Category: Science and Tech

Stupid Luddites: The 241-155 vote approved a ban on both reproductive cloning and therapeutic cloning, a procedure many researchers believe could lead to treatments for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, diabetes and other diseases. Violation of the ban would be punishable by $1 million in fines and up to 10 years in prison. Tomorrow, I understand they will…

10 Emerging Technologies That Will Change the World – The future is going to be so cool. I can’t wait for it. I have to admit, I nurture a core of extropian values down under my layers of jaded, world-weary cynicism. I just wish all that magic would hurry up and get here so that…

Scholars have learned that all the colors in the universe originate from a mere fifteen fundamental physical causes. Read about them here.

You know how whenever you talk about nuclear power the topic of waste disposal comes up? Yeah, and you know how somebody will always throw out the old why don’t we just blast it into the sun to which the response is do you really want to risk nuclear fall out in the event of…

I’d do anything to live forever. Well, almost anything: Goat testicle transplants. Elixirs of jade. Inhaling the breath of virgins. Injecting crushed dog gonads. Drinking radioactive waters. These are just a few of the ways people have sought to lengthen their lives and renew their vitality. I never really bought into the idea that immortality…

This is pretty cool. A 3D map of satellites orbiting the earth. You can zoom in or out, fly around the planet. It’s completely cool. It requires Java. [more space conversation here]

There’s a very interesting discussion of astrophysics going on over on MetaFilter. Maybe lecture would be a better descriptor than discussion since it’s a little one sided, but still, it’s totally worth a bookmark if you’re interested in that kind of stuff. I know I learned more than one something from it. Starts off with…