And scientists now believe the shrinking of the bony ridge in modern humans is somehow correlated with our ability to communicate in more subtle ways. We can raise our eyebrows at this theory, but the fact that we can sort of seems to prove it, no? The Reaper had made his brain’s blood vessels spasm and shrink in a condition called Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome. If you want a truly random password, you need to adopt Schrödinger’s cat as your pet (and use quantum mechanics). Modelling a random-number generator on this quantum process will guarantee that the string of characters you use to encrypt your data cannot be hacked unless the hacker can travel faster than light.

Source: The Hindu April 16, 2018 14:12 UTC