Exploding Stars May Have Assaulted Ancient Earth

sciencehabit shares a report from Science Magazine: Over the past 2 decades, researchers have found hundreds of radioactive atoms, trapped i...

Sea Walls Might Just Make Floods Someone Else's Problem, Study Suggests

An anonymous reader writes: Protecting the coasts in the United States from the impacts of climate change comes with a hefty price tag. But ...

Physicists Move Closer To Defeating Errors In Quantum Computation

sciencehabit shares a report from Science Magazine: Physicists at Google have taken an important step toward protecting delicate information...

WhatsApp tests encrypted cloud backups on Android

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge When you’re using WhatsApp your messages are encrypted end-to-end, which means prying eyes can’t ...

Google Maps Accused of Offering 'Potentially Fatal' Hiking Routes

Hikers looking to summit Scotland's highest mountain and other peaks in the area are being sent up "potentially fatal" routes ...

Netflix Datamine Could Suggest a Partnership With PlayStation

Earlier this week, Netflix announced that it is planning an expansion into video games and has hired a former EA and Facebook executive to l...

Amazon just got Fakespot booted off Apple’s iOS App Store

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Fakespot, known for its web browser extensions that try to weed out fake product reviews, suddenl...