Uncertainty in the global oil market isn’t stopping China from expanding its shale gas exploration even further, and the country will be targeting private oil companies to purchase acreage in upcoming auctions. According to Bloomberg, China’a Ministry of Land and Resources is set to announce details of future shale gas auctions within the next few…

If real cockroaches can survive an apocalypse, like many believe, then robot cockroaches must be the most invincible thing on the planet. According to Geek.com, researchers at the Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University in Kaliningrad, Russia have developed a tiny cockroach robot that looks and acts exactly like an actual cockroach. While the experiment may…

With all the tragic things that happen in schools around the nation, one would think administrators would be strictly focused on actual security concerns. Instead, one Oklahoma high school seems more intent on dictating their students’ fashion decisions. According to local Oklahoma news affiliate News on 6, Emerson High School student Sarah Bonacci was sent…

You may not spend a lot of time thinking about asphalt, but you probably do use it quite a bit if you go outside a lot. Most sidewalks, driveways, and parking lots are made of asphalt, for example. If you walk on these structures on a regular basis, asphalt actually does play a regular role…

Students in DeKalb County, Georgia, could be facing more crowded commutes to school if their district can’t hire more bus drivers. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that the Atlanta-area district is having trouble filling the vacancies for drivers who have quit over complaints of pay and work conditions. DeKalb Superintendent Steven Green said that the complaints…

On October 4, Indiana teens 14-year-old Charlie Pease and his older brother 17-year-old Skyler Robertson were fishing near some train tracks. After about 20 minutes, they found themselves in danger. “We didn’t hear the train, we didn’t see any lights, we didn’t even feel it shaking on the track,” Robertson said. The older brother safely…

Many people believe that the more sunlight there is, the better their solar panels will work, but that isn’t generally the case. In fact, for most solar panels, photovoltaic cells heating up causes their efficiency to decrease. But new technology has now been developed by a team at Brunel University London, which captures the heat…

Many Americans breathed a sigh of relief this week as Hurricane Joaquin skirted the East Coast without causing widespread damage, and the crew members of the cargo ship El Faro almost shared that relief, but the latest updates on the missing cargo ship suggest that a mechanical failure caused the 790-foot vessel to drift in…

Facebook is in some hot water after a bizarre situation in which the social media giant declined to remove a group page that stereotypes autistic people as mass murderers. According to Forbes, the popular social media website is under attack after failing to take down a controversial user-constructed page despite widespread protest over the weekend….

If you’re looking at new cars online, then there’s a 50-50 chance that you’ve looked a few things up on your smartphone or tablet. According to a new J.D. Power 2015 New Autoshopper Study, more than half of all new vehicle shoppers looking online are using a mobile device to research before buying. Based on…