MISSING, OR SLEEPING? During a lunchtime conversation in 1950 , Enrico Fermi, the “architect of the nuclear age” who built the world’s first nuclear reactor, posed a question that has resulted in decades of research and hundreds of published papers: “Where is everybody?” This is the crystallization of the paradox he perceived (now known as the Fermi Paradox) which questions, “If the universe is large enough to have more than sufficient opportunity to create more life than what we see on earth, why haven’t we met that alien life yet?” Scientists, like Anders Sandberg , an Oxford neuroscientist, and Milan Ćirković , part of the Astronomical Observatory of Belgrade, have used this as a jumping-off point in their attempts to debunk — or defend — the possibility of extraterrestrial civilizations. Sandberg and Ćirković teamed up with Stuart Armstrong , an AI expert at the Future of Humanity institute, to author a new paper arguin...
BREAKING NEWS: Nnamdi Kanu's USD$800 million Suit at Ecowas court, Nigeria Government on the Run. By Family Writer. Nnamdi Kanu's fundamental Rights Suit filed against the federal government of Nigeria at ECOWAS Community court of Justice, came up this morning for hearing. Despite due service of the Hearing Notice on the office of the Attorney General of the Federation against the hearing slated for today, he was no where to be found close to the court today. A supposed Senior State Counsel who announced appearance for the office of the Attorney General, later informed the court that he did not have the mandate of the Solicitor General of the Federation to proceed with the hearing, and consequently asked for a stand down to to 1pm to enable the Solicitor General conclude an unknown Case he was handling at the Supreme Court. At 1pm the matter was stood down at their request, the hearing couldn't go on due to absence of the Solicitor General of the Federatio...
Samsung hopes to refurbish the 2.5 million Galaxy Note 7 devices that it recalled after a battery fault led to some catching fire. If local authorities and carriers agreed, and there was demand, it may then resell the phones, Samsung said. It also unveiled two other proposals for recycling the devices, including detaching the components and retrieving the hardware's precious metals. Samsung had faced pressure from environmental campaigner Greenpeace. The organisation had lobbied the technology giant over its plans for the devices, launching a petition and staging global protests including at the Mobile World Congress event. Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Samsung said the refurbishment would depend on local authoriti...
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