1. Venter’s Newest Synthetic Bacteria Has Secret Messages Coded in its DNA →

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    Want to crack the code? The new synthetic bacteria has watermarks (WM1) encoded inside its DNA.

    Researchers at the J Craig Venter Institute recently unveiled their first…

  2. Photoshopping taken to the next level.

  3. Robots like to wrestle and FIGHT!

  4. Does Our DNA Carry the Memories of Our Ancestors? [Memory Forever] →

    It seems like something out of a movie (and hey, it is), but there’s some scientific evidence that we actually carry the memories of our ancestors with us in our genetic code….

  5. Scientists drag quantum mechanics into the visible realm →

    All sorts of counterintuitive behavior happens with regularity in the quantum realm, but very little of that bleeds over into the world of classical mechanics that the human senses…

  6. Op-Ed: Why the Internet Should Win the Nobel Peace Prize →

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    This year, a Chinese dissident and a Russian human rights advocate — recent nominees for the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize — are joined by an unlikely, nonhuman contender: the internet.

  7. High-Speed Camera Scans Books in Seconds →

    A Tokyo lab demonstrates a book-scanning system that only needs someone to hold the book underneath its camera and flip rapidly through the pages.


  8. Editorial: Six Really Good Reasons to Buy an iPad - Right Away →

    There are plenty of articles floating around that advise one to wait on the iPad, not buy one sight unseen, or not buy one at all - especially of you already have a Mac and an iPhone. I believe…

  9. Mobile phone watch.

  10. Stunning Glimpse Into The Future Of Magazines →

    Take a gander at the clip up there. It’s been forty-odd years since Bobb Goldsteinn coined the term “multimedia,” but I think — and maybe you’ll agree with me — this is the first time I’ve…