(Natural News) The emergence of “big data” has been quite the revelation for many different industries. Whereas information used to be sparse and relatively hard to obtain, now it is available in such large quantities that specialized equipment and algorithms are needed to process them. The police industry is just one of the many industries […]

(Natural News) Virtual reality: is it merely a fad or is it truly here to stay? The thing about virtual reality — or VR, as many prefer to call it — is that it’s not one single gadget. It’s not just the headset, nor is it just the content that’s being beamed onto a user’s […]

(Natural News) Mother Nature will never cease to amaze, with its seemingly endless list of natural energy resources that are just waiting to be tapped. The many sources of natural — or as many in the mainstream media like to call it, the alternative — energy usually involves plantlife in one of its many iterations. Researchers […]

(Natural News) Most conversations involving drones revolve around the fact that they can be used for surveillance on individuals, and so they should be thought of as potentially scary pieces of technology. But a community in East Africa has figured out a way to put the novel new technology to good use in their continuing […]

(Natural News) Playing video games might be considered by some as merely a fun, time-wasting activity to be done at one’s leisure, but there is a growing body of evidence that shows it can improve a person’s overall mental health and well-being. There have been numerous studies that looked into the effects of playing video […]

(Natural News) Threats to cybersecurity aren’t just limited to the home or office environment. There are some people who have to handle highly-sensitive data on a routine basis while also enduring harsh environmental conditions. It’s for people like these that researchers in South Korea have tried to come up with a more reliable cyber security […]

(Natural News) While most know it as one of the scariest and most influential organizations on Earth, the World Bank is a tremendous force for good. At least, it’s actively trying to be, as evidenced by its latest move to announce that it will be cutting the money supply to oil and gas exploration projects […]

(Natural News) Ever since smartphone makers thought it was acceptable to build phones with nothing but mostly screens on them, the world has come to know one major annoyance: broken glass screens. Whenever a phone screen breaks, it’s always a toss-up between continuing to use the phone with cracks on its display, or just ponying up […]

(Natural News) These days, lightweight running shoes are a dime a dozen. Is there any way to improve upon them? Researchers from the University of Manchester propose that there is, and that is by using the ultra-thin material called graphene to enhance the grip and durability of the standard rubber used in shoes. It’s practically […]

(Natural News) They say it’s better to give than to receive. But just how true is it? Researchers from the University of Otago in New Zealand have shown that as far as giving out money to people in low to middle-class countries is concerned: it has a distinctly positive effect. Their study also shows that governments can […]