Challenger, Columbia, and the lies we tell ourselves

     Yesterday was the 30th anniversary of the Challenger explosion. Today is the 30th anniversary of the beginning of the Challenger story. By the morning of January 29, 1986, recovery...

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Newly discovered Babylonian tablets just rewrote the history of astronomy

   Ancient astronomers were highly sophisticated observers of the night sky. Though they lacked telescopes or any kind of magnification device, stargazing is one of the only things you could do at night, particularly...

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What happens when the Windows 10 free upgrade timer runs out?

     When Microsoft launched Windows 10, it announced that all existing Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 customers could receive a free upgrade to Windows 10, provided they took advantage of it...

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NASA releases new Curiosity selfie at Martian dune field

   NASA’s Curiosity rover has been an unqualified success from the moment it arrived on Mars aboard a rocket sled in 2012. It has driven more than 10 kilometers, helped confirm the existence...

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Facial recognition study sheds new light on threat response and the ‘spidey sense’

   Normal, everyday function in the brain demands a bit of filtering. This is what’s happening when we learn to tune out the noises our own house makes at night, but lay awake when staying with relatives for the holidays,...

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77 Movies and Shows Coming to Netflix in January

  January is the time for you to follow through on all your resolutions and start a new life, right? Who are you kidding? That's for spring or maybe September. For now, how about you catch up on some movies and TV shows courtesy of Netflix? Here are the titles coming to the streaming service in January. Drone – January 20 They share a name but there's a big difference between...

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Square Enix to Launch Updated Final Fantasy IX for PC, iOS, Android

If you're a big Final Fantasy fan, then Square Enix just made your day: The popular FInal Fantasy IX game is going to be released on the PC, iOS, and Android at some point in 2016. While Square Enix didn't specifically say that the game is being launched in North America, it stands to reason that it'll arrive there at some point as well. We're most happy about the game's official website having...

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Valve explains Steam’s Christmas Day implosion

     On Christmas Day, Steam users woke to a bewildering series of problems. Users reported seeing wish lists, game libraries, and personal account information that wasn’t their own. Email addresses, partial credit...

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AT&T Killing Off Two-Year Contracts

  Farewell, phone subsidies. AT&T is killing off two-year contracts beginning Jan. 8. Engadget, which first reported the news, got its hands on an internal memo sent to employees this morning outlining the change. After the first week of January, new and existing customers in need of a new phone will either have to pay the full price of the device upfront, or in monthly installments...

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Storms that wreaked Christmas havoc across the US now supercharged, headed for the North Pole

     If you live on the East Coast, Christmas 2015 was one of the most bizarre on record. Temperatures were in the 60s and 70s across the Midwest and in the major coastal cities, with...

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Transcend announces ‘SuperMLC’ as an SLC NAND alternative

     Transcend Information has announced a new type of SuperMLC (multi-level cell) NAND that it believes can satisfy the needs of enterprise customers who prize both speed and reliability, while offering the lower...

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