Sci/Environment

A geological study conducted by researchers from the U.S. Geological Survey and San Francisco State University is warning that four fault segments running beneath Northern California or nearby are primed for an earthquake of 6.8 […]

Corporations and governments alike are hungry for data on people. In addition to internet behavior records and mobile phone metadata, there is a little-known digital bounty they are after – voiceprints – and they’re harvesting […]

Are you invested in Monsanto stock like Bill Gates, who owns hundreds of thousand of Monsanto shares worth about $23 million? It might be time to pull out since the company just reported over $156 […]

A whale washed ashore on Long Island on Thursday with bite marks “bigger than a Chihuahua,” Kim Durham of the Riverhead Foundation told Newsday. Gothamist reports that the 58-foot fin whale was discovered about 8 […]

Fascinating article By Seth Shostak /Huffington Post (Source Link) who asks: “Do you ever wonder about the meaning of life, and in particular your life? Well, of course you do, but maybe you should ease […]

‘Do you scan your veins before accessing your bank account? Use a microchip implanted in your hand to pay for your groceries? Or have a tattoo on your wrist that can unlock your smartphone? If […]

Tesla and SpaceX C.E.O. Elon Musk said he was worried that people didn’t understand how fast artificial intelligence was progressing, and expressed his concern that, in a worst-case scenario, a “super-intelligent” machine might decide to […]

“The D” is here: All-wheel-drive and driver-assisted features are coming to the Tesla Model S, the luxury car company announced Thursday after a week of anticipation following a cryptic tweet by Tesla CEO Elon Musk. […]