For twenty five years the Foresight Institute has been one of the leading proponents of nanotechnology, and 2011 was no exception. A 25th anniversary...
The next generation of our favorite two-foot, programmable, French robot, NAO, has just been released by Aldebaran Robotics. NAO Next Gen is not only...
In a twisted kind of way, this is really cool. Federal authorities discovered a drug-smuggling tunnel linking San Diego and Tijuana. Not a small-time...
Finally, some good news about gene therapy. And just in time for the holidays.
A recent study showed that giving hemophilia patients blood clotting genes...
Don't call it “Facebook for Scientists” - it's not about socializing, it's about knowledge. Academia.edu may appear to be a social network, but it's...
The Great Barrier Reef is dying. As pollution and other man-made influences threaten the reef, which is not expected to survive past 2050, Australian...
Back in 1999, middle-class Americans were following the impeachment trial of President Clinton, reeling from the Columbine shootings, and fretting about Y2K. But if...
A new generation of architects is on the march. Leaving their rulers and compasses behind, these builders are trading in their blueprints for algorithms...
