Howard Carter, the Man Who Broke a Curse and Transported Tutankhamen to the Modern Age

January 22, 2018

Tutankhamen was an ancient obscure boy-king who sat friendless for 3,245 years. That was until one morning in 1922, when Howard Carter knocked on his door. A sunken staircase, an undiscovered tomb, and the sarcophagus of a pharaoh who died over 3,000 years earlier. When Howard Carter made his astonishing discovery in the early 1920s, it really fired up ... Read the full article

Unlimited Knowledge Merely a Chip in the Brain Away

December 10, 2017 on Featured, Residents, Science by TBS Newsbot

Knowledge, as the tired aphorism wheezes, is power. Leaping on that thought is a startup that looks to implant an unlimited amount in your brain. Could be handy.

Phone Is Where the Heart Is: How Science Hopes to Make Your Devices Even Safer

October 27, 2017 on Featured, Residents, Science by Gordon Smith

As it stands, we have a great fear of allowing our devices more access to parts of our body. However, that’s not cool, as they’re here to worm their way into our hearts. Literally.

Science Proves Why People on Social Media Ignore Facts

September 30, 2017 on Featured, Residents, Science by Gordon Smith

We’ve all got a certain point in internet arguments where we wonder how people can cling to such obviously false facts. Well, turns out there’s a science to it.

Study: Why You Can Only Tell a Photo Is Fake 60% of the Time

September 2, 2017 on Featured, Residents, Science by Gordon Smith

A pioneering study has highlighted our inability to detect fake images. In fact, the way that our mind is wired, we manipulate our memories to fit an image, even if that image is bogus.

Feel Like You’ve Never Got Any Free Time? You May Be Right

August 13, 2017 on Featured, My take on ..., Residents, Science, The Big Smoke Arena by Gordon Smith

A pioneering mind from NYU has decided to locate our missing free time. Compared to ten years ago, we have a lot less of it.

Scientists Crack Gene Editing Code, Solve Hereditary Disease

August 3, 2017 on Featured, Residents, Science by TBS Newsbot

Through the medium of gene editing, a group of scientists have made a breakthrough which would see the end of hereditary disease. Actual whoa.

Study: Drink Enough Coffee, Become Immortal

July 23, 2017 on Featured, Residents, Science by TBS Likes ...

As coffee drinkers often espouse, they need it to live. But according to the findings of a new study, it also reduces the overall chances of death.

Study: Prolonged Sitting Results in Prolonged Death

June 30, 2017 on Featured, Residents, Science by Mark Thompson

According to a recent study, the longer you sit behind a desk, the quicker death will come to you. Nihilists aside, this is troubling. But will we change? No.

Sci-gasm Podcast: A Beer with Physicist Lawrence Krauss

June 12, 2017 on Featured, Residents, Science by Sci-gasm Podcast

Noted everything Lawrence Krauss shares an ale with the Sci-gasm lads this week to opine on the mysteries of the universe. And Star Trek.