Morgan Freeman is already known the world over as the preeminent voice of pop culture, and the movie embodiment of God, but in the new National Geographic Series The Story of God, Freeman travels the world on a journey of biblical proportions. But rather than proselytizing, The Story of God is true to the National Geographic brand as a travelogue where Freeman pursues the roots of religious beliefs and explores how they are being interepreted in modern times. Along with visiting sites of holy significance to major world religions, such as the Ganges River or the Vatican, Freeman also interacts with the scientific community to get its take on the big questions. For example, in the first episode, "Beyond Death," Freeman asks if humans could achieve immortality by storing our memories and personality in a machine. He proceeds to interview "Bina," an A.I. that identifies herself as "a human who happens to be a robot."

Nasa has announced that it has found evidence of flowing water on Mars. Scientists have long speculated that Recurring Slope Lineae -- or dark patches -- on Mars were made up of briny water but the new findings prove that those patches are caused by liquid water, which it has established by finding hydrated salts. Several hundred camped outside the London store in Covent Garden. The 6s will have new features like a vastly improved camera and a pressure-sensitive "3D Touch" display

The simplest explanation is that people are conditioned to expect women, not men, to be in administrative roles--and that the makers of digital assistants are influenced by these social expectations. "It's much easier to find a female voice that everyone likes than a male voice that everyone likes," the Stanford communications professor Clifford Nass, told CNN in 2011. "It's a well-established phenomenon that the human brain is developed to like female voices." Which sounds nice, but doesn't necessarily hold up to cultural scrutiny. Just ask any woman who works in radio about how much unsolicited criticism she receives about the way she talks.

Earlier this year a US tourist in Iceland drove 226 miles (364km) too far because he was following his sat nav. While tourists in Wales looking for the beautiful falls in Neath Valley often end up in a nearby cul-de-sac because the two locations share the same postcode. Although these stories are amusing, for everyone apart from those involved, they represent a worrying trend of people'over-relying' on GPS. Now an expert warns that it is not only making us lazy, this dependence could rob us of our innate navigation skills. Our increasing reliance on satellite navigation is coming at a cost and is harming our own ability to navigate, says satellite communication and navigation consultant Roger McKinlay.

Tsetse flies feast on animal blood. When they do so, humans can get Trypanosomiasis, or sleeping sickness, which starts as exhaustion and fever, and can lead to death if left untreated. In animals, the tsetse's bite can develop into paralysis. Tsetse flies are limited to sub saharan Africa, where they infect at least 10,000 people a year. It's a mess of an insect, but an organization in Spain thinks they have a solution, and they're going to use drones to deliver it. "Drones Against Tsetse" is a project by spanish dronemaker Embention, together with the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Some metaphors end up forgotten by all but the most dedicated historians, while others lead long, productive lives. It's only a select few, though, that become so entwined with how we understand the world that we barely even recognize them as metaphors, seeing them instead as something real. Of course, why some fizzle and others flourish can be tricky to account for, but their career in science provides some clues. Metaphors, as we all by now know, aren't just ornamental linguistic flourishes--they're basic building blocks of everyday reasoning. And they're at their most potent when they recast a difficult-to-understand phenomenon as something familiar: The brain becomes a computer; the atom, a tiny solar system; space-time, a fabric. Metaphors that tap into something familiar are the ones that generally gain traction.

People who rely on satnav could be at risk of losing their ability to navigate, an expert has warned. Writing in the journal Nature, former president of the Royal Institute of Navigation Roger McKinlay argues that our reliance on GPS technology is misplaced and could be eroding our innate way-finding abilities. "If we do not cherish them, our natural navigation abilities will deteriorate as we rely ever more on smart devices," he wrote. McKinlay believes huge investment will be needed before navigation systems will be good enough to allow technologies such as autonomous vehicles to take off. In the meantime, he argues, we need better research into systems for navigation while children should be encouraged to learn how to find their way around by more traditional means.

One of the things Apple unveiled during its iPhone SE event on Monday was a cute WALL-E-like robot that knows how to do just one thing: Fully disassemble old iPhones into their base components so they can be recycled. At the time, we thought the video Apple showed was pretty interesting, but it looks like Liam is more than an eco-friendly gimmick. This smartphone-disassembling machine was something so secret inside Apple that only a few engineers who were hired specifically to build it knew about it. Furthermore, it's a machine so unique that no other companies have it. DON'T MISS: 12 paid iPhone apps on sale for free right now A few days before Apple's keynote, Mashable got an early access to Liam at a secret location close to Apple's headquarters in California.

Nasa has announced that it has found evidence of flowing water on Mars. Scientists have long speculated that Recurring Slope Lineae -- or dark patches -- on Mars were made up of briny water but the new findings prove that those patches are caused by liquid water, which it has established by finding hydrated salts. Several hundred camped outside the London store in Covent Garden. The 6s will have new features like a vastly improved camera and a pressure-sensitive "3D Touch" display

Deep Learning Workshop: Deep Learning (DL) is now driving another renaissance and surge of excitement in Neural Network research and applications. Startling results on real world large scale tasks have been reported especially since 2009 (although DL's origins date back to the 1960s). We are pleased to have speakers from major IT companies such as Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Baidu, as well as top academic pioneers in this area. Presentations will cover both academic and industrial perspectives. Participation in the Deep Learning workshop is limited, and priority will go to regular conference attendees, after which attendance will be on a first come, first served basis.