Patient, Diagnose Thyself - With Smart Holograms

Patient, Diagnose Thyself - With Smart Holograms

Patients with diabetes or high blood pressure could benefit from the development of new "smart" holograms which can detect changes in, among other things, glucose levels and make self-diagnosis much…
The Rapid Bursts Of Language Evolution

The Rapid Bursts Of Language Evolution

Scientists at the University of Reading have discovered that languages change and evolve in rapid bursts rather than in a steady pattern. The research in Science investigates thousands of years of…
Interview with Gary Taubes (part 6)

Interview with Gary Taubes (part 6)

Continued from Part 5: I interviewed Gary Taubes by phone a few weeks ago, shortly after he gave a talk about the main ideas of his new book — Good Calories, Bad Calories — at UC Berkeley. The…