Powering all of your gadgets is a tricky proposition at best. Mintpasshas a new rechargeable battery concept that lets you choose between charging it on a standard charger, or simply shaking it to rev it up. We’ve seen shake-to-charge flashlights before,

There was a time, not too terribly long ago, when rechargeable batteries were more of a pain than they were worth. Although they were way more environmentally friendly than disposable batteries, older rechargeables weren’t easy to get along with.

Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Researchers atFermilab are determined to figure out whether our third dimension is just an illusion by building the world’s most precise clock ever.

Look at any map or satellite image and you’ll see that the oceans are blue, right? The truth is that ocean water is actually greenish, thanks to plankton that produce chlorophyll in spades. But it turns out that mapmakers and schoolchildren who have a pen