2019-03-01
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Don’t Swat It–It May be a Spy
March 8, 2013Why make tiny flying drones when you can fly REAL insects by remote-control? In 2006, DARPA asked US scientists to submit "innovative proposals to develop technology to create insect-cyborgs"--tiny flying robots that can perform surveillance in dangerous territory. One there... continued
We’re Closer Than Ever to Becoming Invisible
March 8, 2013Great strides are being made, when it comes to creating invisibility. Baile Zhang, a scientist from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, caused his audience to gasp when he demonstrated the following experiment: He used a small box made of calcite... continued
Will the Next Pope be Black?
March 8, 2013Africa is the continent where Catholicism is strongest, unlike Europe, where people are becoming more secular--even in Italy, home of the Vatican. The exiting Pope Benedict will have a lot of influence on who will be chosen to succeed him.... continued
Smoking Solution
March 8, 2013The number of smokers has gone down--fewer than one in five adults now smoke in the US, which is about half as many smokers as there were 50 years ago. Despite this, cigarettes kill more than 400,000 Americans every year.... continued
New Ice Age in Alaska
March 8, 2013While most of the world is experiencing global warming, Alaska seems to be entering another ice age. Since 2000, temperatures in Alaska have dropped by 2.4 degrees Fahrenheit. When scientists looked at weather reports from 20 climate stations in that... continued
Chavez Death May Mean End of Castro Regime
March 8, 2013The death of Venezuela President Hugo Chavez on March 5th may ALSO spell the end of Communism is Cuba, because Chavez supported the Castro regime in a way that Venezuela--itself having money problems--cannot really afford, and Chavez's replacement, probably Nicolás... continued
Tracking Fukushima Fish
March 7, 2013If radiation from Fukushima is detectable in fish, scientists can use it to trace the routes of the many sea creatures, from tuna to sharks to turtles, that make long journeys across the open seas. For instance, we still don't... continued
Need Something? Print It!
March 7, 2013Three-dimensional manufacturing is making something out of practically nothing. People are buying these printers at a rapid rate--one New York outlet that sells 3-D printers sold 15,000 of them last year. But it won't be that way for long: When... continued
Comet Aiming for Mars
March 7, 2013Will life on Mars go the way of the dinosaurs before we have a chance to discover it? Incoming Comet C213/A1, discovered on January 1st, is expected by some astronomers to pass within 28,000 miles of Marsin 2014. But cometary... continued
The Legacy of Sandy
March 6, 2013The areas hit by Hurricane Sandy have mostly been rebuilt, but there is one dangerous problem still lurking there: MOLD. It's erupting in fuzzy streaks of brown and black in flooded houses. Some of it could even be deadly if... continued