11-Year-Old Web Series Star Inspiring Girls in the Name of Science
The host of “Sylvia’s Super-Awesome Mini Maker Show” on YouTube is a pint-sized problem solver with a big personality. Sylvia Todd teaches do-it-yourself science projects for kids — how to etch a copper circuit board, how to launch a rocket and even how to turn… Read More »
EmailNASA Captures Monster Hurricane from Space
NASA’s spacecraft Cassini took this amazing colorful picture of a Saturn storm that resembles a hurricane on Earth. The center eye of the storm on Saturn is about 1,250 miles wide. That’s 20 times larger than the average hurricane eye on Earth, that’s the distance… Read More »
Voice of Alexander Graham Bell Heard in Recovered Audio Recording
Not many years ago, scientists developed breakthrough methods to uncover sound from some 100-plus -year-old recordings, giving us the chance to hear audible snippets from as early as 1860. Through this technology now comes perhaps the most intriguing sample yet: an actual recording of the… Read More »
Solar Plane Makes Last Test Flight Before ‘Across America’ Trip
The Solar Impulse solar-powered airplane made history in 2010 when it embarked on the first-ever solar-powered night flight, and again in 2012 when it made the first intercontinental solar-powered flight (Europe to North Africa). Now the co-founders and pilots of Solar Impulse have announced plans… Read More »
Google Says ‘May Not Resell’ in Google Glass User Agreement
It seems as if there’s something new to learn just about every day when it comes to Google Glass, the company’s new Internet-connected glasses that show digital information right in front of your eyes. Now, as those lucky enough to be given Explorer status will begin to… Read More »
Passthoughts? Brainwave-Based Passwords a Reality
Sure, you already store your passwords in your brain and then punch them into your computer, but a group of computer scientists are thinking about cutting out that second step. A team at UC Berkeley’s School of Information has been able to use brain waves… Read More »
Iowa Farmer Controls Cow Milking with Smartphone
Cell phones have changed the way we communicate, converse … and run a dairy farm? A farm in Dubuque County, Iowa, is showing how improvements in technology are helping to make dairy farming more efficient. Mark and Karen Hosch of Round Hollow Farm live on their… Read More »
Watch: Ronan the Sea Lion Rocks the Beat
Researchers have made a new discovery in the field of adorable dancing animals. In a University of California Santa Cruz study, Ronan the California sea lion has learned to bob her head in rhythm to several songs, a capability once believed to be only possessed… Read More »
How Well Do You Know Your Facebook Friends?
Photographer Ty Morin recently began a campaign to meet — as in, shake hands, make eye contact — with all 788 of his Facebook friends. He says he knows or has met only about 300 of the 788. He is filming each meeting, and the… Read More »
Steubenville Social Media: By the Numbers
The Steubenville, Ohio rape case, which ended Sunday with a judge finding Trent Mays and Ma’lik Richmond delinquent of rape, grabbed attention not just for its mix of alcohol, sex and high-school athletes but for the huge role social media played. There may not have… Read More »
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