Collaborate Disseminate
Public Domain Day was yesterday, but you were probably hungover, so here’s how to download the tens of thousands of books that became legal to download for free in 2019. Continue reading How to Download the Books That Just Entered the Public Domain
Thursday night, an explosion at a Con Edison electrical facility lit up the entire New York City Sky an unsettling shade of aqua. Continue reading Here’s Why New York City’s Blue-Sky Electrical Explosion Was So Big
Dr. Phil is a king. He owns. Continue reading 2019 Is the Year We Stop Sleeping on Dr. Phil
Home assistants are continuously recording and constantly uploading details of your everyday life, and sometimes, these recordings can end up in the wrong hands. Continue reading Amazon Sent 1,700 Alexa Recordings to the Wrong Person
The nonprofit ‘Archangel Ancient Tree Archive’ made 75 ancient redwood clones using DNA from five ancient redwood stumps. Continue reading Guerrilla Tree Archivists Cloned Ancient Redwoods Using Their Dead Stumps
Marie—a five-foot-one, fifteen-pound 3D printed body—could be used to help create better radiation treatments for cancer. Continue reading ‘Marie’ Is the First Life-Sized, 3D-Printed Human Body
Target threw hazardous e-waste, as well as sensitive medical material and waste, into the trash illegally for four years. Continue reading Target Fined $7.4 Million for Illegally Throwing E-Waste in the Trash
There are tens of thousands of “ASMR” chalk-eating videos on Instagram. Continue reading Why People Are Eating Chalk on Instagram
“I refer to myself as being in the Lucky Lucky Seven Club, as in, I’ve gotten lucky on all seven continents. I mean, wouldn’t you?” Continue reading Real ‘Ice Wives’ and Husbands of Antarctica: Friends With Benefits Keep the South Pole Steamy
A plant-robot cyborg developed by researchers at MIT uses electrodes, light detectors, and wheels to save a plant from perishing. Continue reading Cyborg Plant Controls a Robot to Move Itself Towards Light