Honda is using existing vehicle-to-vehicle systems to create a network in which data broadcast and received by both cars and pedestrians will help prevent accidents.
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We have to take it upon ourselves, as a society, and not wait for somebody else to solve this for us.
As Terence McKenna tells us, we are already magical creatures.
I think big changes can happen very fast if there’s a critical mass.
Mentors can steer you away from the kinds of mistakes that are going to make you waste a year or two of your life.
The massive storm that wrapped itself around the planet in 2010-2011 seems to have dredged up water ice from an invisible lower atmospheric layer, according to NASA researchers.
A team of California scientists combined two ingredients commonly used in firefighting into an all-natural temporary spray gel that outperformed other coatings in lab tests.
What does Bill Nye, aka, “The Science Guy” have in common with Snooki, the reality TV star?
The building has been blamed for melting the plastic on a parked car, setting store carpets on fire, and shattering tiles. Believe it or not, it’s the second structure architect Rafael Viñoly has built that has this “feature.”
The Ohio city had never experienced an earthquake before the 2010 opening of a wastewater injection well. All 109 earthquakes that occurred in the ensuing 12 months now appear to be linked to the well, says a new study.
As part of last year’s UN Rio+20 Summit, a group of financial institutions are looking into ways to put monetary value on natural resources and add incentives and penalties for their preservation or destruction.
Shengren, Junzi, Ruxue: The Chinese World is Coming Back in Full Circle “…the creator, when he arises, always finds himself overwhelmingly outnumbered by the inert uncreative mass…” – Arnold J. […]
“It may amuse you, Mother, to try to photograph during your solitude,” Julia Margaret Cameron’s daughter told her while presenting her with her birthday gift in 1863 while Mr. Cameron […]
Athleticism is commonly believed to rely on two factors: genetics and practice. Which is most important?
There are some sleazy scientists out there who sell their brains to the highest bidder. But they’re a very, very small minority.
Some people may have influences from allergens or toxins or gut bacteria or may have nutritional deficiencies.
I think that philosophers are deeply resistant to acknowledging that most of the interesting categories they deal with have fuzzy boundaries.
More importantly, would your dog want one? Two Auburn University engineers have created a system that in test environments produced an obedience accuracy rate of almost 98 percent.
By entering a Twitter or Instagram handle, Ready or Not displays data showing where its user has been and what information they sent out. It was built as part of a project titled “Teaching Privacy” that targets high schoolers.
There is a moral case for intervening in Syria.
Caleb Henry Space is no stranger to attention. Pursuing the heavens in any form is sure to turn heads, and with the increased momentum of private ventures, NewSpace is no […]
Developed by a team of Brigham Young students, the Owlet sends vitals — including heart rate, temperature, and most notably, an alert in case the baby rolls over on their stomach — to a smartphone app.
Fed up with British Airways’ handling of his father’s lost luggage, Hasan Syed took the matter to Twitter by complaining via its self-service advertisers’ platform. It got the airline’s attention, along with that of millions of others.
Finally, A Radically Different Inflation Technology That Doesn’t Suck The Fun Out Of Inflatable Gear
“Revolutionize the way we use air” is all that the team behind Windcatcher wants to do. Ryan Frayne, the inventor of the device, was inspired when he watched his brother […]
So I’m teaching a seminar this semester on Technology, Biotechnology, and Democracy. Its balanced effort, of course, will be show how technology makes our lives both better and worse, as […]
Numerous online tools are available to help you figure out your risk of a wide range of health outcomes; diabetes, stroke, heart disease, various kinds of cancer, (see Your […]
Starting next Monday (Sep. 9), Bradford Regional Medical Center will become the first US institution of its kind to offer a voluntary 10-day inpatient program.
A disquieting paper has been published in the journal Criminal Justice Ethics, that suggests the decisions of forensic scientists are being influenced by payments for convictions. The authors Roger Koppl […]
Cybersexism: Sex, gender and power on the Internet Laurie Penny Bloomsbury, 2013 (available from Amazon) Sexism – whether existing in meat- or cyberspace – is the noise people make who […]
Guest post by Curt Rees. The first day of the school year is here across the country, and my experience with school has been that the environment you establish at […]