Solar Flares
You may think this news doesn’t affect you: Global Positioning System devices around the world were briefly but significantly disrupted …
Category Archives: Science & Technology
TED Prize
Technology, Entertainment, Design = TED. The TED conference every year is a much anticipated event among the brainy and rich …
Climate Change and BioEngineering
A few days ago we posted news about interesting developments in science, holding promise for non-fossil fuels and other climate …
Lawrence Livermore & Solar
The renowned Lawrence Livermore Labs, lately in the news for its contract to design a new generation of nuclear warheads, …
Dell Computers: Going Green
It is good to see Michael Dell himself, the wunderkind of personal computers, take a public look at what his …
Evolutionary Throwbacks
As modern evolutionary biologists are pointing out, not all evolution is forward. Large beaked finches in the Galapagos which have …
Glacier Melt: Water Crisis
We read from time to time that ice-pack melting in Antartica and Greenland will lift sea levels into the sewers …
Evolution: The Milk Maid’s Story
With a trip to the Galpagos two weeks away I’ve been reading the exhaustive Janet Browne biography of Darwin and …
Darwin To Blame for Terrorism
If only this were just a sketch on the Daily Show. A lavishly illustrated “Atlas of Creation” is mysteriously turning …
Scientists for Sanity
A new group has conceived, born and birthed itself: Scientists and Engineers for America at sefora.org SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS FOR …
Science Friday: Pornography
I know this will interest no one. Porn is a big business. Every year, Americans spend $4 billion on video …
The Pope, Islam, Atheism
Sam Harris who is making quite a name for himself as a militant, in your face atheist, has a dashed …