January 2010

Really, really old

A wire screen is all it takes to prevent dangerous gases from exploding

Feel chained to your tunes? There are a number of ways to get your home music library from your computer...

According to Ray Kurzweil, the Singularity is a point at which man will become one with machine and then live eternally—which makes Singularity University, a nine-week academic retreat named for the concept, sound a little cultish. Our writer traveled west to investigate and found 40 stunningly sane brainiacs out to change the world.

“It’s not as silly a question as you might think,” says Michael Moore, a marine-mammal research specialist at Woods Hole...

Rooftop greenery guards against water damage and bland meals

This 41-inch-long sculpture of the Escherichia coli bacterium is part of British artist Luke Jerram’s “Glass Microbiology” series of portraits....

A school uses videogame-based lessons to teach a new generation of kids

One of the steps in fruit-fly development is similar to the healing of wounds. Until recently, scientists believed that when...

Microwaves can transform a frozen pizza into hot, melted goodness in four minutes flat, but they can’t rescue your melted...