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Curiosity Rewarded: Florida Teen Heading to Space Camp, Not Jail

Curiosity Rewarded: Florida Teen Heading to Space Camp, Not Jail

Kiera Wilmot, the Florida high school student who was expelled from her school after an unauthorized science experiment was misperceived as a weapon (at least for purposes of arrest and charging...

Like it or not, this is the age of ubiquitous computing

Like it or not, this is the age of ubiquitous computing

Unobtrusive computers pose social, rather than technological, challenges. No one likes a snooper

Difficult Truths about 'Difficult Oil'

Difficult Truths about 'Difficult Oil'

As we work down the hydrocarbon pyramid, energy gets messier and much more costly. Latest in a series.

The Ring Nebula is Really a Football-Shaped Jelly Donut

The Ring Nebula is Really a Football-Shaped Jelly Donut

Hubble Space Telescope view of the Ring Nebula. Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration

The Rain Won’t Get Me Down

The Rain Won’t Get Me Down

This past weekend we were supposed to go camping in our new camper. Unfortunately when we woke up, it was pouring down rain. I was so disappointed! But we are lucky enough to have the flexibility...

House Attempts To Force Approval Of Keystone Pipeline That Would Create Just 35 Permanent Jobs

House Attempts To Force Approval Of Keystone Pipeline That Would Create Just 35 Permanent Jobs

In what will likely prove as meaningless a vote as the 37th repeal vote of Obamacare, on Wednesday night 241 members of the House of Representatives voted to approve the northern leg of the...

Europe wants to be big in chip manufacturing

Europe wants to be big in chip manufacturing

Europe is not particularly known as a major hub of the semiconductor world, but if the European Commission gets its way it will be. The Commission has launched a major seven-year drive to stimulate...

Long may science continue to inspire poetry

Long may science continue to inspire poetry

A poetic lament on the demise of the exoplanet-hunting space telescope is a reminder that contemplating the universe isn't just for scientists

How robots can do more in data centers and lower the costs of operating the cloud

How robots can do more in data centers and lower the costs of operating the cloud

Machines are giving us better and better suggestions for things to read , restaurants to eat at and people to date . Behind the curtains, some of the ways these services are being delivered are...

CoolEmAll project tests tools for energy-efficient data center design

CoolEmAll project tests tools for energy-efficient data center design

A project called CoolEmAll has revealed prototype tools to aid the design of energy-efficient data centers. The European Commission-funded scheme wants data center designers and operators to test...