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March 20, 2014

Twitter Turns 8!: Site reveals celebs’ first (uninspiring) tweets –and lets users see their own first effort

On March 21, 2006, Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey wrote, “Just setting up my twtr” — the first tweet ever. It’s been eight years since the ‘blue bird’ first entered our lives! “In 2006, people began to say a little something on Twitter through 140-character bursts of plain text. Eight years later, all of you have

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Night-Vision Contact Lenses That Use Infrared Technology May Be Out Soon, Researchers Say

Those night-vision devices used by hunters and soldiers may soon get a lot smaller — small enough, in fact, to be built right in to contact lenses. That’s the word from University of Michigan researchers, who say they’ve created the first-ever full-spectrum infrared light detector that works at room temperature. Conventional night-vision devices require bulky

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Who’s Afraid Of Maths? Study Explains Why Some People Just Can’t Stand Mathematics

Your maths-related anxiety may not be solely attributed to that one year in school when your teacher forced you to recite the seven-times tables in front of the class. A new study suggests your genes could play a role, too. Researchers from The Ohio State University found that genetic factors could play some role in

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