Science & Technology

The Psychology of Color 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- December 1, 2016
Ever wonder what your favorite colors say about you?

By David Aragorn
First signs of weird quantum property of empty space?0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- December 1, 2016
By studying the light emitted from an extraordinarily dense and strongly magnetized neutron star using ESO’s Very Large Telescope, astronomers may have found the first observational indications of a strange quantum effect, first predicted in the 1930s. The polarization of the observed light suggests that the empty space around the neutron star is subject to a quantum effect known as vacuum birefringence.

By David Aragorn
In the future, will farming be fully automated?0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- November 30, 2016
In the not-too-distant future, our fields could be tilled, sown, tended and harvested entirely by fleets of co-operating autonomous machines by land and air.

By David Aragorn
World War One antiseptic may become 21st century saviour 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- November 30, 2016
A previously unknown ability to boost the immune system gives hope that an old treatment could help fight antibiotic resistance.

By David Aragorn
This drone gun knocks drones out of the sky gently, with radio waves 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- November 30, 2016
Who you gonna call? Dronebusters

By David Aragorn
Theory that challenges Einstein’s physics could soon be put to the test 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- November 29, 2016
Scientists behind a theory that the speed of light is variable – and not constant as Einstein suggested – have made a prediction that could be tested.

By David Aragorn
The world is starting to run out of sand 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- November 29, 2016
Out of all of the resources the world is using up, sand is the first to go???

By David Aragorn
What Would Happen If Yellowstone’s Supervolcano Erupted?0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- November 28, 2016
Although fears of a Yellowstone volcanic blast go viral every few years, there are better things to worry about than a catastrophic supereruption exploding from the bowels of Yellowstone National Park.

By David Aragorn
Thermoelectric paint enables walls to convert heat into electricity 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- November 26, 2016
Paint these days is becoming much more than it used to be.

By David Aragorn
Dutch police use augmented reality to investigate crime scenes 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- November 26, 2016
Thanks to the research of Delft University of Technology, the Dutch police force will soon be able to use augmented reality to aid in investigations.

By David Aragorn