New Bond Breaker Game Puts You in the Proton’s Seat
Admit it: haven’t you always longed to experience what it’s like to be a proton at the subatomic scale? No? Just Jen-Luc Piquant then.
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Is Data Really Changing the Nature of Wearable Technology?
Do you have a FitBit story? Last November, S came home with a Fitbit Flex. For those of you who don’t have one of these increasingly ubiquitous devices, it’s a small, plastic band that you wear on your wrist (there are other tracker options as well)...
Apple Expected to Set Its Sights on Wearables, Mobile Payments
The rumor mill surrounding the company's latest is in high gear, with possibly a wearable device and smartphone wallet capabilities to be announced next week. Larry Greenemeier reports
Hooked on Metrics: Why Learning Can and Should Be Measured
The following is a guest post by Scott Bennett, principal of eSTEM Academy in Reynoldsburg, Ohio When I first started teaching science 10 years ago, no one ever talked about achievement or thought about data...
The Case for Kill Switches in Military Weaponry
Existing technology might have made it possible to disarm ISIS from a distance
Are Personal Drones a Public Hazard? [Video]
DIY drone enthusiasts speak out about safety
Satirists As a Source of Science News
How many times have you read a science-themed article from The Onion or watched a science-themed segment on The Daily Show (TDS) or The Colbert Report (CR) and remarked at how “spot on” they are?...
Personal Drones: Are They a Public Hazard?
DIY drone enthusiasts speak out about safety
Childhood of Tomorrow: the Art of Simon Stålenhag
Some artists find a synthesis of style and subject that causes their work to resonate deeply within us. We experience new memories and ideas while we look at their images.
We're All Hawking Products Now
Software start-ups getting big bucks to write code that can identify, find and link logos and brands in the billions of images posted daily. Larry Greenemeier reports...
Finally, an Algorithm to Sort Your Beatles Albums
By analyzing the evolving structure of the Beatles’ music, the computer program was able to correctly place the Fab Four’s albums in chronological order. Karen Hopkin reports...
How to Create a Wired Network at Home
If you want blazing fast speeds and the ability to multitask with all your devices, nothing beats a wired network. This week, Tech Talker explains all the steps you need to set up your own home wired network, from cabling, to design, to the finishing touches...
How #Selfie Culture is Changing Our Lives
We've all done it: We're at an event, we take a bunch of photos with our phones, we take a selfie and maybe one with a friend, we post all the images online, and we're done.
Scientists Finally Catch On to Social Media
A survey explores why large academic social networks have taken off to a degree that no one expected a few years ago
Physics Week in Review: August 16, 2014
This week on Virtually Speaking Science, I chatted with astrophysicist Katie Freese, author of a new book, The Cosmic Cocktail: Three Parts Dark Matter.
1,000-Robot Swarm Created by Researchers
The tiny troupe could shed light on collective behavior in animals and humans
Google Maps Dives Underwater with `Street View'
Google has taken its ‘street view’ maps to a whole new level—namely, the ocean's depths. Already, scientists have collected 400,000 panoramic photos of coral reefs and other marine marvels off the coast of Australia and in the Caribbean, some of which viewers can access on Google Maps...
Google Searches Linked to Stock Market Moves
When Web searches related to business and politics go up, the market tends to take a dive—although that connection may already be fading. Christopher Intagliata reports
“Ambiguous” Warfare Buys Upgrade Time for Russia’s Military
While playing catch-up on technology, Russia opts for cyber attacks, disinformation and other shadowy ways to fight a war with—and sometimes without—plausible deniability
Astronomers Prepare to Give ALMA a Heart Transplant
Before they can see Sagittarius A*, the black hole at the center of the Milky Way, the astronomers of the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) must complete an epic to-do list.
