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Teleportation, time travel and aliens - a vision of tomorrow today

April 2, 2008

 Einstein gave hope to scientists chasing the most outlandish theories when he famously declared: “If at first, the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it.”
He then proved the existence of black holes and the notion that time passes more slowly the faster you travel.
Now one of the world’s most distinguished [...]

Where do we come from? Explained in less then 4 minutes!

March 12, 2008

Ahhhhhh!!!! I always wanted to know that.

Machines will achieve human-level artificial intelligence by 2029

February 18, 2008

Humanity is on the brink of advances that will see tiny robots implanted in people’s brains to make them more intelligent, said Ray Kurzweil.
The engineer believes machines and humans will eventually merge through devices implanted in the body to boost intelligence and health.
The complete article is here

Polish Astronomers Discover a Sister Solar System

February 15, 2008

An international team of scientists led by astronomers based in Warsaw and working within OGLE project has announced a discovery of an extrasolar planetary system, which - after rescaling - resembles our own Solar System. An article on the discovery will appear in tomorrow’s issue of Science magazine.
The system, designated OGLE-2006-BLG-109, is situated 4,500 [...]

Time travellers from the future ‘could be here in weeks’

February 11, 2008

The first time travellers from the future could materialise on Earth within a few weeks. 
Physicists around the world are excitedly awaiting the start up of the £4.65 billion Large Hadron Collider, LHC - the most powerful atom-smasher ever built - which is supposed to shed new light on the particles and forces at work in [...]

Science of the Orgasm

February 10, 2008

To unlock the secrets of the climax researchers are looking behind the scenes and into the nervous system, where the true magic happens.
How, for example, can they explain the fact that some men and women who are paralyzed and numb below the waist are able to have orgasms?
How to explain the “orgasmic auras” that can [...]