Science & Technology

#Saudi Arabia world’s 2nd most Twitter-happy nation

Saudi Arabia currently ranks second among the world’s fastest growing countries on Twitter, with a 42-percent increase in the number of account holders after Indonesia, which rose to 44 percent...

Love your solitude? Being alone can kill you

Wednesday 10 April 2013

WASHINGTON: Feeling lonely won’t kill you. Actually being alone might.

‘Don’t despair, repair’ — keeping electronics in austerity Britain

Wednesday 10 April 2013

An innovative project in London is helping people to prolong the life of their electronic devices by repairing them and encouraging others to do learn to do the same.

Telemedicine makes advances, all the way to Antarctica

Tuesday 9 April 2013

When the doctors at University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) are reading an ultrasound, examining an X-ray or evaluating an echocardiogram, the patient they are treatin

To crack human brain’s code, a search for visionaries

Monday 8 April 2013

To crack the code of the human brain, Cori Bargmann figures it’s best to keep an open mind.

Facebook spoiling 78% of Saudi secondary students

Sunday 7 April 2013

Facebook had a negative effect on the academic performance of 78 percent of Saudi secondary school students, said a recent survey conducted by Musaed bin Hamdan Al-Sharari, a Saudi student of Jorda

Scientists in Japan can ‘read’ dreams

Saturday 6 April 2013

TOKYO: Scientists in Japan said yesterday they had found a way to “read” people’s dreams, using MRI scanners to unlock some of the secrets of the unconscious mind.

Panda-mating a bust, science takes over

Monday 1 April 2013

After determining that “no competent breeding” had occurred Friday between giant pandas Mei Xiang and Tian Tian, despite the two having been left alone toget