Stories by dnetesn

Initial Conditions: Sean Carroll and Alan Guth Talk about Time

The Dueling Weathermen of the 1800s: Dispute leads to modern weather forecast

New nanogenerator harvests power from rolling tires

Chimps and the Zen of Falling Water

Robert Burton: What we can–and cannot–learn from brain science (2013)

Comic-Con, Defending Fantasy Culture And, Now, Its Brand

How Television Won the Internet

Ken Goldberg: Creative robots, Kurzweil fallacy, and what it means to be human

The Mouth Is Mightier Than the Pen

Face It, Your Brain Is a Computer

Letter of Recommendation: Alternative Search Engines

Exploring dark energy with robots

Why a Post-Nuclear World Would Look Nothing Like “Mad Max”

Fuel-free nanomotor is powered by ultrasound and magnetic fields

The Bad Behavior of Visionary Leaders

Aphorisms Are Essays

The performance and physics of the fish kick

Max Tegmark: A bird’s-eye view on life and the universe

The Beckoning of the Ice Worlds

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