Articles by J.E. Reich
Penthouse Folds Its Print Edition After 50 Years of Publishing
While the print magazine is out of commission for the first time since 1965, the publication will keep its online site updated daily.
Cosmic Particles Can Give Us Insight As To How The Egyptians Built The Pyramids
A team of scientists is investigating particles it collected from a 4,600-year-old pyramid to figure out if the cosmic matter had anything — or everything — to do with some of the greatest wonders of antiquity.
Get Around This Year's Sundance Film Festival In An Uber Helicopter
This week at Sundance, the way to get around won't be by limo or cross-country skiis, but by a helicopter you can request on-demand with the ride-sharing service Uber.
The Fukushima Nuclear Plant Will Be Dismantled By A Toshiba Wrecking Robot
To clean up the most lethal radiation pool at the old Fukushima-Daiichi power plant site, Japanese government officials turned to Toshiba, which unveiled a special bot on Monday, Jan. 18 to assist with radioactive cleanup.
Original Space Oddity David Bowie Might Get His Own Constellation
The iconic 'Space Oddity' glam rocker might have a constellation to call his own, if an observatory and a radio station in Belgium get their way.
Scientists Reanimated A Micro-Animal That Was Frozen For More Than Three Decades
Don't call the defrosting of a micro-animal called a tardigate a 'comeback' — just call it 'being cyrogenically unfrozen.'
British Astronaut Tim Peake Snapped A Selfie During His Historic Spacewalk
Astronaut Tim Peake became the first Brit to walk in space on Jan. 15, and he decided to commemorate the event with a selfie taken outside the International Space Station.
Someone Recut 1987's 'Masters Of The Universe' Trailer To Look Like 'The Force Awakens'
Someone recut the 'Masters of the Universe' to fit the 'Force Awakens' trailer model, because who needs Kylo Ren when you have Skeletor?
The US Government Will Invest $4 Billion In Autonomous Car Research Over The Next 10 Years
Taking a cue from POTUS' autonomous car plan, the Transportation Department and the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration announced their plan to invest $4 billion in autonomous car research over the next 10 years.
An Unearthed Woolly Mammoth Places Humans In The Arctic 45,000 Years Ago
Remains of a woolly mammoth thousands of years old and how it was killed indicates that humans were around earlier than previously thought — and in an area that was though to be uninhabited.
Woman Files Lawsuit Against Twitter For Aiding In Her Husband's Death By ISIS
A U.S. woman has filed a lawsuit against the social media company Twitter, claiming that the platform facilitated his death at the hands of jihadist terrorists in Jordan.
France Shuts Down Backdoor Encryption Amendment
The French government reconsidered the idea of backdoor encryption once again after an amendment was introduced — and promptly shut it down.
This Pothole-Repairing Robot Is A 3D Printer On Wheels
A Harvard grad has designed a robot that will be able to fix potholes more quickly than any municipal service — all with the help of 3D printing.
Snoop Dogg Slams Bill Gates For Xbox Outages
After another round of Xbox outages, rapper Snoop Dogg took to the Internet to call out Bill Gates and threatened to switch over to PS4.
Zack Snyder Premieres Never-Before-Seen 'Batman v Superman' Clip On 'Conan'
"Next time they shine your light in the sky, don't go to it. The Bat is dead." During a guest stint on Conan, director Zack Snyder premiered a never-before-seen clip of his upcoming superhero cinematic showdown Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and it looks like we finally have context for the line "tell me .
Frozen Water Has Been Found Beneath The Surface Of Comet 67P
While scientists already knew of the existence of frozen water under the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, a team of researchers at the National Institute for Astrophysics in Rome has confirmed the amount and location.
HBO Is Giving 'Sesame Street' The Gentrification Treatment
'Sesame Street' is getting gentrified: the show will feature 'Williamsburg-like renovations,' and Oscar the Grouch will live in a recycling bin instead of a garbage can.
This German App Helps Refugees And Asylum Seekers Integrate Into A New Culture
With an influx of refugees from countries like Syria, the German government has developed an app called Ankommen to help asylum seekers adapt to a new way of life.
Watch Scientists Make These Microbots Move With A Magnetic Force Field
Like Jedi Knights, researchers at Purdue University are using the force — force fields, that is. Like Jedi Knights, researchers at Purdue University are using the force — force fields, that is.
Google Brings Immersive Audio Support To Cardboard SDK
Google has released a spatial audio support app for its Cardboard headset that syncs the user's VR experience with immersive sound.
Scientists Want To Make A Braille Screen For Tablets Using Microfluidic Bubbles
Researchers at the University of Michigan have come up with the blueprints for a Braille tablet device that would let users read straight off their screens with the help of microfluidic bubbles that shift into different letters as the user scrolls up or down.
Google X Drops The 'Google' From Its Name
Armed with a brand-new logo, the division formerly known as Google X is now just ... X. The division formerly known as Google X is now just . . . X. The secretive research and development facility is the most recent Alphabet subsidiary to go for a name change, following the parent company's official crossover from Google to its current designation, Alphabet Inc.
'Hateful Eight' Producer Stacey Sher Will Co-Head Activision Blizzard Studios
Frequent Quentin Tarantino collaborator and 'Hateful Eight' producer Stacey Sher has been named co-president of the Activision Blizzard Studios, with hopes of bringing some of the studio's famous titles to the silver screen.
This Tiny FPV Video Drone Can Fit In The Palm Of Your Hand
The smallest first-person view video drone has been created by a company called Axis. Axis, a drone designer and manufacturer, has come out with what it claims to be the world's smallest first-person view (FPV) video drone — and it can fit in the palm of your hand.
Individual Proteins Are Captured On Camera For The First Time Ever
Using a sheet of graphene and a low-energy microscope, scientists have captured images of individual proteins for the first time — and it might be the key to understanding how a wide range of diseases form.
Google Names VP Clay Bavor As Head Of New Virtual Reality Division
It looks like Google is forging ahead in 2016 with its own virtual reality division, giving other companies like Facebook and Microsoft a run for their money.
This App Uses Artificial Deep Neural Networks To Help Users Decide Who Is Hot Or Not
It's 'Hot Or Not: Deep Neural Network Edition.' It's Hot Or Not: Deep Neural Network Edition: Scientists at the Computer Vision Laboratory at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH Zurich) are developing artificial intelligence software that taps into deep neural networks (or hierarchical learning structure based on a set of algorithms) to determine whether someone is considered attractive or not.
Behavior In Honey Bees Supports Theory Of Kin Evolution
Researchers have made the discovery of behavior in bees in which the insects compete to lay the most eggs if there is no queen within a hive.
Ryan Coogler Will Direct Marvel's 'Black Panther' Movie
Known as the director of the powerful indie film 'Fruitvale Station' and the boxing drama 'Creed,' Ryan Coogler has been announced as the director of Marvel's 2018 'Black Panther' movie starring Chadwick Boseman.
NASA Forms A Planetary Defense Department To Blast Away Threats From Outer Space
NASA's Planetary Defense Coordination Office has one mission: to make sure near-Earth objects (NEOs) like asteroids or comets keep out of our atmosphere.
