Science
AUC alumni claim world record for fastest growing FB group
May 5, 2016
AUC alumni claim world record for fastest growing FB group
Five days after it was started, a Facebook page centered around the American University in Cairo (AUC) named “WhatsUp in…
Samsung’s sound idea for helping premature babies
May 4, 2016
Samsung’s sound idea for helping premature babies
Korean smartphone maker Samsung is developing an app called Voices of Life that could help premature babies develop while in…
Autonomous cars will need to win drivers’ trust
May 4, 2016
Autonomous cars will need to win drivers’ trust
Consumers are ready for the extra safety that self-driving technologies will bring to the average automobile, but as a new…
Get your books — and restaurant delivery — from Amazon
May 3, 2016
Get your books — and restaurant delivery — from Amazon
San Franciscans can now choose from over 115 local restaurants and have their meals delivered within an hour by Amazon…
Sting like a bee: alternative therapy in Gaza
May 3, 2016
Sting like a bee: alternative therapy in Gaza
Rateb Samour sees 250 patients a day whose complaints range from hair loss to cerebral palsy and cancer. But he…
Apple Music for Android now plays music videos
May 3, 2016
Apple Music for Android now plays music videos
Apple is rolling out an update to its android version of Apple Music, in which the app receives support for…
Google is beta-testing a new travel app
April 30, 2016
Google is beta-testing a new travel app
Trips, reports the Dutch site Androidworld, is an app that organizes all of the user's travel information into bundles that…
Study shows worsening depression may be dementia cue
April 30, 2016
Study shows worsening depression may be dementia cue
People over 54 who suffer from steadily-worsening depression may run a higher risk of developing dementia, according to new research…
Large parts of Great Barrier Reef ‘dead in 20 years’
April 29, 2016
Large parts of Great Barrier Reef ‘dead in 20 years’
Large parts of Australia's Great Barrier Reef could be dead within 20 years as climate change drives mass coral bleaching,…
Antibody shields monkeys from ‘HIV’ for months
April 29, 2016
Antibody shields monkeys from ‘HIV’ for months
Just one shot of a lab-produced antibody protected macaques against a sort of monkey HIV for nearly six months, said…