They would travel trillions of miles; far further than any previous craft. A $100m (£70m) research programme to develop the computer chip-sized “starships” was launched by the bi... Read more
Two astronomers at Columbia University in New York suggest humanity could use lasers to conceal the Earth from searches by advanced extraterrestrial civilisations. Professor David Kipping an... Read more
Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking, along with hundreds of artificial intelligence researchers and experts, are calling for a worldwide ban on so-called autonomous weapons, warning that they coul... Read more
A bold new programme financed by a Silicon Valley tycoon will revitalise the hunt for alien civilisations IN 1959 a young astronomer called Frank Drake was working at the Green Bank radio ob... Read more
There is no shortage of angst about the relentless advance of digital technology and what it means for the work force, if not humanity. Dire warnings have come from no less than Elon Musk, S... Read more
The speech rate of Cambridge scientist Professor Stephen Hawking has doubled and his productivity increased ten-fold because of new technology. Prof Hawking has revealed how tech giant Intel... Read more
Prof Stephen Hawking, one of Britain’s pre-eminent scientists, has said that efforts to create thinking machines pose a threat to our very existence. He told the BBC:”The develop... Read more
Paralysis sufferers could learn to talk again after scientists discovered how the brain allows us to pronounce vowels, claims research. Physicist Stephen Hawking, who suffers from motor neur... Read more
The iBrain is part of a new generation of portable neural devices Already surrounded by machines that allow him, painstakingly, to communicate, the physicist Stephen Hawking last summer donn... Read more
Lenovo And YouTube Announce Space Lab When I was just a wee pupil, an excellent science fair project didn’t get you much. At best, you walked away with a blue ribbon and the satisfaction of... Read more
This innovator wants to be socially relevant In his Geography class, Mukul’s teacher quizzes him about Australia. Aided by his Tablet device, Mukul, who studies in Class VII at the Spa... Read more
Image via Wikipedia Celebrated Astrophysicist Stephen Hawking has selected and is using NeoSpeech’s Text-to-Speech engine, VoiceText, as his new voice. VoiceText is integrated into Dr.... Read more