The Paper Apocalypse

 

What happens when a belt sander is applied to a giant stack of paper? Find out, in what I can only assume is a video snatched from a future world where digital books and documents have replaced all paper ones.

The Hidden Cost of Wiretaps

If Americans aren’t disturbed by phone carriers’ practices of handing over cell phone users’ personal data to law enforcement en masse–in many cases without a warrant–we might at least be interested to learn just how much that service is costing us in tax dollars: often hundreds or thousands per individual snooped.

Deepest Terrestrial Animal Discovered in Cave

Scientists have discovered four new species of primitive eyeless insects, one of which they described as the deepest land animal ever found.

These animals are springtails (Arthropoda, Insecta, Collembola), a minute primitive wingless insect with six-legs and without eyes that commonly live in total darkness in caves, where they feed on fungi and decomposing organic matter.

Solar storms could crash computer systems this year, says space expert

Earth is being battered by clouds of particles this week but more severe storms later this year could cause life to ‘grind to a halt’.