Altcoins are dying a coin and code death faster than ever before. The cryptocurrency market is sadly tethered to Bitcoin’s price. Bitcoin’s price is probably at the mercy of large-scale market manipulation and cryptic factors that even the crypto frauds and “decentralization” pretenders can’t simulate. However, the RIP Crypto title here is still just a meme. […]

By Laura Desmond Trading can be nerve-racking at its best, terrifying at its worst The user experience for trading cryptocurrency is not conducive to getting new users actively involved. There is no shortage of horror stories regarding hacked centralized exchanges, sending funds to the wrong address, and losing private keys. Some of the biggest problems are […]

By Sebastian N As science blurs the real and unreal, we are learning to distinguish them in new ways The announcement of synthetic diamonds in 1955 was met with the same kind of alarm and skepticism that greeted claims to have made alchemical gold in the Middle Ages. Could these “fake” gems, created by a team […]

The head of the NHS, Simon Stevens, this week has called for Facebook and Instagram to fund treatment of mental health problems because of the damage caused by social media. This ‘mental health levy’ follows a huge rise in admissions to mental health services, particularly among teenage girls. Taxing the tech giants is fine – they’re good for […]

Some books you read, and then forget. Others change a small part of your life. Then there are the rare gems that fundamentally change the way you think, live, and work. Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport is one of the latter. As the world advances, three kinds of people […]

Single-use plastic straws are quickly falling out of style as people recognize them for what they are: wasteful, unnecessary, and environmentally damaging. Since momentum built around the fact that single-use plastic straws play a major part in polluting our land and waterways because they aren’t recyclable, Seattle, Malibu, and the United Kingdom have banned them […]

Even those jaded by hurricanes have never seen anything like this. For the first time, a Category 4 hurricane slammed into the Florida Panhandle. And it’s bringing an onslaught of deadly hazards. “Unfortunately, this is a hurricane of the worst kind,” said Brock Long, head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Here’s what makes Hurricane […]

By Adrian Mcdermott  In 2014, scientists from the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering in Boston succeeded in producing plastic using crab shells and cellulose obtained from wood flour. Now, researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a biodegradable plastic, derived from crab shells and tree fibers. Plastic produced from fossil fuels does […]

If biodegradable, paper-based batteries created at Binghamton University, State University of New York, become a reality and gain mass acceptance, it will be a huge step towards the efforts for a clean and pollution free environment. Such batteries will greatly reduce pollution, particularly in places like Hawaii where land is at a premium, and landfills […]

Waze, the Alphabet-owned mapping app, has expanded its Carpool service to all 50 U.S. states, after running a limited test since earlier this year. Waze Carpool lets drivers fill the empty seats in their cars with passengers, all chosen through dedicated apps. It’s an unusual mix of dating and ride-sharing services, as the app will match drivers […]