In an incredible display of the benefits of electric vehicles, an Australian mother used her car to power her son’s dialysis machine during a blackout caused by storms and flash flooding.1 Kristy Holmes, a 42-year-old woman from the Gold Coast, shared the story of how her car became the literal lifeline for her 11-year-old son...
Carrie Jernigan is a criminal defense lawyer who is going viral on TikTok for telling her followers to avoid using self-checkout lanes. Her page is filled with tips about the legal system most people won’t know about. But her advice on avoiding self-checkout begged for an explanation. Her reason is simple: shoplifters. Getting Charged With...
In humans and mammals, the critical determinant of a baby’s sex is a gene that resides on the Y chromosome. This chromosome might be minuscule, containing roughly 55 genes—many of which are non-coding DNA sequences.1 Yet, it’s vital for it houses the gene responsible for kick-starting male development in embryos. This sex-determining gene, identified as...
AI has been a part of our lives for quite some time now. But in recent years, there has been a significant surge in exploring its capabilities and uncovering the extraordinary creations it can produce. From witnessing beloved animated characters spring to life to encountering astonishingly lifelike food images, we have marveled at the potential...
Do you remember the first cell phone you ever had? I remember mine. It was the LG white chocolate – I shared it throughout high school with my sister. I then “upgraded” to have my own phone in university. Though my friends were all making the switch to blackberry, I still had a simple slide-phone...
We’ve all been there: constantly glued to our iPhone, navigating TikTok or diving into a group chat debate, all while watching a dwindling battery – or worse, a dead phone by lunchtime. But guess what? Apple has spilled the beans on a two-step hack that promises to rescue us from this digital nightmare, allowing us...
Having a loved one with dementia or Alzheimer’s can be stressful. In the United States, there are over 16 million individuals caring for a person with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease with no cure and with limited medical treatments. Being a caregiver is a full-time that can be both physically and mentally taxing, especially as the patient’s...
With the advent of AI technology, numerous projects have been in the pipeline to take advantage of the technology. In November 2023, the company Humane revealed its offering to the industry – the AI pin. It will be the company’s first device. It comes with a price tag of $699 and will start being delivered...
We live in a world today where undisclosed product features go completely unnoticed. Take cars: there are any number of features whose purposes are lost even to longtime drivers. A viral TikTok video (posted by @epiccfacts) has called attention to one such feature: the button on your seat belt. The use is as simple as...
There is no question that we are in an economically crazy time. With the war in Ukraine coupled with supply chain issues and the typical summer bump in gas prices, the price of gas has skyrocketed. This has many looking to electric cars – yet most Americans still aren’t making the switch. These are the...
Has the mystery of how the Great Pyramids or Stonehenge was built bothered you since you first learned of them as a kid? Well, this Michigan man may have figured it out. This is how a man lifts 20-ton blocks around his yard with just simple wooden tools and gravity. Man Lifts 20 Ton Block...
Tarmac Linemarking, a company operating in Australia, has collaborated with other startups like Vic Roads and OmniGrip to bring out new glow-in-the-dark line markings. The trial run took place in May 2022, and the work has gone vial. This test was also conducted on a single-kilometer section of the Metong Road, South East of Victoria....
