Category: Technology

There are several parallel projects running across the world to save the northern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum), one of Africa’s captivating and iconic wildlife species. With the death of last male in 2018 and with only two females alive, the species is functionally extinct. The most famous of these projects is an international research […]

ChatGPT has been touted as a tool that is going to revolutionise the workplace and home. AI systems like it have the potential to enhance productivity but could also displace jobs. The ChatGPT website received 1.5 billion visits last month. Though no comprehensive statistics exist, these users are likely to be relatively educated, with access […]

Lamborghini will reveal its first electric vehicle (EV) concept at this year’s Monterey Car Week in California, August 18 to 20. Lamborghini will debut “the prototype” of its new 2+2 model battery-electric car next week, which will have a “new body style, new tech,. It will be very recognizable but also be something completely new.” […]

Zoom in on this impressive new image from the James Webb Space Telescope and you will see a gigantic question mark in space. The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has captured a high-resolution image of a tightly bound pair of actively forming stars, known as Herbig-Haro 46/47, in near-infrared light. There, in the background appears […]

Despite its tremendous success in predicting the existence of new particles and forces, the Standard Model of particle physics, designed over 50 years ago to explain the smallest building blocks of nature, isn’t the complete “theory of everything” physicists have been longing for. The theory has several problems. It neither describes gravity nor the unknown […]

Imagine a world where you could control your sense of time. Where trips to the dentist flew by in a second and holidays felt like they lasted forever. Time altering pills may sound like science fiction but the time warping effects of psychoactive drugs suggest that deliberate time manipulation may be possible. Drug induced time-warps […]

The AI division of Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta recently unveiled its Llama 2 chatbot. Microsoft has been appointed as Meta’s preferred partner on Llama 2, which will be available through the Windows operating system. Meta’s approach with Llama 2 contrasts with that of the company OpenAI, which created the AI chatbot ChatGPT. That’s because Meta has […]

There is much talk in the automotive industry about the “internet of vehicles” (IoV). This describes a network of cars and other vehicles that could exchange data over the internet in an effort to make transportation more autonomous, safe and efficient. The IoV could help vehicles identify roadblocks, traffic jams and pedestrians. It could help […]

Scientists achieve Nuclear Fusion Net Energy Gain for 2nd time, in the pursuit of clean, unlimited, and zero-carbon power. Scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California have achieved net energy gain in a nuclear fusion reaction for the second time since December. They have done it again and this time produced even more […]

Project M³ is a concept motorbike that visualizes biological characteristics in a tangible form, as its core design principle. Project M³ designed by Richard Huang maximizes the integration between the rider and the vehicle to enhance the experience and enjoyment of riding. In the movie Avatar, the Na’vi ride on animals using a neural interface […]