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A uniquely-darkened spiral galaxy is one of the most unusual sights in the night sky. But what gives it its one-of-a-kind appearance? “Some day I hope to meet you. When […]
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One day, your personality, your memories, who you are, the essence of your soul may be incorporated on a disc as pure information. Even if you die your consciousness, in […]
It's mathematically possible for your consciousness to exist without your body.
Google wants to develop super-fast internet across the country known as gigabit broadband. We covered Google's announcement in March 2010, but it looks like it's facing hurdles from both telecom […]
The Verge has an interesting article today taking us inside New York's Explorer's Club, that bastion of adventures who boldly dared to go where no man (or woman) had gone […]
THERE have been a lot of rumors lately about the possibility of a revival of Confucianism. Powerful scholars, not without personal agendas, call for a Confucian constitution. Some people have […]
The hijinks of Silicon Valley are ripe for satire, from the hyped-up start-ups to the cult-like obsession with tech gods past and present. HBO's new series "Silicon Valley" is an […]
Exactly how big is the universe? DNews discusses the latest theories and just how close we are to knowing almost the exact size of our vast cosmic home. Image credit: […]
Here's your existential food-for-thought for the day. What exactly would happen to you if you got sucked into a black hole? What would that demise be like? Everyone's favorite astrophysicist […]
What is at the heart of an active galaxy? Researchers believe that massive black holes millions of times more massive than our sun comprise galactic cores, according to NASA. This […]
The best argument against German Unification came from French writer François Mauriac: “J'aime tellement l'Allemagne que je préfère qu'il y en ait deux”. It takes an American to propel that […]
Am I the only one fascinated by the issue of currency conversion in literature? When a posh fictional nobleman is rumored to have an income of such-and-such, or when a […]
It's the age old question for animal lovers: what are my pets thinking? Researcher Virginia Morell explores animal cognitive science in her new book Animal Wisdom. From Morrell's interview with […]
Researcher Rebecca Helm thought she was imagining things when a flash of indigo appeared in a sample of water she collected off the coast of South Africa, according to Grist. […]
"I personally most fear the technology that allows invasion of our thoughts, our feelings, our aspirations, our intellectual achievements," actor James Woods told Futurescape in this interview. "The notion of […]
An entire home can potentially be built in a day using a 3D printer. A revolutionary technology initially developed to build emergency housing, Contour Crafting has NASA excited. And it […]
In 1612, Galileo was shocked as to why Saturn's "appendages" had disappeared. It wasn't until later that century that the mystery was solved: Saturn has rings, and when Earth crosses […]
So I rarely share my opinions on contemporary international relations. Let me throw caution to wind and say something about the significance about what’s going on in Ukraine. The real […]
As the population of cities continues to grow, real estate runs out fast. But one innovative solution may be the wave of the future: building down! “It is not the beauty […]
Here's an exciting first which hopefully indicates a promising trend: This year women outnumber men in UC Berkeley's introductory computer science course. The field is vastly dominated by men, and […]