strangely entangled

For those not in the know, Richard Feynman was one of the world’s great physicists and by all accounts quite a character. I came across this essay, describing his time spent working for the Thinking Machines Company (TMC) in the 1980s. What I found really interesting was how Feynman, a physicist, found himself working in [...]

This is pretty damn cool. A researcher at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in France is using a form of X-ray radiography and micro-tomography to image insects caught in ancient blocks of amber. But why stop there? Micro-tomographic imaging allows them to create three dimensional computer models of these insects. The researcher then fed this data [...]

Google and Virgin Airlines announced Project Virgle today, a joint-venture to form the first human colony on Mars. I’m sure this has nothing to do with April Fools. Nothing at all. I especially like the Open Source Planet bit. Just for the heck of it, I filled out their application and submitted a video response. [...]