Teensy alien-looking skeleton from Chile poses a medical mystery Teensy alien-looking skeleton from Chile poses a medical mystery

By Jeanna Bryner, LiveScience A teensy skeleton with a squashed alienlike head may have earthly origins — but the remains, found in Chile's Atacama Desert a decade ago, do make for quite a medical mystery.Apparently when the mummified specimen was discovered, some speculated that it was an alien that had somehow landed on Earth, though the researchers involved never suggested this...

1. 5. 2013 0:34
Mystery 'Man on the Roof' Image at Marathon Goes Viral

Photos taken of the Boston Marathon explosion carnage showed horrific images of smeared blood on the sidewalk, blown out windows and bystanders rushing to aid multiple people who had lost limbs and suffered other severe injuries. But amidst the chaos of what some described as a...

16. 4. 2013 18:38
BlackBerry to offer BBM as standalone app for iOS and Android this summer BlackBerry to offer BBM as standalone app for iOS and Android this summer

Thorsten Heins just broke what has to be the biggest news out of BBLive this morning: BBM is breaking out of its walled garden. Starting this summer, users running iOS 6 and Android ICS or higher will be able to download the BBM app for free and join in the messaging experience so highly curated by BlackBerry. Initially, however, only the messaging and group features will be accessible for...

14. 5. 2013 15:58
Feds defend decision to scrub 3D gun plans from Internet Feds defend decision to scrub 3D gun plans from Internet

The state department on Friday defended its decision to censor plans for a working, three-dimensional handgun that anyone can create from plastic with a 3D printer.

10. 5. 2013 21:00
The mysterious powers of Microsoft Excel

The curse of the error-strewn spreadsheet

21. 4. 2013 0:27
'Human computer' who bested the machines dies in India at 83

Shakuntala Devi, an Indian mathematical wizard known as “the human computer” for her ability to make incredibly swift calculations, died on Sunday in Bangalore, India. She was 83. The cause was respiratory and cardiac problems, said D. C. Shivadev, a trustee of the Shakuntala Devi Educational Foundation Public Trust.Ms. Devi demonstrated her mathematical gifts around the world, at colleges,...

24. 4. 2013 21:41
Forget vinyl, you can now turn your music downloads into records made of wood Forget vinyl, you can now turn your music downloads into records made of wood

An engineer from San Francisco has turned her music downloads into wooden records using a laser cutter, and has made the instructions available for everyone.

13. 5. 2013 13:35
First 3-D-printed gun fired, but its digital blueprints make bigger bang First 3-D-printed gun fired, but its digital blueprints make bigger bang

With a shot heard round the Internet, the first known 3-D printed gun is a reality. But the bigger ruckus comes from the gun's digital blueprints, now available for free download by any shooters who want to build their own.Cody Wilson, the polemic face of the not-for-profit 3-D gunsmith Defense Distributed, fired the organization's latest prototype at the opening of a 28-second video posted on...

6. 5. 2013 21:12
Cicadas on the rise: Bug fans and scientists get ready for the big buzz Cicadas on the rise: Bug fans and scientists get ready for the big buzz

Backyard bug-watchers are seeing the winged bugs known as cicadas come out of their holes in New Jersey and North Carolina after 17 years of underground slumber — and scientists say a full-scale outbreak may not be far behind."There are some pretty convincing reports coming out," John Cooley, an expert on cicadas at the University of Connecticut, told NBC News. "It's fair to say...

6. 5. 2013 0:41