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The hunt for alien life on nearby exoplanet Wolf 1061c has begun
The search for aliens on a nearby exoplanet has started, with astronomers examining Wolf 1061c to see if it has the potential to sustain life. Stephen Kane and colleagues have found the rocky planet – just 14 light years away – is within the habitable zone and could be cool enough to support extraterrestrial...
Robots could be given ‘personhood’ status and made to pay taxes, say European lawmakers
Robots which are used in warfare should be equipped with a "kill switch" so they can be turned off to prevent them from running amok. They should also be given certain rights and possibly pay a form of taxes to compensate the many people whose jobs they take, a report submitted to the European Parliament's legal...
This is the smart kitchen your gadget-filled home deserves
Has internet-connected fridge replaced the flying car as the definitive status symbol of a far-off future? For decades the flying car has been at the top of futurologists' wish lists, but has never caught on. So too, the internet fridge appears at the CES technology show in Las Vegas every year, draws crowds, wows them,...
F1 suspension row brews ahead of 2017 season
Leading Formula 1 teams could be forced to revise their suspension systems on the eve of the 2017 season amid a row brewing following a Ferrari query over trick technology that Mercedes has pioneered. Even though the high-tech FRIC (Front and Rear InterConnected) suspension system was effectively banned in 2014, it has not...
Earth ‘will be destroyed in October 2017’ – and the rich are already building bunkers
Don’t bother sticking to those New Year’s Resolutions, because in autumn this year, a massive death planet is about to hit our planet, killing us all. Mother 'humiliated' after being told to dump breast milk by airport security Or at least that’s what ‘researcher’ David Meade, author of...
Dinosaur tail complete with feathers trapped in amber discovered at Myanmar marketplace
A piece of amber containing a dinosaur tail covered in feathers has been discovered at a marketplace in Myanmar, where it was destined to become a piece of jewellery or a curiosity. The dinosaur is believed to have been a juvenile non-flying dinosaur that lived 99 million years ago. The piece of amber, which is no bigger than...
A facial recognition feature has been added to an app for smartphone
Blippar, the AR (augmented reality) startup aiming to build a visual catalogue of every object in the world, has added real-time facial recognition technology to its mobile app, allowing users to create “Augmented Reality Face Profiles.” The new technology enables users to scan or “Blipp” faces —...
NASA Satellites Capture Apparent UFOs Flying Across The Sun
UFO enthusiasts are going nuts over this giant 'blue sphere' captured on a NASA satellite. Caught on November 17th, images of this mysterious alleged extra-terrestrial spacecraft — uploaded to Facebook by Pamela Johnson — purport to show it scaling the surface of the Sun, which, for reference, can fit 1.3...
Nasa’s ‘impossible’ EmDrive could work, study says
The so-called 'impossible' hypothetical EmDrive thruster, that was designed to propel craft through space using electromagnetic waves, is scientifically possible, physicists have said. Since the theory behind the EmDrive was released in 2006, the potential thruster has proved controversial. Until now, a lack of...
Teenage cancer patient, 14, becomes first Brit to be cryogenically frozen
A terminally ill teenager has won the right to be brought back to life using cryogenic freezing technology. Her divorced parents had become embroiled in a dispute relating to whether her remains should be taken to a specialist facility in the United States and cryogenically preserved. Shocking conditions of UK free range egg...
New Gorilla Glass helps prevent phone smashes
Dropping your smartphone when taking a selfie could soon be less risky, says specialist glass maker Corning. It has launched its next generation of Gorilla Glass — the material used in more than 70% of smartphone screens, including on Samsung and Apple devices. Corning said Gorilla Glass 5 could survive more than 80% of...
Tesla says autopilot involved in second car crash
Tesla has admitted that its autopilot feature was activated when one of its cars crashed on Sunday. However, the electric carmaker has suggested that the function was not being used correctly at the time. The motorist survived the accident, but another Tesla owner died in an earlier crash blamed on the driver-assist function...
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