Imagine looking up to the sky every night just to see the Halloween orange and chimney red glow from dozens of volcanoes on the surface of the Moon. According to new research paper just published in Nature Geosciences, humans could be able to enjoy such a show in the future.
When a Swedish man drove down a deserted forest road near Umeaa, Sweden last December 19th, he was probably looking forward to Christmas. But that day, his car somehow became buried under a mountain of snow. He was trapped there for two months, suffering insanely low temperatures, with no access to food. Last Sunday, he was discovered. Alive. But how?
For all of Sony's troubles, their commitment to R&D is something that can never be questioned. Their latest achievement is a wireless radio component that operates on the 60 gigahertz frequency and can transfer 6.3 gigabits per second. According to The Verge, that's good enough to exchange 50 gigs of data in under a minute.
Ah, pizza. Verily, 'tis the breakfast of champions. But what happens when that doughy disc of carb-laden goodies grows 25 feet tall and becomes sentient? According to Pizza Vs. Skeletons, it dedicates its life to rescuing puppies from the evil dead. Saucy.
We got its name earlier today, the Eluga, but now we’ve got all its sordid details and those hoping for a spot of Ice Cream Sandwich will be sorely disappointed.
It was a major breakthrough in 1995: After 13 months, scientists 13 finally sequenced the entire genome of a bacteria. These days, a gene-slinger can do it in a few seconds. With a USB stick.
Nokia Siemens is going to demo HSPA+ Multiflow — a new cell tech that lets phones talk to two cell towers at once — at Mobile World Congress. It's the first time that the tech, which can apparently double data speeds, will be shown working on stuff you might actually be able to buy.
Gordon Ramsay recently caused a serious spud-related security scare over at Brixton Prison where he’s teaching inmates how to cook for a new show. His production team set off a prison wide search after it appeared a potato peeler was missing and potentially in the lethal hands of those at her Majesty’s pleasure.
The 60.2-metre superyacht Yogi sunk under a Force 8 storm in the Mediterranean Sea. This video shows the Hellenic Air Force rescuing the passengers in the middle of the gale. It took only seven hours to sink after the authorities got the first mayday, according to the builder Mehmet Karabeyoglu:
Networks are clearing their store shelves of Sony Ericsson gear, all the while the newest Sony-only kid on the block has peeped its head above the parapet, ready for your pre-order.
In the four-and-a-half months Giz UK's been live, we've seen over 26,000 comments -- a number most UK tech sites would take years to accumulate. As this completely took us by surprise, it's taken us until now to roll out several much-requested commenting features including, yup, reply notifications. Grab my hand, and let's take a tour:
The UK seems like the land of opportunity for the creative industry. The latest name on the chopping block of the legally dubious blockade saga is The Pirate Bay. The high court has ruled what we all already knew, TPB unlawfully shares copyrighted music.
Another day, another money-grubbing idea out of Locog. This time it seems we’re not even going to be able to enter the Olympic Park without paying, just like Wimbledon – frankly it seems you’re better off staying at home and not forking out for something you can see for free on the box in your front room.
We’ve been awaiting Panasonic’s re-entry into the European smartphone market with bated breath ever since we got wind that the Japanese electronics giant had its sights trained on our side of the world. Now we have a name to put to that pretty face – the Eluga.
Scientists have been trying to grow meat for a while now – it could be the answer to our food needs for the next 100 years. Now a lab-grown burger patty is almost ready for tasting, and guess who’s in-line to cook it. Yep, Heston Blumenthal, the mad-scientist-like chef from the goggle box.
