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Tan Gold: the Global War for Sand
On March 28th, 2015 with 35 comments
Phoenix666 writes: Wired reports:Apart from water and air, humble sand is the...
Engineering Students Use Infrasound Extinguisher to Snuff Out Fires
On March 28th, 2015 with 15 comments
Phoenix666 writes:George Mason University engineering students have designed a...
Phone Made of Grass
On March 29th, 2015 with 23 comments
Phoenix666 writes: BBC reports Design Works is exploring cell phones whose...
Organic LEDs, Carbon Nanotubes May Light Up Future Fabrics
On March 29th, 2015 with 6 comments
Phoenix666 writes:Researchers based in China have created light-emitting...
'Exploding Head Syndrome' is More Common Than Previously Thought
On March 30th, 2015 with 44 comments
tonyPick writes:Spotted on phys.org is the story that 'exploding head...
New Streaming Apps Could Boost Citizen Journalism
On March 30th, 2015 with 8 comments
Phoenix666 writes:Twitter has launched a new app, called Periscope, that can...
Racing Goes Electric--At the Track with the Formula E
On March 31st, 2015 with 29 comments
Phoenix666 writes:Miami is hosting the first of two races for the Formula E,...
Glowing Tampons Help Detect Sewage Leaks
On April 1st, 2015 with 7 comments
Wired brings us this novel new use for a favorite feminine hygiene...
"Standby" Modes on Game Consoles Suck Up Energy
On March 31st, 2015 with 56 comments
Phoenix666 writes:It turns out the "standby" mode on your game console sucks...
Kitty Litter to Blame for Nuclear Waste Leak
On April 1st, 2015 with 18 comments
An article from livescience lets us know, "If you're trying to stabilize...
USGS Says Mining Fecal Matter May Pay Off Big
On April 1st, 2015 with 17 comments
livescience reports it could be time to start mining our poop, instead of...
Brits Spotting Slenderman
On April 1st, 2015 with 30 comments
Many Brits near Cannock Chase have been claiming to see a Slenderman type...
Generous Welfare Benefits Make People More Likely to Want to Work, not Less.
On March 31st, 2015 with 107 comments
AnonTechie writes:Survey responses from 19,000 people in 18 European...
Google Makes People Think They Are Smarter Than They Are
On April 2nd, 2015 with 59 comments
AnonTechie writes:Search engines like Google or Yahoo make people think they...
Antarctica May Have Hit Its Highest Temperature Ever Recorded Last Tuesday
On April 2nd, 2015 with 13 comments
Phoenix666 writes:A Weather Underground reporting station at Argentina’s...
First Deployed Whitespace Network in the Adirondacks Gets 10Mbps
On April 2nd, 2015 with 16 comments
tt0780607 writes:Thurman, N.Y.’s public-private “white space” (locally unused...
Dark Matter May Cause Chaos on Earth Every 30 Million Years
On April 2nd, 2015 with 35 comments
AnonTechie writes:In 1980, Walter Alvarez and his group at the University of...
Hybrid Air Vehicles Seeking Investors for Airlander 10 Hybrid Airship
On April 2nd, 2015 with 14 comments
takyon writes:The development of next-generation airships continues, but...
Fooling Around with Simple Cyphers - Redux
On April 2nd, 2015 with 24 comments
martyb writes:For those who may have missed it, one of the April 1st stories...
Ask SN: How to Handle Crazy Credit Card SAQ Process for Small Shops
On April 3rd, 2015 with 27 comments
bradley13 writes:Probably like lots of Soylentils, I help out a small company...
9th Circuit Rules Netflix isn’t Subject to Disability Law
On April 3rd, 2015 with 37 comments
AnonTechie writes:A federal appeals court ruled (PDF) yesterday that the...
Medieval Remedy Kills Antibiotic-Resistant MRSA Superbugs
On April 4th, 2015 with 30 comments
jdccdevel writes:The CBC has an article about a medieval recipe found in a...
Watch a Volcano
On April 4th, 2015 with 8 comments
janrinok writes: Wired has a story about volcanoes or, more specifically, the...
Microsoft Is Forty and Fabulous
On April 4th, 2015 with 61 comments
Hugh Pickens writes:Alyssa Newcomb reports at ABC News that the software...
Frustrated Magnets: New Experiment Reveals Clues to their Discontent
On April 5th, 2015 with 7 comments
AnonTechie writes:An experiment conducted by Princeton researchers has...
Gold Nanoparticle $1 Test Outperforms PSA Screen for Prostate Cancer
On April 5th, 2015 with 11 comments
AnonTechie writes:A test that costs less than a $1 and yields results in...
Vanity License Plates and Freedom of Speech
On April 5th, 2015 with 112 comments
An Anonymous Coward writes:Recently, oral arguments were heard regarding a case...
Novel Use of Ray Tracing in Building Design
On April 5th, 2015 with 8 comments
Skyscrapers often darken adjacent neighborhoods with their shadow. Here's an...
Game About Net Neutrality Receives Grant from Epic Games
On April 6th, 2015 with 4 comments
"gewg_" writes:Game Politics reports [Epic Games, Inc., known for their Unreal...
First Church of Cannabis is Approved in Indiana
On April 6th, 2015 with 65 comments
"gewg_" writes:AlterNet reports In a classic case of "unintended consequences",...
Q: How much does it cost to ride the Unibus?
A: 2 bits.
