2019-03-01
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Technology Spawns “Colossus”-Style Computer That Will Know “Everything About Anything”
June 16, 2014Science-fiction is littered with tales of cybernetic revolt, such as the legendary "Colossus and Guardian" team from the books of Dennis Feltham Jones, or SKYNET from the Terminator series of films, where super-computers, originally built to augment Man's own power,... continued
Weekender:Friday 13th, Full Moon and Mercury Retrograde – Should You Stay In Bed Today?
June 14, 2014It's Friday 13th today, considered to be unlucky by some. Add in a full moon to turn up the fright factor, then consider that we are also in the midst of Mercury retrograde, the planetary period associated with mishap, mayhem... continued
Can Brain Implants Stop School Shootings, Or Are They Causing Them?
June 12, 2014In the wake of yet more bloodshed in our educational establishments during the past few weeks, a chilling map has been created that illustrates the full extent of the school shooting phenomena in the United States. The map shows a... continued
Free-Wheeling, Fuel-Free, Flying Cars? Space-Age Travel Really Has Arrived
June 11, 2014The future of motoring is about to change radically. In the future, there should be no need for noisy, fuel-guzzling vehicles that belch damaging fumes into our precious atmosphere, pounding our roads and harming our environment, as advances in science... continued
Wormholes Could Be Space-Time “Postboxes”
June 11, 2014Have you ever regretted a missed opportunity to send a message to someone? Did you think that your life may well have been different if you had communicated certain things, and you would give anything to re-live that moment again?... continued
Battery Hens Could Receive Matrix-Style Life Enhancement Technology
June 10, 2014Of all the intensively-farmed creatures, battery hens probably have the worst deal when it comes to quality of life, but science may have provided a technological answer to provide an enhanced quality of life for these birds. Public concern has... continued
Weekender: The Humble Honey Bee – Could Their Extinction Threaten Mankind’s Future?
June 6, 2014The humble honey bee, so small and insignificant. Yet could the possible extinction of this tiny creature have a severe and profound impact on our future? Bee populations have been slowly dwindling for decades, threatened by a variety of different... continued
Subliminal Messages in the Media: How Prevalent – and Dangerous – Are they?
June 5, 2014In the news today: a Japanese woman has just divorced her husband because...he didn't like the Disney movie "Frozen." This bizarre snippet of news inspires the question: why has this movie inspired such global acclaim, even bordering on obsession in... continued
By Royal Appointment? Queen’s Speech Sanctions Fracking on Private Land in U.K.
June 5, 2014Fracking, the increasingly controversial method of extracting gas from underground reserves, is now getting a boost from a change in trespassing laws in the United Kingdom. The 2014 Queen's Speech has announced today that an infrastructure and competitiveness bill will... continued
Scientists Create Effective “Tractor Beams” Using Sound
June 3, 2014Fans of space sagas Star Wars and Star Trek will be very familiar with "tractor beams," the projected force-fields utilised by spaceports, planetary bases, space stations, and star-ships to lock onto crafts and guide them to a safe designated landing... continued