Where Do You Draw the Line Between the Sky and Space?
On his 108-minute flight in 1961, the Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first human being in space, reached a peak…
Sexbot Slaves: How Sexbots Could Affect Actual Human Relationships
There is only one true sexbot that you can go out and buy today. Her name is Roxxxy, and she is a 'robot companion'…
Why Life Before Anesthesia Made Doctors More Caring
In 1812, the English novelist Frances Burney described her mounting terror as she prepared to undergo a mastectomy…
How Biotech Could Make Life in Prison a Living Hell
At the University of Oxford, a team of scholars led by the philosopher Rebecca Roache has begun thinking about the…
The Benefits of Living in a Total Surveillance State
Suppose you’re walking home one night, alone, and you decide to take a shortcut through a dark alley. You make it…
Distant Ruins: How Scientists Hunt Space for Dead Alien Civilizations
‘Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!’ says Ozymandias’s ruined statue in the desert of Shelley’s imagination.…
Parallel Worlds: How Human History Turns on the Tilt of the Multiverse
Andy Murray’s unexpectedly strong start against Roger Federer in the Wimbledon 2012 final put the Daily Telegraph…
Where Consciousness Comes From
Scientific talks can get a little dry, so I try to mix it up. I take out my giant hairy orangutan puppet, do some…
Can Life Evolve from Wires and Plastic?
In a laboratory tucked away in a corner of the Cornell University campus, Hod Lipson’s robots are evolving. He has…
Wrap-Around Screen Phone Concept Don't Need No Bezels
This concept from Mac Funamizu is designed to show how truly badass a phone with an OLED-wrap display could look. The…
OSXBMC Called "Plex" (And Looking Hotter Than Ever)
An independent Mac fork of XBMC (formerly Xbox Media Center)-a lauded cross-platform solution for streaming media-has…
Nokia Successfully Tests 100Mbps Wireless Data Network
Today Nokia said that in technical trials, the target of 100Mbps download speed and 50Mbps upload speed for its…