ScienceBiscuit
In the wake of news that the boss of Track and Trace, Dido Harding, has been ordered by her own app to ‘self-isolate’, comes the reassurance that the program central to regulating coronavirus transmission will now be run by a matrix sign on the M62, [read...]
At a recent specially convened international conference, leading mathematicians, statisticians, linguists, dictionary publishers and professional footballers have agreed that in todays modern, fast-moving progressive world it is no longer acceptable to try to cling on to old-fashioned and outdated ideas of what words mean. [read...]
‘For decades we’ve taken Schrodinger’s cat thought experiment at face value; that superposition exists because the cat can be alive or dead at the same time,’ said a researcher today. ‘However for various reasons, probably ethical I guess, [read...]
Mankind has been saved from cyborg assassins from 2029, by the last defence of humanity – a vaguely fuzzy image. Admitted one such Terminator: ‘We had plans to enslave mankind, but we were completely flummoxed by being asked to decipher your fiendishly complex mix of fonts’. [read...]
As the UK prepares to leave the EU it also has to consider how it will cope without access to the EU satellite navigation system it currently enjoys. ‘Sat Nav is useful,’ agreed a government minister, [read...]
