Science & Technology

We might finally have found where complex life came from 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- January 19, 2017
We could be descended from a group of microbes called ‘Asgard’.

By David Aragorn
Pentagon successfully tests micro-drone swarm 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- January 18, 2017
The Pentagon may soon be unleashing a 21st-century version of locusts on its adversaries after officials on Monday said it had successfully tested a swarm of 103 micro-drones.

By David Aragorn
A new CERN experiment targets even higher energies (eventually)0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- January 17, 2017
The AWAKE experiment at CERN made a breakthrough at the end of last year. A long-term technology-development project, its aim is to drag electrons through a plasma, behind a beam of protons, and provide a route to higher energies than the Large Hadron Collider

By David Aragorn
More Than Human: Scientist is Building Animal-Like Machines to Save Lives 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- January 17, 2017
This new breed of machines could help save lives in situations where human responders are unable to safely reach victims.

By David Aragorn
NASA Releases New, Detailed Greenland Glacier Data 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- January 14, 2017
NASA’s Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) mission has released preliminary data on the heights of Greenland coastal glaciers from its first airborne campaign in March 2016.

By David Aragorn
Computer models find ancient solutions to modern problems 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- January 11, 2017
Washington State University archaeologists are at the helm of new research using sophisticated computer technology to learn how past societies responded to climate change.

By David Aragorn
Will scientists ever prove the existence of dark matter?0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- January 9, 2017
Astronomers in the US are setting up an experiment which, if it fails – as others have – could mark the end of a 30-year-old theory

By David Aragorn
NASA plan for housing astronauts on Mars borrows from Eskimos 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- January 7, 2017
NASA’s latest plan: ‘Mars Ice Home’ could be the key to providing astronauts with a place to stay for months on end while living on the Red Planet.

By David Aragorn
Google reveals secret test of AI bot to beat top Go players 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- January 6, 2017
Updated version of DeepMind’s AlphaGo program behind mystery online competitor.

By David Aragorn
The Universe That We Can’t See 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- January 4, 2017
There is a lot of the universe we cannot see. The many different wave patterns of light is definitely one of them.

By David Aragorn