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Carmaker Volkswagen is seriously engaged in research in the development of electric cars. You have already created a number of prototypes, which are tested on the latest technologies and advanced ideas. To build new cars used lightweight materials and new safety standards now refer not only to the frame and the car interior, but also…

Despite bold predictions from several Technocomplex about the future of neural interfaces, science extensions of the brain is still in its infancy. What do scientists think about all this hype that comes from Silicon valley? Mikhail Lebedev, a neuroscientist working on brain-computer interfaces at Duke University, recently received a prize of $ 100,000 from Frontiers…

Despite significant advances in the field of cloning and the whole promise of this technology, it is still not sufficiently widespread. However, research and experiments continue. For example, recently, according to an article published in China Daily, a group of scientists from China with a special robot was able to clone a 13 piglets. The…

Flipping frying patties and cooking the burgers of the few ingredients — a rather dull and joyless activity. Not surprisingly, those who at least defended year at the plate as the chef responsible for this kind of dishes, without regret, retire, cursing all the kitchen utensils and poor sandwiches with sesame seeds. But in the…

Image: Ryan Bodenstein/Flickr The ocean is full of mystery. It is also full of penises. And biologists have taken note. Some marine animals look especially phallic—to the point that no one’s even trying to hide the truth behind a veil of innuendo. By that I mean there are literally sea creatures whose scientific names have…

Image: Samsung Samsung claims its AI-based virtual assistant is smart enough to execute 15,000 tasks, use augmented reality to shop for you, and learn from your app usage. Yet, apparently it’s not capable of learning English. The launch date for Bixby has been pushed back yet again. The virtual assistant is struggling to understand English,…

Enceladus is always the last one to leave the holiday party. (Image: NASA) “Observations aren’t always straightforward,” Drabek-Maunder said. “To interpret our results, we needed the wealth of information Cassini gave us about Enceladus‘s environment. This study suggests a degree of caution needs to be taken when reporting on the presence of molecules that could…

Part of the Large Magellanic Cloud (Public Domain via Flickr) The Sun and Proxima Centauri and most of the stars you’ve heard of orbit the center of the Milky Way galaxy like children peacefully riding a carousel (with some weirdness caused by dark matter that we don’t need to get into). Now, imagine if a…

In a time when your average smartphone can capture immersive 360-degree photos using a clever app, how can consumers justify spending $600 on a spherical camera that does the same thing? It turns out they can’t, which is why the creators of the Panono have filed for bankruptcy, and are in the process of selling…

North Korea launched its first ICBM yesterday, putting the world on the brink of nuclear war. But in the rush to get news printed, some journalists were a bit sloppy. The New York Times mistook a tweet from the North Korea parody account DPRK_News as real. And this isn’t the first time news outlets have…