Underground worm a goldmine for astrobiology

A team of geoscientists have discovered a breed of tiny worms living around a mile below the surface of the earth. It’s already sparking speculation that this could show another way life might be able to exist on other planets. The Halicephalobus mephisto worm was discovered in a South African gold mine. It’s barely one-fiftieth […]



Cisco predicts the zettabyte era; Elvis offers doubt

According to Cisco there’ll be an average of two internet connected devices per person by 2015. The company also believes there’ll be almost three billion internet users by that date. The stats are part of the company’s latest “Visual Networking Index” forecast, which aims to predict future net use and its contributing factors. The headline […]



NASA plays Mythbusters: Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity? CONFIRMED

When Einstein published his General Theory Of Relativity in 1916, there were a few minor technical issues with checking that his ideas about the effects of gravity upon spacetime were accuratel. Chief among them was that man was still four decades from getting an object into orbit. Now, though, NASA has announced the results of […]