Innovations, discoveries, and the future of technology.
Innovations, discoveries, and the future of technology.
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For the most part, Mother Nature gave us the tools we needed to be able to survive. Legs equipped to walk or run long distances, the brains necessary to outsmart deadly predators, and most importantly: the ability to shovel food into our faceholes when the entire operation is in dire…
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What did we ever do before Google? Google Technology was only founded in 1998, but it seems like we've had the ever-reliable search engine helping us forever. Even the name, Google, has become a noun that means to search online for something. Seriously, how many times in a day to…
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Since Steve Jobs introduced the revolutionary touchscreen phone to the world back in 2007, we've been transported sharply into the smartphone age, and several iPhones, iPads and smart devices later, some people were saying that the Cupertino-based tech giant's time in the limelight was over. But then, on the iPhone's…
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I like to think that everyone's got their own unique talent, but the fact of the matter is that some people are simply more talented than others. No matter how hard I try to learn and better myself, the fact remains that I will never be as talented as Donald…
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We've all had one of those days. You know, the ones where you got up late because you couldn't sleep last night, you're horrendously behind schedule for work, the phone's ringing off the hook with calls from your boss who already hates you, your car has broken down, your kid…
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If you're someone who leeches off a friend's Netflix account by using their login but not actually paying anything (no judgements here), you might want to think again about what you're doing. A recent poll found that 12 per cent of Netflix users do not pay for the service, which…
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Even if you've never tried the stuff, decades worth of TV shows and movies teach you that when you smoke weed, a goofy kind of expression appears on your face, you suddenly become fascinated by the design of the paperclip, and you get the munchies. Yes, an image of someone…
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Despite the incredibly advanced technology and sleek design we have these days, there are some things that have slipped through the net when it comes to design standards. Whether it's badly designed interiors (why are public bathrooms always so horrid?) or signs that have received a misfortunate grammatical treatment, 2018…
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If there's one thing that's made life infinitely easier for us all, it's Google Maps. Seriously, I don't know how people managed without it before it was invented, and yet the concept is so audacious that even now I can't quite believe it. How much do you really marvel at…
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You don't really know it at the time, but there's nothing like those days of early childhood. I have some pretty vivid memories of many a Friday evening, when I'd be playing with my brother or my friends and the doorbell would ring. But instead of my dad or one…
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Most young children are objectively terrible at art. Don't get me wrong, it's not their fault - they're still figuring out how to hold paintbrushes so I'm not exactly expecting Picasso - but when my niece comes to me with her drawings and I tell her they're great, I do…
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CORRECTION: On 5th July, we published this story suggesting that a 17-year-old girl was being trained by NASA to travel to Mars. This story was published in error, and it has since been reported by The Weekly Standard that the girl in question, is not, in fact, affiliated with NASA,…
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In this techno-centric age, everyone knows that a person's worth is only really decided by how many friends they have on Facebook. Gone are the days in which we assessed people on their happiness or kindness or success (though, let's be real, those days never really happened, did they?) and here…
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When is a dessert not a dessert? For me, that's when it's just fruit. Fruit is not a dessert, and you should not date anybody who thinks otherwise. But for chef Ben Churchill (not to mention for the purposes of this article), half of his dessert creations are, in fact,…
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Time marches on, and technology keeps advancing. Hundreds of years ago, it wasn't easy to share a cool selfie with your friends. You had to hire an artist to paint you, wait for him to make copies, and send them out to be delivered by the Pony Express. Then you…
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Earth seems pretty big to us, but compared to the size of the universe, it's just a pebble in the ocean - or, perhaps, the size of an atom of a pebble in the ocean. Space has always fascinated humans, inspiring countless science fiction stories and fantasies about becoming an…
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Several centuries ago, the population of Europe was decimated when a disease known as "The Great Plague" or "The Black Death" swept across the continent, killing tens of millions and leaving a tragic mark on the pages of history. Since then, few other pandemics have come even close to causing…
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In 2015, a woman in France became the first person to be legally recognised as having a WiFi allergy. Marine Richard, who was 39 years old at the time, was awarded £500 ($669) disability allowance each month after arguing in court that her impairment prevented her from being able to…
