Peter Farquhar
The Chainsaw
Australia
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The letter in which Albert Einstein disses the concept of God as a 'human weakness' just sold for $4 million
What did one of the most brilliant men who ever lived think of the concept of God? Not much. → Read More
After one year in Australia, these are the best-selling books we've bought from Amazon so far
Amazon just turned one in Australia. → Read More
A Virginia Tech team has found a way to unlock Jedi 'Force Push' powers in VR
These are the Jedi powers you’ve been looking for: → Read More
There's evidence up to 65,000 lives were snuffed out in an instant by a meteor 3,700 years ago
A meteor of literally Biblical proportions may have actually annihilated the ancient cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. → Read More
Marine biologists are using Microsoft's AI to watch Darwin's fish stocks because of crocodiles
Microsoft has deployed artificial intelligence (AI) underwater to watch and record fish in and around Darwin Harbour. → Read More
The US Army is buying up to 100,000 HoloLens headsets off Microsoft to 'increase lethality'
The US Army will pay Microsoft $US480 million to deliver up to 100,000 of its augmented reality HoloLens headsets. → Read More
A low rumble off the coast of Africa was felt right around the Earth, and no one knows what it means
On November 11, a low rumble started off the northeast coast of the tiny island of Mayotte, sandwiched between the northern tip of Madagascar and Malawi to the west on the African mainland. → Read More
Australian doctors ate LEGO pieces to see how long they would take to come out the other end
Go ‘Straya. → Read More
ASX-listed agtech Roots has just finished another round of growing monster vegetables
ASX-listed Israeli agtech company Roots just completed a successful pilot scheme growing giant vegetables. → Read More
With just over a month to go, here are the last-minute Christmas tech gifts we know will deliver the goods
You’ve got four weeks left to get your online orders in for Christmas presents. → Read More
We now have the technology to get to work on a Star Trek shuttle craft
* MIT researchers build working plane with no moving parts * Rides on ‘ionic winds’ for 60 metres * ‘Now the possibilities for this kind of propulsion system are viable’ Planes that fly with no moving parts are now a reality. You might have seen them on Star Trek, gliding through space silently on ionic winds. MIT associate professor of aeronautics and astronautics Steven Barrett saw them when… → Read More
Australians went nuts on Amazon's first local Black Friday event for... dishwasher tablets
Amazon’s first Black Friday sale in Australia showed we’re a nation with a keen eye for a detergent bargain. → Read More
A drone flew for more than an hour to deliver a fresh human kidney
A trial to deliver a functional human kidney to a patient by drone has been declared a success. → Read More
Here's how
“We opened those intestines up like it was Christmas.” → Read More
The CSIRO just tipped another $16 million into growing Australia's fledgling space industry
Over at NASA this past week: The new promotional video is responsible for a lot of excitement, especially with talk of “returning to the Moon – to stay”. Things aren’t quite as exciting here in Australia, yet. But there is definitely movement at the station in just the five months since the formation of the Australian Space Agency. Just a week ago, South Australian startup Fleet Space… → Read More
A massive solar storm once set off 'thousands' of sea mines near the end of the Vietnam War
Solar storms often come with alarming headlines about digital chaos, but mostly deliver not a lot more than a spectacular northern or southern lights show. → Read More
Australian space startup Fleet Space Technologies has its first satellites in orbit
Australian space startup Fleet Space Technologies has its first satellites in orbit. → Read More
Sunrise on Mars has a sound, and scientists have recorded it
To celebrate the 5,000th sunrise captured by NASA’s explorer Opportunity, researchers at Anglia Ruskin University and the University of Exeter have reproduced it in sound. → Read More
A tiger that has killed 13 people was eventually undone by the irresistible lure of Calvin Klein's 'Obsession'
A female tiger thought to have killed 13 people in India has finally been hunted down. → Read More
Telstra is winning the mobile network speed battle, but Optus is Australia's most available 4G carrier
Australian telco heavyweights Telstra and Optus are in a bit of a slugfest right now. → Read More