Monthly Archives: October 2015

A real life space botanist comments on the potato garden in ‘The Martian’

October 31, 2015Uncategorizedhistoryscoper

http://www.examiner.com/article/a-real-life-space-botonist-comments-on-the-potato-garden-the-martian

Europe may help Russia land people on the moon 60 years after Apollo 11

October 31, 2015Uncategorizedhistoryscoper

http://www.examiner.com/article/europe-may-help-russia-land-people-on-the-moon-60-years-after-apollo-11

Pentagon picks Northrop Grumman for $80 billion LRS-B bomber project

October 30, 2015Uncategorizedhistoryscoper

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/oct/28/pentagon-picks-northrop-grumman-80-billion-lrs-b-b/

A history of sugar – the food nobody needs, but everyone craves

October 30, 2015Uncategorizedhistoryscoper

https://theconversation.com/a-history-of-sugar-the-food-nobody-needs-but-everyone-craves-49823

Yuck to Wow: Explaining Science and Technology in Museums

October 30, 2015Uncategorizedhistoryscoper

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/01/arts/design/yuck-to-wow-explaining-science-and-technology-in-museums.html

Black Hawk Empty: Unmanned Helicopter Passes Key Test

October 30, 2015Uncategorizedhistoryscoper

http://www.defenseone.com/technology/2015/10/army-testing-robotic-black-hawk-helicopters/123260/

Of cats and cliffs: the ethical dilemmas of the driverless car

October 29, 2015Uncategorizedhistoryscoper

https://theconversation.com/of-cats-and-cliffs-the-ethical-dilemmas-of-the-driverless-car-49778

3D Printing Creates Major Breakthrough for Blind People

October 29, 2015Uncategorizedhistoryscoper

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/3d-printing-creates-major-breakthrough-for-blind-people-300166064.html

Cutting Sugar Made Obese Kids Healthier in 10 Days

October 29, 2015Uncategorizedhistoryscoper

http://www.livescience.com/52609-added-sugar-kids-health.html

Yamaha built a motorcycle-driving robot, and it’s already challenging a world champion

October 29, 2015Uncategorizedhistoryscoper

http://www.theverge.com/tldr/2015/10/28/9626782/yamaha-motorcycle-robot-self-driving

Ultrasonic levitation (video)

October 27, 2015Uncategorizedhistoryscoper

Low Earth Orbit Constellations Could Pose Interference Risk to GEO Satellites – See more at: http://spacenews.com/low-earth-orbit-constellations-could-pose-interference-risk-to-geo-satellites/#sthash.qNKDEizj.dpuf

October 26, 2015Uncategorizedhistoryscoper

http://spacenews.com/low-earth-orbit-constellations-could-pose-interference-risk-to-geo-satellites/

Researchers Take First Steps to Create Biodegradable Displays for Electronics

October 26, 2015Uncategorizedhistoryscoper

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/researchers-take-first-steps-create-biodegradable-marine-le-bouar

Cryotherapy Salon Worker Dies in Cold Chamber

October 26, 2015Uncategorizedhistoryscoper

http://time.com/4088185/cryotherapy-worker-dies-chamber/

Feature: Giving blind people sight illuminates the brain’s secrets

October 25, 2015Uncategorizedhistoryscoper

http://news.sciencemag.org/health/2015/10/feature-giving-blind-people-sight-illuminates-brain-s-secrets

CEO effect on firm performance mostly due to chance

October 25, 2015Uncategorizedhistoryscoper

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/10/151022192337.htm

With G.M.O. Policies, Europe Turns Against Science

October 25, 2015Uncategorizedhistoryscoper

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/10/25/opinion/sunday/with-gmo-policies-europe-turns-against-science.html

Gene therapy treats all muscles in the body in muscular dystrophy dogs

October 25, 2015Uncategorizedhistoryscoper

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/10/151022141722.htm

16-year Old Is Working On Her Doctorate; Has An IQ Higher Than Einstein

October 25, 2015Uncategorizedhistoryscoper

http://trinilulz.com/16-year-old-is-working-on-her-doctorate-has-an-iq-higher-than-einstein/

Here’s why you’re not paid enough, and can’t be

October 25, 2015Uncategorizedhistoryscoper

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/heres-why-youre-paying-me-enough-cant-michelle-freeman

Talks: Open Source technologies for Ocean, Space, Climate Change. Jordan McRae, Sarah Jane Pell, Cesar Jung-Harada. Oct 29, 7-9pm MakerBay HK + online

October 25, 2015climatehistoryscoper

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/talks-open-source-technologies-ocean-space-climate-change-pell

Is the day of the land attack cruise missile upon us?

October 25, 2015Uncategorizedhistoryscoper

http://thediplomat.com/2015/10/is-the-day-of-the-land-attack-cruise-missile-upon-us/

Brain implant lets rats see infrared light

October 25, 2015Uncategorizedhistoryscoper

http://news.sciencemag.org/plants-animals/2015/10/brain-implant-lets-rats-see-infrared-light

Mysterious ‘holes’ in neuron net may help store long-term memories

October 24, 2015Uncategorizedhistoryscoper

http://news.sciencemag.org/brain-behavior/2015/10/mysterious-holes-neuron-net-may-help-store-long-term-memories

Why and How China Innovates

October 24, 2015Uncategorizedhistoryscoper

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-how-china-innovates-jonathan-woetzel

Enormous Fossilized Shark Teeth Wash Up on North Carolina Shores

October 24, 2015Uncategorizedhistoryscoper

http://time.com/4086036/fossilized-shark-teeth-north-carolina/

Beyond ‘Back to the Future’: Experts Serve Up Tech Predictions for 2045

October 23, 2015Uncategorizedhistoryscoper

http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/innovation/beyond-back-future-experts-serve-tech-predictions-2045-n447311

Wireless AI Device Tracks and Zaps the Brain, Takes Aim at Parkinson’s

October 23, 2015Uncategorizedhistoryscoper

http://singularityhub.com/2015/10/23/wireless-ai-device-tracks-and-zaps-the-brain-takes-aim-at-parkinsons/

The Best Self Help Technique You Aren’t Using

October 23, 2015Uncategorizedhistoryscoper

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/best-self-help-technique-you-arent-using-jeff-haden

Physicists create antimatter in record density

October 23, 2015Uncategorizedhistoryscoper

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/physicists-create-antimatter-record-density-marine-le-bouar

Are The Big 3 Being Lapped By Tech World?

October 23, 2015Uncategorizedhistoryscoper

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/big-3-being-lapped-tech-world-phil-lebeau

Using DNA to Reconstruct a Face

October 23, 2015Uncategorizedhistoryscoper

http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/articles/2015/10/using-dna-reconstruct-face

Crocodiles Sleep With One Eye Open, Half Brain ‘Awake’

October 22, 2015Uncategorizedhistoryscoper

http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2015/10/crocodiles-sleep-one-eye-open-half-brain-awake

The Deadly Legacy of HIV Truthers

October 22, 2015Uncategorizedhistoryscoper

http://gizmodo.com/the-deadly-legacy-of-hiv-truthers-1737928027

Why We Need an Ethical Enlightenment in AI Relations

October 22, 2015Uncategorizedhistoryscoper

https://www.singularityweblog.com/why-we-need-an-ethical-enlightenment-in-ai-relations/

Not a pipe dream – self driving cars

October 22, 2015Uncategorizedhistoryscoper

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/pipe-dream-self-driving-cars-anand-balasubramanian

This Warehouse Lab Shows How We Can Grow Plants Underground

October 22, 2015Uncategorizedhistoryscoper

http://time.com/4081090/lowline-high-line/

Search For Intelligent Aliens Near Bizarre Dimming Star Has Begun

October 22, 2015Uncategorizedhistoryscoper

http://www.space.com/30855-alien-life-search-kepler-megastructure.html

Regrow a tooth? Fish, yes; humans, maybe some day

October 22, 2015Uncategorizedhistoryscoper

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/10/151019154108.htm

Man says his 3D-printed railgun can fire bullets at 900 km/h (VIDEO)

October 21, 2015Uncategorizedhistoryscoper

https://www.rt.com/usa/319215-3d-printer-railgun-weapon/

Talk Therapy Found to Ease Schizophrenia

October 20, 2015Uncategorizedhistoryscoper

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/20/health/talk-therapy-found-to-ease-schizophrenia.html

What are the odds of an alien megastructure blocking light from a distant star?

October 20, 2015Uncategorizedhistoryscoper

https://theconversation.com/what-are-the-odds-of-an-alien-megastructure-blocking-light-from-a-distant-star-49311

The Science Surrounding Cryonics

October 20, 2015Uncategorizedhistoryscoper

http://www.technologyreview.com/view/542601/the-science-surrounding-cryonics/

Are you serious? Outgoing? It’s not because of birth order

October 20, 2015Uncategorizedhistoryscoper

http://www.aol.com/article/2015/10/20/are-you-serious-outgoing-its-not-because-of-birth-order/21251583/

First Gene-Edited Dogs Reported in China

October 20, 2015Uncategorizedhistoryscoper

http://www.technologyreview.com/news/542616/first-gene-edited-dogs-reported-in-china/

U.S. Army Lobs a Bunch of Tiny Satellites Into Orbit Three new nanosats ‘functioning well’

October 20, 2015Uncategorizedhistoryscoper

http://warisboring.com/articles/u-s-army-lobs-a-bunch-tiny-satellites-into-orbit/

The First Humans Moved From Africa to China — Not Europe

October 19, 2015Uncategorizedhistoryscoper

http://gizmodo.com/the-first-humans-moved-from-africa-to-china-not-europ-1736666383

This is the one change by millennials that will change absolutely everything

October 18, 2015Uncategorizedhistoryscoper

http://www.salon.com/2015/10/18/this_is_the_one_change_by_millennials_that_will_change_absolutely_everything/

Astronomers may have found giant alien ‘megastructures’ orbiting star near the Milky Way

October 18, 2015Uncategorizedhistoryscoper

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/forget-water-on-mars-astronomers-may-have-just-found-giant-alien-megastructures-orbiting-a-star-near-a6693886.html

She Kills People From 7,850 Miles Away

October 18, 2015Uncategorizedhistoryscoper

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/10/18/she-kills-people-from-7-850-miles-away.html