Scientists made an online calculator that tells you your ‘fitness age,’ and you can try it right now
By Lydia Ramsey From Business Insider Aging is an inevitable fact of life. But if you exercise pretty frequently and eat right, then you might be a lot younger than you think — at least as far as something called…
Vibrantly colored ‘Starburst’ scorpionfish discovered in the Caribbean
By Stephanie Pappas, From Live Science A riotously colorful new species of scorpionfish has been found deep in the Caribbean near Curaçao. The fish is orange-red, with splashes of yellow and pink decorating its fins and face. Its scientific name…
Air conditioning has a huge environmental impact — and it’s getting bigger
By Lucas Davis, The Conversation From Business Insider With a heat wave pushing the heat index well above 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 Celsius) through much of the U.S., most of us are happy to stay indoors and crank the air conditioning….
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Mosquito control officials: Even Zika suspicions are costly
By AP From Boston Herald MIAMI — Florida mosquito control officials worry they won’t be able to keep up their efforts to contain the bugs that carry Zika without federal funding, even as concern mounts that the first infection from…
This might be the most detailed map of the human brain we’ve ever seen
By Erin Brodwin From Business Insider Imagine that the first map you ever saw of the United States was simply a rough outline of the country’s borders with only about half the state boundaries penciled in. That’s essentially the type of diagram…
First drone pilot jailed for flying contraband into UK prisons
By Nick Summers From engadget In a first for the UK, a drone pilot has been jailed for flying illegal substances into prisons. Daniel Kelly was sentenced to 14 months in jail after using a quadcopter to deliver “spice,” a psychoactive…
This mysterious orange moon 800 million miles from Earth might be home to a unique form of alien life
By Ali Sundermier From Business Insider At first glance, Saturn’s moon Titan doesn’t seem like the kind of place that could host alien life. The average temperature of this distant orange ball is a frigid -290 degrees Fahrenheit. And while Titan…
California secretly listened to cellphone calls from the air
By Steve Dent From engadget The CIA-developed “Dirtbox” can monitor thousands of people at a time. If you had cellphone problems in Orange County within the last few years, you may have been the unwitting victim of a secret cellphone…
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These homemade wheels let you maneuver your car as you please By Brittany Vincent From engadget Parallel parking just became ridiculously easy. Your regular old car’s wheels can probably only go in a finite number of directions. One crafty YouTuber…
