Technology

Wise advice. Julia Wolf, CC BY-NC-SA By Arun Vishwanath, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York Hackers gain access to computers and networks by exploiting the weaknesses in our…

Who's really driving your car? Saad Faruque, CC BY-SA By Andrew Smith, The Open University and Blaine Price, The Open University Theft of vehicles is about as old as the notion of transport – from…

The night before the famous "Raid at Entebbe" in 1976, when the Israel Defense Forces rescued over 100 kidnapped hostages from German and Palestinian terrorists at Entebbe airport in Uganda, Tel Aviv…

Here is a list of Windows 10 Hits and Misses, points which I consider a good point or a area still in need of work.   Right now it is mostly hits.  Over time I will find and post the misses…

Researchers have created a new approach that protects animal models against a type of genetic disruption that causes intellectual disability, including serious memory impairments and altered anxiety…

A new device developed by ROX Medical and named the 'Coupler' is a paper clip-sized implant which is inserted between the artery and vein in the upper thigh that has been shown to significantly…

An analysis of marijuana-related Twitter messages sent during a one-month period in early 2014, shows that the "Twitterverse" is a pot-friendly place. How friendly? 15X as many pro-pot Tweets as…

From hashtag to the streets. The All-Nite Images, CC BY-SA By Imaani El-Burki, Lehigh University The public response to the murders of Michael Brown and Eric Garner has been compared to the 1960s…

Wine, medicine and movies are two great examples of how the naturalistic fallacy - the old ways are better - retain a vice-like grip on aspects of culture.  The naturalistic fallacy issues of…

We don't need any more Internet off-switches, thanks. deadhorse, CC BY-NC By Bill Buchanan, Edinburgh Napier University Prime Minister David Cameron has stated that the UK government will look at “…