2019-03-01
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Trust
August 19, 2010Leave it up to a robot - We predict that the future will reveal a world filled with robots, and there are all kinds of them out there already. How do you teach someone to trust, especially someone who has... continued
Whew!
August 19, 2010Seafood from the Gulf is OK - Did the BP oil spill contaminate Gulf Coast seafood? After receiving a shipment of Louisiana seafood samples collected by a reporter with "Good Morning America," Texas researchers found NO evidence of petroleum hydrocarbons.... continued
Pretty People Get Ahead
August 19, 2010in politics - It's so unfair: Attractive people are less likely to get convicted (and short people commit more crimes), and it turns out that attractive politicians are more likely to get elected. With such widespread TV coverage of candidates,... continued
Pets Made Us Human
August 18, 2010Human evolution may have been shaped by our pets. But if humans want to avoid food poisoning, they shouldn't feed their pets in the kitchen. In LiveScience.com, Jeremy Hsu quotes paleoanthropologist Pat Shipman as saying, "Once you undergo that funny... continued
GM Seeds Spreading Like Weeds
August 18, 2010One problem with genetically-modified crops is that their seeds spread far and wide and contaminate fields where other crops are growing. Scientists have found populations of wild plants with genes from genetically modified canola in the United States. Globally, canola... continued
Computers R Us
August 17, 2010The next generation of computers will try to duplicate the way the human brain works, meaning that they may be able to SEE and HEAR in the future. They may even be able to feel emotions. Meanwhile, our brains are... continued
Shortage of Something Essential
August 17, 2010Global warming is being blamed for the 40% decline in the ocean's phytoplankton, which is an essential part of the marine food chain: If there is no more plankton, there will be no more fish. Not only that, phytoplankton produce... continued
Solar Cycle Restarting
August 17, 2010The solar cycle usually works like this: Every 11 years there is a period of intense solar activity. But the sun has been unusually quiet for years now. However, scientists have obtained evidence that a new cycle of solar activity... continued
Are You a Workaholic?
August 16, 2010Don't shoot--I'm working as fast as I can! Workaholics are like alcoholics--only the ones who have recovered talk about it. One of them calls this "the best-dressed problem of the 21st century." With a shortage of jobs, workers who are... continued
A Glacier Calves
August 16, 2010And gives birth to a BIG one! - An "ice island" four times the size of Manhattan has calved from a glacier in Greenland. The last time the Arctic lost such a large chunk of ice was in 1962. The... continued