Category: Science, Engineering & Technology
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“…[A]longside neuroscience,…research in genetics is identifying the genes which give rise to antisocial and aggressive behaviour…. The way the rest of us develop moral rationality is utterly dependent on a functioning brain. But if in a criminal we find key components of their brain are damaged subtly enough for them to function otherwise normally, we…
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“Time, time, time is on my side, yes it is.” Recorded in 1964 by Mick Jagger in anticipation of the 60th anniversary of Einstein’s Special Relativity Theory the following year.
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The New York Times reports reports that a panel of scientists has recommended more research into geoengineering methods to control the Earth’s temperature. Members said they hoped that such extreme engineering techniques, which include scattering particles in the air to mimic the cooling effect of volcanoes or stationing orbiting mirrors in space to reflect sunlight,…
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What happens when China or India start developing pharmaceuticals at a fraction of the cost of the U.S. and Germany? How about heavy lift rockets that can compete with the Russians? Europe and the U.S. will find it hard to compete with Russia in the commercial aircraft market. Then will come India, China, and Brazil.
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Rest easy Einstein. “Particles that move faster than ‘c’ [the speed of light] might sound like pure sci-fi, but it wouldn’t be as hard to square with current physics as you might think.”
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“…[O]nce a year, the skies over…central Wisconsin …roar with the sound of the world’s largest air show, the Experimental Aircraft Association’s AirVenture….[T]his year’s show …feature[d] th…debut of Boeing’s… 787 Dreamliner, the …successor to the aging 767 design…Txchnologist presents …highlights of recent years.”
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From giant oval storms on the surface of Jupiter to colourful wispy remnants from a supernova explosion and the dazzling green curtain of the Northern Lights – nearly 800 images were submitted for the latest Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition.
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Long live the replicators — whatever and wherever they are.
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If electrons could only talk, what would they say?
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