By Jim Malone on January 29, 2015
Gates
Science

The conversation about the dangers of AI and the potential problems it could bring in the future has come to the forefront again following comments by billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, and now Bill Gates has added his voice to those advising caution. Shortly after Eric Horvitz, one of Microsoft’s leading researchers, went on the record […]
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By Jim Malone on January 28, 2015
Graphene
Cutting Edge, Science

If you are using a touchscreen devices to read this now, you are actually using in the real world today, what was in the past, a possibility in sci-fi movies only. Expect more such items to materialize into our everyday lives soon, thanks to graphene. With the production of graphene made possible, science is about […]
By Jim Malone on January 27, 2015
Measles
Biology, Health

A recent outbreak of measles in Disneyland stirred up the old debate for and against vaccination. The fracas turned even more heated when it was reported that unvaccinated guests caused of the outbreak. It set one side against the other, once again. Are the measles so bad? This airborne, highly infectious disease presents with a high […]
By Jim Malone on January 26, 2015
Sleep
Health

The United States is experiencing a chronic disease epidemic with increasing rates of cancer, obesity, diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, anxiety and depression among citizens. Attempts to reveal the cause of this rise in chronic disease have cast the spotlight largely on poor nutrition as the result of a faulty food system. This places the onus […]
By Jim Malone on January 26, 2015
Tim Cook
Science

Widely hailed as one of the greatest CEOs in the world, the death of Steve Jobs saw Tim Cook, the company’s operations chief, take the helm at Apple Inc. Analysts predict that the company’s future look even brighter. Perhaps the greatest question in the mind of many is whether the company can succeed in the […]
By Jim Malone on January 26, 2015
SQL
Science

There have been many methods that are commonly used to join two or more tables, aggregate the data and present the data in a useful manner. More and more often, SQL programmers attempt to write complex SQL statements that attempt to accomplish this task in one single step. However, these statements are usually quite difficult […]
By Jim Malone on January 26, 2015
Telomeres
Aging, Biology, Health

For every extremely stressful year a person endures, their lifetime is shortened by six years on average. Being exposed to chronic psychological stress, whether by relationship, work abuse, or an abusive lifestyle, can kill a person. Being subjected to situations or influences that make a person feel out of control is deadly, and it is […]
By Jim Malone on January 24, 2015
NASA
Science

With the end of the Space Race and the retirement of the Space Shuttle, NASA has become stagnant in its efforts to explore space, particularly the Solar System that hosts our home planet Earth. A consistent lack of will, which too often translates into a lack of funding, has relegated the space agency’s exploration efforts […]
By Jim Malone on January 23, 2015
Microsoft
Science

In today’s technology driven world, the latest technological devices have allowed billions of people across the world to go hi-tech making new connections where there were once none. The latest tech news from Microsoft at their launch event for the new windows 10 operating system featured the unveiling of a prototype hologram visor which adds […]
By Jim Malone on January 22, 2015
WhatsApp
Science

The world’s most popular instant messaging application, WhatsApp, has recently opened up gates to access its services via the web. The new service, called WhatsApp Web, allows anyone on a computer with Google Chrome browser to access WhatsApp and chat with their friends on the web. The new feature has been unveiled via a blog […]