Showing posts with label Science. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Science. Show all posts

Tuesday, 25 August 2015

People Suck at Coming Up With Good Android Lock Patterns

We're pretty terrible at coming up with good passwords, but if you thought we were better when it comes to Android lock patterns, you'd be wrong. New research shows that the tic-tac-toe style patterns people devise to unlock their phones often follow dismally predictable rules.

Monday, 20 July 2015

Scientists admit they were completely wrong about ‘inert’ Pluto

As Nasa’s New Horizons spacecraft took its last look at Pluto yesterday from nearly six million kilometres away, scientists were marvelling at how “very active” the dwarf planet is in contrast with previous theories that it was an inert ball of ice and rock.