Syndication

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• How galaxies help scientists weigh ‘ghost particles’ — and why you should care

  Even when you close your eyes at night, 100 billion neutrinos produced in the sun will pass through them – traveling close ...

  • The Conversation

• You're still you when you're drunk, science says

  Many of us know that feeling of waking up, headache in tow, struggling to remember what we said and did after that extra drink the night before. And then suddenly, the memories vividly resurface. Alcohol disinhibits us, making us say and do things that we’d otherwise keep under ...

  • The Conversation

• These hackers are supercharging your sex toys for increased pleasure

  This article was originally published on SEXTECHGUIDE, an independent publication that looks at the intersection between sex and technology in a non-explicit, as close to a ‘safe for work’ way as possible – including app reviews, adult VR info, sextech devices, privacy, security ...

  • SEXTECHGUIDE

• Plant cells signal between each other to agree on what time it is

  Anyone who has travelled across multiple time zones and suffered jet lag will understand just how powerful our biological ...

  • The Conversation

• Stolen fingerprints could spell the end of biometric security – here’s how to save it

  The biggest known biometric data breach to date was reported recently when researchers managed to access a 23-gigabyte database ...

  • The Conversation

• Silicon Valley wants to read your mind – here's why you should be worried

  Not content with monitoring almost everything you do online, Facebook now wants to read your mind as well. The social media ...

  • The Conversation

• Nanotechnology promises to revolutionize global nutrition — but it might be dangerous

  Proponents of nanotechnology say it will revolutionize farming and global food systems, with applications being explored that could cut waste, make food safer and help create ‘super crops’ that escape the controversial label of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). If successful, ...

  • Mićo Tatalović

• Why reCAPTCHA is actually an act of human torture

  Like many things that start out as a mere annoyance, though eventually grow into somewhat of an affliction. One particular ...

  • Nils Gronkjaer

• Animals eat each other, so why don't we?

  Vulnerable spadefoot tadpoles eat their smaller competitors to speed towards toadhood as quickly as possible. Gulls and pelicans ...

  • The Conversation

• AI won't automate cybersecurity — but it'll improve the solutions we already have

  Cybersecurity, a huge industry worth over $100 billion, is regularly subject to buzzwords. Cybersecurity companies often ...

  • Ben Dickson

• Dinosaur egg bonanza gives vital clues about prehistoric parenting

  Perhaps the most amazing thing about fossils is that they don’t just show us what extinct animals looked like, they can ...

  • The Conversation

• We're now polluting the moon with near indestructible little creatures

  An Israeli spacecraft called Beresheet almost made it to the moon in April. It took a selfie with the lunar surface in the ...

  • The Conversation