Google has revamped its search engine in an attempt to offer instant answers to search questions, BBC reports. A new function, the Knowledge Graph, will make the site’s algorithms act “more human”, the site said in a blog post. The feature will at first be available to US-based users, but will be rolled out globally [...]
In addition to the bacteria that can make us sick, researchers have known for a few decades that we play host to friendly microbes as well. They help our body by performing important tasks such as breaking down food components to make them digestible or processing nutrients so we can make use of them. Although [...]
Apple has stopped using the phrase 4G in adverts for its latest iPad, BBC reports. The description proved controversial because 4G is not widely available in the UK and the iPad will not work with it when it is. The UK’s advertising watchdog and others around the world investigated Apple over use of the 4G [...]
A Russian company has developed software it says can disrupt and prevent people from downloading pirated conten, BBC reportst. Pirate Pay has been backed by Microsoft and has so far worked with Walt Disney Studios and Sony Pictures to stop “thousands” of downloads. The tool poses as real bit torrent users but then “confuses” peer-to-peer [...]
One of the oldest unsolved problems in mathematics is also among the easiest to grasp. The weak Goldbach conjecture says that you can break up any odd number into the sum of, at most, three prime numbers (numbers that cannot be evenly divided by any other number except themselves or 1). For example: 35 = [...]
The Avengers superhero movie has smashed the record for the biggest US opening weekend, taking $200m (£123m), BBC reports. The previous best opening weekend was Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, which opened in July 2011 with $169m (£104m). The Disney film was called Marvel Avengers Assemble for its UK release. Included in [...]
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Amir Khan said justice has been done while his promoters claimed the World Boxing Association had been forced to order a rematch with Lamont Peterson due to “questionable decisions” by Joseph Cooper, the referee, and Mustafa Ameen’s “apparent intrusion into the scoring process” during last month’s world title fight, the Guardian reports. A rematch has [...]
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Google has revamped its search engine in an attempt to offer instant answers to search questions, BBC reports. A new function, the Knowledge Graph, will make the site’s algorithms act “more human”, the site said in a blog post. The feature will at first be available to US-based users, but will be rolled out globally [...]
continue readingIn addition to the bacteria that can make us sick, researchers have known for a few decades that we play host to friendly microbes as well. They help our body by performing important tasks such as breaking down food components to make them digestible or processing nutrients so we can make use of them. Although [...]
continue readingGoogle has revamped its search engine in an attempt to offer instant answers to search questions, BBC reports. A new function, the Knowledge Graph, will make the site’s algorithms act “more human”, the site said in a blog post. The feature will at first be available to US-based users, but will be rolled out globally [...]
In addition to the bacteria that can make us sick, researchers have known for a few decades that we play host to friendly microbes as well. They help our body by performing important tasks such as breaking down food components to make them digestible or processing nutrients so we can make use of them. Although [...]
Apple has stopped using the phrase 4G in adverts for its latest iPad, BBC reports. The description proved controversial because 4G is not widely available in the UK and the iPad will not work with it when it is. The UK’s advertising watchdog and others around the world investigated Apple over use of the 4G [...]
A Russian company has developed software it says can disrupt and prevent people from downloading pirated conten, BBC reportst. Pirate Pay has been backed by Microsoft and has so far worked with Walt Disney Studios and Sony Pictures to stop “thousands” of downloads. The tool poses as real bit torrent users but then “confuses” peer-to-peer [...]
One of the oldest unsolved problems in mathematics is also among the easiest to grasp. The weak Goldbach conjecture says that you can break up any odd number into the sum of, at most, three prime numbers (numbers that cannot be evenly divided by any other number except themselves or 1). For example: 35 = [...]
Older obese men could shift excess weight by taking testosterone supplements, suggest findings announced at the European Congress on Obesity. In a study, hormone-deficient men were given testosterone supplements in a similar way to HRT for older women. Men lost an average of 16kg over five years when testosterone levels were increased back to normal. [...]
Driverless cars will soon be a reality on the roads of Nevada after the state approved America’s first self-driven vehicle licence, BBC reports. The first to hit the highway will be a Toyota Prius modified by search firm Google, which is leading the way in driverless car technology. Its first drive included a spin down [...]
The scientific maverick James Lovelock says climate catastrophe is not so certain as he previously suggested, BBC reports. Dr Lovelock, one of the world’s leading environmental thinkers once warned climate change would reduce mankind to a few breeding pairs in the Arctic. On BBC Radio 4′s The Life Scientific he gave credit to scientists who [...]
Light bulbs that are said to last for more than two decades while consuming very little energy may go on sale later this year, BBC reports. US firm General Electric, Dutch company Philips and UK-based Sylvania all showcased their products at the Light Fair industry conference in Las Vegas. Using light-emitting diodes (LEDs) instead of [...]
Ocean floats provide yet more evidence of global warming, revealing that rainy regions are getting wetter and dry regions drier much faster than predicted, Scientific American reports. Warmer air allows for more water vapor. So scientists have long predicted that global warming will result in a more intense water cycle—the process by which water evaporates [...]
