001100100100100100010-Might be code for, “The Human Race has Been Annihilated,” or it could mean, “I can’t wait for Girl Meets World to premiere,” or it could mean nothing. I’m not a robot, but one day I’m sure I’m going to be “annihilated” one, and it’s our own damn fault. I’m all for technology being developed [...]
Businessweek’s recent report on Samsung (see here) offers keen insight into a company that has focused its energy on practically everything that turns a profit. In fact, labeling Samsung as a company is quite misleading. Samsung’s businesses extend to electronics, shipbuilding, energy, construction, financial services, and many others. Hence, Samsung is a conglomerate earning $179 billion in [...]
Scientific literacy requires a strong foundation of knowledge, but more importantly, it requires a reader to be careful and look for the relevant information. A great deal of statements that you see on video or print media may look and feel scientific, but actually contain little to no evidence. There can be some rather obvious examples [...]
A tick is a malevolent bloodsucking parasite that attaches to a person’s skin and can often transmit diseases; but the tics I am more curious about are the involuntary movements or sounds made abruptly, frequently, and with irregularity. Tics can be short or long lasting, continuous or scattered, and involve motor or vocal movement. They fall under [...]
Well guys, we made it. What a close call that was, huh? Thank Goddard, Jimmy Neutron’s dog, we can return above ground and still breathe in the smog-riddled oxygen. I’m sure it’s all you’ve been talking about, but let’s go over what happened one more time and how lucky we are: on February 15th, 2013 Asteroid [...]
Today it seems as though it is human nature that drives us to solve the problems we perceive in our natural world. Let’s make something bigger. Let’s make something smaller. Let’s make something work faster. Let’s bring something to a halt altogether. To do this, we utilize technology, a vague term the Merriam-Webster dictionary offers [...]
