Northwestern University engineers have developed a pacemaker so small that it can fit inside the tip of a syringe and be non-invasively injected into the body, according to a new study published in Nature. Although it can work with hearts of all sizes, the pacemaker is particularly well-suited to the tiny,…
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When non-Britons imagine the classic red phone box, it would seem like the strangest decision ever to get rid of one, charming and iconic as they are. Yet a rural village called Sharrington, in Norfolk, woke up one morning to find a notice on their neighborhood British Telecom phone box saying…
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After 10 years of planning and AUD$120 million in investments, one of Australia’s fastest-growing areas will be diverting 500 million gallons of treated wastewater from being dumped into rivers and eventually the sea. What’s more, the water is set to take over irrigation needs for thousands of acres of farmland—all the…
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50 years ago today, Microsoft was founded as a partnership between childhood friends and computer whiz-kids Bill Gates and Paul Allen. The company became the largest seller of software in the world, developing MS-DOS for early IBM PCs, and later, Windows, and Microsoft Office. Its market capitalization has topped $1 trillion,…
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The nearly complete specimen of a known plesiosaur species is opening scientists’ eyes to the diversification of these ancient marine reptiles during the Early Jurassic period. Found in southern Germany, Plesiopterys wildi, a relatively small species measuring 10 feet long, is the only member of its genus, and a study published in…
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With the imminent arrival of 150 Przewalski’s horses to the Kazakh steppes, the future of the world’s last non-domesticated horse species is poised to bolt. Following up on a successful introduction of 5 mares and 2 stallions from Berlin and Prague, Hungary’s Minister of Agriculture István Nagy announced the country would…
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Few in America will likely be aware that a critically acclaimed live-action/animated Looney Tunes movie starring Wile E. Coyote was wholly made, but then shelved by Warner Bros. studios. But, after a raucous outcry from the creative team who fell in love with the project and spent months bringing it to…
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