GADGETS - TECH NEWS

	Toshiba 5-in-1 Shape-Shifting Concept is Pretty Rad
	CES is a playground for new gadgets and concepts to be shown off by companies, and this year we saw plenty of bendable UHD TVs, VR systems, and many new laptops announced. However, not many laptops announced were interesting. But one in particula...
	New Climate Study Says There Will be More Frequent El Ninos in the 21st Century
	According to a study in the journal Nature Climate Change, we're going to have an increase in El Nino type weather events in the 21st century. That sucks. It used to happen once every 20 years or so. Now we can expect them every 10 years once. El Ni...
	That All-Natural Banana You're Eating is Filled With Chemicals
	Fancy eating a fresh, organic, "all-natural" banana? Remember this the next time: it is filled with tons of chemicals. But then again, so is everything, actually. James Kennedy, a chemistry teacher living in Australia, created some fun images to sho...
	Ball Lightning Has Been Seen in Action in Nature for The First Time
	You've no doubt heard the phrase "a ball of lightning" before. Turns out it's real. Lyrically known as St. Elmo's fire, it is a phenomenon where electrical storms create a moving glowing sphere that just sort of hangs in the sky. The whole thing has...
	The Clearest and Darkest Sky on Earth Gets Filmed in Time Lapse [VIDEO]
	Nicholas Buer went to the San Pedro de Atacama region of Northern Chile to film the clearest and darkest sky on Earth. This may just be one of the most beautiful time lapses you've seen so far. Watch the video after the break below and read what B...
	ILM Created Hong Kong, Only to Destroy It Again in Pacific Rim [VIDEO]
	Special effects are awesome. And the ones seen in Pacific Rim is a result of FX done crazy great. Touted as one of the most insane fighting sequences in Pacific Rim was when a Jaeger fought a Kaiju in the streets of Hong Kong. Needless to say, the ...
	Will Playing Video Games Make You Smarter? [VIDEO]
	Can video games make you smarter? Can it train hand eye coordination? More and more studies are finding that casual gaming can have a positive effect such as boosting memory and motor skills. ASAP Science discusses the topic in detail in this new v...
	Scientists Create the First Working Cell Made From Plastic
	A team of scientists have produced a functioning cell - made from polymers. You're looking at the first ever eukaryotic cell. It contains a nucleus and other sub-units known as organelles within its membrane and are made from plastic. Eukaryotic cel...
	New Method of Mammography Uses Sound Waves and a Table
	Mammography machines can be very uncomfortable. It relies on ionizing radiation to image a patient's breasts. But radiation ironically also increases the risk of cancer developing. A company called Delphinus Medical Technologies has a safer alternat...
	Newly Created 3D Quantum Matter Works Like Graphene
	Graphene is one of the most lusted after materials in science. Now, a team of scientists have made a 3D counterpart we can use to build things with. Led by Oxford's Yulin Chen, the sodium-bismuth compound, Na3Bi holds many of the same properties of ...

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