Colombia Referendum Rejects FARC Peace Deal: What Happens Next?
The public referendum did not ratify a peace deal signed between the rebels and the government, throwing the future into doubt and raising prospects of renewed violence.
Stolen Van Gogh Paintings Found After 14 Years
The paintings, “Seascape at Scheveningen” and “Congregation leaving the Reformed Church in Nuenen,” were stolen from the Van Gogh Museum in 2002.
Mars Crust Contributed To Its Atmosphere, NASA’s Curiosity Rover Finds
The surface chemistry on the red planet “contributed dynamically to the makeup of its atmosphere over time,” the Curiosity rover found.
NASA Finds Brightest Gamma-Ray Binary In Neighboring Galaxy
The dual-star system is “the first gamma-ray binary in another galaxy and the most luminous one ever seen,” NASA said in a statement Thursday.
Rosetta Live Updates: Comet-Orbiting Spacecraft On Collision-Death Course
The comet-orbiting vessel executed its “collision maneuver” Thursday evening, and made contact with the comet’s surface Friday morning.
Aleppo Ceasefire: Russia Supports 2-Day Syria Truce For Aid Delivery
The United States had warned Russia of stopping coordination in Syria if the bombing of rebel-held areas in Aleppo didn’t stop.
India-Pakistan War? ‘Surgical Strikes’ Escalate Tensions Along Border Between Hostile South Asian Neighbors
Pakistan denied the claims, calling the incident from Wednesday night an “illusion” and a “quest by Indian establishment to create media hype.”
Spotify Japan Launch: Music-Streaming Service Comes To $3 Billion Market Dominated By CDs
The music-streaming service will face stiff competition, not just from a popular rival app but also from older technology such as CDs and even vinyl records.
Hyperelastic 3D-Printed Synthetic Bone That Induces Natural Regeneration, Growth
The hyperelastic bone material developed by Northwestern University researchers induces natural regeneration and growth of bones inside the body.
Digital Privacy: Keeping Your Personal Data, Devices Safe
With the massive data breach at Yahoo revealed recently, and the hacking of a mass shooter’s iPhone by the FBI earlier this year, digital privacy concerns are growing.
PlayStation Experience 2016: Dates, Venue, Tickets For Video Gaming Event
Sony Computer Entertainment will showcase new and upcoming technology at its third annual gaming convention.
Boxing News: Fury vs Klitschko 2 Heavyweight Title Match Called Off
The boxing heavyweight title match was originally scheduled for July 9 and had been postponed to Oct. 29.
Snap Inc: Snapchat Renames Itself, Releases Spectacles, Its First Hardware
The popular photo and video messaging service is releasing its first hardware product this fall, though it will not be widely available.
Ig Nobel Prizes 2016: Volkswagen, Personality Of Rocks, Asking Liars About Lying, Alpine ‘Goat Man’ And Others
Among the winners are Volkswagen for chemistry, a study asking liars about lying for psychology, and two men who spent time living as animals for biology.
Russian Hackers Targeting Dozens Of US Companies: Report
A group is trying to steal user credentials from dozens of companies, including Amazon, Apple Pay, eBay and Steam, according to an Epoch Times report.
Tesla Motors (TSLA) Software Update 8.0: What’s New?
The update, made available over-the-air Thursday, overhauls the touchscreen interface and improves the Autopilot and Maps features, among other things.
Acoustic Holograms: 3D Sound Shapes Could Help Medical Diagnostics
Researchers used 3D printing to create plates that produce acoustic holograms capable of moving and manipulating particles, and the technology could have applications in medical diagnostics.
T-Mobile Down: Data Service Outage Across US Through Wednesday Night
Customers around the U.S. have been reporting outages since late Wednesday. T-Mobile announced its service was back up shortly before 6 a.m. EDT Thursday.
Damaged Biblical Scroll Read After ‘Virtual Unwrapping’
Scientists devised a method to read a 2,000-year-old charred animal skin scroll — found to be a copy of the Book of Leviticus — without physically unwrapping it.
Tinder Stacks: How To Use iMessage Add-On For Social Polling?
Tinder Stacks, launched Wednesday, allows iMessage users to get their friends to vote on selfies and other photographs by swiping left or right.
Blizzard Servers Back Up: Warcraft, Overwatch Taken Offline, PoodleCorp Claims Responsibility
The gaming company, which has popular titles like World of Warcraft and Overwatch, was hit by a DDoS attack early Wednesday morning.
North Korea’s Internet, All 28 Sites Worth, Made Public
An accidental configuration of one of North Korea’s top level nameservers allowed Github to get a list of all websites available in the country.
Tesla Motors (TSLA) Fixes Model S Security Bug After Hack In China
An over-the-air security patch that updates the software was rolled out to the vehicles by the luxury electric car maker.
Tardigrade Protein: Water Bears Provide Clue To Prevent Radiation Damage To Human DNA
Scientists from the University of Tokyo found the protein in tardigrades can prevent radiation-caused damage to the DNA of human cultured cells.
Tesla Motors (TSLA), Mobileye Breakup Not Over Autopilot Safety, Elon Musk’s Company Says
The electric car maker said Thursday the companies broke up because the Israeli chipmaker was unhappy with Tesla’s development of its own vision system.
Jessica Alba’s Honest Company Considering $1 Billion Sale To Unilever: Report
The household products company, co-founded by Jessica Alba, claims to use non-toxic ingredients and was valued at $1.7 billion during a fundraising in 2015.
Tiangong-2 Launch Live Stream: Watch China’s Space Lab Take Off
The orbiting laboratory will take off from the Asian country’s northwest just after 10 p.m. local time (10 a.m. EDT) Thursday.
Hawaiian Crows Used Tools In The Wild, Study Shows
The discovery makes the species only the second-known crow, and one of only a handful of bird species, that uses tools outside of captivity.
Polar Bears: Arctic Ice Melt Affects All 19 Subpopulations
The later freezing and earlier thawing of Arctic ice, where polar bears spend a lot of their time, affects all 19 of their subpopulations, a study said.
Japan’s Sakurajima Volcano: Major Eruption Can Happen Within 30 Years, Study Says
The last time the active Japanese volcano, in the country’s southwestern Kyushu island, had a major eruption was in 1914.