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How Supercomputing Is Cracking The Mysteries Of Human Origins
Popular Science - By Andrew Rosenblum
The power of petaflops penetrates the mists of time A Texas supercomputer capable of 9.6 quadrillion operations per second has solved a thorny problem in genetics, by looking at the bones of a young boy
Everything You Need To Know About The Internet Of Things
Forbes - Jacob Morgan
A few months ago I wrote a post called, A Simple Explanation Of The Internet Of Things where I tried to provide some clarity around what this new connected world means for all of us. In the article I some
LG’s Crazy New Smartphone Screen Has Almost No Bezel
TechCrunch - Greg Kumparak
Tired of looking at all that extra space around your smartphone screen? Let’s ignore for a second that that space serves a rather important function (giving you somewhere to put your thumb/fingers that
See how a Brooklyn nonprofit is using the internet of things for environmental justice
gigaom.com - by Stacey Higginbotham
HabitatMaps has launched a crowdfunding campaign for an air quality monitoring sensor that it wants people to wear so it can collect data on …
How a promising new drug may help combat baldness caused by alopecia
Los Angeles Times - By Deborah Netburn
A cure for patchy baldness may be on the way, according to a new study published Sunday in the journal Nature Medicine. Unfortunately, the treatment is expensive. It currently costs between $7,000 and
Strange case of M82 X-1: A rare midsize black hole
earthsky.org - By Deborah Byrd
A black hole candidate known as M82 X-1 appears to have a mass of about 400 suns, making it one of only half a dozen suspected midsize black …
The spooky sounds of space
CNET - by Michelle Starr
Since the 1950s, probes sent into space have been sending back data that reveal eerie sounds from the vastness of the galaxy.
The amateur geneticist who surprised science
BBC Future - Ed Yong
Kim Goodsell is unlucky enough to have two very rare diseases. Her doctors blamed coincidence, but was it? She taught herself genetics to find out, and as she tells Ed Yong, no-one expected what she would
Ant Fight Creates Liquid With Properties Never Before Seen In Nature
Popular Science - By Douglas Main
Well, at least (ant) war is good for something. There are not many creatures that can stand up to fire ants, nor their famously painful sting. Besides causing discomfort in mammals like humans (I've been
Physicists create tractor beam made of water
CNET - by Michelle Starr
A water-based tractor beam that could contain oil spills and manipulate floating objects cannot yet be explained by mathematical theory.
Medical advances turn science fiction into science fact
phys.org - Olivier Thibault
Among the recent advances in treating degenerative retinal diseases is the so-called "bionic eye", which has restored rudimental vision to dozens of …
New 'Quantum Bounce' Theory Explains How Black Holes Become White
io9.com - George Dvorsky
Mysterious signal from the center of the Perseus Cluster unexplained by known physics
adorraeli.com
Astronomers using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory to explore the Perseus Cluster, a swarm of galaxies approximately 250 million light years from …
The Strongest Electrical Current in the Universe Spotted, 2 Billion Light Years From Here
Popular Science - By Clay Dillow
Looking for a source of renewable electricity? Researchers at the University of Toronto have found some serious current emanating from a huge cosmic jet 2 billion light years from Earth. At 1018 amps,
When all the jobs belong to robots, do we still need jobs?
boingboing.net - Cory Doctorow
Zeynep Tufekci's scathing response to the establishment consensus that tech will create new jobs to replace the ones we've automated away makes a lot …
temperature superconductivity
phys.org - University of Illinois at Chicago
Physicists have identified the "quantum glue" that underlies a promising type of superconductivity—a crucial step towards the creation of energy …
Watch 2,600 years of culture spread across the world in 5 minutes
The Verge - Carl Franzen
This video map of the journeys of creative people is mesmerizing The personal journeys of world-changing thinkers such as Leonardo Da Vinci are fascinating enough in their own right, but what happens you
NASA Telescope Observes Signal That Can't Be Explained By Known Physics
technobuffalo.com - Brandon Russell
NASA researchers have stumbled upon a signal in the Perseus Cluster—one of the most massive known objects in the universe—that they say can’t be …
University of Washington
How to enable the Internet of Things without batteries | Kurzweil
kurzweilai.net - http://helldesign.net
The basic Wi-Fi Backscatter system includes an ambient-RF-powered device (Wi-Fi Backscatter tag, attached to a temperature sensor, for example) that …
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Artificial Intelligence will not turn into a Frankenstein monster
The Guardian
The singularity – or, to give it its proper title, the technological singularity. It's an idea that has taken on a life of its own; more of a life, I suspect, than what it predicts ever will. It's a Thing
Hydrogen Bridge Is 20 Times Longer Than The Milky Way
Forbes - Paul Rodgers
A bridge of gas more than 20 times bigger than the Milky Way has been discovered linking distant galaxies, possibly after a catastrophic collision or near miss. The cloud of atomic hydrogen is the largest
How Do Oysters Make Pearls?
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What Is The Speed Of Dark?
iflscience.com
The speed of light zips along at 299,792,458 m/s. But what about the speed of dark? Dark is really just the absence of photons, but dark shadows can …
Why is science fiction so hard to define?
BBC Future - Quentin Cooper
A recent list of top science fiction films had some unusual choices and left out some well-regarded classics. But, says Quentin Cooper, that’s part of the problem – sci-fi is such a broad church it’s very
Mass and Weight are (sort of) the SAME
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Andromeda Galaxy
Milky Way is about half as massive as Andromeda galaxy, say astronomers
earthsky.org - By EarthSky
Dark matter makes up 90% of the matter in both systems, the study finds. Our Milky Way galaxy is less massive than astronomers previously thought, …
Consume, Consume, Consume With The False Promise Of Happiness!
themindunleashed.org
Victor Lebow an economist, retail analyst and author, wrote a very pertinent account of modern consumerism in his 1955 paper, “Price Competition in …
Scientists reveal new vision of Earth 4 billion years ago
Gizmodo - Jesus Diaz
The Hadean and Eoarchean epochs were the real hell on Earth. For millions of years, our planet was heavily bombarded by millions of asteroids with …

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How Supercomputing Is Cracking The Mysteries Of Human Origins

Everything You Need To Know About The Internet Of Things

LG’s Crazy New Smartphone Screen Has Almost No Bezel

See how a Brooklyn nonprofit is using the internet of things for environmental justice

How a promising new drug may help combat baldness caused by alopecia

Strange case of M82 X-1: A rare midsize black hole

The spooky sounds of space

The amateur geneticist who surprised science

Ant Fight Creates Liquid With Properties Never Before Seen In Nature

Physicists create tractor beam made of water

Medical advances turn science fiction into science fact

New 'Quantum Bounce' Theory Explains How Black Holes Become White

Mysterious signal from the center of the Perseus Cluster unexplained by known physics

The Strongest Electrical Current in the Universe Spotted, 2 Billion Light Years From Here

When all the jobs belong to robots, do we still need jobs?

temperature superconductivity

Watch 2,600 years of culture spread across the world in 5 minutes

NASA Telescope Observes Signal That Can't Be Explained By Known Physics

How to enable the Internet of Things without batteries | Kurzweil

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Artificial Intelligence will not turn into a Frankenstein monster

Hydrogen Bridge Is 20 Times Longer Than The Milky Way

How Do Oysters Make Pearls?

What Is The Speed Of Dark?

Why is science fiction so hard to define?

Mass and Weight are (sort of) the SAME

Milky Way is about half as massive as Andromeda galaxy, say astronomers

Consume, Consume, Consume With The False Promise Of Happiness!

Scientists reveal new vision of Earth 4 billion years ago