Category Archives: News

Satellite cameras could be used for facial recognition

February 22, 2012 Leave a comment

Photos from surveillance cameras, YouTube and Facebook could be used for forensic investigatons.

Filed under Forensics, Innovation, News, Science, Technology

Amasia, the new supercontinent

February 9, 2012 BY Laura Boness 1 Comment

All of Earth’s current continents will form Amasia, a single landmass, in 50 to 200 million years time.

Filed under Geology, News, Palaeontology, Science, Video

Sweet, sweet medicine

February 2, 2012 BY Alice Orszulok 1 Comment

Sweet news for those looking for an alternative to customary medicinal antibiotics. Honey, an ancient remedy for the treatment of infected wounds, has recently been rediscovered by the medical community.

Filed under Health, Medicine, News, Science

A few steps closer to Harry Potter’s invisibility cloak

January 28, 2012 BY Laura Boness Leave a comment

Now you see it… science can make things invisible.

Filed under Innovation, Nanotechnology, News, Physics, Science, Technology

From South America with love

January 24, 2012 BY Gabriela Munoz 1 Comment

6,700 years ago popcorn irrupted as a popular snack.

Filed under Archaeology, Culture, History, News

From words to sentences

December 30, 2011 BY Laura Boness 1 Comment

Our brain uses two distinct neural pathways to divide the tasks of comprehending and producing language.

Filed under Innovation, News, Science

A Darwinian approach towards emotions?

December 19, 2011 BY Alice Orszulok Leave a comment

Emotions are not as biologically “basic” as we might think.

Filed under Medicine, News, Science

Discovery of “God particle”

December 14, 2011 BY Alice Orszulok 2 Comments

Scientists believe that they may have caught their first glimpse of the Higgs Boson, or “God particle”, a subatomic unit that is a vital factor in science’s understanding of the universe.

Filed under Arts & Science, News, Physics, Science, Technology