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moving one inch closer to real world wetware
Illustration from Deus Ex One of the classic ideas in science fiction is the concept of wetware, a hybrid of biology and electronics which would allow just about any living thing with a brain to hook...
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rethinking petroleum a little too hard, redux
Uh oh. Just when you thought that we were once again safe from the abiogenic oil theory I had to debunk last year, there’s now some theoretical chemistry which says that maybe, possibly, methane could...
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chemicals, the anti-vaccinationist menace
Here’s a fact that many, many modern anti-vaccination activists are realizing in droves. The world is filled with chemicals and yes, some of them in the right concentration and at the right frequency...
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when no one really knows if you broke the law
Ignorance of the law is no excuse we’re told when we try to defend ourselves by saying that we had no idea that a law existed or worked the way it did after getting busted. But what if not even the...
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why a briny mars is exciting, but isn’t necessarily good news
NASA’s recent big announcement, leaked before it was publicly made, is really quite interesting and offers the strongest evidence yet that Mars does have liquid water that might host life. Odd gullies...
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the billion year old connection between tasmania and arizona
Imagine yourself on Earth a billion years ago. A supercontinent spreads across the planet’s South Pole, which is encrusted in ice. It’s a barren, rocky desert with random volcanoes and lakes dotting...
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a baby star and a cloud of organic molecules may help us in the search for...
Young solar systems still trying to form out of a disk of gas and dust are fascinating places that can hold answers to many mysteries about our own origins. Take the protoplanetary disk around V883...
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if you turn carbon dioxide into jet fuel, will anyone buy it?
Photo illustration by Ashim D’Silva Here’s an unusual recipe for you. Carefully combine iron, manganese, and potassium. Set the result aside. Take citric acid, hydrogen, and carbon dioxide, add the...
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why we need to give up plastics as soon as possible
According to an ancient Greek proverb, societies become great only when old men plant trees in whose shade they know they’ll never sit. In this regard, our current society is an abject failure as far...
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laser coffee, coming soon to a café near you?
Coffee is the world’s most popular drink, with over two billion cups a day going down humans’ hatches and becoming a symbol of work, determination, and focus. At various points in history, it was so...
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