If you’ve walked through San Francisco on a recent sunny day, a glint likely caught your eye. That’s because in many parts of the city, the sidewalks sparkle. Shoegazing pedestrians will notice a familiar shimmer on Valencia, Castro and Haight streets, as well as large swaths of downtown. In a city with a reputation for its occasionally unbelievable beauty, the cement’s twinkle can fade into the background. But for a feature so widespread (and quietly celebrated), surprisingly little...
Michael Carroll opens a window on the subject of radio permeable glass, exploring three possible solutions to signal degradation for homes, offices and fast-moving trains.
New research on Pluto's mysterious heart scar not only explains how its feature came to pass, but suggests the world doesn't have an ocean.
Researchers have discovered the missing piece of the puzzle behind a rare opening in the sea ice around Antarctica, which was nearly twice the size of Wales and occurred during the winters of 2016 and 2017.
Hearts held their Player of the Year awards night in Edinburgh on Sunday to honour the efforts of both the men’s and women’s teams throughout the campaign. A series of trophies were given out in front of a healthy crowd at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre. Men’s head coach Steven Naismith and women’s coach Eva Olid saw a number of players collecting awards on a night of celebration. In particular, special moments in men’s matches against Hibs were recognised through the Save of the...
The Jabra PanaCast 50 provides a seamless solution for hybrid teams that need flexible videoconferencing.
Researchers who want to bridge the divide between biology and technology spend a lot of time thinking about translating between the two different "languages" of those realms.
The search for song that has consumed thousands of Reddit users is over, with discovery that it was written for pornographic filmIt’s a musical mystery that has been confounding the internet for years. But an ultra-catchy 80s-sounding song that seemingly no one could identify has finally been tracked down – in a 1986 adult movie.A snippet of the song, known as Everyone Knows That – a low-quality, warped recording that nevertheless showed off the song’s huge pop appeal – was uploaded to YouTube...
Four defeats from four fixtures against Rangers this season render Hearts underdogs entering Sunday’s Scottish Cup semi-final. Despite the Ibrox club winning just two of their last eight games in all competitions, they are favourites to progress at Hampden Park. If the situation irritates Hearts defender Stephen Kingsley, he is also pragmatic enough to understand it. This will be his fourth cup semi with the Edinburgh club. He has also played in two finals, losing one to Celtic on penalties and...
A new FCC listing may have revealed that Google might be secretly working on a new mid-range smartwatch.
The trailer for Baltasar Kormàkur's "Touch", a drama about a dying man trying to solve a 50-year-old mystery, has dropped on YouTube.
Scientists have unraveled the mystery of how a giant hole in Antarctica's sea ice formed in 2016 and 2017. A combination of water currents, wind and salt caused the ice to melt hundreds of miles away.