We’ve seen the images of Foxconn’s electronics assembly caverns with young women sitting elbow to elbow along seemingly endless benches, assembling iPads and cell phones.
Tag: Science
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ARE HEADPHONES THE NEW PSYCHOACTIVE DRUG?
In the 1960s, proponents of LSD urged people to “tune in, turn on, and drop out.” There’s new evidence that you can turn on by tuning in your headphones.
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PLASTIC THAT EATS ITSELF WHEN YOU’RE DONE WITH IT
Researchers at the University of San Diego have created a plastic that does away with itself when it’s no longer needed.
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AN EASY FIX FOR AGING
An indisputable marker of aging is the length of our telomeres. Telomeres are the caps at the end of our chromosomes that help cells divide. Every time a cell divides, it loses a little of its telomeres.
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A LIGHT DIET: NEW DEVICE USES LIGHT TO STOP PEOPLE FROM OVEREATING
People with obesity who aren’t able to lose weight may no longer need to think about gastric bypass surgery, which replumbs the digestive tract and can lead to a range of complications.
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2021 UN IPCC REPORT: TRUST THAT SCIENCE LIES
A 2021 UN IPCC Report that has been used to justify U.S. and EU regulations progressively imposing a “radical transformation” of energy systems away from hydrocarbons, like so much “science” c. 2021, appears now to have been built on lies.
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HOT FUSION ENERGY: WILL IT WORK THIS TIME?
For more than 70 years, scientists have been trying and failing to create sustainable fusion power—a process of smashing atoms together with such force that they fuse, releasing vast amounts of energy.
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ACCIDENTAL DISCOVERY COULD MAKE BATTERY CHARGES LAST 19 TIMES LONGER
In electric vehicles, electrical components called capacitors are used in various ways, but they all work alike: they absorb electricity fast and disperse it just as quickly. It’s an essential quality for things like acceleration.
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FEATHER-LIGHT CARBON FABRIC STORES ENERGY AND BECOMES A BATTERY
Sweden’s Chalmers University of Technology has spun off Sinonus, a startup to commercialize research that has evolved a rigid, lightweight carbon fabric that can function as a battery.
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SCIENTISTS MAKE GENE-SCALE EDITS IN HUMAN CELLS
Researchers at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have expanded existing gene-editing technology and are now able to substitute entire genes within human cells. The implications for gene therapy are major.