Should SETI Watch For Wars

The Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence relies on trying to tune into the galactic radio broadcast. Well-established civilized civilizations may be Continue reading →

Wall Street Buys Into Blockchain

Blockchain doesn’t get much publicity, but it is the technology that enables the secure transfer of the electronic currency, Bitcoin. Continue reading →

Computing With Light

Most predictions of future technology fail because they extrapolate from current tech – because they can’t imagine what hasn’t been Continue reading →

Arctic Sea Ice Data

Data, no judgment: From more than 8 million square kilometers in 1979, Arctic sea ice is down to 5.6 million square kilometers. Continue reading →

Citizen Science Creates Cyborgs

The rise of the cyborgs is not waiting for government or medical approval. Citizen scientists, biological tinkerers, and innovative artists Continue reading →

Wormholes Exist – Now

Wormholes are handy science fiction devices, but have been disparaged as being impossible, then impractical, and now feasible – sort Continue reading →

Student Poverty Increases

Since the Great Recession, student poverty has increased. “Between 2006 and 2013, the number of students in high-poverty school districts Continue reading →

Puerto Rico Becomes Economic Testbed

Puerto Rico’s debt is so bad that they’d like to declare bankruptcy, but can’t. Dysfunctional aspects of the way the Continue reading →