Category: Editorial Social

College Has Gotten 12 Times More Expensive in One Generation | Mother Jones

Welcome back to school! Source: College Has Gotten 12 Times More Expensive in One Generation | Mother Jones

Posted: May 29, 2015 in Editorial, Social

Robot wars will leave humans utterly defenceless warns AI expert

Is developing lethal autonomous weapons systems that kill without human intervention unethical? Source: Robot wars will leave humans utterly defenceless warns AI expert

Posted: May 29, 2015 in Gadgetry, Robotics

This Breakthrough Shape-Memory Metal Practically Never Wears Out

A new shape memory material stays strong even after tens of millions of transformations. It may finally pave way for widespread usage of the futuristic >>>

Posted: May 29, 2015 in Chemistry, Gadgetry

Chemists discover key reaction mechanism behind the highly touted sodium-oxygen battery — ScienceDaily

Chemists have discovered the key reaction that takes place in sodium-air batteries that could pave the way for development of the so-called holy grail of >>>

Posted: May 28, 2015 in Energy, Storage

Teens are fleeing religion like never before: Massive new study exposes religion’s decline

Source: Teens are fleeing religion like never before: Massive new study exposes religion’s decline

Posted: May 28, 2015 in Social

Two giant black holes might crash into each other in 21 years | Science! | Geek.com

In the center of most galaxies (ours included) there is a supermassive black hole that holds everything together. However, one galaxy 10.5 billion light years >>>

Posted: May 28, 2015 in Space

Is Europa habitable? NASA mission will use these 9 instruments to find out

NASA has unveiled how a spacecraft bound for Europa will figure out if the Jupiter moon has the right conditions for life, as many scientists >>>

Posted: May 28, 2015 in Space

Higgs Boson Mass Explained in New Theory | Quanta Magazine

Three physicists have proposed a new solution to one of the deepest mysteries in particle physics: why the Higgs boson has such a tiny mass. >>>

Posted: May 27, 2015 in Quantum Physics

Protocol corrects virtually all errors in quantum memory, but requires little measure of quantum states

Source: Protocol corrects virtually all errors in quantum memory, but requires little measure of quantum states

Posted: May 27, 2015 in Quantum Physics

Scottish Government: creationism banned from science class

Source: Scottish Government: creationism banned from science class

Posted: May 26, 2015 in Editorial