Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
- Hans Moravec of Carnegie Mellon University seriously poses the question When will computer hardware match the human brain? The short answer: it is predicted that the required hardware will be available in cheap machines in the 2020s.
Biology
- The NewScientist addresses 24 myths and misconceptions about Evolution.
- Null Hypothesis explains How Crying Works
Chemistry
- Learn Chemistry in Less Than Two Minutes with this helpful (and humorous) YouTube video.
Entomology
- CBS News features a video about a Florida State professor who makes aluminum moldings of the interior of ant colonies.
- “Crazy rasberry ants” are on the loose in Houston, shorting out electronics everywhere… and no, this isn’t a B-Movie plot.
- From coast to coast, populations of Butterflies are in decline, inspiring efforts to protect the beloved insects.
Environment
- A sixteen year-old high school student isolated microbe that Decomposes Plastic Bags in Three Months.
- Could Methane Trigger a Climate Doomsday Within a Human Lifespan? It turns out that the movie The Day After Tomorrow may have had it completely backwards.
General
- MSN has compiled a list of The 10 Worst Jobs in Science, including some that strain belief.
- Null Hypothesis takes a look at the Top Ten Things Science Can’t Explain.
Physics
- Wire’s Underwire Blog takes a look at BattleStar Galactica, asking Why So Sweaty on Demetrius?
Tech and Gadgetry
- We may take Space exploration for grant these days, but How Stuff Works has rounded up Ten NASA Inventions You Might Use Every Day without realizing it.
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