Strano et. al. Scientists might have a particularly clever way to help the environment: they’ve developed a material that can not only heal itself, but could reduce CO2 levels in the process. The substance uses its combination of a gel-like…
I shared images I shot of the Palm device with a few co-workers ahead of this morning’s unveiling, and they were downright giddy. The new “ultra-mobile” device (a term us old people used to use to refer to something closer…
By Nitesh Khandelwal Algorithmic Trading is often confused with similar concepts and terminologies like quantitative trading, HFT and Automated trading, here are few of them that everyone needs to have clarity about With the emergence of new technologies, it becomes essential…
Netflix got weepy on Tuesday. The streaming service asked users on Twitter to name the films that make them cry, using the hashtag "#FourFilmsThatWreckMe," and it retweeted the best ones. I’ve been in the mood to sob lately, and these…
One of the most frequently asked questions I get is how I shoot long-exposure photos from the cockpit and how they end up sharp, despite flying at roughly 950kmh / 500kts through the air. I will try to answer that…
A group of Johns Hopkins University scientists wrote in a recent journal article that psilocybin, the active ingredient in psychedelic magic mushrooms, has a low risk of harm and a high potential as a therapeutic drug. There’s been a resurgence…
The world is not as it seems. Just beyond the limits of our vision exists a miniature universe that beckons to be explored by curious, oversize humans. Microscopes give us a window into that tiny cosmos, and talented photographers and…
Alex Cherney/CSIRO Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are brief but incredibly intense flashes of radio waves that originate outside of our galaxy, and these milliseconds-long bursts of light are rather mysterious since we don’t know what makes them or where exactly…
A fault in a Soyuz rocket booster has resulted in an aborted crew mission to the International Space Station, but fortunately no loss of life. The astronauts in the capsule, Nick Hague (U.S.) and Alexey Ovchinin (Russia) successfully detached upon…
It’s a funny thing, AI. It can identify objects in a fraction of a second, imitate the human voice and recommend new music, but most machine “intelligence” lacks the most basic understanding of everyday objects and actions — in other…