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Tesla just revealed a crazy charger that springs out of the wall and...

Late last year, Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk said his company was working on a wild idea for its car chargers: The charger would automatically come out of the wall and connect to the car like "a solid...

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A 17-year-old invented an ingenious way to instantly stop bleeding

Imagine this: You're gushing blood. Nothing seems to make it stop. Then you apply a gel to your wound, and the bleeding stops within seconds. You're healed in minutes.This is the premise of VetiGel, an...

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FOOD WARS: I tried a bunch of different grocery delivery services, and one is...

Food delivery services are a rapidly expanding business, whether it’s entire meal kits delivered to your door or take-out from your Uber driver.One of the most competitive fields though is grocery...

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This app could be the future of psychological therapy

An app asks, “How are you?”To respond, you swipe to make a virtual face on your iPhone happy or sad.Welcome to the future of therapy.What if we could use our phones to improve our state of mind, or...

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I calculated my approximate age at death — and found something totally...

When I saw the online quiz that predicts how long you'll live, I was psyched to take it.That might sound a bit death-obsessed for a 28-year-0ld, but I've planned with my loved ones what they should do...

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The best designed kitchen gadgets of the year

We can't hate on traditional pots and pans, but times are changing.Working in the kitchen has become a high-tech experience, from the way we brew our coffee to how we cook our meat.In 2015, we saw no...

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There are 2 genius ways to cool your beer down in under 15 minutes

There's nothing worse than going to grab a beer and realizing you don't have any cold ones. Warm beer? No thanks.You might think you only have 2 options: Put the beer in the fridge and wait for an...

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What Barbie would look like if she had the body of an average 19-year-old

Lammily is the brainstorm of artist Nickolay Lamm, who was tired of seeing the unattainable body image that Barbie dolls conveyed. Taking the measurements of the average woman, he created his own...

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A Dutch designer wants to build the world's largest air purifier — and use it...

Air pollution kills 80 people every day in the Indian city of New Delhi. In London, nearly 9,500 people die in a year due to the air they breathe. In fact, dirty air is responsible for one in eight...

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A new study proves that you can check if a battery still has a charge by...

While many of our devices have evolved beyond the battery, there are still plenty of things — from remote controls to handy calculators — that need trusty AA batteries to function.That means your junk...

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These gorgeously designed glasses will make your beer taste extra-amazing

Since it's International Beer Day, let's take a moment to reflect on the history of the humble beer glass.When millions of people were dying of the plague in the 14-century Germany, brewers tacked on a...

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Chemistry explains why grilling meat makes it taste so good

Humidity is rising and thermometers are creeping into the triple digits — all signs that summer is here.Between pool parties and delicious cold brews, millions of people are firing up their grills and...

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A Dutch designer wants to turn smog into ultramodern jewelry

Air pollution kills 80 people every day in the Indian city of New Delhi. In London, nearly 9,500 people die in a year due to the air they breathe. In fact, dirty air is responsible for one in eight...

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Living near trees could make you feel as good as being seven years younger

Living in leafy neighborhoods is visually pleasing. It also can make you feel healthier.In fact, the positive health effects of having an additional 10 trees on your block are equivalent to getting a...

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Intelligent robots don't need to be conscious to turn against us

Last week Elon Musk, Stephen Hawking, and more than 16,000 researchers signed an open letter warning against the dangers of autonomous weapons.A top signatory who studies artificial intelligence (AI)...

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Researchers analyzed data on explosive Twitter controversies — and then came...

A storm is always waiting to blow up on Twitter. It happened when a Baltimore cop shot an unarmed African-American man in April, or when an Indian state banned beef in March this year, and, most...

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Pixar figured out the recipe for making perfect movies — now it's unstoppable

The first reaction test audiences had to "Monsters, Inc." wasn't the bottomless sense of wonder drummed up by most Pixar movies: It was boredom."I thought, 'Oh, a film about monsters who scare kids for...

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If the SkyMall catalog still exists in 2025, it will probably look like this

What will the near future look like? Chances are, it will be somewhere between the techno-utopia that Silicon Valley startup founders like to talk about and all-out disaster. Unless there is a hugely...

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Anthropologist explains why we cheat on people we love

Biological anthropologist Helen Fisher has a pretty perfect description of what it's like to be in love with someone:Simply put, she says, that person becomes the center of the world. You have an...

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Here's how to light up your living room with glowing marine plankton

Microbes make our lives better in countless ways. They are the reason yogurt and cheese taste delicious. These tiny beings also fight deadly diseases — in fact, they made penicillin, the "wonder drug"...

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