People want to know if they are from royal bloodline, while scientists screen for genetic diseases. Jim Drury informs that geneticists of Prague are offering the citizens to test their DNA, as they look to discover links with “Bohemian nobility”. It is an effort towards encouraging the people to...

In a bid to arm the country's manufacturers with a platform for research that could help them develop and improve driverless cars, robotics and medical diagnostics, Japan plans to build the world's fastest-known supercomputer.   A budget breakdown shows that as part of a government policy to...

Getting rid of the inedible part of a plant, scientists create a prototype that would allow man to grow his own food in the kitchen just within a week’s time. Roselle Chen reports to Reuters that in the near future one would be able to grow one’s food from “plant cells” just within a period of...

SpaceX has applied for placement 4425 satellites on low-Earth orbit to ensure universal access to the Internet, according to Reuters. The project cost is estimated at approximately 10 billion dollars. This is a part of SpaceX’s program called Satellite Constellation to provide most places on the...

Experts predict a rapid growth of smart home devices market. Active development of the "Internet of Things" and cheaper technologies could result in the fact that by 2020 this market will reach $ 130 billion with an average annual growth of 23.5%. Research and Markets company released a forecast of...

To advance humanity, as space mining is a reality, a top NASA official told the media on Friday.   In the multi-billion dollar space industry, mining is a major hot-button area of research alongside tourism.   Minerals that are rare on Earth can be found abundantly and richly in...

Instagram Introduces New Features For Emergency Assistance To Individual’s With Suicidal Tendency Instagram, a social media owned by Facebook, will be moving towards helping out those suffering from mental illness and harbour suicidal tendencies. As a result, the site has introduced a “button” for...

Nintendo Switch will allow one to play on the smartphones as well as computers. Nintendo, the “Japanese video gaming firm”, releases its “much-anticipated” latest model of console.   The console, named the “Nintendo Switch” is a “hybrid” home device that is portable, enabling users to play...

As the city-state of Singapore pushes ahead with its vision of using autonomous technology to help deal with the challenges posed by its limited land and labor, it signed an agreement on Wednesday to start testing self-driving buses.   As part of the trial, commuters between Nanyang...