Napoleon was by no means an angel. But to contrast him with Hitler is inaccurate. These two individuals were very dissimilar, as anyone who takes history seriously would attest. The Napoleonic wars, which resulted in millions of deaths and widespread destruction, were obviously dreadful. And Napoleon has a big portion of the blame. Several of…
Biomedical and electrical engineers at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) have developed a new technique for detecting neural activity without the need of electricity, which might completely rethink medical technology like brain-machine interfaces and nerve-operated prosthetics. The multidisciplinary team recently demonstrated in the lab what it had already theoretically demonstrated just before the…
In order to maximize the sun’s energy output, a new solar power plant prototype is tracking its movements as it bobs above a sizable lake in southwest Netherlands. The artificial island, named Proteus after the Greek sea god, is a 38-meter-wide circular system made of 180 interconnected modular panels that, according to BBC News report,…
More than 2,500 endangered Caspian seal corpses were discovered on a beach in southern Russia on Sunday. Scientists claim the animals perished due to “natural reasons,” but environmental watchdogs blame natural gas pollution. The Caspian Environmental Protection Center’s Zaur Gapizov told The Associated Press that the seals most likely passed away a few weeks ago…
Someone who hid 44 gold pieces in a wall in the seventh century may have hoped to return and discover their treasure one day. Instead, the coins were discovered almost 1,400 years later by Israeli archaeologists, who welcomed the find as a rare peek into an ancient past during a time of violent invasion. The…
