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Research funding is running out. Yes, you heard it right, government aid is becoming increasingly hard to come by due to economic instability. We are so close to many outstanding breakthroughs in science, but unfortunately, we are strapped! So, what does one man do in order to conduct research on…
If you were to look at the word “fringe” in a dictionary, you would find that one of its definitions is “the outer, marginal, or extreme part of an area, group or sphere of activity”. In science, this would mean to search for what is not commonly acceptable, away from…
Everyone uses every day a number of appliances that have made their life a lot easier. In fact, many of us would not function without them. While we remember and acknowledge the big names of science (Einstein, Maxwell, Faraday, Heisenberg), they actually did not affect our lives in the same way,…
People have been trying to cut down on their transit time to go from one place to another to the least possible since the beginning of time. If it was at all possible to take less than a second to go to the other side of the Earth, people would…
How many times did you have thoughts that you never wanted to share with anyone and have been constantly worried at the thought of someone ever finding out about these thoughts? All of us have been through this process, and the new and improved technologies being developed around the world,…
When you became lost, in years past, the only tools you had to find your way back home, were maps, a compass, or maybe the memory of directions given in haste. Now, there are smartphones, online maps, and even GPS systems to navigate and lead you in the right direction.…
Nikola Tesla is a name that is placed next to Einstein, Maxwell, Faraday, Leibnitz, Ohm, Ampere, and all the other legendary figures of science. But does he deserve to be there, or does he deserve to be on top of them all? It was July 10, 1856, that when he…
The ability to read people’s minds still belongs to science fiction, but, in fact, neuroscience has already taken tangible steps toward making it a reality. Here are some of the recent technological advances that allowed researchers to “crack” the human mind. 1. Extracting words directly from the human brain Neuroscientists…