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The Drake Equation For The Multiverse

The famous Drake equation estimates the number of intelligent civilisations in the Milky Way. Now a new approach asks how many might exist in the entire multiverse

by kfc
Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Google Gets a Little More Social with Buzz

By tying a new social networking tool to Gmail, Google hopes to speed up adoption.

by Erica Naone
Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Will ARPA-E Receive Funding?

A congressional committee considers whether to direct money to the new energy agency.

by Kevin Bullis
Tuesday, February 09, 2010

A Genetic Determinant of Biological Aging in Humans?

Researchers have found a genetic variant linked to the length of telomeres.

by Emily Singer
Monday, February 08, 2010

The Future of Gaming: The Hot Potato Experience

The next generation of pervasive games are beginning to appear.

by kfc
Monday, February 08, 2010

Making Solar Cheaper Without Using Better Cells

Costs could drop by as much as 30 percent with other improvements.

by Kevin Bullis
Friday, February 05, 2010

Will ARPA-E Receive Funding?

A congressional committee considers whether to direct money to the new energy agency.

by Kevin Bullis
Tuesday, February 09, 2010

The Drake Equation For The Multiverse

The famous Drake equation estimates the number of intelligent civilisations in the Milky Way. Now a new approach asks how many might exist in the entire multiverse

by kfc
Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Buzz Aldrin Backs Obama in Scrapping Moon Program

The famous Apollo 11 astronaut says NASA's sights should be on Mars.

by Brittany Sauser
Thursday, February 04, 2010

Fuzzing Snags a Serious Flaw in Windows

Vulnerability hunters increasingly rely on "fuzzing", a technique that tries to break programs with pseudo-random inputs.

by Robert Lemos
Thursday, September 10, 2009

The Big Losers in Energy

Several people holding the purse-strings agree that algae, hydrogen vehicles, and carbon capture and storage won't make money.

by Kevin Bullis
Thursday, September 24, 2009

Davos Day 3: Technology Is Like Magic

Eric Schmidt and other WEF participants argue that mobile technologies can make us better humans.

by Jason Pontin
Friday, January 29, 2010

QIP’2010: The Power and the Glory of Quantum Complexity Theory

Firstly, if you haven’t contributed to relief efforts in Haiti, you can do so (the charity linked...

by Scott Aaronson
Tuesday, January 19, 2010

The Internet and Self-Control: An App To the Rescue

I have “a friend” who will head over to a coffee shop to get work done. Not because she’s unable...

by Dan Ariely
Friday, February 05, 2010

Example of Rally Software Building A Great Company

Lots of little things go into building a great company over the long term.  Rally Software is one...

by Brad Feld
Monday, February 08, 2010

Civilization as Experiment

From birth, parents raise us in different ways, teachers teach us in different styles, and...

by Edward Boyden
Monday, January 19, 2009

The Clean Energy Economy: A New Industrial Revolution Rising From Challenging Times

In the last five years, many venture capitalists (myself included) have committed to backing...

by Hemant Taneja
Wednesday, November 19, 2008

GREAT New Blog – IP Law for Startups

Today, I learned that former classmate of mine at the University of Michigan has started a blog...

by Jason Mendelson
Tuesday, February 02, 2010

From physics to neuroscience

The Times has a nice interview with one of my former Caltech classmates, Princeton neuroscientist...

by Steve Hsu
Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Company will reverse-engineer my cells

Be still my beating heart cell! In this Technology Review aritcle, I describe a company called...

by David Ewing Duncan
Monday, January 25, 2010

A Step toward Healing Broken Hearts with Stem Cells

The potential of stem cell therapy is huge--these potent cells have the ability to develop into...

by Lauren Gravitz
Wednesday, December 09, 2009