Back when blogging first started, it was lonely. Me and maybe 5 other people were being funny on the Internet. Otherwise, humor was dominated by big companies and blogging was dominated by earnest do-gooders protesting wars (until a Democrat did it – neo-con imperialism in Libya is standing up for freedom so we get no [...]
read moreTired of protein folding, bored with looking for big objects in space? Now you can go tiny. As in a fundamental particle.The Large Hadron Collider team wants to tap into the collective computing power of the public with a project LHC@home 2.0, an updated version of a 2004 effort to enlist the public's computers to simulate beams of protons.The Worldwide Large Hadron Collider...
read moreA team of Italian archaeologists believe they have discovered the tomb of Philip, one of Jesus' 12 apostles, at the ancient Asia Minor city of Hierapolis in the Aegean province of Denizli, known today as Pamukkale in Turkey, and are planning to excavate the unopened grave soon.The discovery of the grave of the New Testament saint, who it is said came to Hierapolis nearly 2,000 years ago to spread...
read moreIf you have a million dollars to spend, you want something distinct - the 700 horsepower, twin-turbocharged 12-cylinder carbon-titanium Huayra supercar by Pagani is certainly that. Take that, you Bugatti Veyron and Lamborghini Reventon commoners!But don't get out your checkbook just yet, the U.S. is blocking its sale because it doesn't have child-safe airbags.
read moreScience 2.0 was founded because, contrary to the beliefs of some scientists and some journalists, the public is really, really smart. And they know a lot of science, they just frame it through politics more than they used to because scientists and journalists are less diverse politically than they once were.The public doesn't trust journalists and, in addition, scientists don't trust...
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