Artificial Intelligence (AI) - two words humans have yet to fully comprehend, especially when put together. Although now more than ever AI and its role in the so called ‘fourth industrial revolution’ is in question. This is particularly true for the … [Read more...]
The Largest Prime Number and Other Prime Mysteries
Ever since Greek geometer Euclid proved there were an infinite amount of prime numbers around 300 BC, mathematicians have been searching for the largest prime number ever, or at least one that is infinitely higher than the last. Apart from the … [Read more...]
Divers Revisit Antikythera Mechanism Wreck
Over 2000 years ago, a Roman vessel ladened with stolen Greek treasure sank near the Greek island of Antikythera. Many years later, in 1900, sponge divers hauled up a piece of the cargo now known as the Antikythera mechanism, the oldest known … [Read more...]
Science Gives Spain’s Wine Cork Industry Seal of Approval
While many have welcomed the convenience of screw top wine bottles, their popularity has tarnished Spain's wine cork industry, and the cork cutters that depend on their seasoned seal's survival. For three generations Antonio Gorgot's family have … [Read more...]
The Voyager 1 Love Probe Crosses Last Frontier
During the 1970s, when Raleigh Chopper bicycles were in, Doctor Who was reaching its peak, Led Zeppelin were storming the world and love was on the rise, a curious thing happened. A space probe named the Voyager 1 was launched. However, unlike … [Read more...]
Leap Second Compensates For Slower Spinning Earth
Long before the world of servility, time was found in the calibration of an individual or in the movement of the planets. Now, however, in a schedule obsessed society bound by clocks, comes the leap second. With the precise atomic clock came the … [Read more...]
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