Life HDTV reveals brainy octopus has no personality brightcove.createExperiences(); Video: Tricked octopus I spurn your primitive human technology Octopuses make for discerning TV viewers: it seems they prefer high-definition to traditional cathode ray images (CRT). What's more, the first study using video to trick octopuses, finds that they may be the Jekyll and Hydes of the oceans: aggressive one day, shrinking violets the … 51¶¯Âþ
Earth Stewart Brand: From hippy icon to nuclear enthusiast "Thank goodness the world is chock-full of nuclear weapons" Environmentalist, thinker, mover, shaker. If it was "happening" in the sixties and seventies, Stewart Brand was there. Now he tells Liz Else why green ideology is flawed and nuclear power and slums are good IT IS a civilised plan: an afternoon with futurist, visionary thinker and … Opinion
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The universe is a quantum computer WHAT is the universe made of? Matter or energy? Particles or strings? According to physicist Vlatko Vedral 's appealing new book, it is made, at bottom, of information. In other words, if you break the universe into smaller and smaller pieces, the smallest pieces are, in fact, bits. With this theme in mind, Vedral embarks … Books & Arts
Lies, damn lies and children's books Lies, damn lies and children's books INITIALLY, Richard Mallett was excited to be told that there is a new magazine for children on sale in the UK, called How It Works . But then he read the sample article on the flyer, entitled "Eco bulbs, money saver?". This unexpectedly veers off into fundamental – and … Regulars