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Stephan Walter These are our selections for the worst fumbles of the 21st century: ideas that were great, but got twisted or misused and didn’t deliver on their original promise. Bitcoin For years, it was a constant refrain in the tech world: “Put it on the blockchain.” Bitcoin, a cryptocurrency that was invented in 2008

Blue Origin plans to begin deploying its proposed TeraWave satellite constellation from the last quarter of 2027, subject to regulatory approval. Credit: Blue Origin TAMPA, Fla. — Blue Origin is seeking approval to start deploying more than 5,400 satellites from late next year for its own Starlink broadband competitor, targeting up to 6 terabits per

Why does it feel so lonely online these days? Breana Panaguiton/Unsplash Right now, I’m glued to my phone. Like most people in the US, I get my news from various apps – social posts, podcasts, newsletters – and when things are blowing up (literally) I can’t look away. People in Minneapolis are posting video updates

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(Image credit: Paul & Paveena Mckenzie/Getty Images) Over the past 5,000 years, East Africa has dried out. Now, new research finds that this change may be making the continent pull apart faster. Faults in the East African Rift Zone have sped up since the levels of large lakes have dropped, according to research published in

When wolves and cougars cross paths, it’s rarely a friendly encounter. But as these two apex predators increasingly share territory across the western United States, a new study suggests cougars may be finding clever ways to avoid conflict by changing what’s on their menu. Drawing on nearly a decade of GPS tracking and thousands of

For thousands of years, people have told tales of magical beings capable of moving through the world unseen—literally. From the wish-granting jinn of Arabian folklore to the shadow people of Inuit mythology, creatures possessing the fantastical power of invisibility have long captivated the human imagination. More recently, science fiction and fantasy series have popularized the

Una bóveda secreta bajo la catedral de Vilna escondía coronas, cetros y anillos pertenecientes a los grandes soberanos de la Edad Moderna. Su redescubrimiento reescribe parte de la historia del Gran Ducado de Lituania y del Reino de Polonia. Hallan coronas y cetros ocultos desde 1939 en una cripta secreta bajo la catedral de Vilna.

(Image credit: Andrew Williams) Garmin makes many of the best fitness trackers. There are dedicated models for divers, hikers, mariners and even truck drivers. But the number one audience for these watches? Runners. Any Garmin watch available will make a decent run tracker. A great one, even. Some are truly made for the job, though

Dusanpetkovic/Getty Images Back in 2009, the pilot episode of Shark Tank introduced the show to the world in a very memorable way with a pitch of a product called Ionic Ear. Pitched by entrepreneur Darrin Johnson, Ionic Ear was a surgically implanted Bluetooth device meant to solve the issue of people's Bluetooth speakers falling out