The Internet has been abuzz with the recent ‘discovery’ of a possibly artificial mega-structure surrounding KIC 8462852, a star situated 1,500 light years from Earth.1 By studying the intensity of the incoming light, scientists at NASA have determined that something…
Most scientists are your typical mild mannered nerd – well, at least the ones I have met. They are usually more interested in whatever research they happen to be interested in and will happily spend their days thinking about metal-organic…
NASA has just announced that it believes there is liquid water on Mars. It exists under certain conditions around Recurring Slope Lineae (RSL) – or more simply on the slopes of geological features. This water appears to exists as salty…
The scientific community is agog with anticipation waiting for NASA’s announcement of a major discovery at 11.30 a.m EDT Monday Sept. 28, 2015 (11.30 p.m. KL Monday / 1.30 a.m Sydney Tuesday). Some people are guessing that NASA will announce…
Some readers may recall my article, “Sex Robots“, when I mentioned Big Dog by Boston Dynamics. I also mentioned that the 2009 Big Dog design shown was a bit old but it must have been good enough to convince Google…
Yes, folks, I am very sorry to inform you all that the end of the world is coming. 🙁 110% guaranteed, mate – life on earth as we know it will be extinguished ………….. in about 1.75 to 3.25…
Ye gods!! According to astrologers, anything bad which happens between September 17th and October 9th, is because Mercury has reversed the direction of it’s orbit around the Sun! Yupe, dog ate your homework? Blame it on Mercury retrograde. Your computer…
Stack Overflow is a cool site. There is always something weird on it which relates to computing or science or mathematics or something totally different again. But Stack Overflow is not just an eclectic Q & A site for bored…
Ever since I heard of the Ignobel Prize(pronounced as ignoble), many years ago, from Dr Karl Kruszelnicki on TripleJ, I have always kept a lookout for the annual award winners. Huh? (yes, research in the word “huh” won an Ignobel…