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The Single Theory That Could Explain Emergence, Organisation And The Origin of Life

In a wide enough universe, given enough time, what is possible becomes probable, and what is probable, inevitable. This has been noted before,... (read full comment)  

Posted on May 8, 2012 at 5:38 AM EDT

Network Science Reveals The Cities That Lead The World's Music Listening Habits

I listen to classical music on NPR (FM) but also used CD's I find in the thrift shops, classical, folk/ethnic stuff. Why be part of the crowd? (read full comment)  

Posted on April 16, 2012 at 8:21 PM EDT

AT&T's Text Messaging Plans Are a Regressive Tax

Lots of things marketed  to poorer people cost them more than if they were better off; people who can't afford cars often end up shopping in... (read full comment)  

Posted on April 12, 2012 at 1:22 AM EDT

AT&T Reinvents the Steering Wheel

"Stick shakers" have been around for a *long* time. (read full comment)  

Posted on March 22, 2012 at 11:19 AM EDT

Cellulosic Ethanol Gets a $100 Million Boost

We need to be quite careful about biologicals engineered to convert lignin; it could be a disaster of planetary scale if we let mutated organism... (read full comment)  

Posted on March 7, 2012 at 7:15 AM EST

Data Shows a Digital Divide in Global Bandwidth

@Spicoli  @brian.bergstein    Not really;if you want precision, you go to the sources. (read full comment)  

Posted on March 6, 2012 at 7:19 AM EST

Eavesdropping Antennas Can Steal Your Smart Phone's Secrets

This smacks of  what in the military and government world is called "TEMPEST" technology. TEMPEST is an unclassified name for techniques used to... (read full comment)  

Posted on March 6, 2012 at 7:16 AM EST

Graphene Battery Turns Ambient Heat Into Electric Current

@JackAfter6 Not really "perpetual motion;" energy is extracted from the heat of the solution, and doing so will cool it down. (read full comment)  

Posted on March 5, 2012 at 10:43 AM EST

How to Build a Speech-Jamming Gun

@Utah  Ultrasound heterodyning, already in use for singling out individuals for audible "instruction", tones, noise etc. . The problem will be... (read full comment)  

Posted on March 5, 2012 at 10:36 AM EST

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All Web Developers Should Stop Doing This Immediately

I usually pass up video -- and read. I can get through the material in PRINT much faster than waiting for a narrator to drawl her way through a... (read full comment)  

Posted on February 17, 2012 at 6:01 AM EST

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