(Natural News) There is no such thing as privacy with Facebook. All the data that’s shared openly by Facebook users,  including pictures, connections, interests, comments, likes, and personal information is readily compiled and analyzed by algorithms to map out and predict who you are, where you go, what you’ll buy, and much more. Naïve Facebook users […]

(Natural News) From littering walkways and streets to illuminating them, dog poop may soon be fueling streetlamps across the United Kingdom. That’s already happening in Malvern Hills, an iconic landscape in England and home of the United Kingdom’s first dog poop-powered street lamp. The brainchild of Brian Harper, a member of the environmental group Transition […]

(Natural News) If you like body art, but you aren’t quite committed to having a tattoo, this may be the next best thing: Engineers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a 3-D printing technique that uses ink from “genetically programmed living cells” to create temporary “living tattoos.” These tattoos can be attached […]

(Natural News) Scientists from The Ohio State University are collaborating with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to assess the dangers posed by “drones that share airspace with planes.” The collaboration is part of a multi-institution study on unmanned aerial systems. In November, a research team from the Alliance for System Safety of UAS through Research Excellence (ASSURE) published […]

(Natural News) A technology that can 4D print body organs may become a reality in the near future. A team of scientists from the University of Alberta in Canada developed a technique that may pioneer the engineering of human organs. This technique they developed could allow scientists to produce products that also have a biological […]

(Natural News) Voice security systems are becoming increasingly common as authentication and security features. Part of this growing usage are the efforts to develop new protective techniques. So far, scientists have been able to keep voice security systems from being fooled by enterprising individuals armed with voice conversion and speech synthesis technology. As a new […]

(Natural News) As their name defines their work, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) monitors space, searching for signs of life on other planets (in other galaxies), and discovers something new about our universe daily. But did you know that this agency also helps scientists understand our own planet? With high-tech satellites that capture […]

(Natural News) While solar energy is a clean source of energy, not everyone can afford the often expensive installation costs. Now, a recent article has revealed that we might soon be able to harness solar energy from hot pavements. Samer Dessouky, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at The University of Texas at San […]

(Natural News) In the 1980s science fiction classic Blade Runner, there exist human-looking robots known as replicants. These fictional biorobotic androids seem human on the surface yet possess strength, agility, speed, and resilience superior to ours. They’re also what many of us imagine the robots of the future will look like — as human as […]

(Natural News) If you don’t feel like waiting in line for hours just to buy holiday gifts, you’re probably considering doing some online shopping instead. But before you buy anything online, check out this list of five tips to help you avoid online scams. More than a quarter of online scams in the U.K. happen right […]