On June 23rd, the 100th anniversary of the birth of Alan Turing, a contest at Bletchley Park, where Turing was key in cracking the Nazi Enigma code during World War II, saw Eugene Goostman win…

On June 23rd, the 100th anniversary of the birth of Alan Turing, a contest at Bletchley Park, where Turing was key in cracking the Nazi Enigma code during World War II, saw Eugene Goostman win…

I am endlessly amazed by observing, time and again, that even experienced colleagues fall in the simplest statistical traps. Mind you, I do not claim to be any better - sorry, let me rephrase: to…

Astronomers have found a puzzling arc of light behind an extremely massive cluster of galaxies residing 10 billion light-years away. The galactic grouping was observed when the universe was roughly a…

While the world actually grows enough food to feed all its inhabitants, it isn't equally distributed. Nearly 500 million people in the developing world remain undernourished and, if projections…

Is the world ready for a robot DJ? Sometimes you have to be bold.  People laughed at Microsoft when they introduced Microsoft Bob too; people didn't know they needed a graphical image of their…

There is an important difference related to the mathematical formulation of Self-Field Theory (SFT) and that is the complete absence of gauge. We know from the various quantum theories that gauge…

Poor NASA. Even since a Democrat took over as president the world is convinced Americans are imperialists bent on flexing their muscles in areas like...disaster relief. Disaster relief and…

Poor NASA. Even since a Democrat took over as president the world is convinced Americans are imperialists bent on flexing their muscles in areas like...disaster relief. Disaster relief and…

A small-scale study found diets that reduce the surge in blood sugar after a meal - low-glycemic index or very-low carbohydrate - are better than a low-fat diet for those trying to achieve lasting…

What, a herd of cattle were poisoned by cyanide in Texas??  The culprit had to be a genetically-modified form of Bermuda grass!  Stupid scientists are out to kill us all with their right…

What, a herd of cattle were poisoned by cyanide in Texas??  The culprit had to be a genetically-modified form of Bermuda grass!  Stupid scientists are out to kill us all with their right…

The Canadian military has it tough these days.  The legends of World Was II are only 50,000 strong and in a government that basically does not think very much of them. Oddly, they are being…

The Canadian military has it tough these days.  The legends of World Was II are only 50,000 strong and in a government that basically does not think very much of them. Oddly, they are being…

Fundamentalist extremists don't like anything that looks like it didn't come from their religious texts. And they tend to blow stuff up that they don't like. Five years ago, the Taliban blew the face…

Fundamentalist extremists don't like anything that looks like it didn't come from their religious texts. And they tend to blow stuff up that they don't like. Five years ago, the Taliban blew the face…

 Mathematics is a fundamental code of Universe.It definitely connects the nature. But the present system of mathematics may be modified.The reason is---- Man created a language called…

A new toilet system can turn human waste into electricity and fertilizers and even reduce the amount of water needed for flushing by up to 90 percent The inventors in Singapore call it the No-Mix…

While browsing facebook, I ran across a friend's posting of a link to a diagnostic test for autism and Asperger's that I hadn't run across before,The Ritvo Autism Asperger Diagnostic Scale-Revised…

Erasmus University Rotterdam has announced that Dirk Smeesters, Professor of Consumer and Society at Rotterdam School of Management, has had two papers withdrawn after a report from the…