Science and Nature

In South Africa, a carrier pigeon carrying a 4GB memory stick proved to be faster than the ADSL service from the country's biggest web firm, Telkom. Winston the...

DNA and How to Extract ItThis past March, a few days after my birthday, I spent a Saturday teaching three iterations of a three-hour-long class called Hands-on Introduction...

Now that the new iPad has been launched, several new apps that take advantage of the third-generation tablet's high-definition screen will also surface before the device reaches Apple stores....

Goodbye, Ink: Chinese Chemists Invent Water-Jet PrinterPrinter ink makers and ink refilling stations may soon have an unexpected competition from a printer which uses H20 and not ink....

Keep Your Eyes on the CrossWhy this is Happening?Your eyes like change.The effect in this illusion is based on the fact that your visual cortex, the vision center...

If there was ever a justification needed for space technology, it’s that it keeps people like me from constantly being lost. These days, my smart phone is much...

Fact or Fiction?: Lead Can Be Turned into GoldParticle accelerators make possible the ancient alchemist’s dream—but at a steep costFor hundreds of years alchemists toiled in their laboratories...