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Stanford Study Shows Enduring Benefits Of Quitting Facebook
2844 people were surveyed after giving up Facebook for a month. Many…
Reverse Engineering A Brain
The Swiss Blue Brain Project aims to create biologically detailed digital reconstructions…
Bezos Shafts D Pecker
The Amazon CEO and world’s richest man faces personal embarrassment over leaked…
Deep Space Update – Oppy, InSight And New Horizons
Efforts intensify to revive the Opportunity rover, silent on Mars since June…
Global Internet Infrastructure At Risk
Malicious software can cause enormous physical damage to older, insecure infrastructure. It…
Increased Bombardment From Outer Space
A new study using data from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter suggests the…
Instagram Memes Threaten Australian Democracy
Are elections downunder vulnerable to manipulation like the 2016 US election? Are…
World’s Biggest Air Purifier
China is building enormous towers in an effort to scrub dangerous pollution…
The Quantum Arms Race
China is fast catching up to the US in developing military applications…
Bill Gates’ Warning On Gene Editing
Gates has joined the voices of concerned scientists around the world in…
Bandersnatch – Breaking The 4th Wall
An interactive dark fantasy show on Netflix allows viewers to make their…
East Coast Hyperloop Pitched To Australian Government
Among the options for high speed mass transport under consideration is Hyperloop,…
Government Encryption Bill Threatens The Future Of Tech In Australia
How the rushed Assistance and Access Bill 2018 risks job losses and…
US Senate Report Details Russian Pro-Trump Disinformation Campaign
How Russia’s extended assault on US democracy used computational propaganda to mislead…
Tis The Season To Be Scamming
Whether it’s fake texts from Australia Post, threatening robo calls from the…
China Launches Chang’e 4 To Far Side Of The Moon
An ambitious world-first mission is set to land in Von Karman crater…
The Internet Of Smells
Is it possible to simulate a smell through the nasal cavity by…
ACCC Denies Results Of German Honey Tests
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission reckons that the nuclear magnetic resonance…
Bee Expert Mulvany Weighs Tilt At Federal Politics
After getting more than 4% of the primary vote in the Victorian…
Gene Editing Chinese Twins
He Jiankui, an associate professor at Shenzhen’s Southern University of Science and…