Rewriting Life Tortoise Revival Plan Blends Tech and Good-Old-Fashioned Babymaking Efforts to breed two extinct species of Galapagos tortoise back into existence set a new bar for the use of genetics in conservation. by Kenrick Vezina 2015-12-17T14:45:00-05:00
Sustainable Energy Socks Generate Electricity Using Microbes Fed by Urine Yes, you read that right. by Kenrick Vezina 2015-12-14T17:02:00-05:00
Rewriting Life What Does the World Look Like to a Dolphin? We Still Don’t Know A viral image claiming to show what dolphin’s echolocation perceives is backed by suspect science. by Kenrick Vezina 2015-12-10T14:45:00-05:00
Intelligent Machines Software Reconstructs Famous Faces from Still Images, Captures Their Unique Mannerisms A University of Washington team has developed virtual “Face/Off” software that lets them animate Barack Obama’s face with George W. Bush’s mannerisms, and other surreal tricks. by Kenrick Vezina 2015-12-08T10:20:00-05:00
Rewriting Life No, China Is Not Building a “Human Cloning Factory” A planned factory for cloning a million cows by 2020 is news enough on its own. by Kenrick Vezina 2015-12-04T14:53:00-05:00
View How Blue Tarantulas Could Improve Screens for TVs, Phones, and Computers Researchers examining the nanoscale topography of the world’s largest spiders are part of a larger effort to understand and copy the brilliant structural colors in nature. by Kenrick Vezina 2015-12-04T11:01:00-05:00
Sustainable Energy “Plant Lamps” Turn Dirt and Vegetation into a Power Source Researchers in Peru have a new way to capture electricity from plants and bacteria to help rainforest communities. by Kenrick Vezina 2015-11-23T12:22:00-05:00
Rewriting Life Comic Explodes the “DNA Is Just Source Code” Metaphor Sorry, smug technophiles, biology is a lot messier than even the most poorly optimized code. by Kenrick Vezina 2015-11-19T12:54:00-05:00
Rewriting Life How Animal Hairs Could Inspire Cleaner Tech A pair of physicist-biologists show the many ways animals use hairs to keep clean – and how we might leverage nature’s design expertise. by Kenrick Vezina 2015-11-18T13:43:00-05:00
Intelligent Machines Our Robotic Children: The Ethics of Creating Intelligent Life Philosopher Eric Schwitzgebel argues that conscious machines would deserve special moral consideration akin to our own children. by Kenrick Vezina 2015-11-16T16:50:00-05:00
