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Kitty research could offer insight to Gulf oil spill cleanup
Jaclyn Giovis Nov 12, 2010
Have you ever watched your kitty drink her milk, and wondered, "How does that work?" A team of scientists asked that question, and the answer could hold the key to clean-up efforts in the Gulf.
Tetris and PTSD
John Moe Nov 12, 2010
In a new study from Oxford University, test subjects were shown a film containing images of injuries and death....
Bracelet may help communication for people with autism
Sep 22, 2011
For people with autism, communication can be a struggle, one that can seem insurmountable. But a team of researchers at MIT may have come up with a fairly simple solution: a bracelet. The Q Sensor wristband can provide a window into how the wearer is feeling at a given time.
Video games are revolutionizing computation chemistry
John Moe Nov 9, 2010
A new report finds that the high powered graphics processing units GPUs now in video games - the hardware that gives gamers 3-D images and other...
ZeuS is trickier still, eviller still
John Moe Nov 5, 2010
The evil genius malware is trying a new technique to thwart the researchers who are going after it. Bad guys are setting up fake interfaces in the...
Holographic telepresence
John Moe Nov 4, 2010
The idea of projecting and seeing a 3D holographic image - without horrible 3D goggles - just got a whole lot closer to reality thanks to...
Invisibility cloak update
John Moe Nov 4, 2010
Oh, invisibility cloak. You're the Chinese Democracy of tech stories. Scientists at work on an invisibility cloak project in Britain have...
Republican victories could hurt Obama's clean energy plan
John Moe Nov 3, 2010
Reuters reports that any chance of a broad comprehensive bill on addressing climate change was essentially killed last night as the Republicans...
Chatbot takes on critics of climate change
John Moe Nov 3, 2010
Nigel Leck was sick of all the people on Twitter arguing that global warming isn't real. So, he made a program that would scan Twitter every five...
Effects of NASA's shuttle program ending
Sep 22, 2011
After 30 years, NASA's Shuttle program will end. Bloomberg Businessweek's Paul Barrett wrote a story about the ending of the program and talks with Jeremy Hobson about the impact this will have on Florida and America's competitiveness.
