Can Astronauts Propel Themselves Using Farts in Space?
Farts are an fascinating quirk of nature when you consider it. (Admit it: You've thought deeply about farts in your life, at some point in life). After all, we are basically speaking about a putrid gas...
Siri & Google Now Can Be Hacked From 16 Feet Away
Google Now may be your personal assistant. However your voice isn't the only one it listens to. As a group of researchers from France have found, Siri & Google Now also helpfully obeys the...
A USB that can literally destroy your computer!
USB sticks have long been a mechanism for delivering malware to unsuspecting computer users. A booby-trapped flash drive, for example, was the means by which the US and Israel reportedly contaminated...
Spy Planes, Signal Jammers, and High-Tech Weapons in Syria
The relationship between Russia and the West is becoming increasingly dangerous with potential flashpoints developing in both eastern Europe and Syria. After repeated incursions into Turkish airspace by Russian warplanes on...
American Capital Harnessing Electrical Energy From Each Flush
The next time you flush in the capital of United States, you may think about this: You — or, more precisely, when ever anyone flushes — will assist in generating clean energy.
D.C. Water, which...
A Router Virus That Actually Keeps You Safe!
Routers are amongst the most hackable devices connected to the internet — not often updated, easily compromised, and virtually never scanned for viruses. However a new router virus may actually be...
Weekly Science News: 25th September – 2nd October, 2015
News: Brief Updates from the world of science for the week from 25th September 2015 to 2nd October 2015.
This week in #Science - 25th September to 2nd October
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Reviews: The E-Blade Self Balance Board
In recent months, the popularity of the self-balance scooter (or the Segway hoverboard as the cool kids call them) has exploded with an array of celebs including the Biebs, Brooklyn Beckham,...
Scientists have found a new way to edit DNA
A FEW years in the past, molecular biologists made an enormous breakthrough. By borrowing an antiviral mechanism from bacteria, they created a simple method to tweak the genetic data inside cells –...
Engineers invent clear coating that boost solar cell efficiency by cooling them
The hotter solar cells turn out to be, the less efficient they're at converting sunlight to electrical energy, an issue that has long vexed the solar trade. Now, Stanford engineers have...