Software Predicts Which Companies Are an Easy Sell
• Jessica Leber via TechnologyReview.comA former Yahoo search engineer raises funds to bring sophisticated data mining and modeling to the business world.
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Brain Cells Will Control The Power Plants Of The Future
• popsci.comLiving neurons are coming up with better solutions for electricity distribution than people can.
Shedding New Light On Basement Marijuana Technology
• popsci.comOne man's experience with LED grow lights
Ancient DNA reveals Europe's dynamic genetic history
• http://esciencenews.comAncient DNA recovered from a series of skeletons in central Germany up to 7,500 years old has been used to reconstruct the first detailed genetic history of modern Europe.
Gcorelab Gets $482,000 For New Battery Cooling Technology
• http://techcrunch.com, Victoria HoA Singapore clean-tech company called Gcorelab has just received $482,000 (S$589,000) in funding for a new technology that promises to control the thermal issues that have plagued lithium-ion batteries.
Erik Brynjolfsson: The key to growth? Race with the machines
• ted.comAs machines take on more jobs, many find themselves out of work or with raises indefinitely postponed. Is this the end of growth? No, says Erik Brynjolfsson -- it’s simply the growing pains of a radically reorganized economy.
Cannabis Treats Cancer and Epilepsy
• arcleinhe Obama administration that has continued to resist the legalization on a federal level of medical marijuana. They still insist that there is no medical use for marijuana when all the science proves the government to be dead wrong. They hunt the wor
Smoking Pot And Popping THC Pills Combat Pain, Study Finds
• Francie Diep via PopSci.comThis is the first study to compare smoking marijuana and pills that contain the psychoactive chemical in the plant.
Marijuana Pill May Be Better for Pain
• Rachael Rettner via LiveScience.comA pill form of marijuana may work just as well to relieve pain as the smoked form, but with fewer side effects, new research suggests.
What Does the Average American Know About Science?
• Megan Gannon via LiveScience.comCan you identify the gas that makes up most of Earth's atmosphere? If yes, you may be surprised to be among the minority in the United States.
Could Biofuels Help Power Jets?
• Charles Q. Choi via LiveScience.comA new synthetic type of biofuel created by mixing and matching bits of DNA from different organisms could one day replace diesel and jet fuel, scientists say.
Colorado Avalanche: Deadliest in 50 Years
• Courtney Spamer via LiveScience.comOn Saturday afternoon, the wet snow piled in the mountains of the Loveland Pass gave way, creating a fatal avalanche.
Sanjay Dastoor: A skateboard, with a boost
• TEDImagine an electric vehicle that can get you to work -- or anywhere in a six-mile radius -- quickly, without traffic frustrations or gasoline.
Parkinson's, depression and the switch that might turn them off
• TEDDeep brain stimulation is becoming very precise. This technique allows surgeons to place electrodes in almost any area of the brain, and turn them up or down -- like a radio dial or thermostat -- to correct dysfunction.
John McWhorter: Txtng is killing language. JK!!!
• TEDDoes texting mean the death of good writing skills? John McWhorter posits that there’s much more to texting -- linguistically, culturally -- than it seems, and it’s all good news.
3-D Print Your Doodles With This New Kickstarter Project
• Rose Pastore via PopSci.comSoftware turns simple line drawings into 3-D objects.
The Twin’Z: A car design influenced by nature
• The Washington PostThe Renault concept car the Twin'Z is seen here against a city backdrop. Design elements of the car will likely be incorporated into Renault's Twingo due for release in 2014.
Police, citizens and technology factor into Boston bombing probe
• David Montgomery, Sari Horwitz and Marc FisherWithin hours of the Boston Marathon bombing, investigators were already overwhelmed. Bloody clothing, bags, shoes and other evidence from victims and witnesses were piling up. Videos and still images, thousands of them, were beginning to accumulate.
Hyundai Made A Flying Car (Sorta)
• Colin Lecher via PopSci.comIt is impractical! And cool! And we would like to fly it.
America: #1 In Fear, Stress, Anger, Divorce, Obesity, Anti-Depressants, Etc.
• Michael via The Economic CollapseThe United States is a deeply unhappy place. We are a nation that is absolutely consumed by fear, stress, anger and depression.
The First Elevated-Pin Braille Smartphone Gets A Prototype
• Colin Lecher via PopSci.comIncoming text gets translated into braille through little pins, constantly moving up and down to convey what's happening in the phone.
Facebook Catapults $1.5 Billion Data Center Into Iowa
• Cade Metz via WIRED.comFacebook is building a 1.4-million-square-foot data center on the outskirts of Des Moines, Iowa, according to a local report.
Obama accused of nuclear U-turn as guided weapons plan emerges
• Julian Borger via TheGuardianPlan to spend $10bn on updating nuclear bombs goes against 2010 pledge not to deploy new weapons, say critics
New Discovery: NASA Study Proves Carbon Dioxide Cools Atmosphere
• principia-scientific.orgA recent NASA report throws the space agency into conflict with its climatologists after new NASA measurements prove that carbon dioxide acts as a coolant in Earth's atmosphere.
Dear President Obama: When Will You Stop Talking About Climate Change And Actually Do Something?
• Rebecca Boyle via PopSci.comYou don't even need Congress to enact meaningful reform.
Apply Now For A One-Way Trip To Mars
• Rose Pastore via PopSci.comMars One has begun accepting video applications for a mission to colonize the red planet in 2023.
How Studying Extremist Psychology Can Help Prevent Another Bombing
• Rober Beckhusen via WIRED.comPut aside, for a moment, whatever you might suspect about anyone’s motives for bombing the Boston Marathon, since no one actually knows yet.
New Private Rocket Launches Into Orbit On Maiden Voyage
• Tariq Malik via Space.comA new commercial U.S. rocket soared into the Virginia sky Sunday (April 21) on a debut flight that paves the way for eventual cargo flights to the International Space Station for NASA.
Nest Thermostat Slays Peak Power
• Martin LaMonica via TechnologyReview.comNest adds “energy services” with utilities to shift heavy air conditioning loads and tune home efficiency.
IBM Solar Dish Does Double Duty
• Martin LaMonica via TechnologyReview.comIBM Researchers build solar concentrator that generates electricity and enough heat for desalination or cooling.
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