Rescue Robot Looking Like a Demonic Goat Comes with Instructions for Killing It

Picture a future where a robot would come to rescue people caught in a disaster. What would the robot look like? Maybe it could be soft and cuddly, like the Baymax robot from Disney’s Big Hero 6. Or maybe it could look like a caprine emissary of Satan. Californian robotics company Satyress has gone for …

30 Accidental Inventions and Discoveries You Should Know About

Do you know all about these accidental inventions? Like silly putty or potato chips? Alexander Fleming – Discovered penicillin in 1928 after noticing that mold had accidentally contaminated a petri dish and killed nearby bacteria. The mistake helped create modern antibiotics. Percy Spencer – Discovered the idea behind the microwave oven when a candy bar …

Fake Shopping Apps Where You Buy Nothing Gain Popularity in South Korea

A peculiar fad is taking South Korean youths by storm. They are spending time on online shopping apps, placing one order after another. Oddly, none of them will ever receive the things they buy. That’s fine, though, as none of them has paid a won for anything. After all, the shopping apps are all fake. …

6 Strange Incidents from Online Multiplayer Games (with Real-Life Implications)

Multiplayer games can be a lot of fun, allowing you to work with or against other players to overcome challenges too big for one person. But they can also demonstrate surprising things about human cooperation. Sometimes, those things aren’t pretty. Player behavior in multiplayer games has (often unintentionally) helped advance our understanding of economics, psychology, …

The Odd History Of Lie Detector Tests Around The World

Do you know about the history of lie detector tests? Like they measure your stress response and not actually “if you’re lying” or not? Early lie detection ideas existed long before machines. Ancient societies sometimes used bizarre methods like forcing suspects to chew dry rice or hold hot metal objects, believing nervous people would react …