Even for the speed demons out there, it would be unpatriotic to go anything but the speed limit on a small stretch of Route 66 in New Mexico. That’s due to the fact that if drivers obey the signs, the road will treat them to its own rendition of the song “America the Beautiful.” That’s right. The road … Read More → "This stretch of Route 66 plays ‘America The Beautiful’ if you go the speed limit"

Confidence in driverless cars has soared after Google’s self-driving car chased a cyclist for three miles while unleashing a torrent of abuse and spraying the cyclist with water.

According to eye witnesses in Palo Alto, the incident started when a middle-aged cyclist with an enormous sense of entitlement jumped the traffic lights causing the Google self-driving car to slam on its brakes to avoid a collision. The cyclist … Read More → "Driverless car chases cyclist for three miles in road rage incident"

Concetta Antico, who made the paintings above and below, is an artist known for being a tetrachromat, meaning a genetic difference in her eyes enables her to see approximately 100 times more colors than an average person. “I see colors you cannot perceive or imagine,” Antico says. 

While the vast majority of peoples’ eyes contain three kinds of cone sensitive to different wavelengths of light, tetrachromats have four. Apparently the genetic difference isn’t … Read More → "The woman who can see 100 times more colors than you can"

A new implantable capsule may provide a novel way of tackling Alzheimer’s disease, preventing the buildup of harmful protein plaques in the brain. The small device, developed by researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), has been successfully tested on laboratory mice.

The capsule tackles the disease by targeting Abeta proteins, also known as amyloid … Read More → "Alzheimer’s may be prevented by antibody-releasing implant"

Researchers from the Future University in Hakodate have announced that a short-form novel co-written by an artificial intelligence also developed by the team was accepted by a Japanese story competition, the Hoshi Shinichi Literary Award. Though the story didn’t eventually win the competition, its acceptance does suggest that AI systems are quickly becoming capable of emulating human-like creativity.
via Engadget</ … Read More → "AI-written novel passes first round of a literary competition"

When it comes to choosing their friends, fish are most likely to bond over favorite foods. According to a recent study published in the journal Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, some types of fish bond when they eat the same thing for dinner, choosing to shoal with other fish who consume the same foods they do—regardless of species.

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2016 marks the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death.

Among many parties and parades planned next month in the UK to celebrate their beloved Bard, the Church of the Holy Trinity in central England, where Shakespeare is buried, allowed archaeologists to scan his grave with non-intrusive radar technology.

That scan appears to confirm the … Read More → "Radar image of Shakespeare’s grave appears his skull is missing"

When shown empirical evidence of gender bias against women in the STEM fields, men were far less likely to find the studies convincing or important, according to researchers from Montana State University (MSU), the University of North Florida, and Skidmore College.

In the first two parts of the experiment, participants were shown the real abstract of the resume-test … Read More → "Even with hard evidence of gender bias in STEM fields, men don’t believe it’s real"

We’ve seen our share of GPS-guided mishaps, but what happened to the owners of a Texas duplex is particularly heartbreaking. Their house was torn down by mistake (no, this isn’t the first time that’s happened, it’s not even the first time in Texas) after it was damaged by a tornado, and the demolition company apparently blames Google Maps for the error. They lived at 7601 Calypso Dr., and … Read More → "Wrong house gets torn down based on a Google Maps error"

Ever since 3D Printing technology was introduced, it’s been nonstop periodic improvements. Everything from desk knick knacks to robotic limbs have been made with the technology. While various companies are finding new ways to make 3D printing better there are still limitations. Highly detailed items take long periods of time while small items can be created quickly but lack definition. This becomes an even bigger problem when trying to create large scale … Read More → "Autodesk’s Project Escher uses multiple 3D print heads for massive jobs"