Richard Branson may get the headlines with his company Virgin Galactic, but Eric Anderson is the one who is actually sending private adventurers into space right now. As CEO of Space Adventures, he has been responsible for dispatching Dennis Tito, Mark ...
Each morning I wake and open my eyes to a new day filled with things I can’t see. I’ve even grown to appreciate how much the unseen makes its presence felt throughout our daily lives. It has been this way since the dawn of time, but modern science has ...
You’re 35,000 feet up, a few hours into a cross-country airplane journey. Having dutifully worked on some office memos, you finally get around to watching the DVD of Murder on the Orient Express on your laptop. But just as Detective Poirot is revealing ...
“Press F1 for help.” When you’re working in a computer program and you get stuck, you can press a button and a handy guide pops up alongside whatever you’re puzzling over to clue you in. Wouldn’t it be great if real life worked that way? Out on the ...
Image courtesy of the Regents of The University of California Is your overflowing e-mail in-box a herald of the next stage in human evolution? Those e-mails represent just a small sample of the vast amount of digital information being generated by the ...
Who doesn’t love wireless? Surfing the Web while sipping a latte at your favorite café certainly beats being chained to a modem by a data cable. But for applications that demand a really fast connection, such as watching live high-definition television, ...
Coleman Flashcell Screwdriver ($80) This ultracapacitor-powered cordless screwdriver can be recharged in just 90 seconds, and its “battery” will last a lifetime. www.flashcelldriver.com Capacitors have the handy ability to store and release ...
The author, weightless aboard a Zero Gravity flight. Image courtesy of Zero Gravity Corp The brilliant orb of Earth recedes into deepest black as you perform zero-gravity acrobatics or eat freeze-dried astronaut ice cream as it was meant to be ...
Given adequate food, fuel, and gender equality, mass conflict just might disappear.03.13.2008 Some rock acts as a natural stopper to buried carbon dioxide.02.29.2008 "Obviously humans are evolution’s greatest mistake," says the conservationist.02.21.200 ...
Albert Einstein appeared on the scientific stage so suddenly, so unexpectedly, that it is impossible not to wonder whether his successor might already be toiling away in a lab or patent office somewhere. If Einstein 2.0 is out there, though, how would ...
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