This blog combs the alternative press for the most innovative solutions and most compelling new research on technology, health, communication, brain science, and life. http://www.utne.com/blogs/blog.aspx?blogid=36 <p>Technological change has a dramatic impact on language. Our cultural vitality depends on keeping that language alive.</p> http://www.utne.com/science-technology/word-order.aspx Lewis H. Lapham Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:58:03 CST <span>When a regime shuts down the internet, the helicopters of free information take to the skies.</span>.. http://www.utne.com/Science-Technology/Mobile-Wi-Fi-Infrastructure-Ad-Hoc-Electronic-Networks.aspx Will Wlizlo Fri, 09 Mar 2012 14:30:42 CST <span>To scratch out a life on other planets, we may need to tinker with our own DNA.</span>.. http://www.utne.com/Science-Technology/Genetically-Modified-Astronauts-Future-Of-Space-Colonization.aspx Will Wlizlo Mon, 16 Jan 2012 10:27:45 CST <span>An Internet startup promises that their free software coding course will teach you the skills to create your own website in one year</span>... http://www.utne.com/Science-Technology/Programming-Education-Code-Academy-Digital-Literacy.aspx Will Wlizlo Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:14:57 CST <p>All of those 140-character messages add up to something: a shockingly telling portrait of yourself...</p> http://www.utne.com/Science-Technology/Discover-Your-Meta-Identity-Twitterfy-Yourself.aspx Will Wlizlo Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:17:38 CST Impact Earth! is like a mash-up between Angry Birds and <em>Armageddon</em>, a program that allows you to tweak the size, makeup, velocity, and impact site of an asteroid and volley it toward our unsuspecting, defenseless planet... http://www.utne.com/Science-Technology/Impact-Earth-Calculate-Asteroid-Impact-Purdue-University.aspx Will Wlizlo Tue, 22 Nov 2011 13:41:55 CST