You might recall that a few years ago, lots of athletes wore magnetic bracelets in the belief that their performance would improve. Like much woo, be it homeopathy or organic food or skull drilling,…

You probably recognize that there are no objective measures to creating those "Top 10" and "Top 100" lists. There is a generous sprinkling of personal bias and subjective decisions. Yet the…

DNA sequencing technologies continue to make bold strides, and that means a lot for the plant sciences. Genome-scale data sets obtained from these new technologies will allow researchers to greatly…

Because I blog, speak, and comment in support of various agricultural technologies, I am routinely accused of being a "shill for Big Ag" or for some company which you can probably guess.  They…

When you think of systems biology, you don't ordinarily think of process verification and methodology.Sure, there has been data verification in biology and clinical trials in pharmaceuticals, but…

The Nazis studied everything to gain an advantage. Those stories about mysticism and artifacts aren't wrong, and the advanced weapons projects are well known, that is why US President Harry Truman…

A program that allows a single autonomous robot to navigate an uncertain environment with an erratic communication link is difficult and the difficulty for writing code to handle multiple robots that…

People who gravitate toward the latest technology regard themselves as progressives mavericks on the cutting edge - and then they stand in a line outside the Apple store. Apple products don't look…

Nine years ago, Dennis Aabo Sørensen of Denmark lost the use of his left hand handling fireworks during a family holiday.  Now he has become the first amputee in the world to feel sensory-rich…

For decades, scientists have been pushing toward the goal of creating artificial building blocks that can self-assemble in large numbers and reassemble to take on new tasks or to remedy defects.…