Last night’s #DimblebyLecture was from digital pioneer, baroness Martha Lane Fox who proposed creating a new institution to make Britain the most digital nation on the planet. Her lecture focused …
ESA Rosetta Philea lands on Comet!
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Philae lander from the Rosetta space mission has finally landed on the P67 Comet a few minutes ago! Amazing! #67P at 08:21 UT during #CometLanding …
BBC Radio 4’s Archive on 4 – The Sound of Sport
When we think of the sound of sport on TV or radio, it’s generally commentary. But what’s around the commentary? Broadcast sport would be nothing without the crowds, the kicks, the …
The human & dog genome project leads to identification of epilepsy gene
A BBC article, which references a Science Magazine journal, comments on how a faulty gene in dogs has been identified as that which causes epilepsy in dogs. The identified gene …
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy on BBC Radio 4
The new series of Douglas Adams Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by will be airing on BBC Radio 4 this coming Tuesday.
Researchers re-grow optic nerves
Researchers at the Harvard Medical School, have published a paper in the Journal of Neuroscience, that describes the regeneration of optic nerves. Although the research describes the enhancing and reproduction …
Digital Cameras are making us better photographers
A BBC technology article looks at some of the reasons why Digital Photography is making us better photographers and could be an end of film. Personally, I hope that digital …
Go Digital on the BBC World Service
I was up late listening to ABC News Radio and I came across the BBC World Service programme Go Digital with presenter Tracey Logan. The programme is quite interesting, covering …
Cell transplant restores vision
BBC World reports on a stem cell transplant that has given vision back to a blind man. The operation transplanted corneal (part of the eye that covers the iris and …
Scientists complete the Human genome
Scientists have finally completed the Human Genome (also known as the genetic blueprint) three years after a working draft was completed and 2 years ahead of it predicted schedule. BBC …
David Attenborough presents The Life of Mammals
The Big Picture on ABC tonight presents the BBC David Attenborough documentary The Life of Mammals. The documentary will look at mammals from the tiny pygmy shrew to the enormous …
Computer virus which disguises itself as a Link
A new computer virus is the first to disguise itself as a link using the .com extension in an attempt to fool users to open it. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech
The combat against biological warfare
Interesting article on the combat against biological warfare, as state-of-the-art UK laboratory produces tens of thousands of doses of anthrax vaccine. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health