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Book Review: "This Will Make You Smarter" Takes Your Mind To Extraordinary Places
Comments (0) | Book Review, Books, edge, John Brockman, Philosophy, science, This Will Make You Smarter
John Brockman offers the reader some wisdom in "This Will Make You Smarter" (Harper Collins)
John Brockman's daring book gives us a map of the human condition and to divine wisdom.
Read more...German Satellite Expected To Hit Earth This Weekend
Comments (0) | Earth, Germany, NASA, ROSAT, ROSAT satellite, satellite, science, Science, space, tech
Alberta scientists arrive at the German Aerospace Center for a conference. Via Creative Commons.
A German sataellite will re-enter Earth and have a one in 2,000 chance of hitting someone.
Read more...Recycled Plastic Could Power Millions, Study Says
Comments (0) | columbia university, green tech, landfill, Living Green, National, plastic, power plant, recycling, renewable energy, report, science, Science, Science+Tech, Technology, trash, waste, waste to energy
This power plant in St. Paul, Minn., converts wooden waste into energy. Similar plants can convert plastic. Via Creative Commons
Turning landfill-bound plastic into energy could create as much energy as oil and coal.
Read more...Nobel Prizes Laud Revolutionary Science
Comments (0) | award, chemistry, discovery, medicine, Nobel Prize, physics, physiology, research, science, Science, Science+Tech, stockholm, sweden
Each Nobel Prize winner receives a Nobel Medal, certificate and about 10 million dollars.
Nobel Prize winner for 2011 in astrophysics, crystal composition and human immunity.
Read more...GOP Presidential Hopefuls Embrace Anti-Intellectualism
Comments (3) | 2012, Anti-Science, Barack Obama, elections, george bush, GOP, Intellectualism, Opinion, rick perry, science
(Gage Skidmore, Creative Commons)
The Republican Party not only rejects intellectualism, it mocks it.Read more...
NASA Preps Mars "Curiosity" Rover For The Launchpad
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The last phases are underway.
Read more...San Francisco Conference Writes Overnight Startup Success Stories
Comments (0) | California, Disrupt, entrepreneurship, GroupMe, invention, Pop Culture, San Francisco, science, Science+Tech, Startup, tech jobs, TechCrunch, Technology, Technology
Disrupt challenges inventive programmers to design tech's next sensation on the spot.
Read more...NASA's Moon Mission Postponed By Weather
Comments (0) | delay, GRAIL, mission, moon, NASA, orbit, research, science, Science, Science+Tech, space, space policy
South Pole of the moon
Hydrogen Fuel Cell Research A Breakthrough For Green Revolution
Comments (0) | energy, green, Green Revolution, hydrogen fuel cell, Opinion, science, USC, USC research
(Photo by Dennis Martinez. Courtesy of USC)
A green world is much closer to becoming a reality instead of just a daring hope.
Read more...Human Activity Damaging Oceans At Alarming Rates
Comments (0) | acidification, climate change, global warming, Oceans, Opinion, overfishing, pollution, science, warming
(World Resources, Creative Commons)
It is a bipartisan issue that affects everyone and everything on earth.
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