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Scientists test ‘harpoon’ to clear risky space debris
LONDON: A primitive weapon will now protect earth against hurtling giant asteroids capable of causing mass destruction. Faced with the…
Now, light-sensitive protein can control brain from outside
In a boost to optogenetics, a technology allowing scientists to control brain activity by shining light on neurons, the first…
Fifa World Cup 2014 breaks Super Bowl record on Twitter
Nervous Brazilian soccer fans took to Twitter to breathe a collective sigh of relief as the final, tension-filled moments of…
‘Google Glass’ helps sports fans home in on the action
Facebook secretly manipulated the feelings of 700,000 users to understand "emotional contagion" in a study that prompted anger and forced…
Facebook under fire for ‘psychological experiment on users’
Results of the study spread — and with that anger and disbelief. "Emotional states can be transferred to others via…
New ‘supercooling’ technology increases preservation time for organs
Scientists have developed a new supercooling technique to increase the amount of time human organs could remain viable outside the…
Pants that let you climb up walls possible
Scientists have found that the trousers in the Wallace & Gromit film titled 'The Wrong Trousers', which let the wearer…
“Speed of light slower than thought”: US scientist
A US scientist claims to have found evidence that suggests that the speed of light as described by Einstein's theory…
Scientists uncover genes behind human language.. in fruit fly genes
Scientists have used a gene identified in (of all things) fruit flies to discover a crucial component of the origin…