Notre Dame Hives Survive

from France 24 Bee-wildering! Hives of Notre-Dame in miraculous survival Some 200,000 bees inhabiting hives in Notre-Dame cathedral survived the inferno that engulfed the heritage landmark in a miraculous escape, their beekeeper said Thursday. “The bees are...

They’re Coming

from SPACE The First Known Interstellar Meteor May Have Hit Earth in 2014 The 3-foot-wide rock rock visited us three years before ‘Oumuamua. By Christopher Choi Artist’s concept of ‘Oumuamua, an interstellar object that was discovered zooming through...

Most Prefer Coke

from Futurism Pepsi Plans to Project a Giant Ad in the Night Sky Using Cubesats Pepsi says it’ll use an artificial constellation, hung in the night sky next to the stars, to promote an energy drink. by Jon Christian Orbital Billboard A Russian company called...

The Geeks Should Just Stick To Microwave Burritos, Please

from Vanity Fair HOW SILICON VALLEY TURNED YOUR BURRITO INTO A CAPITALIST NIGHTMARE The food-delivery industry wasn’t broken, but venture capital set out to disrupt it anyway. The result is overpriced services that frustrate restaurants, are hated by drivers, and...

Robot Authors

from The Guardian The rise of robot authors: is the writing on the wall for human novelists? Artificial intelligence can now write fiction and journalism. But does it measure up to George Orwell – and can it report on Brexit? by Steven Poole An industrial robot writes...