New method for harvesting energy from light
“Harvesting energy from light” has an exotic sci-fi vibe – it’s about better methods for extracting solar energy to generate […]
Science, Sustainability
Science
Science
CERN finds God (Particle)
Reported in Telegraph UK: “’The preliminary results with the full 2012 data set are magnificent and to me it is
News, Science
Sandy Frankenstorm video
Animation compiled from NASA satellite images shows evolution and movement of the massive Hurricane Sandy: Check stats and images at
Culture, Global, Science
Dawkins on fundamentalism
Dr. Richard Dawkins challenges global religious superstition and anti-science fundamentalism. In this video from Slashdot, he makes a point similar
Science, Social Media, Teaching and Learning, Technology
Listening to blogs
Kurzweil posts about a system developed for “mining the blogosphere,” i.e. BlogSum, a sophisticated listening natural language processing system for
Science, Space
Mars is boring
Don’t get me wrong, I’m totally jazzed about interplanetary exploration, have been for decades. But could we have picked a
Science, Space
Martians flee after seven minutes of terror!
Your humble blogger burned the literal midnight oil to watch Curiosity’s landing on the surface of Mars, which actually meant watching the NASA team as the landing progressed, via NASA TV. No real evidence of the “terror” on their faces, they actually seemed confident and professional.
Culture, Science
Higgs Culture
Whether it was the Higgs Boson, or just a reference to the actual particle, the CERN discovery is already generating cultural waves and memes.
Science
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” (AC Clarke)
My pal David Pescovitz at the Institute for the Future blogged recently about the IFTF “Multiverse of Exploration Map,” an
Science
Stonehenge, music and magic
A scientist says that Stonehenge was inspired by “auditory illusions,” according to a story in Guardian UK. Independent researcher Steve
Science, Space
Multiverses, dark matter, infinity: Occupy Reality
The idea that there’s a set of consistent first principles behind the existence and operations of the universe is undermined
Science
Light in slowmo
Extreme slow motion video of a pulse of laser light passing through a Coke bottle. “We have built an imaging
Science, Space
Detail Moon
NASA’s created a topographic view of the moon. Sez Mark Robinson, Principal Investigator of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC)
Gamification, Science, Technology
Gamification of HIV Research
Online gamers playing a game called Foldit “cracked a key protein structure problem that has had scientists scratching their heads