Phobos, the largest Martian moon, will one day be ripped apart by the planet’s tidal forces – but it has already been significantly damaged as a result of its orbit. Strange strings of craters etched into the largest of Mars’ moons formed when bits of rock from collisions were thrown into Martian orbit, whizzed around the red planet, then crashed ... Read More »
Samsung launched the Gear S3 smartwatch as it looked to steal a march on Apple and its heavily-anticipated update of its wearable. According to Reuters, Samsung unveiled the new wearable on Wednesday, ahead of 2016 IFA, which will be held in Berlin. During the release, the company boasted of the Gear S3, which reportedly can run for four days on ... Read More »
Scientists just voted on declaring a new geological age influenced by humans. The Anthropocene epoch is said to be a “new age of man” signifying the intense influence human activity is having on the future geological record. Humanity’s influence on the Earth is so great, an entirely new geological epoch called the Anthropocene should be declared, according to scientists from ... Read More »
Google has announced that Cast functionality has been integrated directly into the Chrome browser. Casting between the browser and a Chromecast connected device works by allowing users to stream any page to the Chromecast connected device (ie HDMI TV). To Cast a page that isn’t natively supported for streaming, users need to head over to the Chrome Settings menu and ... Read More »
Ever since a photo of a heartbroken couple of 62 years sharing a tearful goodbye before returning to their separate nursing homes went viral, offers to help the couple have poured in from around the world. After 62 years of marriage, Wolfram and Anita Gottschalk are being forced to live apart. For eight months, the couple has been living in ... Read More »
Astronomers have discovered a potentially habitable planet orbiting the closest star to our solar system that appears to be able to support life, according to a study published Wednesday. The newly-discovered planet, designated Proxima b, orbits its cool red host star once every 11 days, is slightly more massive than Earth and is the exoplanet located closest to our homeworld, ... Read More »
Oculus, which is owned by Facebook, said the device will launch on September 20. In an announcement, Oculus announced that its VR solution will be available in a number of European and North American retailers from September 20th. In fact, consumers in the UK, France and Germany and Canada can pre-order the Rift today and have it ship late next ... Read More »
Towering over Seward, yet still dwarfed by the mountains, sat the Crystal Serenity, a luxury unmatched at sea. The ship was packed with food, supplies and the luggage for its roughly 1,700 passengers, ready to begin their historic adventure through the Arctic on Tuesday. The all-inclusive cruise will take 32 days to sail from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic ... Read More »
Sad news to report as Dick Assman has died at the age of 82. According to his local obituary, Assman died peacefully in his sleep. SK. Born in Neudorf, SK in 1934, Richard worked as a manager, mechanic and gas attendant at service stations in Regina his entire adult life. He was predeceased by his parents Adolf (1998) and Elizabeth ... Read More »
Researchers say they are closer to pinning down the genetic causes of inherited diseases ranging from muscular dystrophy to certain types of heart disease after analysing the DNA of more than 60,000 people. “The scale and diversity of the ExAC resource is invaluable,” Daniel MacArthur, a geneticist at the Broad Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and co-author of a study that ... Read More »
The mobile game for Android and iOS has been launched ahead of the much awaited Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, which is set for a grand release next week. According to the app’s description, “Deus Ex GO is a turn-based puzzle infiltration game set in a stylized interpretation of the Deus Ex Universe. As covert agent Adam Jensen, you’ll use hacking, ... Read More »
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