Cassini Just Gave us A Rare Look at Saturn's 'Wavemaker' Moon

Saturn’s tiny moon friend, Daphnis, is finally getting its close-up. In a stunning new image from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, the elusive moon can be seen peeking out from within the Keeler gap of Saturn’s rings.

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Trump Deletes Misspelled Tweet, Which May Be Illegal

We’re officially through the looking glass and it’s time to find out what powers our country’s legal system has over the President. One day after his inauguration, Donald Trump has already fucked up a tweet and deleted it. The problem is that he very likely isn’t allowed to do that anymore.

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FTC files suit against Qualcomm for anti-competitive behaviour

Mobile chip giant Qualcomm is being accused by the US Federal Trade Commission of anti-competitive behaviour in its baseband processor licensing business.

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Gravity wave ripples across Venus' hellish atmosphere

It took the Japanese atmospheric probe Akatsuki a while, but once it got into orbit around Venus just over a year ago, it immediately spotted a large, bow-shaped disturbance. Researchers now believe the phenomenon was a gravity wave, or atmospheric formation caused by the topography below.

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The F-35 Amazingly Has Even More Problems Than We Thought

The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is the most expensive military program in the world with a total cost of more than $1 trillion. Now, a new Pentagon report suggests that the futuristic fighter jet still has hundreds of deficiencies and won’t be ready for ready for full combat testing until 2019.

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Scientists Made Something Colder Than Ever Thought Possible

When it comes to cooling things in the lab, scientists have long found an experimental lower limit just above the theoretical coldest temperature. Well, a group of American scientists have now made things (lowers shades) ...even cooler.

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Humans Are Literally Made of Stardust After All

All too often, our flesh cocoons can feel like vessels of anxiety and existential dread. But take heart, because new research confirms what science popularizers like Carl Sagan have said all along: humans truly are made of “star stuff”—and we’ve got maps to prove it.

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Memories from the Obama Presidency

You might not have included it on your list of New Year's resolutions, but upgrading your mismatched, worn out sock collection should be on your radar.

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ROG gaming desktops dive into the waters of Kaby Lake

Asus is overhauling its Republic of Gamers lineup of desktops, following the release of Intel's seventh-generation Core processors. Its ROG desktop line now includes four new desktops, ranging from maxed-out behemoths to tiny powerhouses.

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Qualcomm unveils new Snapdragon 835 SoC details

Late last year, Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon 835 would be its next-generation smartphone SoC. The new chip is built on a 10nm process in partnership with Samsung, but Qualcomm hadn’t unveiled much in the way of additional details.

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The Most Detailed View of Black Holes in the Universe Will Blow Your Mind

Stare into the abyss, my friends. The image above features the highest concentration of black holes humans have ever seen. So dense are the merciless chasms of darkness at the center of this map, you could pack 5,000 of them into a patch of sky the size of the full moon. So...

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We Were Wrong About Not Feeding Peanuts to Infants

For years, parents have been told to withhold peanut products from their children until the age of three. In a total flip-flop, the NIH has issued new guidelines recommending that babies be fed peanuts early in their lives to prevent the onset of dangerous allergies.

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NASA funds mission to study energy from black holes and other extremes

Some of the most exotic and intriguing objects in the universe, such as neutron stars and black holes, are largely beyond the capability of scientists to study directly. But they can be studied by looking at details of the extremely energetic regions of space immediately around these objects.

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Wall Street Journal's top editor says they won't call Trump a liar when Trump lies

On this weekend's Meet the Press, WSJ editor in chief Gerard Baker said that even when he was clear that Trump had uttered a falsehood, his paper would not call that falsehood a lie, because to do so would ascribe "moral intent" to Trump; instead, the WSJ will call Trump's lies "challengeable" and

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