We have electric charges and fields, but only magnetic fields. Could there be magnetic charges in our Universe? “It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is […]
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“The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the mind,” wrote Sigmund Freud. Dreams are often most profound, he also said, when […]
It’s for our health: The Virtual Physiological Human project seeks to create an accurate computer-simulated replica of a patient so that doctors can better predict how certain procedures and medications will work.
We humans like to think we’re pretty smart, that our intellect makes us special, that with enough careful thinking we can figure out just about anything. Cognitive science research has […]
The aptly-named PaperFold can change its display dynamically depending on the number of screens that are connected and the shape in which they’re arranged.
How to turn the greatest NASA images in history into wallpaper, curtains, fabric and more! Image credit: Elinor Medezinski, Suprime-Cam/Subaru Telescope; ZwCl 0024–17. “I’m coming back in… and it’s the […]
Students learn more by taking notes with pen and paper than they do on a laptop, according to research done on campuses at UCLA and Princeton.
How new developments in measuring the highest-energy particles and earliest signals from the Universe are teaching us what all this is. Big questions in the field of Cosmology are often […]
PetMatch uses machine vision algorithms to match uploaded photos to those of pets who are available for adoption from shelters and rescue groups.
The galaxy cluster “El Gordo” has a funny name, but it certainly fits its description. From NASA: It is bigger than a bread box. In fact, it is much bigger […]
Google’s wearable technology would provide museum-goers with instantaneous information on paintings, sculptures, and artifacts.
Why quantum entanglement spooked Einstein his entire life. Image credit: Nature, October 2006 (vol 2 no 10). ‘Tis the season of ghouls, goblins, witches, demons, and things that go bump […]
Some scientists believe that humanity’s best shot at colonizing other planets lies in working within existing physics using organisms — in this case, bacteria encoded with human DNA — that can survive the trip.
Editor’s Note: This article was provided by our partner, RealClearScience. The original is here. Code-makers and code-breakers are locked in an eternal conflict. Thus far, they’ve matched each other pretty much […]
In the 1983 film War Games the government has built a computer to simulate all the ways in which thermonuclear war might play out in order to find the best […]
Carnegie Mellon scientists have developed an interface that works through twists and tilts as well as clicks.
If you’ve been wondering what B-mode polarization is, or how it tells us about gravitational waves from inflation, wonder no more! In part 1 of this story we talked about […]
And how, in the end, they help us gain the resolution of a space-based telescope without leaving the ground! Image credit: Y. Beletsky/ESO, via http://www.eso.org/public/images/potw1036a/. “But certainly the laser proved […]
Businesses and residents of Chattanooga, Tennessee, enjoy faster Internet than any other city in the country thanks to the Gig, its tax-payer funded fiber-optics network.
We are all good at reacting and responding, putting out fires, and crisis management. In addition, organizations large and small have learned how to be lean and agile, and how […]
Scientists are testing a combined smart pill and skin patch system that will track whether medication was taken, when it was taken, and how the body is responding to it.
The military is working with University of Buffalo researchers to create better wireless radios using a concept that could improve civilian and commercial networks.
EasyJet will soon begin trials with the drones, which they hope will perform checks faster and with more accuracy. If successful, they could appear on the tarmac early next year.
A Dutch professor has unveiled a prototype of a “smart umbrella” that uses a sensor and Bluetooth to transmit data to a computer. Unlike expensive rain gauges, hundreds of these “mobile weather stations” could provide valuable measurements much more cheaply.
Facebook recently announced that it will display warnings beside satirical content. In this post we look at the flaws and implications of recent research on the spread of false information on Facebook.
And the undeniable physics of how fusion actually works. Image credit: The FIRE Place, via http://fire.pppl.gov/. “Between cold fusion and respectable science there is virtually no communication at all. …because the […]
This is not an April Fool’s Joke, but it should be. Researchers in Japan have solved the age old problem of having to pretend to be interested in something when […]
Understanding how to digitally communicate is an undeniably essential tool. There’s no opting out. So much of how we connect today, in our business and personal lives, even our dating, […]
UPDATE 5/26/14: I wrote this post before Elliot Rodger’s killing spree. The study I describe is, strictly speaking, about rape, but its notion of a connection between male shame and […]
TIRANA – Poor countries export raw materials such as cocoa, iron ore, and raw diamonds. Rich countries export – often to those same poor countries – more complex products such […]