Desk Report: Ghost imaging is one of the more extraordinary advances in optics in recent years. It produces high-resolution images using single-pixel cameras and light that has never interacted with the object in question. The technique relies on clever algorithms to crunch the seemingly random data that a single pixel appears to gather. More on…
BGR: Apple’s “fall event” takes place in late summer each year, so it remains a mystery why it’s referred to as a “fall event.” What never remains a mystery, however, are the new products Apple unveils each year at its “fall event.” Apple’s component suppliers and manufacturing partners in China and the surrounding area can…
The Guardian: A new report suggests that young people are aware of their parents’ drinking – and it may well have an impact on their relationship with alcohol. So should you keep booze out of the family home? When you’re drinking wine at home, don’t look as if you’re enjoying it – at least not…
Mansion global: The agent of Casa Flotante, or “The Floating House,” describes it as a blend of “tropical luxury” and sustainable design. The home’s architect, Benjamin Garcia Saxe, is known for designing environmentally conscious homes that integrate seamlessly into their environments, without sacrificing comfort and beautiful design. The Floating House, which was built in 2013…
Tech Explorist: Bubble Activities are just the best, aren’t they? They’re simple, inexpensive, and they never fail to fascinate and entertain.But there is a real science behind blowing on a soap and making a bubble. In a new study by the NYU‘s Applied Math Lab, scientists have discovered two ways in which bubbles can be…
Desk Report: Lana Del Rey has pulled out of a music festival in Israel next week in the wake of a backlash over her decision to perform. The American singer was to have been one of the headline performers at the Meteor festival from 6 to 8 September. It is being held on a kibbutz…
BBC: For the average working person, there’s no greater feeling than powering down your computer and kissing goodbye to your avalanche of work emails for the day. If we’re lucky enough to disconnect from the job on evenings and weekends, we’re overjoyed to leave work email and the stress that comes with it in the…
TechExplorist: Darwin’s theory of evolution states that all the species of organisms arise and develop through the natural selection of small, inherited variations that increase the individual’s ability to compete, survive, and reproduce. ‘Industrial melanism’, the prevalence of darker varieties of animals in polluted areas – and the peppered moth provided a crucial early example…
Desk Report: The Newtonian gravitational constant, G, is one of the most fundamental constants of nature, but we still do not have an accurate value for it. Now, a team of scientists in China has claimed that they have made a most precise measurement of gravity’s strength yet by measuring G. The new measurement is…
Umer Beigh, Independent researcher and journalist/WION News Myanmar government has rejected the recently released UN report that called for the prosecution of top generals for genocide, claiming the international community was making “false allegations” in the report. In its response on August 29, Myanmar government said that since the government didn’t grant UN investigators permission…