Rats & lizards
I spent the Sunday previous, as I’m sure many of you did, watching videos on fractal shapes, the creation of non-Euclidean planes from both beads…
technology
Get in the clouds
To be frank, the files stored on your computer are not safe; your computer can break at any time. So what can you do to…
Semantic coding
The search engine revolution of the mid-90s gave us the power to sift through pages and pages of information at unheard of speeds, but increasingly…
Can citizen journalists and mainstream media co-exist?
I n the world of journalism, there is ongoing debate about who does a better job of reporting the news: citizen journalists or mainstream news…
When everyone with a smartphone can be a journalist . . .
B eing a young journalist, you’re not often surrounded by much optimism about the industry you so desperately want to be successful in. So when…
Zinc selenide
There has been a significant breakthrough in the field of fiber optics. Researchers led by Prof. John Badding at Pen State University have developed a…
Trouble with a capital “P” / to print or not to print
The amount of information cutely referred too often to be at our fingertips is overwhelming. Readers need access to information but also some measure of…
Athlete’s Angle
I am hilarious on Twitter. I know this because not one, but two of my tweets have been re-tweeted. You can find us @athletesangle. No…
Nano nets
Nanonets are capturing a lot of attention in the science world lately, due to some of the curious properties that emerge from their two-dimensional structure….
Tiny computers!
Don’t be surprised if a few years from now tiny electronic devices start being a norm rather than an experiment. A major breakthrough has just…