When one of the world's greatest movie directors and most creative minds decides to make a video game, what is he looking for? Just something he can play with his kids. Boom Blox, a collaborative creation by Steven Spielberg and
There are no scary monsters to slay, no enemies to shoot and no cars to hijack. But "The Sims" video and computer game has sold 100 million units since its launch in 2000. Long the world's top-selling game for computers,
The three-year-old social networking phenomenon Facebook, worth more than $15 billion by many estimates, got a good deal on going global. Its users around the world are translating Facebook's visible framework into nearly two dozen languages - for free -
Christopher Moon is the Senior Editor of Haunted Times Magazine and the founder of Ghost Hunters University. He will be joining Your Mental Health Talk Radio on Saturday, May 26, 2008 to discuss The Telephone To The Dead, reincarnation and
UT's 'talented and productive' scientists help with growthThe biotechnology sector in Austin has undergone significant growth since UT biology adjunct professor Matthew Winkler started the company Ambion 20 years ago.When Ambion began operations in 1989, there were only a couple
With a long history in space, the agency's systems now host aerospace modeling, simulation, storage, high-speed networking, visualization, and computational services. NASA is marking 25 years in supercomputing at its Ames Research Center.The agency celebrated the anniversary of the NASA
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory manages the 2001 Mars Odyssey mission for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington, D.C. The Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) was developed by Arizona State University, Tempe, in co.oration with Raytheon Santa Barbara Remote Sensing. The
You may fear, from the title of this book, that they've found yet another 'Boleyn girl'. The subject of this biography has already been fearlessly minced into fiction by the energetic Philippa Gregory. But there is no sign so far
Epidemic. Crisis. Educators use these words to describe the dropout problem. But no one really knows how big the problem is because states can make up their own criteria for deciding which students are considered dropouts. A recent study shows
is a general approach to epistemology that emphasizes the truth-conduciveness of a belief-forming process, method, or other epistemologically relevant factor. The reliability theme appears both in theories of knowledge and theories of justification. 'Reliabilism' is sometimes used broadly to refer
Educators soon may be able take the "learning can be fun" adage to another level using computer-simulation games with new technologies created by NASA and a yet-to-be-selected game developer.
The bionic eye, known as Argus II, works via the camera which transmits a wireless signal to an ultra-thin electronic receiver and electrode panel that are implanted in the eye and attached to the retina. (BBC)
Outrage over a recent spate of incidents spurs fresh efforts to overturn the Feres doctrine, a 1950 Supreme Court decision denying active-duty service members the right to sue over medical errors. (Los Angeles Times)
It's not just the technology that's changed since the 1980s; it's also the economic environment in which science and medicine have to operate. We are living in an age when human organs, genes, eggs and other body parts are fast
The consensus view is that we'll muddle through many of the issues that vex us today — including climate change and terror threats. And we'll hit upon so many medical and technological wonders that today's 50-year-olds will have a fair
Rather than simply proving, for example, that the blood on a suspect's clothes does or does not match that of a murder victim, these "second generation" DNA tests seek to shed light on the biological traits and psychological states of
The shrinking expanse of Arctic sea ice is increasingly vulnerable to summer sunshine. New research, by scientists at NCAR and Colorado State University, finds that unusually sunny weather contributed to last summer's record loss of Arctic ice, while similar weather
Hansen, a 5-foot-10 striker, currently ranks fourth in the Premier League in scoring. The Cortes Island native has pocketed 13 league goals and seven Cup goals in guiding the Belles to a Sheffield and Hallamshire County Cup title.
