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Gran Turismo PSP: a second opinion from a disgruntled fan

Now that Gran Turismo is widely available for the PSP, we decided that it was time to check in with our own racing super-fan to see what he thought of the game. You can read the original review to get started, and his thoughts are below. Picture the ...

From JONATHAN M. GITLIN, Ars Technica,  7 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Sony

Cumulative carbon and the problem of climate change

This week's issue of Nature contained a pair of interesting climate change papers, papers that the authors hope will help to focus attention on the scope of anthropogenic climate change and help policy makers with what are proving to be very difficult ...

From JONATHAN M. GITLIN, Ars Technica,  3 May 2009

Nuclear power? Yes please!

Nuclear power is safe, affordable, and the waste problems are much more manageable than the public realizes. That was the take-home message from this year's American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting in Chicago, where a group of ...

From JONATHAN M. GITLIN, Ars Technica,  18 Mar 2009
Related Topics: European Commission,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Senate,  Harry Reid

Good news from the sea: Ocean conservation success stories

My last post from the American Association for the Advancement of Science conference looked at how the oceans are reacting to our changing climate, and it was all bad news. Unfortunately, "bad news" has become a trend when talking about the seas; ocean ...

From JONATHAN M. GITLIN, Ars Technica,  18 Mar 2009

Climate change and the oceans: bleak prospects for the fish

Climate change is already causing disruption to marine ecosystems, according to a series of talks given at this years' American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting. Oceans are both warming and acidifying, and the effects are different ...

From JONATHAN M. GITLIN, Ars Technica,  17 Mar 2009

A Neanderthal in the family: working with ancient DNA

Controlling for contamination and damage, Pääbo and his group were then able to start looking at specific genes of interest, as well as answering some significant questions. One of the biggest ones was "how far back do you have to go to get to our ...

From JONATHAN M. GITLIN, Ars Technica,  23 Feb 2009
Related Topics: Illumina, Inc.

Week in Science: it's cold in Chicago edition

The biggest happening in science this past week was the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). AAAS is the world's largest scientific society, and John Timmer, Tim De Chant, and I braved the freezing cold of ...

From JONATHAN M. GITLIN, Ars Technica,  21 Feb 2009

Storing solar energy by turning over a new leaf

One of the most exciting talks at AAAS dealt with a breakthrough that might finally give the much-vaunted hydrogen economy a chance. Daniel Nocera, Professor of Energy and Professor of Chemistry at MIT gave a plenary lecture on a novel catalyst ...

From JONATHAN M. GITLIN, Ars Technica,  16 Feb 2009
Related Topics: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Science on the silver screen doesn't have to suck

As a scientist, watching TV or movies can be quite a painful experience. Video entertainment works on the basis of suspended disbelief, and when that suspension comes crashing down, the result can be jarring. One of the livelier sessions I attended at ...

From JONATHAN M. GITLIN, Ars Technica,  15 Feb 2009
Related Topics: National Science Foundation,  Brian Cox,  The Hulk

Printer emissions: taming the toxic office

Just how safe is that printer in the office? Depending on the particular model, not very, according to research from Lidia Morowaska at the Queensland Institute of Technology. Back in 2007, we reported on Dr. Morawaska's findings that laser printers ...

From JONATHAN M. GITLIN, Ars Technica,  12 Feb 2009

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