An anonymous reader quotes a report from BBC: The Scottish government has outlined a new target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 66% by 2032. Climate Change Secretary Roseanna Cunningham set out the government’s draft climate change plan for the…
Neuroscience Can't Explain How a Microprocessor Works
mspohr writes: The Economist has an interesting story about two neuroscientists/engineers — Eric Jonas of the University of California, Berkeley, and Konrad Kording of Northwestern University, in Chicago — who decided to test the methods of neuroscience using a 6502…
3D TV Is Dead
While Samsung dropped 3D support in 2016, LG and Sony — the last two major TV makers to support the 3D feature in their TVs — will stop doing so in 2017. None of their TVs, including the high-end OLED…
Galileo Satellites Are Experiencing Multiple Clock Failures
elgatozorbas writes: According to a BBC article, the onboard atomic clocks that drive the satellite-navigation signals on Europe’s Galileo network have been failing at an alarming rate. From the report: “Across the 18 satellites now in orbit, nine clocks have…
Star Trek Discovery Gets Delayed Again As Spock's Father Is Cast
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Hollywood Reporter: CBS All Access’ Star Trek: Discovery has been delayed again as the series continues casting. The revival for the streaming platform has cast James Frain as Spock’s father, producer CBS Television…