Science & Technology
Sustainable technologies, innovative health solutions, and cutting-edge connections
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11/18/2009 11:00:01 AM
When a natural disaster strikes or violence breaks out in a country, a map can change the nature of the crisis....
11/18/2009 10:34:44 AM
Too often when we talk about accessibility issues for people with visual, hearing,
motor, or cognitive disabilities we're talking about physical
infrastructure only. What about the web?
11/13/2009 4:51:44 PM
In case you missed it, catch Dave Davies of Fresh Air interviewing our visionary...
11/11/2009 3:26:50 PM
Just because people are intelligent doesn’t mean they’re smart. Relying on IQ tests can be very problematic....
11/10/2009 10:52:49 AM
Photographer Stan Gaz spent six years taking pictures of meteorite craters....
11/3/2009 12:25:58 PM
People aren’t all straight, gay, or bisexual. Scientists have begun taking notice of a significant number of people who identify as asexual....
10/30/2009 4:24:25 PM
Students who want to learn something should probably try failing first....
10/28/2009 5:22:41 PM
Hershey’s chocolates, for the most part, aren’t really chocolate. They’re the terrible bastard children of chocolate and corporate frugality....
10/22/2009 5:27:08 PM
The people who gave the world email, the iPhone, and the text message now want to save the world from information overload....
10/16/2009 5:38:01 PM
The wisdom of crowds has become a popular cultural mantra, but we devalue the wisdom of individuals at our own peril....
10/16/2009 3:38:41 PM
A new study suggests that personal insults taken lying down are easier to take....
10/13/2009 5:24:30 PM
Remember the gene patent rush? Companies dashed to call dibs on DNA, while citizens wrung their hands over genetic code as private property. Well, the patent party could soon be over.
10/13/2009 2:44:50 PM
By highlighting a community’s green features—compost drop sites, green space, community gardens—Brawer’s maps become tools for environmental and community activists, pointing the way to sustainability.
10/13/2009 2:41:11 PM
Nawal Nour Founder, African Women's Health CenterUtne Reader visionaryNovember December 2009by Staff, Utne Reader
10/13/2009 2:13:16 PM
Thanks to this digital librarian’s nonprofit, researchers, historians, and scholars have permanent access to reams of essential historical data. And he’s just getting started.
10/13/2009 11:47:04 AM
Kristian Olson, program leader of the Global Health Initiative (GHI), fights neonatal death in low-income areas of the world using low-cost resuscitators and incubators made from old car parts.
10/13/2009 11:06:02 AM
America has been a nation of sports nuts for even longer than you might imagine—a thousand years, in fact. The early Native American game of chunkey involved throwing spears or sticks at a rolling, hockey-puck-size stone disc…
10/13/2009 10:49:04 AM
Jonathan Kuniholm is focused on bulding better prosthetics, using novel approaches like open-source design to push improvements all the way to consumers
10/13/2009 10:39:26 AM
Daniel Kish heads World Access for the Blind (WAFTB), a nonprofit that takes a revolutionary approach to managing blindness by emphasizing self-direction.
10/13/2009 10:34:05 AM
This philosopher-turned-engineer heads up Science Commons, a group that works to spur innovation and discovery by making scientific research and resources easier to share.
10/13/2009 10:13:05 AM
David Oaks works to raise awareness about mental health issues and fight the media biases that he says reinforce cultural stigmas
10/13/2009 10:04:42 AM
Wafaa El-Sadr created a simple revolution in AIDS treatment: Create a clinic with a comfortable, home-away-from-home feel; train doctors to listen to, not just talk at, their patients; and incorporate patients’ day-to-day reality into their care.
10/12/2009 3:22:16 PM
How many gallons of chemicals does it take to preserve a university’s specimens? Try 800…
10/9/2009 6:50:34 PM
A new study reveals that snoozing helps you solve problems…
9/25/2009 5:21:07 PM
The Pitch Drop Experiment is the longest running experiment…that no one’s actually witnessed…
9/25/2009 12:22:17 PM
In a rural technical school in Fallujah, a former U.S. rancher teaches Iraqi widows how to produce quality milk, locally.
9/22/2009 4:29:29 PM
José Gómez-Márquez builds strange-looking medical equipment: pregnancy tests that look like Lego kits, inhalers inspired by plastic toy helicopters, and centrifuges made from toilet plungers….
9/21/2009 5:06:27 PM
People in need of a creative boost should take a long nap....
9/21/2009 5:03:40 PM
The Obama administration had better watch out if they want to use scientists as diplomats....
9/21/2009 4:45:08 PM
Depression and anxiety disorders are more common than previously thought. Does that mean more people are getting sick? Not necessarily....
9/16/2009 4:53:56 PM
A frosty, cold beer can aid patients before and after surgery, according to the anecdotal evidence in the Journal of Irreproducible Results....
9/10/2009 3:32:01 PM
Family feuds can be deadly, especially when the two sides have armies....
9/4/2009 4:02:15 PM
Thinking about love makes people better at creative problem solving. Thoughts of sex, on the other hand, give people a more analytical mindset.
9/3/2009 4:21:03 PM
DNA databanks could magnify racial disparities in the criminal justice system...
9/2/2009 2:48:27 PM
Imagine a contact lens that could connect you to the internet, providing information about what you see in a format invisible to other people....
8/28/2009 5:23:57 PM
Having the option to order a salad makes people more likely to order the double bacon cheeseburger or the least healthy item on the menu....
8/28/2009 3:10:20 PM
Jeff Clark makes my brain hurt, but first he makes me laugh. He's been charting word density on Twitter and has turned his attention to drunk tweets....
8/26/2009 2:11:01 PM
Vote on the best government-transparency boosting, accountability-promoting web applications from the Apps for America contest....
8/22/2009 11:49:58 AM
There are two types of people in the world: people who are automatically honest and those who aren’t....
8/21/2009 10:44:34 AM
The death of the online community site Geocities holds lessons for everyone who uses Facebook, MySpace, or Blogger...
8/20/2009 11:34:37 AM
In praise of street-smart stargazing and the four-letter exclamation point
8/20/2009 10:39:30 AM
Inventive scientists are using poop stains visible on satellite images of the Antarctic ice to track elusive emperor penguin colonies….
8/19/2009 3:09:48 PM
Many marriage and family therapists subscribe to the same mistaken beliefs about relationships that vex their clients....
8/18/2009 11:13:25 AM
An Israeli company has created blood and saliva samples that contain fake DNA evidence, and the modification is undetectable in standard lab tests….
8/17/2009 2:17:25 PM
Do you have nine minutes for the miracle that is the squid?...
8/14/2009 2:43:26 PM
Broadband Internet in the United States is a national embarrassment.
8/14/2009 2:17:43 PM
Thanks to new encryption and cloaking technology, the truth comes out.
8/14/2009 2:10:31 PM
The government of India recently finished a massive database that puts thousands of years’ worth of traditional Indian remedies, medicines....
8/14/2009 2:06:51 PM
Taking the edge off ugly memories
8/11/2009 2:48:06 PM
Researchers unlocking the secrets of our DNA may be sparking a new Romantic Age...
8/10/2009 4:15:55 PM
When English isn’t good enough, innovative inventors set out to create their own languages. Most fail miserably, but every once in a while, a newly formed language will take on a life of its own....
8/9/2009 5:19:33 PM
Outdated crime laboratories housed inside police agencies perpetuate a world of corruption, erroneous evidence and wrongful convictions....
8/7/2009 12:53:16 PM
Scientific journals tend to focus on successful research, which sidesteps learning from unexpected outcomes and inconclusive results. One journal aims to change all that….
8/5/2009 10:55:27 AM
Brain science, health, emotions, and new technology
8/4/2009 1:09:07 PM
Following up on a fascinating column about why wooden houses withstand earthquakes, here's a look at why so few Japanese pagodas fall down....
8/4/2009 10:47:56 AM
A new program helps low-income and immigrant patients manage their diabetes with a weekly telephone call….
7/29/2009 5:26:18 PM
Linguistically, curse words can be both versatile and confusing....
7/28/2009 7:29:27 PM
Creativity is not a trait that people either have or they don’t. Creativity it’s surprisingly orderly, it can be learned....
7/27/2009 5:16:07 PM
We like it when people share, until we don't...
7/23/2009 4:59:20 PM
The ACLU and the Public Patent Foundation are heading to court to challenge the constitutionality of gene patents....
7/23/2009 4:22:28 PM
“Sometimes the only thing worse than homeopathic products that have no effect are the ones that do,” Terry J. Allen writes for In These Times....
7/23/2009 3:27:44 PM
Most phones can take photos and send texts. Now, researchers have developed one that can diagnose disease....
7/23/2009 3:20:03 PM
With binge drinking and alcohol related hospital visits ever on the rise in young people, perhaps it’s time to come up with a plan B....
7/22/2009 12:58:37 PM
Some men with Asperger’s make dedicated husbands. Just don’t expect them to hang out with your friends
7/20/2009 2:40:30 PM
It’s time to limit the love and attention lavished on iPhones....
7/20/2009 1:52:54 PM
Where does laughter come from? And why do we do it?...
7/17/2009 12:18:20 PM
How the earth became what it is and what it might look like next, in just over one minute....
7/15/2009 3:10:11 PM
If a person truly believes that a sugar pill can ease pain, it probably will. The same power can also be harnessed to hurt people....
7/15/2009 12:40:07 PM
The American public loves science, but scientists don’t love the American public back....
7/13/2009 3:23:17 PM
People named Aaron or Betty are more likely to get better grades in school than people named Chris or Dave....
7/10/2009 3:52:01 PM
People assume that war is inevitable. Science is proving that's not the case....
7/7/2009 1:52:01 PM
The only thing more unsettling than reading about “neural avalanches” in your brain is watching them. Enjoy!
7/6/2009 3:31:48 PM
If people could delete specific memories, which ones would they choose?...
7/6/2009 12:00:45 PM
The Pope wants his flock to get online and start blogging....
6/30/2009 3:24:58 PM
Generations of technical innovation, epiphanies, scientific discoveries, work, and toil were needed to create a $10.00 toaster....
6/30/2009 2:07:11 PM
Believers in survival of the fittest may struggle to explain the existence of skinny weaklings in human society....
6/30/2009 9:54:51 AM
Thirteen-year-old Scott Campbell recently gave up his iPod to spend a week with his dad’s clunky old Walkman. Hilarious cassette-tape mishaps ensue....
6/26/2009 9:20:55 AM
Why can some of the greatest creative minds produce masterpieces while under the influence, while others simply end up with drivel? Apparently it’s genetic…
6/24/2009 4:18:16 PM
For most of us, Gary Busey brings to mind big teeth and movies like “Black Sheep,” but for Amelia Fedo, the actor’s name floods her mouth with tastes of cranberry and string cheese. …
6/23/2009 11:40:06 AM
Using people’s brain waves as the notes, scientists have created music....
6/23/2009 9:44:37 AM
While many archaeologists dig for clues to antiquity, a California state archaeologist has collected and catalogued the remains of a much more recent but equally curious civilization: a 1960s hippie commune...
6/22/2009 11:16:34 AM
IEEE Spectrum reports on the latest in travel to Mars, including a new space suit design and the amount of money the U.S. is spending on space travel….
6/18/2009 12:27:19 PM
Expect the Impossible—But Be Patient
6/18/2009 12:22:33 PM
Jonathan Kuniholm wants to revolutionize prosthetics.
6/18/2009 11:29:02 AM
Bohnam's auction house in New York City will be taking bids on hundreds of tiny treasures from the glory days of NASA's space program. If it weren't for this damn recession, I'd have me one of those lunar rock box thingys....
6/17/2009 3:30:30 PM
Statistics show that as people climb the academic ladder their health increases significantly, but there are troubling implications for uneducated parents…
6/17/2009 10:30:58 AM
Technology is letting foreigners engage in the Iranian protests, but how far is too far?....
6/17/2009 8:54:30 AM
Fake drugs kill. A technology company in Ghana has created a text-message service that helps people make sure their pharmaceuticals are genuine….
6/15/2009 3:49:14 PM
When people get old, their eyesight and hearing start diminish, muscles quit working, and their bodies generally deteriorate. Scientists wonder, why?..
6/15/2009 1:33:54 PM
Research shows disabling Neofem2, a recently discovered termite “queen gene,” causes her subjects to react as if she is dead....
6/15/2009 10:51:24 AM
Recent studies suggest that nickel in cell phones has caused a rise in unexplained skin rashes....
6/15/2009 10:49:50 AM
Most jewelry is mass produced. Nervous System uses open-source software that allows people to design unique pieces based on gorgeous, biological patterns….
6/12/2009 3:48:25 PM
Cooking food is the defining activity that makes us human, and led to our societal system of marriage...
6/12/2009 1:06:54 PM
The Indian government recently finished a massive database that puts thousands of years’ worth of traditional Indian remedies, medicines, and practices in the public domain....
6/11/2009 4:29:56 PM
In 2006 we reported on a company that planned to breed hypoallergenic cats. The cats are now a reality—problem is, not all of them are allergen-free….
6/10/2009 2:07:59 PM
With all the data now available to us, why is it that misleading or manipulative uses of numbers dominate so many critical issues?...
6/10/2009 9:42:16 AM
Do you have depression? Achy face? Do you see the world in black and white? You may be stuck inside a prescription drug commercial....
6/9/2009 3:14:48 PM
Aimee Mullins redefines beauty and the body
6/9/2009 3:10:38 PM
The chasm between what people think is out there and what is actually available to an amputee has existed for years.
6/9/2009 3:05:49 PM
How art can help science augment the body, from hearing aids to prosthetic limbs
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