Claude Shannon father of information theory 100 years old today
Claude Shannon, born on 30th April 1916, an American mathematician,, electrical engineer and cryptographer, remembered as the ‘father of information theory’, was born exactly...
Large Hadron Collider out of action after tiny weasel bit into cable
A tiny weasel got into the circuitry of CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Switzerland, causing a short circuit and putting the world’s largest...
OpenAI a new artificial intelligence training gym launched by Elon Musk
OpenAI, a new artificial intelligence (AI) training gym backed by SpaceX and Tesla boss Elon Musk and other hi-tech magnates, aims to help people...
Tiger poaching in India out of control more killed in 4 months than all...
Tiger poaching in India is totally out of control, with more animals killed by poachers during the first four months of this year than...
Slugs that never sleep to invade British gardens big time warns BugLife
British gardens are soon to be invaded in a big way by an army of slugs that never sleep, says invertebrate conservation charity BugLife,...
Tim Peake to control Bridget Rover from orbit part of ESA METERON project
British astronaut Tim Peake is to control a rover called Bridget in the UK from orbit aboard the International Space Station (ISS), as part...
SpaceX to fly to Mars in 2018 Elon Musk has new challenge
SpaceX, founded by business magnate, engineer, and inventor Elon Musk, announced yesterday that it plans to send a spacecraft and capsule to Mars in...
Bumblebees not badly affected by all insecticides clothianidin not harmful say scientists
Bumblebees are not badly affected by all insecticides – of the three most commonly used neonicotinoids, clothianidin was found to be much less detrimental...
Super intelligent robots may destroy humans warn scientists
Super intelligent robots may destroy humans, a group of scientists from the University of Oxford warns. They also see nuclear war, climate change, a...
Plants have memories thanks to protein Luminidependens
Plants have memories, which they use to remember the best time of year to flower, for example. These memories exist thanks to a misfolded...