Category Archives: Science & Technology
Simulating a single-cell bacterium
To Model the Simplest Microbe in the World, You Need 128 Computers The Atlantic – ALEXIS MADRIGAL – Jul 23, 2012 The depth and breadth of cellular complexity has turned out to be nearly unbelievable, and difficult to manage, even … more
Bluff and Fluff
Russia plans manned moon shot by 2030 The Register – RIK MYSLEWSKI – Mar 16, 2012 The Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos has submitted to its government a draft set of ambitious plans for its activities through 2030, including sending … more
After-birth abortion: newborns are not persons
Two Australian doctors of philosophy have presented arguments in a medical journal that after-birth abortion should be allowed. They assert, “There are two reasons which, taken together, justify this claim: (1) The moral status of an infant is equivalent to … more
Going up? Or down?
Japan plans snail-paced space elevator for 2050 CNET – TIM HORNYAK – Feb 23, 2012 Japanese construction company Obayashi wants to build an elevator to space and transport passengers to a station about a tenth the distance to the moon.
God and the universe do not depend on wild guesses
There’s More to Nothing Than We Knew New York Times – DENNIS OVERBYE – Feb 20, 2012 …The question of why there was a Big Bang or any quantum particles at all was presumed to lie safely out of scientific … more
Archaeologists would upturn historians’ dismissal of Vedic literature
Krishna unexplored: Scientists Times of India – PRATIKSHA RAMKUMAR – Feb 18, 2012 CHENNAI: While the Western world has been doing cutting edge research on Jesus Christ and the Bible, India lags far behind in tracing the legacy, life and … more
Science and the will-o’-the-wisp
A Multiverse of Exploration: The Future of Science 2021 Institute for the Future – DAVID PESCOVITZ – Dec 5, 2011 More than a dozen scientists from UC Berkeley, Stanford, UC Santa Cruz, Scripps Research Institute, SETI, and private industry shared … more
Belief does not add up to reality
6 ways mushrooms can save the world: Paul Stamets on TED.com TED – PAUL STAMETS – Feb 2008 I believe matter begets life, life becomes single cells, single cells become strings, strings become chains, chains network. And this is the … more
Scientist creates agent to wipe out human suffering race
Dutch Researcher Created A Super-Influenza Virus With The Potential To Kill Millions Doctor Tipster – ANDREI RICIU – Nov 28, 2011 A Dutch researcher has created a virus with the potential to kill half of the planet’s population. Now, researchers … more