Science Archive
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Brazil’s pedaling prisoners produce light
Posted on July 16, 2012 | 1 CommentLook at the exercisers. How nice to see people trying to be healthy! Especially since they look like they need it. But wait. There is... -
Cooling down with white roofs
Posted on July 2, 2012 | No CommentsMuch of the country has been suffering recently from unusually early sweltering summer heat. The crazy weather has compounded our ever-present and growing needs for... -
Has the West lost its mind?
Posted on June 14, 2012 | No CommentsSomething has gone deeply wrong in Western culture -- and one psychoanalyst thinks he knows why . . . -
Dialing up prescriptions with Eyejusters glasses
Posted on June 4, 2012 | No CommentsIt’s been estimated that over 500 million people around the world need eyeglasses, but can’t get them because they are inaccessible and unaffordable. I can’t... -
Water, water everywhere? Maybe not so much
Posted on June 1, 2012 | No CommentsYou may want to be careful about leaving the faucet running as you brush your teeth, because there might not be quite as much of that wet stuff around as you thought . . . -
Manhattanhenge!
Posted on May 29, 2012 | No CommentsEven if you don't live in New York City, this is pretty cool: Twice a year, the setting sun aligns perfectly with the grid of Manhattan's east-west streets... -
A Leap into the computing future
Posted on May 24, 2012 | No CommentsThe next step in personal computing made its debut last week when a small San Fransisco start-up (albeit with some big backers) named Leap Motion... -
Gems you can eat
Posted on May 17, 2012 | 1 CommentThe beautiful pearl-like spheres pictured above are not gems, but kernels of what’s being called glass gem corn. Glass gem is an heirloom varietal corn... -
Researchers put panda costumes to the ultimate test
Posted on May 15, 2012 | No CommentsMix the serious work of saving endangered creatures in the wilderness with the ridiculousness of men in furry get-ups and you have some pretty enthralling photographs. -
The Anthropocene: the new “cene” on the scene
Posted on April 26, 2012 | No CommentsScientists, students, and all interested fellow travelers of science have a new term to deal with: the Anthropocene. The term was originally coined by ecologist...
