Newly Discovered Element 112 Named “Copernicum”
When we talked with element 112’s discoverer, Sigurd Hofmann, on the significance of making a permanent mark on the periodic table, he told us he wanted a moniker that recognized a famous scientist...
View ArticleScientist Vows To Reverse-Engineer Dinosaur From Chicken
When I was a kid, the only animal I wanted for a pet was a dinosaur. Seeing as non-avian dinosaurs had been extinct for around 65 million years, I settled for an iguana. However, new research at...
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Polaris Phone Rolls Self to Charger, Keeps an Eye on Users’ Behavior
Sure, your iPhone may play games, tell you where to eat, and surf the Internet, but can it tell you what you did the other day and how to do it better? Enter the Polaris phone, a new system designed...
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World’s Fastest Electric Motorcycle Sets New Record
In a high-velocity demonstration that proves green and badass can coexist in the same vehicle, Mission Motors has set a new speed record for electric motorcycles. Topping out at 161 mph, the Mission...
View ArticleSnake With Clawed Foot Found In China
Just because most mutants don’t gain special powers doesn’t make them any less interesting. Case and point, this snake discovered the other day in Southwest China. Looking at the picture, you should...
View ArticleWhite House To Scrap Eastern European Missile Defense Shield
Reversing years of Bush administration policy, the White House announced that it has scrapped plans for an Eastern European component of the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) shield. Instead...
View ArticleAt UN Climate Change Conference, US And China Promise Carbon Emission Reductions
Today, heads of state from around the globe met at the United Nations to face a problem that affects all of their constituencies: climate change. In a day-long conference on global warming, President...
View ArticleFor the First Time Ever, an HIV Vaccine Shows Success in Trial
After over 25 years of failed formulas, an HIV vaccine has, for the first time, displayed the ability to confer some immunity against the virus. Deployed in a clinical trial in Thailand, the vaccine...
View ArticleIntel’s New Light Peak Cable Transfers 10 Gb/S, Puts USB To Shame
Despite the fact that optical cables transmit data far faster than copper wire, wire is still the primary medium for communication on computer chips, and between computers and devices through USB...
View ArticleYour Screen Saver Could Help Create New Life
In the beginning, there were organic molecules. And they were good, but unorganized. Then, those organic molecules formed proteins, and evolution kicked in and started a three-billion-year journey...
View ArticleEPA To Impose New Greenhouse Gas Regulations
In an attempt to both strengthen the US’s negotiating hand in the upcoming Copenhagen climate talks, and to prod domestic lawmakers into swifter action on lasting legislation, the White House has told...
View ArticleWi-Fi Signals Can Be Used to See Through Walls
Time for everyone at 113 East 38th Street* to ditch the cameras, because researchers at the University of Utah have found a more subtle way to spy on your neighbors: Wi-Fi. By measuring the resistance...
View ArticleSingularity Summit 2009: Ten Unanswered Questions For Our Future Robot Overlords
While I undoubtedly learned a lot at the Singularity Summit, the conference’s greatest benefit was the questions it didn’t answer. Unresolved issues regarding the Singularity have provided a lot of...
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