Source: Time By Corinne Purtill It’s karaoke-rehearsal time at Knollwood Military Retirement Community, a 300-bed facility tucked away in a leafy corner of northwest Washington, D.C. Knollwood resident and retired U.S. […]
Source: Time BY JAMIE DUCHARME In 1993, researchers discovered a stretch of DNA on the X chromosome they believed to be linked to male homosexuality. In the years since, the concept of a […]
The quantum revolution is coming, and Chinese scientists are at the forefront Source: The Washington Post China’s formidable investment in quantum technology, which could transform information processing and confer big […]
BEIJING — Buses circling a 1.53 km route in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou are offering a sneak peek at what the combination of 5G telecommunications and self-driving technology is […]
CNN — Japan has started testing its fastest-ever bullet train — capable of reaching 400 kilometers per hour (249 mph) — as it continues to develop the revolutionary mode of […]
Source:CT The Royal College of Physicians has abandoned its historic opposition to assisted suicide despite over half of its members saying they would refuse to participate in the practice if it was made legal. The RCP said it had been moved to change its position after a survey of its […]
Source: BBC News By Tim McDonald As artificial intelligence becomes both more useful and more widespread, workers everywhere are becoming anxious about how a new age of automation might affect […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times In a few weeks, every one at least in the Western world, Muslim or non-Muslim, will be […]
Source: CNN Two days after landing on Mars, the NASA InSight lander is powered up, its solar arrays are working and it’s already sending back selfies. NASA pulled off its eighth landing of a […]
Source: BBC News We stand on the edge of a crucial moment in the history of our species – a time when a creation of our own inventiveness has the […]
Source: Time By PATRICK LUCAS AUSTIN As usual, Apple is planning a big event for September, during which it’ll likely present the world with a new iPhone. While the company has yet to […]
Source: BBC News By Leo Kelion Image copyrightFACEBOOKImage captionFacebook hopes Watch will encourage users to spend longer within its app Facebook’s Watch video-streaming service is rolling out worldwide, just over […]
Source: The Verge By Andrew J. Hawkins Toyota will invest $500 million in Uber in a deal that values the ride-hail giant at $72 billion, according to The Wall Street Journal. As part of the […]
A new website that lets people delve into data on the world’s cities has been launched. Dr Robert Muggah from the think-tank Instituto Igarapé showed the BBC some of his […]
Source: TED Talk Dan Gibson · Genome writer Dan Gibson leads a new breed of bioengineers, called genome writers, who use DNA to design and build new products powering the next industrial revolution. […]
Source: BBC News By Nicholas Barber 9 July 2018 Vertigo gets better with age. Alfred Hitchcock’s mind-bending mystery wasn’t a critical or commercial hit when it was released 60 years […]
Source: Time By JAMIE DUCHARME With 88 keys and hundreds of internal strings, a standard piano produces a slew of unique sounds and tones. And mastering that complex system doesn’t only […]
By Rodin Lyasoff · Flight junkie Flight is about to get a lot more personal, says aviation entrepreneur Rodin Lyasoff. In this visionary talk, he imagines a new golden age […]
Source: CNN By Jamie Tarabay Australia is spending billions on unmanned American spy drones that will be able to fly higher and further than its manned aircraft, to beef up its […]
