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Hot Wheels’ real-life ‘Rocket League’ RC cars land November 1st Rocket League If you’ve ever wondered what Rocket League would be like in real life, this RC version is as close of an approximation as you’ll get to the video game. As…
BMW will give EV batteries new life with recycling program NICOLAS ASFOURI via Getty Images BMW is leading a consortium of companies with the goal of giving electric vehicle batteries new life after they’ve kicked the bucket as a car power source….
How to buy a gaming laptop It used to be tough to find an ideal gaming laptop — one that didn’t feel like a sack of bricks and have awful battery life. Now we have the opposite problem: There are a ton…
Google Home Hub hands-on: A surprisingly compact smart display Sure, Google’s new Home Hub wasn’t a secret today — but I was still surprised at just how tiny the device is in real life. I imagined a tablet-sized screen perched on top…
Living organisms find a critical balance Biologists know a lot about how life works, but they are still figuring out the big questions of why life exists, why it takes various shapes and sizes, and how life is able to amazingly adapt…
New details of HIV life cycle The discovery of a small molecule that plays an important part of the HIV life cycle may lead to the development of new treatments for the virus. Continue reading . . . {authorlink} https://www.sciencedaily.com/rss/top/environment.xml Top Environment…
Facebook increases account deletion grace period to 30 days You may be determined to delete Facebook from your life after the Cambridge Analytica scandal and hacking reports, but the company wants to give you extra time for a change of heart. A…
Did key building blocks for life come from deep space? All living beings need cells and energy to replicate. Without these fundamental building blocks, living organisms could not exist. Little was known about a key element in the building blocks, phosphates, until now….
Scientists show polar ‘polynya’ supported marine life during last Ice Age An oasis in the hostile Arctic Ocean sustained marine life and ocean circulation during the last Ice Age, according to a new study. Continue reading . . . {authorlink} https://www.sciencedaily.com/rss/top/environment.xml Top…
The importance of sitting in ‘Life is Strange 2’ Where is dad? The question rings in my head. I’m roughly 15 minutes into the first episode of Life is Strange 2 and I’ve just realized the real stakes at play for the…
Robots are learning to carefully peel lettuce leaves Technology is designed to improve and streamline every facet of life, and that inevitably includes areas most people would never even think about. Such a lettuce peeling. A random issue for many, perhaps, but…
Tokyo cafe to use robot waiters operated by people with physical disabilities Japan is taking steps to fight social isolation by employing robots in as many aspects of life as possible. After introducing autonomous robots in various roles in a hospital and…
John Hancock will require fitness tracking for life insurance Life insurance company John Hancock will stop offering traditional policies, according to Venture Beat. Instead, the company, which is one of the oldest and largest life insurance underwriters in the US, will only…
Spotify offers free direct uploads for indie artists Spotify is making life easier for indie artists who want to get their music on the service by letting them directly upload their own tracks without having to go through an intermediary like a…
You can’t make a reality game show out of social media Technology’s ubiquity has become a real problem for the entertainment industry, because life is easier these days. There’s a reason that horror films these days seem to always feature a shot…