The decoupling delusion: rethinking growth and sustainability
Mar 13, 2017 05:35 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy Science
Our economy and society ultimately depend on natural resources: land, water, material (such as metals) and energy. But some scientists have recognised that there are hard limits to the amount of these resources we can use....
Scientists Create DNA Computer With Potentially Infinite Memory And Processing Capacity
Mar 08, 2017 06:02 am UTC| Science
One of the biggest challenges confronting humanity right now is the impending wall that technology will eventually hit when it comes to the memory and processing capacity of computers. One of the avenues that scientists...
Scientific theories aren't mere conjecture – to survive they must work
Mar 08, 2017 04:59 am UTC| Science
The evidence is incontrovertible. Global warming is occurring. Climate change is real, is serious and has been influenced by anthropogenic activity. The scientific evidence is clear: Global climate change caused by human...
Comets or volcanoes? Scientists are changing their mind about how the Earth's water got here
Mar 06, 2017 13:46 pm UTC| Science
The Earth has been the blue planet for as many as 3.8 billion years. Ancient sedimentary rock deposits and lava that cooled into characteristic pillow shapes provide irrefutable evidence that liquid water has existed at...
Scientists Green Lit To Create Super Humans, Playing With Gene-Editing Toys
Mar 06, 2017 12:50 pm UTC| Science
The Francis Crick Institute at the UK was given the green light to start messing around with the genes of embryos, which is basically allowing its researchers to start messing around with the first stages of human...
Scientists Overcome Huge Cryogenics Obstacle, Freezing And Reviving Humans Closer To Reality
Mar 03, 2017 07:44 am UTC| Science
Cryogenics, cryonics, cryopreservation, what have you, the idea is the same; freeze a living human being and then revive them later on. For now, this kind of science is still on the fringes of accepted theories, but its...
DNA Can Now Be Used For Storing Files And Movies
Mar 03, 2017 07:30 am UTC| Science
One of the biggest problems that the engineers and programmers are facing right now is the prospect of having way too much information and not enough space to store it. Even with tech companies coming up with ways to make...
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