More rocket sleds promised
Reddit co-founder arrested for hacking MIT computers for scientific papers
July 19, 2011 1 Comment
A Cambridge man was charged today with computer intrusion, fraud and data theft after he allegedly hacked into the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s network to access protected JSTOR files. Aaron Swartz, 24, was a fellow at Harvard University’s Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, according to the Boston Globe, and could have accessed JSTOR legally [...]
In Search of Memory review
April 20, 2010 1 Comment
A new documentary examines how one man escaped Nazi oppression to become “the rock star of neuroscienceâ€
EarthTalk: Radioactive tribal waste? Battery technology?
Feb. 24, 2010 Leave a Comment
Are Native homes being used as chemical weapons depots?
The Science of Love
Feb. 9, 2010 Leave a Comment
What’s behind the most confusing emotion in the world? We find out hearts have nothing to do with love– it’s the brain.
The Sci-Tech Heretic’s “10 New England Esotericists to Watch in 2010″
Jan. 8, 2010 Leave a Comment
From Mark Baard
The Blast Interview: Kari Byron
Dec. 1, 2009 2 Comments
New mom talks about her life as a Mythbuster
Scientists create scaffold to grow new bones
Oct. 20, 2009 Leave a Comment
A novel material that holds drugs directing synthesis of bone
Scientists announce first HIV vaccine to show protection
Sept. 24, 2009 1 Comment
Though limited in efficacy, science has proof of concept in an HIV vaccine.
NASA makes a levitation device that floats a mouse
Sept. 14, 2009 Leave a Comment
It’s not quite thwarting entropy, but we must finally be in the future!
Scientists visualize bonds in a single molecule
Sept. 2, 2009 Leave a Comment
Atomic force microscopy is the newest tool for seeing the small.
Humans absolved of blame in limbless frogs mystery
July 14, 2009 2 Comments
Hungry insects and burrowing parasites actually cause frog abnormalities.
Are we one step closer to Skynet?
April 16, 2009 1 Comment
I know the robot revolution is becoming a played out meme on the internet these days, but that’s mostly because the world around us is actually becoming more and more automated. Our GPS units are learning about us as we drive. In February, the L train in New York started overnight operations with a fully [...]