Researchers at UC Berkeley have shown its possible to decipher the words that a brain is thinking about. That could theoretically make it possible for a patient in a coma to communicate, though that’s a long way off. The research follows previous studies into the physical effects of thought. It had already been shown that […]
The original clone Dolly, preserved forever at the National Museum of Scotland. Photo Credit: Shelley Bernstein I’m sure we all remember Dolly, the world’s first successfully cloned mammal, a lovely little sheep in Edinburgh 16 years ago. Well, from the makers of Dolly, comes a whole new epic: Brain Tissue. The cloning of Dolly spurred […]
THE CITY DARK chronicles the disappearance of darkness. When filmmaker Ian Cheney moves to New York City and discovers skies almost completely devoid of stars, a simple question — what do we lose, when we lost the night? — spawns a journey to America’s brightest and darkest corners. Astronomers, cancer researchers, ecologists and philosophers provide […]
A new breakthrough in the wonderful world of forced infertility has Sonic Waves reducing the sperm count of men. The only problem is that it is not known if this technique could be reversed so it is still in the works. io9 reports: Scientists from the University of North Carolina say a non-oral form of […]
The time for reading comics is done. It’s time to live the marvel of mutated human beings, to realize that superpowers are real. And they’re here. This report on YouTube reports that a child in China has blue cat-like eyes, reflecting light back at us in the night. He’s able to do written tests in […]
Clement Valla asked 500 people to consecutively trace what was, at first, a single line. As each person traces the last person’s line, the result becomes more and more jumbled and complex. [Source]
It’s clear to me now, SpongeBob SquarePants should be pulled off the air for being scientifically inaccurate. Shame on you Nickelodeon! [Viahart]
Image Credit: Creativity103 As the hype for cloud computing rises ever higher, the issue of security is becoming a hot topic in the information exchange industry. The benefits of working in the cloud are immense, but many fear the risk posed by having their sensitive data accessible by the cyber-ether. Quantum computing to the rescue. […]
11 new planetary systems. Sweet. I get dibs on naming them. I want to name one after each of the Ninja Turtles. Even if other things have been named after the artists the turtles were named after. The solution is simple. Have one named Leonard (Turtle), Michaelangelo (Turtle), etc. NASA’s planet-hunting Kepler space telescope has […]
Two things that are completely relevant to us geekazoids: mathematics and beauty. This guy uses incredible mathematics to create pattern-free structures to create the world’s ugliest music, composed using a structure called the Golomb ruler. Another one for the age-old battle of arts vs. science: perhaps we can’t create the most beautiful music, but damn […]