A week's warning could save an untold number of lives In ""Too Hard for Science?" I interview scientists about ideas they would love to explore that they don't think could be investigated. For instance, they might involve machines beyond the realm of possibility, such as particle accelerators as big as the sun, or they might be completely unethical, such as lethal experiments involving people.
Read More »Tag Archives: science
Feed SubscriptionBanned Flame Retardants Are In Many Baby Products: Study
You may unwittingly be exposing your bundle of joy to toxic chemicals.
Read More »Crowdsourcing Education Innovation, For Cash
One of the largest educational publishers in the world is offering cash prizes to the winners of a crowdsourced learning product innovation competition.
Read More »7 Tips on Employee Satisfaction
Good managers know that happy employees are loyal, productive employees. Below are seven areas to improve employee satisfaction. Employee attitudes typically reflect the moral of the company.
Read More »Thin Body of Evidence: Why I Have Doubts about Gary Taubes’s Why We Get Fat
When someone divides a complex phenomenon into two basic categories, he invariably oversimplifies and distorts reality.
Read More »Too Hard for Science? Freeman Dyson–ESP
What does the scientist who talked about enclosing stars with globes think might be too hard for science? In "Too Hard for Science?" I interview scientists about ideas they would love to explore that they don't think could be investigated. For instance, they might involve machines beyond the realm of possibility, such as particle accelerators as big as the sun, or they might be completely unethical, such as lethal experiments involving people.
Read More »Infants Know That ‘Might Makes Right’
To be socially savvy, you have to learn the hierarchy. This skill is so crucial that even babies possess it, according to a study published January 28 in Science . Infants only 10 months old know that bigger beings usually get their way
Read More »MIND Reviews: Nerve: Poise Under Pressure, Serenity Under Stress, and the Brave New Science of Fear and Cool
Nerve: Poise Under Pressure, Serenity Under Stress, and the Brave New Science of Fear and Cool by Taylor Clark. Little, Brown, 2011 [More]
Read More »Shaking down frozen helium: In a ‘supersolid’ state, it has liquid-like characteristics
In a four-decade, Holy Grail-like quest to fully understand what it means to be in a "supersolid" state, physicists have found that supersolid isn't always super solid. In other words, this exotic state of frozen helium appears to have liquid-like properties, says a new paper published in the journal Science on May 13, 2011.
Read More »Too Hard for Science? Simulating the Human Brain
Supercomputers may soon approach the brain's power, but much is unknown about how it works In "Too Hard for Science?" I interview scientists about ideas they would love to explore that they don't think could be investigated. For instance, they might involve machines beyond the realm of possibility, such as particle accelerators as big as the sun, or they might be completely unethical, such as lethal experiments involving people
Read More »Making Life Easier for His Customers
%excerpt% See more here: Making Life Easier for His Customers
Read More »The Gas Engine Is Not Dead Yet, Thanks To Diesel, Jaguar
Despite the ongoing rush of alternative-fuel tech, the gasoline engine's having a moment thanks to advances from Jaguar and the Department of Energy. Jaguar CX75 million-dollar hybrid Last year Jaguar teased an incredible concept car, the CX75, that had an electric engine in each wheel and a pair of high-performance gas turbines in its truck to provide the electrical power
Read More »Too Hard For Science? Dean Kamen Defying Gravity
A silent jetpack would be like swimming in air, but it is likely beyond the physics of thrust In "Too Hard for Science?" I interview scientists about ideas they would love to explore that they don't think could be investigated. For instance, they might involve machines beyond the realm of possibility, such as particle accelerators as big as the sun, or they might be completely unethical, such as lethal experiments involving people
Read More »Cancer Testing? There’s an App for That
Many people already use their smart
Read More »A Thinking Person’s Diet
Dieters take note: thinking in detail about eating can reduce actual food consumption, according to a study in the December 10, 2010, issue of Science .
Read More »