Stories by robg

A robot with a biological brain

Graves Found From Sahara’s Green Period

Two Large (800 megawatt) Solar Plants Planned in California

Priming for Burning Man, Flames in Hand

Science Visuals: The Genetic Map of Europe

Research + Web = More Consensus, Less Diversity (At Least, So Far)

Most Direct Evidence of Dark Energy Detected

Optimism in Evolution

The Lessons From the Kindle’s Success

Dividing societies into individualist and collective mentalities

How black drug dealers are using white supremacist legal theories to confound the Feds.

When should we consider the long-term ramifications of technological developments?

Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures

Ask HN: Tufte course worth the cost?

IPhone Software Sales Take Off: Apple's Jobs

When Experts Retire, How to Replace Them?

They Used to Say Whale Oil Was Indispensable, Too

Holy Cash Cow, Batman - Content Is Back

Traffic jams are not caused by flaws in road design but by flaws in human nature.

Are Zune buyers motivated by what the device is or by what it isn’t?