Excerpt from The Google Story by David Vise Google is a Spelling Mistake Google is the only multi-billion-dollar company in the world that is also a spelling mistake. Back in the palaeolithic era (that's the palaeolithic era in the internet sense, i.e. autumn 1997) its co-founders, Larry...
Are broken fingernails telling us something? Modern science has recently observed how the lines on our hands connect to the nervous structure of our brains. A nail protects our finger. A question to ask when a fingernail breaks may be: What protective mechanisms in thought...
- Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me--- Going to bed at night saying we've done something wonderful--- that's what matters to me. Apple co-founder and long-time CEO Steve Jobs died at the age of 56 on October 11, 2011. Known as...
Our digital technology that with such ease brings us together, with instantaneous messages and almost "as if you were in the room" video, has also introduced us to a new type of emptiness in love relationships; that peculiar but very tactile hollow feeling you get...
On February 1st 1996, at Mpath's Internet Game Developers Conference in San Jose, California a video game developer named Brain Moriarty gave an amazing lecture "to a crowd that seemingly grew smaller and smaller as he talked on." "The Point Is," (1996) is a virtual...
What happens when machines become smarter than humans? Will they take over the world? Is the survival of the human species at risk? These may seem like questions for science fiction enthusiasts, but with the release of recent movies like "Her" with Joaquin Phoenix and...
Woody Allen's movie Sleeper (1973) According to science author Hank Hyena's article, Sexbots...
High-tech gadgets may land you a job or promotionPhoto by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Should...
Did you know that the word "masticate" is derived from the Greek word "mastiha?" Mastiha is a miraculous resin that seeps from the mastic tree (Pistachia Lentiscus var. Chia) only on the Greek Island of Chios in the Eastern Aegean Sea. In 1998, Mastiha was distinguished...
PlayThere's a new secret to get your child to behave at the dinner table?cut up their food! YouTube: Brian Wansink ...
The mechanics of sleep and the process by which we store and retrieve memories has from ancient times been approached through many myths and theories, but it is only recently that hard science is seriously uncovering these mysteries of the mind. A study in Nature Neuroscience,...
Randomness and Free Will Part of the Plan? Many of us assume that...
Futurustic fashion that responds to your moods There is a garment that might...
Mayan Indian elder Apolinario Chile Pixtun (AP) With the hype surrounding the upcoming movie release...
Touch faraway object through screenPhoto credit: MIT Media Lab Have you ever wanted to...
These very strange cloud formations suddenly appeared in the sky around 8:30 p.m. when the sun was setting in Union Square Park in NYC today. Moments before their appearance, people were casually sitting on the steps of the park entrance and carrying on as most New...
Humans appear to be limited to two faces per crowd.Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images ...
as Twitter and Facebook could make or break the next movie studio releasePhoto credit: Sara Robertson "Movie Theater" on Flickr (cc) ...
Science can answer how but not whyPhoto credit: Umberto Rotondro "Scienza e Fede" on Flickr.com ...