Archive for the Science category
Flying Math: Bees Solve Traveling Salesman Problem
Posted on Sunday, September 30, 2012 at 1:57 AM by Malcolm
Bumblebees foraging in flowers for nectar are like salesmen traveling between towns: Both seek the optimal route to minimize their travel costs. Mathematicians call this the “traveling salesman problem,” in which scientists try to calculate the shortest possible route given a theoretical arrangement of cities. Bumblebees, however, take the brute-force approach: For them, it’s simply a matter of experience, plus trial and error, as reported in this Wired article.
Dead Sea Scroll Online by Google
Posted on Saturday, October 01, 2011 at 7:10 PM by Malcolm
Edited on: Saturday, October 01, 2011 7:18 PM
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How Videogames Blind Us With Science
Posted on Monday, September 08, 2008 at 2:17 PM by Malcolm
Kids who are turning away from Science are actually applying scientific reasoning to analyze videogames.
From the article:
"they were pretty good at figuring out how to defeat the bosses. One day she
found out why. A group of them were building Excel spreadsheets into which they'd dump all the
information they'd gathered about how each boss behaved: What potions affected it, what attacks
it would use, with what damage, and when. Then they'd develop a mathematical model to explain
how the boss worked -- and to predict how to beat it."
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Microsoft WorldWide Telescope Beta
Posted on Thursday, May 15, 2008 at 12:29 AM by Malcolm
Microsoft has released the first free public beta of its WorldWide Telescope, the company's new stargazing application. WorldWide Telescope offers high-res images of the night sky from sources like the Hubble Telescope, the Chandra X-Ray Observatory Center and more.
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Tooth Regeneration May Replace Drill-and-Fill
Posted on Wednesday, April 02, 2008 at 2:37 PM by Malcolm
The next time your children get cavities, they might get tooth regeneration instead of fillings.When the world's great scientific thinkers change their minds
Posted on Thursday, February 21, 2008 at 2:31 PM by Malcolm
One hundred and sixty-five eminent thinkers, researchers, and communicators, at the annual request of the edge.org website, answered the following question: "What Have You Changed Your Mind About? Why?"
