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- Why Isn't YouTube Following Its Own Rules on Hate Speech?
- The hosting provider for the "Burn a Koran Day" church pulled their site. So why hasn't Google?
- by Christopher Mims
Thursday, September 09, 2010
- Non-Expanding Cosmology Attempts To Oust Big Bang Theory
- A static universe better explains the properties of the cosmos than the Big Bang and avoids the nagging problems of dark matter and dark energy, according to a new cosmology
- by kfc
Thursday, September 09, 2010
- Ban on Federal Funding for Embryonic Stem Cell Research Temporarily Lifted
- The order brings a brief reprieve for scientists and the NIH, though many uncertainties remain.
- by Emily Singer
Thursday, September 09, 2010
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- Why Spacetime on the Tiniest Scale May Be Two-Dimensional
- The latest thinking about quantum gravity suggests that spacetime is two-dimensional on the smallest scale. And there may be a way to prove it.
- by kfc
Wednesday, September 08, 2010
- Preventing Smart-Phone Armageddon
- If hackers got access to enough smart phones, they could paralyze wireless communications.
- by Christopher Mims
Wednesday, September 08, 2010
- NASA's Blueprint for New Space Technologies
- The agency announced its latest revision but budget uncertainties in the U.S. Congress make plans moving targets.
- by Stephen Cass
Thursday, September 02, 2010
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- Energy Bill Consigned to Lame Duck Session
- Senator Reid hopes to garner votes for a limited energy bill after the elections. But cap and trade is out of the picture.
- by Kevin Bullis
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
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- Non-Expanding Cosmology Attempts To Oust Big Bang Theory
- A static universe better explains the properties of the cosmos than the Big Bang and avoids the nagging problems of dark matter and dark energy, according to a new cosmology
- by kfc
Thursday, September 09, 2010
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- NASA's Blueprint for New Space Technologies
- The agency announced its latest revision but budget uncertainties in the U.S. Congress make plans moving targets.
- by Stephen Cass
Thursday, September 02, 2010
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- Why Isn't YouTube Following Its Own Rules on Hate Speech?
- The hosting provider for the "Burn a Koran Day" church pulled their site. So why hasn't Google?
- by Christopher Mims
Thursday, September 09, 2010
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- The Big Losers in Energy
- Several people holding the purse-strings agree that algae, hydrogen vehicles, and carbon capture and storage won't make money.
- by Kevin Bullis
Thursday, September 24, 2009
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- 35 Innovators under 35
- How and why we choose our young leaders.
- by Jason Pontin
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
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- Possibly the best thing ever to happen to my inbox
- Just a quick (but important) announcement: theorist-extraordinaire and...
- by Scott Aaronson
Saturday, September 04, 2010
- Humans and the slime mould
- One of the most general principles of human decision making is that we use relativity as a way to...
- by Dan Ariely
Sunday, September 05, 2010
- Entrepreneurs Dislike Signaling; VCs Dislike Free Riders
- I was thinking more about my post from yesterday titled Addressing The VC Seed Investor Signaling...
- by Brad Feld
Wednesday, September 08, 2010
- Civilization as Experiment
- From birth, parents raise us in different ways, teachers teach us in different styles, and...
- by Edward Boyden
Monday, January 19, 2009
- The Clean Energy Economy: A New Industrial Revolution Rising From Challenging Times
- In the last five years, many venture capitalists (myself included) have committed to backing...
- by Hemant Taneja
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
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- GREAT New Blog – IP Law for Startups
- Today, I learned that former classmate of mine at the University of Michigan has started a blog...
- by Jason Mendelson
Tuesday, February 02, 2010
- Eternal black holes
- The article below appeared recently at New Scientist. See also abstract and link to paper ...
- by Steve Hsu
Wednesday, September 08, 2010
- Linking Environmental Chemicals to Disease
- For years, scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other...
- by David Ewing Duncan
Friday, May 21, 2010
- BP's Leaky Spill Cap: Better Than It Looks?
- Video footage shows that oil is still pouring out of BP's wellhead. Credit: BP. BP claims to be...
- by Peter Fairley
Tuesday, June 08, 2010
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