Why chaos prevents us from predicting the weather
Mashable’s series Algorithms explores the mysterious lines of code that increasingly control our lives — and our futures. Will a storm probably hit my town? Will it be a terrible…
How algorithms work
Mashable’s series Algorithms explores the mysterious lines of code that increasingly control our lives — and our futures. We spoke with Pedro Domingos, a computer science professor at the University…
This high tech shelter keeps you cool without an A/C
A team of researchers from the University of British Columbia, Princeton University, the University of California, Berkeley and the Singapore-ETH Centre have created a bus stop-like pavilion that can cool…
Why is ‘step’ porn everywhere?
Porn comes in many forms, but one particularly popular genre focuses on step-sibling or step-parent relationships. Do that many people really want to watch incest, or is there something else…
How a decrease in transportation emissions can impact climate change
Ray White about 3 hours ago Transportation is the top source of CO2 emissions worldwide. Our reliance on travel using energy via fossil fuel creates a carbon footprint that’s far…
Hilariously out of sync cheerleading robots dazzle during baseball game in Japan
The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks filled their seats with robots in place of humans. SoftBank’s ‘Pepper’ and Boston Dynamics’ ‘Spot’ performed a collaborative cheer during the game. While other sports have…
Andrew Yang thinks Big Tech and capitalism need to be reined in ASAP
Andrew Yang, a prominent 2020 Democratic Presidential candidate, ran on a platform that warned about the speed with which technology like automation and AI is upending the world as we…
These ingenious portholes can reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmissions in hospitals
STUCK is a design agency in Singapore, who have been working on a number of COVID-19 initiatives. One involves using geometry and elasticity to create portholes that seal quickly around…
Electric ship sets sustainable tourism standard, eliminating noise and pollution
Brim Explorer is a hybrid electric ship packed with 800 kilowatt hours of batteries, which means it can cruise the waters for 10 hours on 100 percent sustainable electricity. The…
Misophonia is why I hate ASMR, and maybe why you do too
Internet of Yum digs into all the things that make us drool while we’re checking our feeds. Mashable Producer, Mark Stetson, sets out to find why he has a visceral,…