And then there were two. Twelve companies, including Uber and Lyft, had been jockeying for permits to operate dockless, rentable electric scooter programs in San Francisco. But the city had said there was room for just five. After three months of studying applications, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) said Thursday that only two […]
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Serves: 1 Time: 20 minutes in a frying pan, 15 minutes directly on the router. What you’ll need: Eggs Cryptojacking malware Cooking spray A router Fried eggs are a classic recipe, often cooked in a pan on top of a stove. But it’s 2018, and in case you feel like you’re living in a dystopian […]
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A Yale-led research team has discovered a galaxy that contains no dark matter — a finding that confirms the possibility of dark matter as a separate material elsewhere in the universe. The discovery has broad implications for astrophysics, the researchers said. It shows for the first time that dark matter is not always associated with […]
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Just as one too many cocktails can lead a person to make bad choices, a few drops of oil can cause coral reef fish to make poor decisions, according to a paper published today in Nature Ecology & Evolution. A team of fisheries biologists led by Jacob Johansen and Andrew Esbaugh of The University of […]
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China opened the world’s longest sea bridge on Tuesday, creating a direct road link between Hong Kong, Macau and the mainland city of Zhuhai. The 34-mile (55 km) span across China’s Pearl River estuary was declared open by President Xi Jinping and is 20 times the length of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge, according to […]
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Ever heard of the planet Vulcan? In the late 1800s, many scientists thought it was real: a hot planet near Mercury (thus named for the god of the forge), whose gravitational pull supposedly caused a wobble in Mercury’s orbit. But in 1915, Albert Einstein killed off this notion, as MIT’s Thomas Levenson recounts in his […]
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In the state of economy in which we are in at the moment worldwide, business’s are being forced to create incentive for customers, in order to keep their business striving. A perfect example of this is UK restaurant Little Bay, renowned for serving fresh, hearty meals at incredibly good prices in its trademark opulent surroundings. […]
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B. Smith’s husband is not backing down against people who have criticized his decision to date another woman while caring for his sick wife. Dan Gasby, 64—who has been the restaurateur and lifestyle guru’s primary caretaker since she was first diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease six years ago—opened up about his unconventional relationship with girlfriend Alex […]
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Research Triangle engineers have developed a simple, energy-efficient way to create three-dimensional acoustic holograms. The technique could revolutionize applications ranging from home stereo systems to medical ultrasound devices. Most everyone is familiar with the concept of visual holograms, which manipulate light to make it appear as though a 3-D object is sitting in empty space. […]
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Packing tiny solar cells together, like micro-lenses in the compound eye of an insect, could pave the way to a new generation of advanced photovoltaics, say Stanford University scientists. In a new study, the Stanford team used the insect-inspired design to protect a fragile photovoltaic material called perovskite from deteriorating when exposed to heat, […]
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