Only woman to win math equivalent of Nobel Prize dies
In 2014 Mirzakhani was one of four winners of the Fields Medal, which is presented every four years and is considered the mathematics equivalent of the Nobel Prize Image Credit: […]
Major breakthrough as scientists confirm out of body experiences are REAL
SCIENTISTS have confirmed that out of body experiences are real after placing study participants in a brain scanner and making them think they were on the other side of the room. By SEAN MARTIN PUBLISHED: 16:38, Wed, Aug 24, 2016 | GETTY Scienctists have confirmed that out of body […]
Amazing Mechanical Devices from Muslim Civilisation
by: Cem Nizamoglu Fully automated environmentally friendly water raising devices, pumps, windmills and more! Discover some of the most facinating devices from the Golden Age of Muslim Civilisation that brought creative innovative ideas helping to drive agriculture and industries from southern Spain to China Note: Composed by Cem Nizamoglu and […]
A Decent Computer for $35: Raspberry Pi 3
Tiny & cheap: Raspberry Pi wins top UK engineering award Source: Bangkok Post The tiny Raspberry Pi computer won the most prestigious engineering prize in Great Britain this week. The tiny computer was first launched in […]
Dubai’s ruler wrote an open letter about science … and it went viral
By Jason Lemon; Managing Editor An open letter by Dubai’s ruler highlighting the importance of science and innovation has gone completely viral, receiving tens of millions of views on social […]
India: World’s Lightest Satellite invented by Indian Muslim teen Rifath Sharook to be launched by NASA on 21st June
Source: India The 64-gram satellite has been named after the former Indian president, and a pioneer in aeronautical science in India, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam. By Aishwarya Krishnan | Published: May 15, 2017 2:53 PM IST India has been a pioneer in the field of science and an 18-year-old teen, […]
Unprecedented cyber attacks wreak global havoc
By AFP – May 13,2017 – JORDAN TIMES In this posed photo, a woman points to the website of the NHS: East and North Hertfordshire notifying users of a […]
Book of Optics from Wikipedia from 2010
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times I had saved this material back in 2010 and the present article in Wikipedia is significantly changed […]
TIME TRAVEL IS MATHEMATICALLY POSSIBLE WITH NEW MIND-BOGGLING MODEL
BY HANNAH OSBORNE ON 5/2/17 What Are Gravitational Waves? Updated | Many have dreamed of figuring out how to travel in time—and dismissed it as impossible. Now, researchers have proposed a mathematical model that makes time travel possible, using concepts of Einstein’s theory of general relativity coupled with the hypothesis that […]
Abu al-Qasim Al-Zahrawi the Great Surgeon
by: Ibrahim Shaikh Abu al-Qasim Khalaf ibn al-Abbas Al-Zahrawi (936-1013 CE), also known in the West as Albucasis, was an Andalusian physician. He is considered as the greatest surgeon in […]
Find Out If a Robot Will Take Your Job
Source: Time BY David Johnson Updated: Apr 21, 2017 5:30 PM ET | Originally published: Apr 19, 2017 At a community college in upstate New York, 12 cafeteria workers recently learned […]
Facebook team working on brain-powered technology
Source: BBC BY Dave Lee North America technology reporter Facebook says it is working on technology to allow us to control computers directly with our brains. It is developing “silent speech” […]
Mapping the future of AI
Apr 03,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Margaret A. Boden Artificial intelligence (AI) already plays a major role in human economies and societies, and it will play an even bigger role in the coming years. To ponder the future of AI is thus to acknowledge that the future is AI. This will […]
Plants know if you are eating them
by Bridie Pearson-Jones in discover Picture: SONNY TUMBELAKA/AFP/GETTY IMAGES Feeling smug about your vegan lifestyle? This will give you pause for thought. Research from the University of Missouri has shown that plants can sense when they’re going to be eaten – and they don’t like it. https://player.vimeo.com/video/99635253 The study […]
Islamic Foreshadowing of Evolution
Paul S. Braterman …in this article, I will summarise the key elements of the modern science of evolution, and the reasons why the evidence in its favour is generally regarded among scientists as conclusive, before turning to my main theme, which is the extent to which Muslim scholars anticipated key […]
NASA Is Letting You Download Its Software For Free
Source: Huffington Post BY Adriana A. Retif Science and Space Journalist Adriana Retif is a contributor at The Huffington Post, where she covers Science, Space and other issues related to […]
ADL plans Silicon Valley center to fight cyberhate
Source: USA Today By Jon Swartz , USA TODAYPublished 5:59 p.m. ET March 12, 2017 | Updated 24 hours ago Thousands have flooded into Austin, Texas to experience the 31st Annual […]
Big data unites the study of stars with cancer research
Source: BBC By Jane Wakefield Technology reporter Image copyrightGETTY IMAGES Image captionThe Milky Way can be analysed by algorithms The study of the stars and the fight against cancer may […]
IBM’s online quantum machine gets faster
Source: BBC By Jane WakefieldTechnology reporter Image copyright IBM The processor can be accessed via a web interface IBM has made its quantum computing system commercially available to businesses and beefed […]
Jim Al-Khalili – Lessons from the past: science and rationalism in medieval Islam
British Humanist Association (BHA) President, physicist and broadcaster Professor Jim Al-Khalili gave the 2014 Voltaire Lecture at Conway Hall, London, on the theme of ‘Lessons from the past: science and […]