Day May 16, 2019

Japan is running out of phone numbers

We’ve reached the point where we’re running out of 11-digit phone numbers. Japan plans to release 10-billion 14-digit numbers by 2021, in response to concerns that the country may run out of its 11-digit phone numbers by 2022. The rapid…

Meet the tropical islands that are now a plastics dumpster

Discarded cigarette lighters, toothbrushes, and useless plastic water bottles have piled up on the Cocos Islands’ white sand beaches, a balmy tourist destination surrounded by aquamarine waters. Marine scientist Jennifer Lavers and her research team traveled to this tropical paradise,…