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In case you weren’t feeling lazy enough post-Thanksgiving…

November 27, 2012by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

…there’s always Kelvin Doe to make you feel more like a lump of reheated mashed potatoes. Doe is 15 years old, but he was only 13 when he started building […]

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Science News, Technology

Even Disney needs math

November 26, 2012by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

That valuable father-son time could potentially be taken over by a robot. Disney created one that can play catch, and do it in a creepily human-like way. The robot uses […]

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Science News, Technology, Weird Science

Google Chrome explores the galaxy

November 19, 2012by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

Want to feel really small? Play around with Chrome Experiments’ newest toy, an explorable model of the Milky Way galaxy. In just seconds you can travel to Alcyone, a star in the […]

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Science News, Space, Technology

Argonne tries to hack the vote

November 6, 2012by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

We know the gents and ladies at Argonne are pretty smart cookies, but it turns out it doesn’t take a genius to hack electronic voting machines. Researchers on Argonne’s Vulnerability […]

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Science in Chicago, Science News, Technology

Man climbs tallest building in the US with bionic leg

November 5, 2012by Lindsey Reiser 1 Comment

We can rebuild him. We have the technology. Especially since that technology is an $8 million bionic leg. Zac Vawter lost his right leg in a motorcycle accident, and Sunday […]

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Medicine, Science in Chicago, Science News, Technology

Algae-powered building in the works

October 24, 2012by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

The stuff you clean off the inside of your goldfish bowl may soon power an entire office building. Austrian-based Splitterwerk Architects has come up with a building concept called BIQ, […]

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