Information & Communication

Hackers and researchers have proven that genetic data can be matched to their owners, even if the databases they were added to were anonymized. This means that any service that depends on the analysis of genetic samples (e.g., those that trace a family tree) could be a source of personally-identifiable data if it were to be hacked.

The main purpose of this research was to find out if some phenomena of quantum mechanics, such as the entanglement, could exist in living organisms.

How does your phone flip into landscape mode or come alive when you pick it up? It has a gyroscope, which is a particular type of sensor that lets electronic devices know which way is 'up!'

“Technology is a useful servant but a dangerous master.” - Christian Lous Lange Imagine a world where email encryption or secure transfer systems, which seem to be invulnerable, can be hacked using quantum computing.

The ability to make compound tools, or objects of multiple parts in order to complete a specific task or range of tasks, was thought to be an exclusive human achievement, by some researchers. But, some other higher primates are also strongly linked with the ability to make compound tools in some studies.

Single-shot 10-trillion-frame-per-second compressed ultrafast photography (CUP) is now possible with a new camera, developed by the researchers at the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS) and California Institute of Technology (Caltech). This new camera literally makes it possible to freeze time to see phenomena — and even light (!) —in extremely slow motion.

In 1967, Professor Wheeler introduced the term "black hole" to the world. They are believed to be massive bodies (regions or stars), small in size and a powerful gravitational field from which even light cannot escape.

You may have heard of the Palm brand at some point. Its models, most notably the Pre, T3, and PalmPilot, were essentially some of the first hand-held computers - i.e., the forerunner of the typical smartphones of today. Back in their heyday, during the 1990s, they were known as ‘personal digital assistants’ (or PDAs) and seen as an ideal kit for businesspeople and professionals.

“As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death.” - Leonardo da Vinci

The theory of Darwinian evolution includes self-replication, mutation, and the interaction of living organisms with the external environment. Recently, quantum machines have started to mimic these actions by following certain patterns of biology.

The most recent example of a completely novel Jurassic great lizard has been unearthed. It was discovered by scientists working at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa’s Free State Province.

There are some of us who wish to get rid of urges for potentially unhealthy indulgences such as eating a lot of sweet-things at one time. But, unfortunately, the brain does not work that way! In fact, some experts assert that overeating is a neurological disorder.