XKCD: Quantum Teleportation

August 20th, 2008

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Can ‘World of Warcraft’ Make You Smarter?

August 19th, 2008

Study looked at whether playing “World of Warcraft,” the world’s biggest multiplayer online game, can improve scientific thinking.

Rise of the rat-brained robots

August 18th, 2008

This is no ordinary robot control system - a plain old microchip connected to a circuit board. Instead, the controller nestles inside a small pot containing a pink broth of nutrients and antibiotics. Inside that pot, some 300,000 rat neurons have made - and continue to make - connections with each other.

The Genius of Miles Davis: Explained!

August 16th, 2008

Music icon Miles Davis has long been revered as a jazz pioneer — but what exactly did he pioneer?

How I became a soldier in the Georgia-Russia cyberwar.

August 15th, 2008

As Russian and Georgian troops fight on the ground, there’s a parallel war happening in cyberspace. In recent weeks, Georgia’s government Web sites have been besieged by denial-of-service attacks and acts of vandalism. Just like in traditional warfare, there’s a lot of confusion about what’s going on in this technological battle—nobody seems to kno

Top 10 CSS Table Designs

August 14th, 2008

Tables got to be one of the most difficult objects to style in the Web, thanks to the cryptic markup, amount of detail we have to look over to, and lack of browser compatibility. A lot of time could be wasted on a single table although it’s just a simple one. This is where this article comes in handy.

When Good Food Goes Bad: How to Tell

August 13th, 2008
While scientists have developed methods to detect spoilage -- for example, sensors that go off when milk changes consistency or a polymer to detect bacteria growth in meat -- until these are available on a mass scale, food science and safety experts have some tips....

Berkeley Scientists: World In ‘Mass Extinction Spasm’

August 13th, 2008
Devastating declines of amphibian species around the world are a sign of a biodiversity disaster larger than just frogs and salamanders. Researchers said substantial die-offs of amphibians and other plant and animal species add up to a new mass extinction facing the planet.

Michael Phelps swims into history with 10th gold medal

August 13th, 2008
Michael Phelps swam into history as the winningest Olympic athlete ever with his 10th career gold medal — and fourth world record of the Beijing Games. A day after etching his name alongside Mark Spitz and Carl Lewis with gold No. 9, Phelps claimed the record all to himself when he won the 200-meter butterfly Wednesday morning.

Molecules multiplied

August 13th, 2008
The ability to amplify minuscule quantities of DNA into workable samples, using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), has transformed biology. Now Chad Mirkin and Hyo Jae Hoon at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, think they have a working example that proves that the feat is possible for compounds other than nucleic acids.