Smartphones That Can Control Computers Could Become a Reality Soon – Video

Smartphones That Can Control Computers Could Become a Reality Soon – Video

MIT devised the THAW experimental software

  • Space
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • September 2nd, 2014
Russia in Mourning over the Death of Its Space Love Geckos

Russia in Mourning over the Death of Its Space Love Geckos

The reptiles appear to have frozen to death while orbiting our planet

Facebook Tests Out Graph Search for Mobile Users <em>Bloomberg</em>

Facebook Tests Out Graph Search for Mobile Users Bloomberg

Graph Search isn't available to all Facebook users, but the company's testing it on mobile

Experiment: Man Uses Smartwatches for a Week, Finds Them Quite Useless

Experiment: Man Uses Smartwatches for a Week, Finds Them Quite Useless

Our experimenter was made fun of a couple of times

Three Examples of Everyday Manipulation Nobody Is Crying “Foul” About

Three Examples of Everyday Manipulation Nobody Is Crying “Foul” About

Facebook's little experiment is just the tip of the iceberg, and what an iceberg it is

Even the Scientific Journal That Published Facebook's Experiment Is Concerned by the Topic

Even the Scientific Journal That Published Facebook's Experiment Is Concerned by the Topic

PNAS says the practices involved in the study are a reason for concern

Facebook Has Run Hundreds of Experiments with Little Boundaries [WSJ]

Facebook Has Run Hundreds of Experiments with Little Boundaries [WSJ]

Facebook's team of researchers can do whatever it wants

Facebook's Experiment to Be Investigated in UK, Ireland

Facebook's Experiment to Be Investigated in UK, Ireland

More such probes are surely on their way as the world outrages over the experiment

Facebook Included “Research” in the User Agreement 4 Months After Experiment

Facebook Included “Research” in the User Agreement 4 Months After Experiment

Facebook argues, however, that this was covered when users signed up for an account

Facebook's Psychological Experiment or Russian Roulette with Users' Minds

Facebook's Psychological Experiment or Russian Roulette with Users' Minds

Running a research would have been ok, manipulating people's emotions is not

  • Science
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • June 11th, 2014
In the 1960s, a Woman Tried to Teach a Dolphin How to Speak

In the 1960s, a Woman Tried to Teach a Dolphin How to Speak

The experiment is detailed in a new BBC documentary, “The Girl Who Talked To Dolphins”

Twitter Experiment @everyword Finishes Job After Seven Years

Twitter Experiment @everyword Finishes Job After Seven Years

It took a long time for the bot to go through the entire dictionary

This Is What Happens to Coca Cola When You Boil It – Video

This Is What Happens to Coca Cola When You Boil It – Video

This clip is going to make you think twice about drinking even small portions of soda

Whitby Parlour Creates the Fish and Chips-Flavored Ice Cream

Whitby Parlour Creates the Fish and Chips-Flavored Ice Cream

It combines the cooling effect of ice cream with the delicious taste of the popular dish

Are We Losing Our Humanity?

Are We Losing Our Humanity?

People tend to be more pragmatic and less human

Social Experiment Shows the Importance of Appearances – Video

Social Experiment Shows the Importance of Appearances – Video

People ignore a homeless man who is in need but help another dressed in a nice suit

Cone Snail Venom Used to Create Powerful Painkillers

Cone Snail Venom Used to Create Powerful Painkillers

Scientists have developed an experimental drug capable of alleviating chronic nerve pain

 
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