Is Radiation Actually Dangerous for You?
Radiation is all around us and too much of radiation is a bad thing so... are we all just screwed? Not exactly.
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Radiation is all around us and too much of radiation is a bad thing so... are we all just screwed? Not exactly.
Microsoft’s UK research lab team in Cambridge claims that the endless possibility of Minecraft makes it an ideal “digital playpen” for artificial intelligence.
If you don't want to need a host of steroidal injections in your neck, you don't want to develop occipital neuralgia – a condition that seems to be caused by constantly looking down at handheld devices.
That fateful day when machines finally become smarter than humans has never appeared closer — yet the truth is hard to grasp. It's time to bust some myths about the machines.
The sun is expected to die in roughly 5 billion years. But humans are only expected to last about another 1 billion years on Earth.
What looks like a prop from a steampunk movie is actually a partially decellularised heart in a bioreactor.
Watching this couscous perfectly organise itself makes science look like magic. Read More >>
This brand new material can fold flat from a 3D shape, all by itself. Read More >>
An arched section of the Perito Moreno Glacier collapsed in front of thousands of awe struck spectators in Argentina early yesterday. Read More >>
Forget about the cutting-edge science for a moment and instead marvel at the scale of the engineering behind the project.
People with high levels of good cholesterol are now thought to be an increased risk of a heart attack, according to the Cambridge study.
A tiny chip implanted in the brains of rats is showing us something never seen before.
These clever animations riff on Burger King, space aliens, rainbow centaurs, and modern art.
We normally observe solar eclipses from our perspective here on the surface but this image from NASA’s Deep Space Climate Observatory shows this week’s total solar eclipse from a rather unique vantage point. See more >>
Mmm...tasty, tasty plastic-packaged Mr Kipling cakes. A moment on the lips, an eternity in a landfill.
Alaska Airlines changed a flight plan Tuesday just so passengers could see the only solar eclipse of 2016. It's stunning viewing (and we love the passengers start shouting when it all goes off!). See more >>
