Scientists have uncovered a "a stable body of liquid water" on Mars, in what some are calling a "game changer" in the search for alien life. What is believed to be liquid water is sitting below Mars' southern polar ice cap and is described as a "well-defined, 20-kilometer-wide zone." 20 kilometers is roughly 12.5 miles.... Continue Reading →

Food waste is a big, big problem. Around 1.3 billion tons of food produced for human consumption is either lost or wasted every year, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The economic impact of such wastage is significant, with the FAO saying that food losses and waste add up... Continue Reading →

The fourth annual Blockchain Summit took place at billionaire Richard Branson’s Kasbah Tamadot resort in Marrakesh, Morocco. It was early July and the summer sky was crystal blue, but as some of the world’s most successful blockchain entrepreneurs mixed and mingled with government bureaucrats and former high-level financial regulators, heavy geopolitical storm clouds began to... Continue Reading →

President Donald Trump—who boasted over the weekend that his success in life was a result of “being, like, really smart”—communicates at the lowest grade level of the last 15 presidents, according to a new analysis of the speech patterns of presidents going back to Herbert Hoover. The analysis assessed the first 30,000 words each president spoke... Continue Reading →

A significant number of young people are registering to vote in Florida, and they could tilt this year’s midterm elections in the nation’s largest swing state, according to a new analysis of voter registration patterns. The analysis by TargetSmart, a data firm that works on behalf of Democrats, shows that the share of newly registered... Continue Reading →

Adidas is racing to make its products more sustainable. The global sportswear maker said Monday that it has committed to using only recycled plastic by 2024. The pledge to eliminate the use of "virgin" plastic, which was first reported by the Financial Times, includes polyester. Used in everything from t-shirts to sports bras, the material... Continue Reading →

A Georgia lawmaker who yelled the N-word and bared his butt in an effort to "fight off terrorists" on the comedian Sacha Baron Cohen's new TV show has sought to explain his actions. In a long statement to The Washington Post on Monday addressing the footage, Jason Spencer said that Cohen took advantage of his... Continue Reading →

Looking to make money renting out your car or truck? General Motors thinks a lot of people are interested in making cash off their car, which is why the automaker announced Tuesday it is launching a peer-to-peer car-share business. The business will operate under the company’s Maven brand, which already has a more traditional car-share... Continue Reading →

As the master code of life, DNA can do a lot of things. Inheritance. Gene therapy. Wipe out an entire species. Solve logic problems. Recognize your sloppy handwriting. Wait, What? In a brilliant study published in Nature, a team from Caltech cleverly hacked the properties of DNA, essentially turning it into a molecular artificial neural... Continue Reading →

A new liquid battery that uses a so-called Methuselah molecule could lead to long-lasting and affordable storage of renewable energy for power grids, scientists at Harvard say. The sun and wind are clean sources of energy, but they provide power intermittently. As such, utility companies want massive rechargeable battery farms that can store the surplus... Continue Reading →