Robot passes self-awareness test
Reports out of New York say that a robot has passed the classic King’s Wise Men puzzle, which serves as a test of self-awareness. The original puzzle goes: ‘The King called the three wisest men in the...
View ArticleHow are drones redefining marine mammal research in the UK?
Drones are an emerging technology within marine mammal research and are helping researchers to ID and assess fitness of individuals in the field at a low cost. Quiet and high flying, the drones avoid...
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Establishing the world’s biggest marine reserve
Coral reefs are built by fascinating marine invertebrates that produce calcium carbonate and form many compact colonies in the shallow waters of tropical oceans. They are often called the ‘rainforests...
View ArticleAre drones redeifining marine mammal research in the UK?
Drones are an emerging technology within marine mammal research and are helping researchers to ID and assess fitness of individuals in the field at a low cost. Quiet and highflying, the drones avoid...
View ArticleEuropean Commission Launch ‘Science4Refugees’ scheme
2015 has seen the largest movement of people in Europe since the Second World War. More than 500,000 refugees from countries such as Syria, Afghanistan, Somalia, Iraq, and many others, have entered the...
View ArticleNobel prize winners
Physiology or Medicine: William C. Campbell and Satoshi Ōmura. A new drug, Avermectin, has been developed. This drug is helping humanity to dramatically reduce the occurrences of some of the world’s...
View ArticleNew species of human found
Scientists have recently discovered a new species of human, Homo naledi, or at least they think they have. In September earlier this year, 15 partially complete skeletons of varying ages, ranging from...
View ArticleFlowing water on Mars
Scientists have recently discovered the existence of flowing water on Mars. It’s been known for some time that flowing water did once occur on the red planet’s surface. A raft of geological evidence...
View ArticleCrumbling Chernobyl
Nearly 30 years ago, reactor four of Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded, sending vast amounts of radiation into the atmosphere. However, this disaster is rearing its ugly head once more. Soon after...
View ArticleLED Lights and Marine Ecosystems
Light is a factor that influences marine organisms in a multitude of ways. A recent surge in LED lighting to be used at coastal residential sites and industrial areas (oil rigs) is illuminating marine...
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Watch Live: British Astronaut Tim Peake Begins Spacewalk
Briton Tim Peake and American Tim Kopra have just embarked on a six-and-a-half hour spacewalk. Although not the first Briton to carry out a spacewalk (the first was Michael Foale in 1995), Tim Peake is...
View ArticleNorth Korea Launches Long Range Rocket
“Destabilising and provocative” says the United States as reports from state-run North Korean TV claim that, at 9.09am on Sunday the 7th of Feburary, Kim Jong-un’s nation successfully launched a...
View ArticleWhat Would a Brexit Mean for UK Science?
In the Conservative’s 2015 manifesto, it was stated that a referendum on Britain’s EU membership would be held sometime before 2017. With this referendum looming it’s important to take note of the...
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Fancy a Job? Graduate Employment Tips From Natural Resources Wales’ Dr....
Dr. Catherine Duigan currently works for Natural Resources Wales, which was formed in 2013 by the merging of the Environment Agency Wales, the Forestry Commission and the Countryside Council for Wales...
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Interview: Dr. Paul Cross
Dr. Paul Cross is a senior lecturer at Bangor University and has studied a wide range of topics from illegal drug use to zoonotic disease. A few days ago I met with Paul to discuss the importance of...
View ArticleNobel prize winners
Physiology or Medicine: William C. Campbell and Satoshi Ōmura. A new drug, Avermectin, has been developed. This drug is helping humanity to dramatically reduce the occurrences of some of the world’s...
View ArticleNew species of human found
Scientists have recently discovered a new species of human, Homo naledi, or at least they think they have. In September earlier this year, 15 partially complete skeletons of varying ages, ranging from...
View ArticleFlowing water on Mars
Scientists have recently discovered the existence of flowing water on Mars. It’s been known for some time that flowing water did once occur on the red planet’s surface. A raft of geological evidence...
View ArticleCrumbling Chernobyl
Nearly 30 years ago, reactor four of Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded, sending vast amounts of radiation into the atmosphere. However, this disaster is rearing its ugly head once more. Soon after...
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