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Java is necessary in order to run many of the programs we use every day with our computers, be it through the Internet, to run games and applications or sometimes even productivity suites. The developer’s version of Java costs money when programs are developed for commercial purposes, but the...
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It’s scary but it’s apparently true. A 4-year old iPad addict is getting treatment in the UK for her addiction to the device and it’s something experts are saying is on the rise. The young girl in question has been admitted into a program for her obsession with the...
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“Bump the app before you bump in bed.” That’s the new slogan for a new app in Iceland which boasts the ability to stop people from accidentally getting it on with someone they are related to. It’s a problem in the isolated country which homes only 320,000 people. Too...
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Two Canadians students, Kendra Lemke and Meredith Faulkner of Nova Scotia have asked Chris Hadfield what it would be like to wet a towel in space and wring it out to see what happens to the water, towel etc. This is the experiment. That looks like fun! As you can...
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Medical marijuana isn’t only for humans, so says the good pet doctor Dr. Doug Kramer. In an interview with Vice Magazine, the veterinarian says the plant which is now legalized in some US states can help animals deal with the pain of terminal illnesses and regain appetite. It’s a...
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Manisha Mohan is one smart young woman. A student of engineering at India’s SMR University of Chennai is the brains behind the soon to be released “anti-rape underwear”, which she developed with fellow students Rimpi Tripathi and Neeladri Basu Pal. The slip like lingerie, which they are still looking...
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1997 was notable for several reasons, one of which was the Hale-Bopp comet that was visible for several days and (some claim) in daytime. I couldn’t verify this fact because where I live, we get the occasional cloud cover that lasts for 10-14 days like for instance the last...
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Following an online survey organized by the SETI institute in California, over 170,000 votes sided with William Shatner’s suggestion to name Pluto’s newly discovered moon “Vulcan” beating out 100,000 votes for “Cerberus” and getting almost 40% of the 450,000 votes. In Greek mythology, Vulcan is the God of lava...
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Iran is claiming it shot a monkey into space and it came back alive. How this is remotely OK in this day and age is beyond me. Yeah, all in one piece and good to go in what appears to be the most ridiculously shoddy piece of space shooting...
Java is necessary in order to run many of the programs we use every day with our computers, be it through the Internet, to run games and applications or sometimes even productivity suites. The developer’s version of Java costs money when programs are developed for commercial purposes, but the...
Two Canadians students, Kendra Lemke and Meredith Faulkner of Nova Scotia have asked Chris Hadfield what it would be like to wet a towel in space and wring it out to see what happens to the water, towel etc. This is the experiment. That looks like fun! As you can...
1997 was notable for several reasons, one of which was the Hale-Bopp comet that was visible for several days and (some claim) in daytime. I couldn’t verify this fact because where I live, we get the occasional cloud cover that lasts for 10-14 days like for instance the last...
Following an online survey organized by the SETI institute in California, over 170,000 votes sided with William Shatner’s suggestion to name Pluto’s newly discovered moon “Vulcan” beating out 100,000 votes for “Cerberus” and getting almost 40% of the 450,000 votes. In Greek mythology, Vulcan is the God of lava...