypt’s Valley of…
We’ll Soon Live In A World Where Burritos Have Wings
Your favorite food is cleared for takeoff. How many times have you sat home alone, longing for a burrito to magically fall into your lap? Google’s parent company Alphabet Inc. totally gets…
China Will Use World’s Largest Radio Telescope To Listen For Aliens
China’s ginormous new radio telescope is the envy of scientists. | VCG/Getty Yes, their huge new telescope is partly designed to find ETs! It seems like the U.S. locks horns with…
What If This Guy’s Head Transplant Operation Actually Works?
The surgery should take 36 hours and cost $20 million. Morsa Images/Getty Perhaps you’ve seen it in the news: Italian neurosurgeon Sergio Canavero announced last year that he’s planning to cut…
This Portable Heater Is Perfect For Anyone Who’s Cold 100% Of The Time
Egloo The Egloo provides 5 hours of heat for just 10 cents. Everyone loves to talk about how pretty a snowfall can be, but the fact of the matter is, winter…
This New Mercedes-Benz Is The Best Thing ‘Back to the Future’ Didn’t See Coming
Mercedes-Benz “Back to the Future” got a lot right—personal drones, hoverboards and even waste-fueled cars. We’ll totally give them credit where credit is due, but one thing they didn’t see…