Fred Smith

Fred Smith

A gamer through and through, Fred Smith’s first console was the original Sega. An obsessive fascination with all things tech blossomed from a hobby into a career. Before hopping over to Pop Lexikon, Fred worked as a freelancer for many online tech publications including, Tech Radar, JoyStiq and Digg. Fred serves as our lead science reporter.

Botswana, our ancestral homeland

Mankind is said to have originated in a southern African region of northern Botswana, according to a study by Australian and South African scientists published in Nature. The work done by Dr. Vanessa Hayes of the University of Sydney and her…

Twitter will no longer accept political ads

In a series of tweets, Twitter’s founder, Jack Dorsey, announced that the platform he created will no longer accept publishing political ads around the world. “We made the decision to stop all political advertising on Twitter, in a global way.…

A gel that repairs heart wounds

A first human protein gel to repair heart attack injuries has been developed by researchers at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI). This gel is composed of recombinant collagen of human origin. It represents, according to its creators, a significant…