For years, some of the world’s leading scientists, including physicist Stephen Hawking, have warned against thinking and reasoning artificial intelligence and robots. They warn that the more intelligent the AI robots get, the greater the chance that the human race will be destroyed, or at least supplanted, by them. With the advancements in current AI …
How many times have you thought to maybe just chuck it all and go and live off the grid? No daily grind, no annoying fellow humans, no commute, no stupid boss? Well, how about living in the middle of the ocean in an Unidentified Floating Object home? These UFO house pods are the invention of …
In a new report issued by the global internet security firm, Rapid 7, they have mapped the entire internet with regard to which nations in the world are most vulnerable to an attack by determined hackers. The company’s National Exposure Index created an infrared heat map of country’s internet system and servers looking for vulnerabilities; …
Anyone familiar with quantum physics is well aware of the legendary hypothetical experiment of Schrodinger’s Cat. The paradox attempts to explain, from the quantum mechanics world view, their concept of superposition and how it relates to the everyday lives of people and objects. Basically, a cat is put into a box with a sealed vial …
It is unlikely that anyone will associate being a scientist with being hot and sexy. It is the world of the nerds where giant eyeglasses and long white lab coats reign. While many male scientists in recent years have been widely seen on TV and elsewhere, their image has begun to change slowly but surely. …
A Massachusetts man has recently invented something truly remarkable because it has never been done before. Jonathan Marcus figured out a formula and a way to create deep fried water. Not only is it remarkable on the face of it but one can’t help but ask, “why?” Who would want deep fried water? Well, it …
A new portable artificial kidney has been developed that may just save kidney patients many hours of dialysis attached to a machine at a medical facility. The machine was invented by Doctor Victor Gura of the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. The device has been designed to function just as the dialysis machines, as …
Controversy continues to swirl around law enforcement’s increased bullying and demanding to intrude on every facet of our lives. Recently a judge in California ordered a woman to unlock her smart phone for the FBI by using her fingerprint sensor activation to do it. The FBI got the search warrant in the case forcing the …
Because of something called a machine learning algorithm, astronomers now may be actually able to take a photograph of a black hole. Developed by MIT researcher Katie Bouman, and her team, the algorithm is able to gather together data from all of the radio telescopes from all over the world. If the concept works, then …
A recent study performed at the University of Cambridge, in England, has found that Western women suffer from anxiety and stress disorders at at least twice the level that men do. The study was funded by The National Institute for Health Research and the scientists were tasked with reviewing more than 1,200 previous studies regarding …