My nephew talked to me!
My nephew has his eye gaze computer and while there are limited images for him to use, it is configured for him to say a few basic things. Since he doesn’t […]
Tech
Tuesday Science News – Superdrugs, Dark Worlds, Plesiosaurs, Hypersonic Gliders, and More!
Scientists at MIT have developed a new superdrug they are calling Double-stranded RNA Activated Caspase Oligomerizer, or DRACO for short, that identifies virus infected cells and causes the cell to […]
Robots for Humanity
By now I’m sure you all know that I’m a huge fan of assistive technologies. Sure, my interest was sparked when my nephew started trying some out, but it’s more […]
I am far too competitive…
Even though I’ve run Folding@Home a few times before, I never did for very long. This time around I started last Monday in the Atheists, Skeptics, & Humanists team (182116) […]
Tuesday Science News – Vaccines, Rising Land Masses, A Printed Plane, Neanderthals, Senses, and more!
The last few weeks compiling Tuesday Science News has taken me two to four hours. I know it’s shocking since it seems that there isn’t that much too it, but […]
Are IE Users Stupid?
When I saw the headline, my first thought was, “of course they are.” After all, Windows is the most popular operating system and comes preinstalled on just about all of […]
Did You Know?
This video is incredible, inspring… …and maybe a little scary… (Via RD.net)
Tuesday Science News – Top Quark, Texas Board of Education, Folding@Home, Resistant Rice, the Square Kilometre Array, and More!
New observations from the Tevatron particle accelerator at Fermilab in Illinois suggests a new heavy fundamental particle, currently being called the “top quark.” This contradicts the standard model. Fortunately when […]
Tuesday Science Video – Using nature to grow batteries
If Angela Belcher can perfect this biotechnology it could revolutionize manufacturing: This is just one of the many ways that science can change the world. Of course it already has […]
Tuesday Science News – STS 135, The Latest Hybrid Mice, Paperless Schools, an Artificial Trachea, and More!
I can’t believe I’m saying this, but there was just way too much science news in the past week. There were great articles that I could have included, but all […]