17/06/2015

Science in silos isn't such a bad thing

Nearly all management speeches within academia champion interdisciplinary research. They talk about the importance of dismantling "silos" and getting people to work together.

Book explores innovations of modern Japanese home design

Challenged to build homes that create a feeling of light, space and tranquility in some of the world's most densely populated areas, Japanese architects have had no choice but to think outside the box. Literally.

Scale-free networking gives humans a competitive edge

Humans arrange themselves into scale-free networks to give themselves a competitive edge according to research published this month in Nature's Scientific Reports. The work conducted by University of Sydney researchers expands ...

In the event of robot apocalypse, just wait for a system crash

Do you find yourself worried by the implications of Humans, Channel 4's new drama about the exploits of near-human intelligent robots? Have you ever fretted over the apocalyptic warnings of Stephen Hawking and Elon Musk about ...

Image: Tropical Storm Bill from the International Space Station

NASA astronaut Scott Kelly (@StationCDRKelly), currently on a one-year mission to the International Space Station, took this photograph of Tropical Storm Bill in the Gulf of Mexico as it approached the coast of Texas, on ...

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