Satellite Images Suggest Saudi Nuclear Reactor Nearly Built
April 11, 2019 at 03:09 PM
Riyadh has been showing interest in building nuclear power plants as a mean to diversify its energy supplies as a significant part of the fossil fuel produced in the country is consumed to power its growing electricity needs. Read More »
Cats Can Understand When You Call Them By Name, Scientists Reveal
April 09, 2019 at 09:00 AM
A new study from the Sophia University in Tokyo shows that cats can determine their own names from a list of other words and from other noises and are able to pick them out from the sound of human voices. Read More »
Major anti-aging breakthrough as ‘magic bullet’ targets ‘zombie cells’
April 06, 2019 at 03:40 PM
Scientists at the Mayo Clinic have seen ‘highly significant and dramatic’ results from anti-aging drugs trials on both mice and humans. The studies were so successful, in fact, the drugs may be on the market in the next two years. Read More »
‘Sorry for lives lost’: Boeing admits faulty system part of ‘chain of events’ in 737 MAX crashes
April 05, 2019 at 12:30 PM
Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg has said “it’s apparent” that the 737 MAX 8’s MCAS maneuvering system contributed to two fatal air accidents. Investigators had long suspected the system’s role in the disasters. Read More »
Chinese, US researchers create monkeys with human-like brain development
April 05, 2019 at 09:14 AM
A group of monkeys were found to have “human-like” brain development, including faster reactions and better memories, after a joint Sino-American team of researchers spliced a human gene into their genetic makeup. Read More »
‘Hot Saturn’ exoplanet 60 times bigger than Earth discovered
April 04, 2019 at 08:56 AM
Researchers have discovered a new five-billion-year-old planet that is 60 times bigger than Earth using data from NASA’s exoplanet-hunting space telescope, TESS. Read More »
It’s Alive: Scientists Announce Breakthrough in Cloning Mammoths
March 31, 2019 at 01:27 PM
Researchers from Russia and Japan had been working for more 20 years before what they describe as a major development, when cells that had been extracted from a woolly mammoth discovered in Siberia’s permafrost were transplanted into a mouse embryo, which then showed biological activity. Read More »
Boeing’s latest crashes pose serious risk to global AI development – analysts
March 25, 2019 at 01:48 PM
Two deadly crashes involving Boeing’s newest airplane in less than six months puts in jeopardy not only the credibility of the manufacturer, but also new technologies actively being pushed by the world’s top tech firms. Read More »
World’s 1st remote brain surgery via 5G network performed in China
March 18, 2019 at 11:07 AM
A Chinese surgeon has performed the world’s first remote brain surgery using 5G technology, with the patient 3,000km away from the operating doctor. Read More »
Pentagon eager to test banned missiles after discarding Cold-War-era nuke treaty
March 14, 2019 at 12:00 PM
The Pentagon plans to test two types of missiles banned for over 30 years under the Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty – reinforcing suspicions it has been preparing for this for years. Read More »
