Month January 2017

This tiny wearable can tell you when you need a drink

This tiny wearable can tell you when you need a drink Image: SHANSHAN YAO/NC STATE UNIVERSITY By Brett Williams2017-01-31 17:18:28 UTC Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed an ideal wearable to pair with a fitness tracker for those…

We Finally Know How These Exoplanets Get So Freakishly Big

“Hot Jupiters” aren’t particularly sexy exoplanets—just clingy ones. These gas giants orbit tightly around their host stars, and despite their name, they’re typically more massive than Jupiter. And, as you’d expect, much hotter. Read more… Source: io9

Humans fold as AI comes up aces in poker competition

Now computers can bluff. This should be a terrifying thought, but it’s a breakthrough moment, watched by thousands of people across 151 countries on the Twitch network, all of them witness to the first time a computer artificial intelligence (AI),…

Your Bra Size Is a Myth

In a world of vanity sizes and mysterious designations like “medium,” you usually have to try clothes on before you have any clue if they fit. Bra sizing would seem to be different, since it involves numbers and math, but…