Science Archive
Archives for August 2014
Researchers are hard at working trying to figure out how memory works, and they have some tantalizing clues.
It may be grainy, but it’s one of the oldest and most distant things we’ve ever seen.
Sometime in the next month, NASA will decide which vehicle it’ll use to carry astronauts to the space station.
Oxford philosopher Nick Bostrom on why we ought to be preparing for the age of “superintelligent” machines, which may or may not coexist peacefully with mankind.
One author argues that the partnership is the real driver of human creativity.
If the tests hold up, it’ll be the first object we’ve ever collected from interstellar space.
Yes — and here’s how much energy you save each time you use them.
The Rosetta probe just made space history. This is what it saw.
If you find yourself feeling a little less sharp during a long, stuffy meeting, it may not be your imagination.