• Entertainment & Gaming

    Changing The Game

    By Scott Steinberg Posted on 4.17.2009 6 Comments

    If it's not broken, don't fix it: Simply add a couple digital cameras, music playback, voice recording capabilities and an online store. That's the mantra behind Nintendo's new DSi handheld, just launched this week. We put the portable game system through its paces, and found it a surprisingly robust contender, albeit not for the reasons you might think.

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    4.14.2009 at 11:31pm - Comment by Neoatg

    And another blow for backwards compatibility is thrown. Just because you may be able to download the game for more money in the future in no way in my mind makes it ok to end backward compatibility. But hey people like me who want to play Super Mario Land Two from the cartridge I’ve had since I was a kid take a backseat to the dollar bills companies see with online stores. Sometime I hate progress.

  • Science

    An Apple By Any Other Name

    By Christina Hurtado Posted on 2.5.2009 7 Comments

    A few weeks ago, some kids in New Jersey were removed from their home by Child Protective Services because their parents named them after Nazis. When the story got out, their dad told reporters that he didn’t think there was anything wrong with naming a kid Adolf Hitler Campbell. The media coverage around this story created an interesting new controversy. Is giving your child a bad name really a form of abuse?

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    2.6.2009 at 03:17pm - Comment by Neoatg

    For shame Popular Science. There is no evidence that they were taken for there names. If They were taken away for there names don't you think these attention seeking parents would of been on every media outlet they could find Screaming about how unfair it all is. Unless you have a new source that got a reason out of the state or parents it's all asumeing that they were removed for there names.

  • The Environment

    Greening Green Fuels

    By Posted on 7.18.2008 9 Comments

    Last week scientists were extolling the virtues of duckweed—this week, another type of pond scum is being called a possible savior. Norwegian scientists believe microalgae could slash CO2 levels—responsible for a lot of our global warming woes—and even be tapped for a more effective biofuel in the future.

    7.19.2008 at 10:49pm - Comment by Neoatg

    TheRHogue you really need to fully investigate a claim like that. If you had you would see that the ASP never reversed there position on global warming. A few global warming deniers took a story written by one of the ASP Editors and over exaggerated it. In fact The ASP has a disclaimer on the story which I will place bellow http://www.aps.org/ APS Climate Change Statement APS Position Remains Unchanged The American Physical Society reaffirms the following position on climate change, adopted by its governing body, the APS Council, on November 18, 2007: "Emissions of greenhouse gases from human activities are changing the atmosphere in ways that affect the Earth's climate." An article at odds with this statement recently appeared in an online newsletter of the APS Forum on Physics and Society, one of 39 units of APS. The header of this newsletter carries the statement that "Opinions expressed are those of the authors alone and do not necessarily reflect the views of the APS or of the Forum." This newsletter is not a journal of the APS and it is not peer reviewed.



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