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Researchers Blame YouTube For Flat Earth Theorists
YouTube To Blame For Flat Earth Theorists Before I continue, just in case you haven’t come across the Flat Earth theory to date, let me give you a brief rundown as to what it is. Put simply, some people appear to be entirely convinced that despite all evidence to the…
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Time Travel Deemed Mathematically Possible (Flux Capacitor is Not Required)
Mathematicians have calculated that time travel is possible, however before you start your plans to stop yourself buying ‘No Mans Sky’, there is a catch. Ben Tippett from the University of British Columbia and David Tsang from the University of Maryland have together created a mathematical framework which would make…
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How Many Laser Pointers Would You Need in Order to Kill a Human?
Scientists seem to have a lot of time on their hands if this is anything to go by, but hey ho, if you quite liked the idea of world domination while using a death ray, then this article is for you. A single laser pointer is not anywhere near powerful…
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How Much Would It Cost To Build a Bionic You?
Well this is an interesting start to an article, in a world where machines are fast evolving with the aim of becoming the new humans of choice, what would be the theoretical financial cost if you either quite fancied a bionic body double, or have decided to take a career…
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New Techniques Show iPhone Data Extraction
Previously unpublicized techniques show how personal data including text messages, contact lists and photos can be extracted from iPhones through trusted devices. Researcher Jonathan Zdiarski showed in a presentation at the Hackers on Planet Earth conference this week, how the services take a surprising amount of data for what Apple…
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Numenta Releases Gork, The First App to Work Similar to a Human Brain
A Redwood City, Californian-based startup company by the name of Numenta has apparently held a conference to show off their achievement, which is a piece of software mimicking the processing power of a human brain. The company, started by Jeff Hawkins and Donna Dubinsky nine years ago, has set out…
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No More Tangled Headphones as Physicist Unravels His ‘String Theory’
There are a number of things in life that are simply frustrating – traffic jams, paperwork and queues are just some, but high up on the frustration list for many is that simple act of tangled headphones. No matter how hard you tr, carefully wrapping up your headphones before placing…
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Scientists Have Simulated a Time Travel Scenario… But Only with Photons
Time travel is a thing for science fiction, a theory that has been debated for a long time, but without any physical proof of it being possible. Scientific advancements and human curiosity however tends to take imagination to the next level. This is the case of a few scientists from…
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