Duality is one of the most important insights in physics and philosophy of physics. What does duality mean? It means that there are dual descriptions of one and the same observed physics. Duality…

OTTAWA and WATERLOO, CANADA, September 29, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Bridgewater Systems , the mobile personalization company, and Sandvine a leading provider of network policy control solutions for…

The Obama administration now has two Nobel laureates in physics - Carl Wieman, whose name you might recognize from his Science 2.0 posts on fixing science education,  has accepted the job…

We are a water planet but 10% of Earth is covered in ice - ice that is melting in ways that have to be a concern.    To get a handy view of what is happening in the big areas, Greenland,…

NEW YORK, September 28, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Inspired by the viral success of TEDTalks and expanding on the conference's mission of Ideas Worth Spreading, TED today announces its Ads Worth Spreading…

AOL announced plans to buy technology blog TechCrunch for an undisclosed amount.  AOL CEO Tim Armstrong and TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington made the announcement onstage Tuesday at…

It's no secret that I never intend to die and actively promote anything that will keep me alive but if I do die, and my descendants want their inheritance, they will have to descend into the family…

My main computer died, and I'm on my backup system.  While I can still work, it feels like I've shifted from my starship bridge to the tiny emergency control room, while still on full battle…

Men, if you didn't already hate Chris Evans for his incredible physique and spot-on performance as the Human Torch in "Fantastic Four", see how he looks in "Captain America", which requires him to be…

ST. JOHN'S, Canada, September 28, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Rutter Inc. announced that Canadian based Rutter Technologies, a division of Rutter Inc. , has now received official notification from…