Science & Technology

A new robot decides how and when to transform to get the job done 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- November 3, 2018
The bot uses magnets to link its parts together in different forms

By David Aragorn
Nikola Tesla Built a Giant Tower to Send Wireless Electricity Around the World 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- November 3, 2018
Ultimately, things didn’t go as he had planned.

By David Aragorn
Artificial fly brain can tell who’s who 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- November 2, 2018
Researchers have built a neural network that mimics the fruit fly’s visual system and can distinguish and re-identify flies. This provides evidence that the humble fruit fly’s vision is clearer than previously thought.

By David Aragorn
Is alkaline water a miracle cure – or BS? The science is in 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- November 2, 2018
Beyoncé and Tom Brady swear by it – but experts throw cold water on the new beverage fad

By David Aragorn
Commentary: New book explores Nikola Tesla’s clean energy vision 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- November 2, 2018
Nikola Tesla gave us the electric motor, long-distance electricity transmission, radio, robots, and remote control – the very foundations of our modern economy.

By David Aragorn
Understanding the building blocks for an electronic brain 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- November 2, 2018
Computer bits are binary, with a value of 0 or one. By contrast, neurons in the brain can have all kinds of different internal states, depending on the input that they received. This allows the brain to process information in a more energy-efficient manner than a computer. Physicists are working on memristors, resistors with a memory, made from niobium-doped strontium titanate, which mimic how neurons work.

By David Aragorn
How image of ‘headless chicken monster’ sea cucumber may help Antarctic conservation 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- November 1, 2018
Australian researchers have developed new technology enabling them for the first time to film a deep-sea swimming sea cucumber, also known as a “headless chicken monster,” in Southern Ocean waters off East Antarctica.

By David Aragorn
How to mass produce cell-sized robots 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- November 1, 2018
Researchers have discovered a way to mass produce tiny, cell-sized robots that could be used for industrial or biomedical monitoring.

By David Aragorn
An Amino Acid in Plant Waste Offers Unexpected Energy Potential 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- November 1, 2018
Known as glycine, it can generate enough electricity to power smartphones and electronics found in cars.

By David Aragorn
Science says fluoride in water is good for kids. So why are these towns banning it?1
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- November 1, 2018
In the past five years, 74 cities have voted to remove fluoride from their drinking water, despite thousands of studies showing it prevents cavities.

By David Aragorn