Allegation: In 1998, Sony introduced a video camera that could “see through people’s clothes” and then immediately recalled 700,000 devices allegedly sold. Evaluation: Rating: Blend What’s True: It is true that Sony introduced a camcorder with infrared night vision in 1998. It appeared that under certain conditions, the camera could “see through clothes” in the… Read More »
A reporter from Generation Z decided to delete the TikTok application from his phone. The addictive nature of the app’s algorithm led to hours being wasted with meaningless content. The reporter is still trying to figure out whether she wants to return to TikTok. Watching that white musical note disappear from my iPhone screen was… Read More »
It’s almost enough to stop doomscrolling: dull devices are very cool now. The Boring Phone is a new, featureless flip phone that satisfies the growing appetite of young people looking to throw away their smartphones. The latest model is a collaboration between Heineken beer and fashion retailer Bodega, and it caused a storm when it… Read More »
Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. To get it in your inbox, Sign up for free here. Scientists can extract surprising information about the past from a grain of bone. Analysis of ancient DNA extracted from human remains has illuminated the characteristics and ancestors of historical individuals… Read More »
I stare into the abyss… Am I really reaching anyone there?” Lisa Kaltenegger laughs about her lackluster experience teaching astrophysics over Zoom during Covid lockdowns, but she may be talking about her calling: trying to discover whether there is life beyond our solar system. Kaltenegger founded the Carl Sagan Institute in 2015 to research just… Read More »
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — If you think TikTok has been around forever, that’s because it probably has, at least if you’re measuring online. The question now is whether this will continue for much longer and, if so, in what form? Since 2017, when the Chinese social video app merged with rival Musical.ly, TikTok has transformed… Read More »
When a malfunction occurs in the loneliest spacecraft in the universe, it’s not just a matter of turning it off and on again. Voyager 1, the first human-made object to leave the Solar System in 2012, went silent in November, meaning no science or engineering data would be sent back to Earth. The probe was… Read More »
According to experts, farmers are trying to get rid of a series of negativities at a time when the value of their land is reaching its peak. Confidence in the agricultural sector has taken a hit as farmers struggle to contain the effects of one of the wettest winters on record. To add to its… Read More »
Another day, another 32-inch, 240 Hz, 4K OLED messiah monitor, this time from Gigabyte. This is actually the third panel we’ve reviewed in recent weeks; So we can safely say that we are quite familiar with what until recently was a radical new segment in the monitor market. Indeed, the basic proposition of combining 4K… Read More »
A BRADFORD scientist has recalled his pioneering career as he prepares to retire at the age of 83. Professor Diana Anderson met royalty, a former Prime Minister and the first female scientist at a major chemical firm. His retirement as Professor of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Bradford marks the end of an illustrious… Read More »