Science & Technology

Internet argument won by making things up

INTERNET debates can be won by simply inventing evidence, it has been confirmed.

Microsoft buys Minecraft to find out what it is

MICROSOFT has paid $2.5 billion for computer game Minecraft to see what it does.

Line for Apple Watch girdles Earth

THE queue for the new Apple Watch has already circled the entire globe once and is still growing.

Telepathy ‘would be total nightmare’

TELEPATHY would be a huge step forward in human evolution and also an absolute nightmare, scientists have confirmed.

Neanderthals had unbeatable noughts-and-crosses system

NEANDERTHAL man knew a way of playing noughts-and-crosses that delivered a win every time, archaeologists have discovered.

New app gets you back together with your ex

A NEW phone app restores failed relationships, its makers have claimed.

All new houses to be made of televisions

BUILDERS have completed the first UK home made entirely from television sets.

Dawkins now just telling random strangers why he hates them

RICHARD Dawkins has taken to walking down the street saying horrible, unprovoked things to total strangers.

Scientists develop angst battery

PEOPLE will soon charge their phones using unhappiness, say scientists.

Maths is no place for a woman, claim Pi and the square root of two

WORKING with complex numbers is tough, dirty and should only be done by men, according to some of the universe’s leading mathematical constants.