June 25: A photo circulating online of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s personal laptop has ignited a conversation about data security, and how people can protect themselves against hackers. The photo shows a smiling Zuckerberg sitting next to his laptop. But the curious thing is that his computer’s camera and microphone are covered with tape. Tape? […]
Jonathan Amos / June 24: The zero-fuel aeroplane, Solar Impulse, has touched down in Spain, completing the 70-hour Atlantic leg of its historic bid to circle the globe. The landing in Seville marked the end of the 15th stage of Solar Impulse’s journey. Pilot Bertrand Piccard made swift progress over the ocean after leaving New […]
June 24 : Images from NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft reveal an unusual canyon system that’s far longer and deeper than the Grand Canyon. The inset above magnifies a portion of the eastern limb in the global view of Charon at left, imaged by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft several hours before its closest approach on July […]
June 18: Tired of your typical office meetings and generic “thank you” notes? Microsoft and Starbucks are joining forces to boost your inbox with a caffeine jolt. A plugin released on Wednesday allows Microsoft Outlook users to email Starbucks electronic gift cards and to set up meetings at nearby Starbucks locations. The Starbucks for Outlook […]
By Bob McDonald / June 17: The World Hydrogen Energy Conference was held in Zaragoza, Spain this week. Delegates from 50 countries, including Canada, attended; many countries are moving ahead with clean hydrogen energy, while others are lagging behind. Canada is a pioneer in hydrogen energy development, but much more must be done for it […]
June 17: The U.S. and Norway have agreed to work more closely together to fight deforestation and global warming, which is progressing so rapidly that every minute, forested land on Earth shrinks by an amount nearly as large as 50 football fields. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry signed a joint statement on preserving the […]
June 17: A team of astronomers reveals that there are far more planets of the hot Jupiter type than expected in star cluster Messier 67. The surprising discovery was obtained using a number of telescopes and instruments, among them the HARPS spectrograph at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile. The denser environment in a cluster […]
June 11: China is planning to build a deep sea lab to look for minerals under the sea bed. According to a proposal presented by the Chinese Science Ministry, the lab will be placed about 3,000 meters deep and provide long-time living and working space for scientists looking for sources of oil, natural gas and […]
June 11: Twitter has locked some accounts following reports that log-in details for millions of users were on sale. On Thursday reports surfaced that a Russian hacker called Tessa88 was asking for 10 bitcoins (£4,000) for access to a list of 32 million names. In a blogpost, Twitter said it was confident that the data […]
June 11: New research on young (T-Tauri) stars in the Chamaeleon and Rho Ophiuchus star-forming regions has determined their ages as being between about five – six million years old, as well as determining other properties. A newborn star typically goes through four stages of adolescence. It begins life as a protostar still enshrouded in […]
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