The way this is usually presented is - that we can simulate physics on a computer. So what is to stop us eventually simulating your whole body including your brain? And if so, is it not just a matter…

The brain is based on physics, and we can simulate physics on a computer, so what is to stop us eventually simulating human beings in a computer, your whole body including your brain? Many…

Villa Bajo Flores in Buenos Aires. Roy Maconachie, CC BY-SA By Séverine Deneulin, University of Bath and Roy Maconachie, University of Bath In recent years, many films have portrayed the landscape of…

Improved behavior and learning in the classroom by primary school students can be achieved in just for minutes according to new research by Brendon Gurd.  Since the education industry needs to…

A study that collected sea lion fecal samples and mussels from the ocean near the mouths of rivers as well as from the shore near sea lion haul-out sites along the central coast of California found…

An active region on the sun labeled AR 12192 rotated into view on Oct. 18th. It was already an area of intense and complex magnetic fields and soon grew into the largest such region in 24 years. It…

The IPCC is clear on the dangers of fossil fuels. Pete Markham, CC BY-SA By Simon Buckle, Imperial College London The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is set to publish the “synthesis…

Chocolate as brain food? Credit: John Loo/Flickr By Meredith Knight, Genetic Literacy Project Scanning headlines last week, one may have been persuaded that chocolate consumption preserves and…

NASA’s Wallops Incident Response Team has completed an initial assessment of Wallops Island, Virginia, following the explosion of Orbital’s Antares rocket shortly after liftoff at 6:22 p.m. EDT…

We should know by now - don't click that link. Bill Buchanan, Author provided By Bill Buchanan, Edinburgh Napier University A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. Computer security relies on…