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Our Prodigal Sun

Searching the heavens for our sun’s family.

December 9, 2013

In Search of the First Human Home

When did the savanna give way to the crash pad?

December 2, 2013

The Caveman’s Home Was Not a Cave

Our picture of man’s early home has been skewed by modern preconceptions.

December 2, 2013

Bacteria Love Lasered Jell-O

How artificial homes for pathogens may lead to better medicine.

December 2, 2013

What Virtual Reality Teaches Us About Home

We don’t like cookie-cutter suburbs, but we buy there anyway.

December 2, 2013

Infinite Garbage Can

Can information ever be rescued from inside a black hole?

November 11, 2013

The Combustion Engine Refuses to Die

Internal combustion is surviving by adapting.

November 11, 2013

Nature, the IT Wizard

Nature manages information, the currency of life, with exquisite efficiency.

November 11, 2013

Meet Your Body’s Death Eaters

From brain to blood to bone, macrophages take out our cellular trash.

November 11, 2013

Our Nuclear Waste Is a Goldmine

Technology for generating power from spent uranium hits policy barriers.

November 11, 2013

Facebook Cools Off

Supercomputer centers slash excess electricity as smaller ones try to follow.

November 11, 2013

The Cost of Cryptography

Computer security is trying to avoid wasting your time.

November 11, 2013