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F=ma: Prosperity Isn’t How Much You Move--It’s How You Move It
Smart Growth Ryan Snook Science is how people attempt to see the world as it truly is. That's why I'm drawing the title of this new column from the wisdom of the greatest of scientists. Since Isaac...
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How Engineers Can Help Prevent Water Wars
Flow States Ryan Snook Somewhere around 2014, if all goes according to plan, Turkey will complete the Ilisu Dam, a major component of one of the world's most ambitious—and...
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What If We Could Upgrade The Internet As Fast As We Upgrade The Gadgets It...
A Better Data Plan Ryan Snook We invented the Internet here in the U.S., but other countries have long since improved on our work. We're 13th worldwide in average connection speed, and we usually pay...
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A New Organization Pairs Scientists With Adventurers To Bring Data Back From...
High-Level Findings Ryan Snook More and more science takes place on computers, but hard data still comes from the material world. To learn about, say, harmful algae blooms or high-altitude flora,...
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How The Science Of Tribology Could Smooth The Way To A Better Energy System
The Fiction Of Nonfriction Ryan Snook In 1964, a lubrication expert named Peter Jost gathered with his colleagues at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in Cardiff, Wales, to discuss a vexing...
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Who Will Control What We 3-D Print?
Clone Wars Ryan Snook Last January, the Swedish BitTorrent tracker Pirate Bay quietly introduced a new category, called Physibles, to its inventory. "We believe that things like three-dimensional...
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With More Food Than Ever, Why Is Hunger On The Rise?
Data Diet Ryan Snook Virtualization is a powerful tool for improving the real world. When we translate material things, from genes to jet planes, into numbers, we can analyze and manipulate them far...
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The Science Of 'Zero Dark Thirty': When We Can Condone Torture
Zero Effect Ryan Snook Critics have applauded the realism of the film Zero Dark Thirty, an Oscar favorite that claims to re-create the hunt for Osama bin Laden. But some have protested an early scene...
View ArticleF=ma: Prosperity Isn’t How Much You Move--It’s How You Move It
Science is how people attempt to see the world as it truly is. That’s why I’m drawing the title of this new column from the wisdom of the greatest of scientists. Since Isaac…
View ArticleHow Engineers Can Help Prevent Water Wars
Somewhere around 2014, if all goes according to plan, Turkey will complete the Ilisu Dam, a major component of one of the world's most ambitious—and…
View ArticleWhat If We Could Upgrade The Internet As Fast As We Upgrade The Gadgets It...
We invented the Internet here in the U.S., but other countries have long since improved on our work. We're 13th worldwide in average connection speed, and we usually pay…
View ArticleA New Organization Pairs Scientists With Adventurers To Bring Data Back From...
More and more science takes place on computers, but hard data still comes from the material world. To learn about, say, harmful algae blooms or high-altitude flora,…
View ArticleHow The Science Of Tribology Could Smooth The Way To A Better Energy System
In 1964, a lubrication expert named Peter Jost gathered with his colleagues at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in Cardiff, Wales, to discuss a vexing paradox.
View ArticleWho Will Control What We 3-D Print?
Last January, the Swedish BitTorrent tracker Pirate Bay quietly introduced a new category, called Physibles, to its inventory. "We believe that things like…
View ArticleWith More Food Than Ever, Why Is Hunger On The Rise?
Virtualization is a powerful tool for improving the real world. When we translate material things, from genes to jet planes, into numbers, we can analyze and manipulate them far more easily. But two...
View ArticleThe Science Of 'Zero Dark Thirty': When We Can Condone Torture
Critics have applauded the realism of the film Zero Dark Thirty, an Oscar favorite that claims to re-create the hunt for Osama bin Laden. But some have protested an early…
View ArticleAn Unfolding Story
Last summer, researchers at Northwestern University set an unusual record: They created a material with the highest-ever ratio of surface to volume. A teaspoon's worth…
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