Life Interspecies telepathy: human thoughts make rat move brightcove.createExperiences(); Video: Human moves rat tail using thoughts alone Telepathic control of another person's body is a small step closer. By linking the technologies of two brain/computer interfaces, human volunteers were able to trigger movement in a rat's tail using their minds. Recently, researchers linked the brains of two rats so that they worked together … 51¶¯Âþ
Technology Satellites could be targeted to stop cyberattacks "If a cyber operation causes significant damage you have the right to defend yourself with military force" Michael Schmitt , lead author of a new NATO manual, reveals how international law applies to cyberattacks and when an armed response is legitimate The internet is 30 years old. Why has it taken so long to examine … Opinion
Technology Map of the internet could make it stronger The most comprehensive maps yet of the the internet's infrastructure could help shore it up against disasters and sabotage 51¶¯Âþ
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Enigma Number 1744 Clive's number In a new design of cellphone, each of the number keys 1 to 9 is associated with two or three letters of the alphabet. Predictive text software chooses letters for you as you type. The letters are not in the usual alphabetic order and there are no letters on the zero button. The … Regulars
Environment Feedback: Conspiranoid swapshop Conspiranoid swapshop CONSPIRACY theories and delusional systems, Feedback has long observed, are as prone to fashion as are... clothes. We recall receiving, back in the days when we started out in journalism, an inch-thick wodge of mostly illegible 10th-generation photocopies purporting to show that Marilyn Monroe had been assassinated by gangsters working for the CIA … Regulars