Science & Tech

Cassini Spacecraft Not Affected by Hypothetical Planet 9

April 8: According to mission managers and orbit determination experts at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the Cassini Spacecraft is not experiencing unexplained deviations in its orbit around Saturn. Several recent news stories have reported that a mysterious anomaly in Cassini’s orbit could potentially be explained by the gravitational tug of a theorized massive new planet […]


Apple watch saved Alberta man’s life, makes international headlines

March 18: A Morinville, Alta., contractor who says his life was saved by a smartwatch, is making headlines the world over. Dennis Anselmo says the high-tech gadget warned him of an impending heart attack. Now, six months since he was released from hospital, dozens of news outlets, including The Sun and The Daily Mirror in Great […]


Zuckerberg’s Run in Beijing’s Toxic Air Stirs Chinese Public

March 18: A photo of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg jogging Friday morning in downtown Beijing’s notorious smog has prompted a torrent of amusing comments and some mockery on Chinese social media. Zuckerberg is a favorite personality among the Chinese public, despite Facebook being banned in the country alongside other overseas social media platforms. He’s also […]


Nike Reveals Self-tying Shoe

March 17: A concept first floated in the 1985 movie Back to the Future is now a reality. In the movie, Marty McFly, played by Michael J. Fox, wore athletic shoes that laced automatically, and this week, shoe manufacturer Nike announced it had made just such a shoe. It’s called HyperAdapt 1.0, and according to […]


Embracing ICT for Disaster Management (Feature)

Narayan Prasad Ghimire / Kathmandu: It has been nearly one year Nepal was struck by the double devastating earthquakes which claimed the lives of nearly 9,000 people and injured nearly 23,000 people, while damaging properties worth hundreds of millions of rupees. People however are gradually back to business despite paucity- tents, makeshift houses, shelters, damaged […]


How a hacker’s typo helped stop a billion dollar bank heist

March 12: A spelling mistake in an online bank transfer instruction helped prevent a nearly $1 billion US heist last month involving the Bangladesh central bank and the New York Fed, banking officials said. Unknown hackers still managed to get away with about $80 million, one of the largest known bank thefts in history. The hackers […]


Apple Accuses US Government of ‘Smear’ Campaign

March 11: Apple has accused the U.S. federal government of intending to ‘smear’ it as the fight over whether it can be forced to help law enforcement access the iPhone owned by San Bernardino gunman Rizwan Farook goes on. “In 30 years of practice I don’t think I’ve seen a legal brief that was more […]


Google wants to be your travel agent

March 11: Google launched a new feature called “Destinations on Google” with hopes that you’ll never have to use another travel search engine again. Destinations works like this: Type the word “destination” or “vacation” after a continent, country, or state you want to visit into Google on your phone. Google will show you a collage […]


Yale Researchers Track How the Brain Routes Visual Signals

March 10 : Newly published research from Yale’s Department of Neuroscience provides some clues to how cells in the visual cortex direct sensory information to different targets throughout the brain. Understanding how the brain manages to process the deluge of information about the outside world has been a daunting challenge. By imaging activity in the […]


Amazon Confirms Encryption Change

March 04: Amazon has removed the ability to encrypt locally stored data on its Fire tablets, saying that customers weren’t using the service. The change comes as Apple squares off against the FBI over access to an encrypted iPhone. Apple says giving the government access would make all other iPhones more vulnerable to hacks. Amazon […]




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