A new point-and-shoot camera captures light rays instead of pixels which allows you to focus the image after you have taken it, changing which part of the photo you want to emphasize.
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Georgetown University Professor Pat Deneen has this to say about a recent study of the opinion and attitudes of today’s college freshmen: Contemporary liberals who significantly shape the views of […]
What is the Big Idea? Here’s a thought: the Middle East is one of the most resource- and culturally rich, geo-strategic and, alas, unstable pieces of ‘real estate’ on earth. […]
Why travel all the way to Italy when you can visit a place much closer by that is shaped like Italy? That is the alluring ruse proposed by this poster, […]
You should treat your life as if it were a start-up business.
What’s the Big Idea? Officially released for the TED2012 conference, this clip (above) is the latest trailer for the upcoming summer blockbuster Prometheus. Director Ridley Scott has said the movie is set […]
Why did Vladimir Putin, firmly entrenched in power, extend suffrage to all citizens and conduct an election that could have cost him his job? The answer has more to do with hanging on to power than losing it.
Fact-checkers were quick to observe how thoroughly Rick Santorum misread John F. Kennedy’s 1960 speech on religion and politics when the Republican contender declared his nauseaover JFK’s message on the Sunday […]
Every Wednesday, Dr. Michio Kaku answers reader questions about physics and futuristic science. If you have a question for Dr. Kaku, just post it in the comments section below and check back on Wednesdays to see if he answers it.
Today, Dr. Kaku addresses this question: What is the most dangerous technology?
A recent report from Birmingham, England, announced that millions of British children were “culture starved.” Their proof of starvation came in the form of a survey of 2,000 parents from […]
In defence of Alberto Giubilini, Francesca Minerva and the Journal of Medical Ethics, as per the recent publication about killing newborn infants. This essentially is an open letter of solidarity […]
What is the Big Idea? Vladimir Putin’s supporters are going after the ladies. Especially the virginal ones. And they have new campaign videos to prove it. Ad agency, Aldus Adv, […]
What’s the big idea? During an interview with the New Yorker in 2007, Karl Rove arguedthat information technology is influencing Americans to become more fiscally conservative. He said: “There are […]
What’s more offensive than crushed heads and mangled limbs? Exposed female nipples, according to Facebook’s criteria for deleting user content, published for the first time on Gawker two weeks ago.
The United Nations has raised the profile of asteroid 2011 AG5 which, measuring 460 feet wide, could be set on a collision course with Earth if it is further influenced by the planet’s gravity.
Two American physicists have put forward a new theory of how the first planets formed which reverses many aspects of the old model left unchanged for nearly 40 years.
Leigh Gallagher discusses her decision to freeze her eggs and the bioethics involved in delaying parenthood.
Although some counterintuitive thinking was necessary to realize that planet GJ 1214b is full of water, scientists now believe there is a greater hope for extraterrestrial life than ever before.
Offshore wind farms have access to stronger, more consistent winds and new technology will allows them to float in the sea. Next, wind farms may fly to capture atmospheric winds.
A company that makes low-cost batteries for high energy storage will begin scaling production soon in Pennsylvania, looking to replace power grids in the developing world.
Have you ever attended a public talk where the moderator or speaker invited audience members to ask questions afterwards? If you have, I bet you heard someone ask a question […]
A worldwide battle for control of the Internet looms, which could soon pit the U.S. against the rest of the world. Starting this week in Geneva, at the World Conference […]
The Christian right, both Catholics and evangelicals, wants to outlaw birth control. This isn’t a new revelation, but in the last few weeks, they’ve been saying it so often and […]
A recent proposal to remove the heads and legs of chickens may be the best thing we can do for them. If we can reduce our farmed animals to vegetables, […]
In my last post, I mentioned in passing the eugenic dimensions of tax and immigration policy. The genetic quality of the national stock is a taboo subject, and for familiar, […]
When signing up for a new service on the Internet, may people use Facebook Connect to establish their identity on the new site. Could we use physical Facebook ID cards as well?
It is one of the most debated subjects of all time: What is art? Some might think it doesn’t much matter whether or not consensus is achieved on this highly subjective […]
Despite the company’s mantra, “Don’t be evil”, a spate of privacy violations have occurred over the last two months like never before, leaving many to wonder if Google has gone bad.
Pamela Druckerman, an American journalist and author, learned some unique lessons about child rearing while living in Paris with her husband and three kids. She noticed that French children are […]