Geologists at the University of Maryland have published research that could help prove or disprove Gaia theory — the notion that the Earth is one single self-regulating system.
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It’s been widely reported that we’ve fallen far behind in STEM education, that our children just aren’t proficient at math, science, technology,or engineering. Everyone from President Obama to William Bennett have lamented our situation. But to step inside the FIRST 2012 Championship in Saint Louis last week, you would never know it. Here, thousands of kids gathered to celebrate and compete in robotics and whether chatting to the competitors or overhearing conversations, it’s very apparent that the state of STEM is well and good among FIRST attendees.
Tesla has announced that their long-awaited and finally forthcoming Model S sedan is expected to have a real-world operating range between 250 and 350 miles.
Those numbers come from computer models of Model S battery performance, and appeared in a post on?Tesla’s blog?co-authored by founder and CEO Elon Musk and Chief Technical Officer JB Straubel. They …
CSS vendor prefixes are broken. What started out as a seemingly simple idea has ended up creating as many problems as it solved. Now a new proposal from a W3C member argues that the web needs a different approach.
We already have the technology to create artist radio apps that deliver not only bands’ music, but also interaction with band members and valuable insight into their all-important tastes. All that’s missing is the execution.
Moon mining and outer-space colonies remain a pie-in-the-sky dream for now. But a new paper argues that the settlement of other worlds would take off if the government could provide one thing: property rights.
Apple says that a biogas-powered fuel cell system that will help power its Maiden, North Carolina, data center could be up and running as early as June, much earlier than previously expected.
If the U.S. Navy goes to war against Iran, its tiniest ships could play the biggest role. Diminutive minesweepers and coastal patrol boats are being upgraded, rearmed and pushed to the maritime front line in the Persian Gulf. Which is kind of ironic: the bigger-is-better Navy has been trying to get rid of the warships for years.
In a new call fo research, Darpa’s asking for proposals to devise prototype implantable biosensors. Once inserted under a soldier’s skin, Darpa wants the sensors to provide round-the-clock, accurate measurements of “DoD-relevant biomarkers” like stress hormones, or compounds that signal inflammation.