PRODUCT reviews are broken. They are great at telling you about the speed of a computer or the brightness of a screen. But there’s a big gaping hole in evaluations of most products, from phones to computers to televisions. The product evaluations neglect to mention the...
How a $9 computer could change the way we think about computing For $9, you will soon be able to buy an insanely cheap computer the size of a credit card that runs Linux and comes with a 1 GHz processor, 512 MB RAM, 4 GB...
After months of rumors, Facebook today unveiled “Instant Articles”, a program that natively hosts publishers’ content in its app’s News Feed so users don’t have to click out and wait for websites to load. Instant Articles debuts today with rich-media stories from The New York...
Marshfield Clinic Health System is joining abouthealth, one of the two statewide networks of health systems that have emerged in Wisconsin. The move is another sign of Marshfield Clinic's split with Ministry Health, which owns Ministry Saint Joseph's Hospital in Marshfield. Physicians employed by Marshfield Clinic...
“Spooky action at a distance” is how Albert Einstein described one of the key principles of quantum mechanics: entanglement. Entanglement occurs when two particles become related such that they can coordinate their properties instantly even across a galaxy. Think of wormholes in space or...
When Tom Wheeler was the head of the cable industry's biggest lobbying group, he owned the stage of its annual trade show. On Wednesday, he appeared on that stage again but on the other side -- as the chief federal regulator who had recently slapped broad...
Last night on Late Night with Seth Meyers, former HP CEO Carly Fiorina addressed the first mistake her campaign made -- not buying carlyfiorina.org. It is slightly embarrassing. The person who owns the domain has filled the page with 30,000 frowning emoticons, one for each person...
IT STARTED WITH a fairly simple problem. The class of elementary education majors were looking at energy and efficiency. This course is specifically designed to help these students get a basic understanding of the nature of science (using the awesome Physics and Everyday Thinking curriculum)....
Founder Elon Musk is leading the electric-car pioneer into the energy infrastructure business. Amazon and Target are among those with pilot projects in the works. Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk on Thursday introduced Tesla Energy, a line of large batteries for residential and commercial use. The...
Western scientists are up in arms about a new experiment to alter the DNA of an embryo. The real issue isn't ethics, however. It is whether it is the smart path to be taking in the first place. Researchers in China had the audacity (or immorality?)...