It's hard keeping up with the news. Even if we limit ourselves to the technology and science worlds, there are so many reports within a single day that even the most dedicated reader is bound to miss numerous important, interesting or just plain weird revelations.
The situation isn't any different here at iTech Post, where so many stories are published even our staff can have difficulty keeping up with reading them all. That said, we've decided to do you, our reader, a favor and compile some of the most talked-about and interesting stories right here.
At the end of each week, our Hits & Misses column brings you two lists of articles that are worthy of your attention. "Hits" is pretty self-explanatory, as it includes five of our most popular pieces from the last week. "Misses," meanwhile, will contain noteworthy and quirky articles that weren't quite as popular, but are worthy of your attention anyway.
Hits
1. New breakthroughs in the treatment of multiple sclerosis have gotten us much closer to taming the disease. There's no cure on the way just yet, but being diagnosed with the illness isn't quite the death sentence it used to be, and that's a big deal.
2. Interested in knowing what the Android Jelly Bean status is on your Galaxy S3? We've got you covered with a carrier-by-carrier breakdown.
3. The BlackBerry Z10 has arrived, and we spent a week with the device in order to let you know if you should buy the thing. Check out our impressions here.
4. Trees cry out for help when they need water. As in, they actually make audible sounds. Suddenly, forests everywhere just got a little creepier.
5. Samsung Galaxy S5? What, so soon? The S4 may have just come out, but an artist's concept design for the S5 had us thinking about the future.
Misses
1. We went and saw Iron Man 3 so you didn't have to.
Just kidding, it was pretty cool. Our writers Matthew and Dmitry debated the pros and cons of the film in our review, so check out their conversation here.
2. It's always neat when humans invent new kinds of robots, and the world's tiniest flying robos are no exception. Scientists from Harvard spent more than 10 years on these buggers, and they plan using them to help save your life.
3. The headline says it all: Zombie Worms Use Acid To Eat And Have Sex In Whale Bones. If that doesn't make you want to read the article, nothing will.
4. If you thought The Nightmare Before Christmas was impressive, check this out: IBM made a stop-motion movie made up of atoms.
5. In the search for alien life, scientists are trying to narrow down the list of planets to search through first. Those that look like eyeballs? They're likely to be the most habitable of all.
