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Tech/Sci
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Do Single People Have Better Sex Lives Than Couples?
11 Aug 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
As an interesting side note, it was found that divorced people tend to have more sex on average than both married and single people. Make with that info what you will…
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Virgin Galactic’s First Space Tourists Blast Off [Video]
11 Aug 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
This first private customer flight had been delayed for years; its success means Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic can now start offering monthly rides, joining Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin and Elon Musk’s SpaceX in the space tourism business.
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Smart Local Businesses Can Save Big Time By Hiring Tech
10 Aug 2023 by Maya-Rose Torrao / No Comments
By adopting rentals, businesses evade the perils of depreciation and technological obsolescence.
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Supermarket AI Meal Planning App Suggests Recipe That Creates Chlorine Gas: ‘Serve Chilled And Enjoy The Refreshing Fragrance”
10 Aug 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
“Chlorine gas – the perfect aromatic water mix to quench your thirst and refresh your senses. Serve chilled and enjoy the refreshing fragrance.” Should pair well with ant-poison and glue sandwiches and turpentine-flavoured french toast…
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Sweet But Terrifying: Crocodiles Found To Respond To Human Baby Cries
10 Aug 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
Results published by a team of bioacoustics researchers at the University of Saint-Etienne in France, have shown that crocodiles respond ‘immediately’ to the sound of babies crying, and it’s as unsettling as it is sweet (kinda).
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The Co-Founder Of OceanGate Wants To Send People To Venus By 2050 [Video]
08 Aug 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
It’s like the guy went looking for the next most inhospitable environment he could find after the crushing catastrophe that was the Titan submersible.
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Scientist Explains What Really Happens When You Die In Outer Space
08 Aug 2023 by Maya-Rose Torrao / No Comments
About 30 astronauts and cosmonauts have died while training for or attempting dangerous space missions. But the vast majority of these deaths occurred either on the ground or in Earth’s atmosphere.
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Bad News For South African Internet Users After Undersea Cable Break
08 Aug 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
In total, there are hundreds of thousands of kilometers of cable that can lie 8000 metres below the surface—as deep as Mount Everest is tall. So it’s not just a case of popping down to the seafloor to replace a section.
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Russia Is Returning To The Moon For The First Time In Five Decades As Space Race Heats Up
08 Aug 2023 by Maya-Rose Torrao / No Comments
Perhaps we should be grateful that Putin has his eyes cast to the heavens as opposed to our own coasts.
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Your Gmail Inbox Could Be Shut Down Unless You Follow New Google Rules
07 Aug 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
It sounds pretty scary but there is a very easy way to stop it from happening – just use your account and it will stay safe. Even if you rarely use your Gmail or Photos account, just log in, check an image, or send a few messages and things won’t get deleted.
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Elon Musk Says He’ll Pay Legal Fees For Your Risky Posts And Likes
07 Aug 2023 by Maya-Rose Torrao / No Comments
It seems like the one thing Musk can offer his followers on X is dollah-dollah bills, so he’ll take his chances. Let’s see if the tech-bro actually forks out for the legal aid, or if he gets distracted by yet more social media shenanigans.
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Angry Pilot Charts Penis-Shaped Flight Path After Diversion Order
04 Aug 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
This is not the first time that a pilot has drawn a rude shape in the sky. All kinds of aeroplanes from commercial flights to military aircraft have been caught tracing naughty patterns.
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Enormous Structure Found Hiding Under The Surface Of The Moon
04 Aug 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
Planetary scientists discovered a structure that weighs approximately 2.18 billion billion kilograms, and stretches for more than 300 kilometers in depth.
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UK Launches Drone Postal Delivery Service
03 Aug 2023 by Maya-Rose Torrao / No Comments
The plan is to send postal packages from the UK’s Kirkwall delivery office via drone flight to remote areas. From there, postal workers will embark on their delivery routes as usual.
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Are Autonomous Cargo Ships The Future Of Maritime Shipping?
03 Aug 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
Trade across the oceans is one of the oldest forms of commerce, so it’s only natural that it would be in need of an AI overhaul. With this in mind, Rolls Royce recently released its view of what autonomous shipping would look like, calling it “the next step.”
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Twice In A Blue Moon: Rare Supermoons Light Up The Sky This Month[Video]
02 Aug 2023 by Maya-Rose Torrao / No Comments
Last night the sky was adorned with a ‘Sturgeon Moon’ supermoon, which was visible across the world including South Africa. This is just the beginning: we can expect another one on 30 August to end off the month’s sky-show.
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NASA Loses Contact With Voyager 2 Probe After Sending Wrong Command
01 Aug 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
Since 21 July, the pioneering probe has been unable to receive commands or send back data to Nasa’s Deep Space Network – an array of giant radio antennae across the world – and the spacecraft is not receiving commands from ground controllers.
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Parents Are Using Apple Airtags To Keep Track Of Their Kids, And To Hopefully Give Them More Freedom
01 Aug 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
For some, this might give comfort and lessen the paranoia in a seemingly ever-hostile world. For others, it reeks of George Orwell. Both may just have a point.
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Premier Winde Warns Capetonians Of Severe Load Shedding To Come
01 Aug 2023 by Maya-Rose Torrao / No Comments
Thanks are due to Mr Premier for warning Cape Town citizens, but it’s hard to feel optimistic when we’re facing the darkest nights before the dawn.
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The Artist Formerly Known As Kanye West Is Back On The Platform Formerly Known As Twitter
31 Jul 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
X let Ye back in. If you’re not up to date with the plethora of name-changes to floundering careers and teetering tech giants, this simply means that Kanye West has been allowed back into the echo chamber that was once called Twitter, but now just marks the spot where jobs were buried.
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California Officials Uncover Dodgy Lab Filled With Infectious Bioengineered Mice
31 Jul 2023 by Maya-Rose Torrao / No Comments
Among the items found in the dodgy illegal lab were one thousand bioengineered mice, of which about two hundred were dead and the rest carrying an assortment of contagious infections.
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Beyond The Ship Graveyard – How Old Ships Are Turned Into Floating Shelters, Hotels And Artificial Reefs
31 Jul 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
Every year, retired cruise ships and bulk carriers are sold to ship-breaking yards in Turkey and India where thousands of workers painstakingly cut up the massive vessels and sell their parts for scrap.
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All Eyes On The AI Orbs Taking Snapshots Of Your Iris
31 Jul 2023 by Maya-Rose Torrao / No Comments
Apparently the goal is to use the iris-scanning devices to create a global financial network in which users’ ‘humanness’ can be verified with one glance.
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Must Watch: James Webb Space Telescope Docuseries On Netflix Shoots For The Stars [Video]
31 Jul 2023 by Maya-Rose Torrao / No Comments
If you’re a fellow space-geek, the four-part Netflix docuseries Unknown: Cosmic Time Machine should be entering your personal orbit.
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The Dutch Are Looking To An Extinct Volcano To Warm Their Homes
31 Jul 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
You can always rely on the Dutch to come up with clever ideas. Perhaps living below sea level has instilled a respect for the fragility of our species, but they seem to be ahead of the curve when it comes to sustainability.
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Waters Off Florida Coast Apparently ‘Boiling Like A Hot Tub’ [Video]
28 Jul 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
Scientists have recorded sea temperatures of 37.8°C for two days in a row off the coast of Florida this month, and they are now wondering if this is the hottest seawater ever recorded.
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Miss World SA Vice President Caught Up In Alleged AI Generated Racist Row
27 Jul 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
The clip that allegedly features Botha making racist remarks about shoppers at a mall has raised the cackles of Azapo deputy president, Kekeletso Khena, but Botha denies the recording, saying that it is AI-generated.
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This Stellar Attachable Telescope Allows Anyone With A Smartphone To Partake In Astrophotography
26 Jul 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
Have you ever looked at the wonders of the James Webb Space Telescope and thought, ‘I wish I could do that’?
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Guys Are Drooling Over This Influencer On Social Media – But She’s Not Real [Images]
26 Jul 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
Her thirsty male followers compliment everything about her, including her smile, her dress, the bikini she’s in, and her “wonderful lovely sexy elegant legs”.
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[Updated] Anyone Notice The Submarine Surfacing In Hout Bay On Monday? And Why Were They Having A Braai On Board? [Pics & Video]
25 Jul 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
The fact that they were braaiing means it’s likely a South African vessel, but with dodgy Russian ships loading and offloading something in the night, and the SA Armed Forces apparently not being able to keep a canteen running, we can be forgiven for being curious.
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