Stories abound on the Internet. Here’s some thought pieces to tide over your Tuesday lunchtime, covering everything from encrypting Android to Hoverboards.
Lunchtime reading: Click Frenzy Failure, Girl/Boy Germs, Android Insecurity, Hoverboards Read More »
The core plot of Scarlett Johansson’s latest action flick, “Lucy”, revolves around the idea that we only use ten per cent of our brains. This annoys me, probably more than it should.
"Lucy" — A brainless film about brains Read More »
Ever had the feeling that somebody you were dealing with wasn’t the person you thought they were? The science behind it is fascinating, but your neighbour probably isn’t a Zygon.
Body doubles and alien replicants: Capgras delusions explained Read More »
Mobile phones have become such an important part of our daily lives that they’ve started adopting our microorganisms, according to research published in PeerJ.
Your mobile phone carries your microbiome Read More »
As Louis Armstrong put it, what a wonderful world.
Wednesdayitis: The Earth from the International Space Station Read More »
The nice thing about fibre optics is that there’s a lot of room for data transmission speeds to grow — but that doesn’t mean that there aren’t challenges to be met. New research has unveiled a technique for minimising optical data signal interference that could improve the performance of long distance optical communications links by
Fibre Optics research could allow 400Gbit/s over vast distances Read More »
We lead busy, complex lives. But how many different places will you visit today? And how many different ways could you organise your travel between those places?
Your phone knows the three places you visit each day Read More »
Australian quantum computing researchers have developed a new technique for reading the quantum spin of an atom, paving the way for immensely powerful computers connected by a super-fast quantum internet.
New research paves way for quantum super computers Read More »