Even with our incredible scientific and technological advancements, we still don’t understand the composition of 96% of the universe. That’s all about to change.

Years of research, hard work and setbacks have finally paid off; the $10 billion Large Hadron Collider has finally proven it’s worth. An international team of scientists and engineers in Switzerland today announced with 99.99% certainty that a new particle has been discovered, one that could be the missing piece to the standard model of particle physics. It’s the most massive particle known to science, and it’s attributes are consistent with the elusive Higgs Boson ‘God’ Particle.

The Burj Khalifa in Dubai has been the subject of an incredible amount of admiration, appearing in media and pop culture worldwide. The Burj, along with the man made islands, have made Dubai one of the most envied cities on the planet.

China is on the rise, and they’re looking to steal some of the thunder away from the Emirate to their west. They have laid the foundation to steal away the title of world’s tallest building, and they’re aiming to do it by next year!

Hundreds of homes have been destroyed, thousands have been evacuated, hundreds of thousands of acres have been destroyed. Colorado is facing the worst wildfire season in over a decade. You know a problem is serious when it’s visible from space.

This video was taken from aboard the International Space Station. You start to be able to notice the smoke about :30 into the video. It’s amazing that even from space, it takes a number of minutes just to orbit around a single state. Helps you appreciate the true size of our planet, as well as the fires themselves.

In the 80s, you weren’t cool if you weren’t rocking a boombox; now in the 201st decade, you might not be cool unless you have a boombot.

A company called TovBot, a compilation of robot researchers and entrepreneurs hailing from Georgia Tech, IDC in Israel, and MIT Media Lab, was over the plain old method for taking in music. They wanted an interactive and intelligent user experience. A new robofriend named Shimi (fittingly pronounced shimmy) has been born to do just that. Shimi has some pretty amazing features for an mp3 dock, and should be in your living room in 2013.

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The 2012 NBA Draft is Thursday night at 7 PM EST. The order has been decided, although not without controversy. Anthony Davis from Kentucky is the clear #1 pick, going to the New Orleans Hornets.

Experts have said that beyond Davis, there isn’t a lot of star power in the draft. If you dig deep though, you’ll find a few competitors that could soon be household heroes. Here are a few names to know before tomorrow night’s draft to make you sound intelligent in front of your friends and co-workers.

Though controversial, birth control is a friend to a huge chunk of the population. This fact has come with much pain to women, as the potential side effects have been many. Emotional fluctuation, liver damage and migraines are just a few of the many discomforts often required when a woman wants to ensure that a baby doesn’t prematurely arrive to the party.

The day where a consistent, affordable and reliable male contraceptive is readily available will be widely welcomed. Women rejoice, it may be coming soon.

Mark Zuckerberg is the envy of billions. The Harvard dropout became the youngest billionaire in the world at age 23 and hasn’t looked back since.

Many of us saw the movie “The Social Network” and think we know a little about Mark, but there is a lot more to the man than meets the eye. Here is a list of ten things you probably didn’t know about Mark Zuckerberg.

People have always sought out someone to talk to, someone who listens. In the digital age we live in, it’s becoming harder and harder to find these types of people.

Lucky for us, we’re now able to create robots to have conversations and share intimate details with. The wise-cracking and all-knowing Siri is easing us into a new era of human to robot communication. From this point forward, there’s no turning back. Here are a few examples of how robots may soon replace dogs as man’s best friend.

Humans are emotional creatures. When we’re in a bad mood, good things can seem terrible. Vice versa, when we’re on top of the world, even the most boring topic or event can seem wonderful. Microsoft has taken note of this human trait, and they want to capitalize on our emotional nature. Bill Gates’ brainchild has plans to bring the technology offered by the Kinect, facial and voice recognition technology, into our PCs to target ads to us based on how we’re feeling.

The five senses are an amazing gift. It’s impossible to choose a favorite one, as there are some incredibly beautiful things on this Earth that you can see, smell, taste, touch and hear. It’s tough to argue that among the five, taste isn’t near the top. Sweet, sour, spicy: they all massage different points of our palettes in such uniquely great ways.

With every Sour Patch Kid and blueberry pie though, you have your vegetables and medication. Why does the stuff that’s best for you have to taste so bad? Well that might not be the case forever; did you know there’s a miracle berry that can manipulate your taste buds and make even the worst substances in life taste delicious?