Sex-free Babies

Chris Kaplan

Reproduction of the species no longer needs the copulation of a male and a female as scientists have successfully created sperm and eggs from stem cells. (more)

Man-made Black Hole

Marisa Smith

An artificial black hole made of metamaterials may provide a means for harvesting the power of solar light.

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Mobile Menace?

Bill Machon

A PDF document being forwarded around the internet puts forth claims that cell phones may cause brain tumors. (more)

New Sonic Weapons Used Against G-20 Protesters

Kovvy

Machines called "long-range acoustic devices," or LRADs, were used to break-up protests at the G-20 without leaving the kind of visual evidence caused by pepper spray, rubber bullets, or aerosol hand grenades. (more)

Social Networking Sites Used in G20 Protests Under Attack from FBI

Charles Shaw

A social worker from New York City was arrested last week while in Pittsburgh to participate in the G-20 protests, then subjected to an FBI raid this week at his home—all for using Twitter. The FBI's actions drew chilling comparisons to those of the security forces in Iran during the most recent election protests. (more)

Earth-like Planet Discovered

Bill Machon

The first rocky, Earth-like planet outside of our solar system has been discovered.

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Google’s Crop Circle Mystery

Jennifer Palmer

Was yesterday’s Google crop circle logo a fun prank, an homage to HG Wells, or the wisdom of the noosphere being channeled through the search engine giant?

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Hubble's Cosmic Reawakening

Bill Machon

NASA has released stunning new images from the repaired and revitalized Hubble telescope.

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"Z" versus AT&T

Lauren Weinstein

Z was a phone service that played funny homemade recordings to callers. It became internationally famous and was busy day and night. This is the story of how "a young punk kid" fought AT&T's attempt to shut it down. (more)

Tetris Buffs Up the Brain

Tollevin S Williams

A new study questions the notion of a fixed, unchangeable brain while making the case for cognitive gameplay. (more)

The iMayan Calendar

Jessica Pherson

The new Maya 3D application allows you the ability to track time like the Mayans did, only via iPhone. (more)

Kiss Those Dentures Goodbye

Remi Gurak

Researchers have developed a bio-engi- neered tooth.

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Clean Power

Trish Nguyen

Construction for the world’s first sustainable zero-emissions hydrogen power plant has begun in Truth or Consequences, NM. (more)

Mice from Skin

Remi Gurak

Cells from flakes of skin have grown into fully functioning mice, opening up a possible alternative to embryonic stem cells. (more)

The Search for a New Earth

Jared Rinaldi

The Kepler Telescope offers new hope in the quest to find inhabitable planets. (more)

Bike Power

Nathan Clark

Designer Chiyu Chen invents the first energy storing "hybrake" for bicycles.
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A.I. Fuels

Bill Machon

A well-known scientist believes the creation of artificial life could solve the energy crisis.

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Pocket DJ

Nathan Clark

Finger Beat lets you have a music production studion in your pocket.

Flying Solar

Stephen Hershey

Swiss pioneer Bertrand Piccard hopes to fly non-stop around the world in a solar-powered airplane. (more)

Disconnecting the Dots

Roy Christopher

We drive cars to the gym to run miles on a treadmill. Is the alienation we feel from our technological society due to a disconnect between physical goals and tech’s “help” in easing our workload?

Kite Power

Matt Toussaint

Could kite-like wind turbines meet modern civilization's energy demands?

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Biomimicry: Designing with Nature

Gil Friend

Industrial designs that consider and emulate nature are more likely to succeed, because they use design principles tested and refined in evolutionary time, and they use materials that renew, replenish, and support life's cycles. (more)

Turbines on a Wire

Remi Gurak

Existing power lines could become home to wind turbines thanks to a new design from Victoria University in New Zealand. (more)

New Energy Now

Remi Gurak

The New Energy Movement aims to take energy policy out of corporate pockets and place it in the hands of the public. (more)

The Luna-Bomber

Marisa Smith

NASA’s latest spacecraft is set for a collision course with the moon.

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E-Bikes Plugged Into China

Kovvy

In China the electric bike is becoming a popular government-endorsed alternative to the car. (more)

Twitter Test

Erin Shaw

Twitter’s ESP test fails to support the power of remote viewing. (more)

Jobs Winding Up

Stephen Hershey

Siemens Energy creates 400 new jobs with a $50 million wind turbine plant in Hutchinson, Kansas. (more)

Next-Gen 4D Audio

Michael Garfield

Ever listened to Beethoven's Fifth from the center of a slowly tumbling dodecahedron?  AstoundSound's holophonic software can take you there. (more)

The Emergence of Open Design and Manufacturing

Michel Bauwens

We mistakenly think nature is infinite, and that scarcity should be a source of profit. We need to combine a recognition of the real scarcity of physical goods with the real abundance of immaterial goods to generate a new and sustainable civilization based on peer to peer principles. (more)