The stimulus didn’t work. The bank bailouts didn’t work. Homeowner assistance and refinancing didn’t work. So could the key to solving the US housing crisis be letting foreigners buy real estate for visas?
Continue reading… “Should we let foreigners buy homes for Visas?”
Radiation is all around you on an airplange.
Since the Fukushima nuclear disaster, you’ve probably heard me and other people talk about the radiation exposure we experience in everyday life. All humans, throughout history, have been exposed to background radiation produced constantly by the natural environment. Then there’s added exposures from modern sources: X-rays and medical scans, living near power plants (both coal and nuclear, and the coal is actually worse), and flying in airplanes…
Continue reading… “How much radiation are you exposed to on a plane?”
Images like this helped researchers determine differences in the faces of children with autism.
University of Missouri researchers may be a step closer to understanding what causes autism. They have found differences between the facial characteristics of children who have autism and those who don’t.
Continue reading… “Autistic kids have distinct facial characteristics: study”
Global map showing major road and rail networks over land, along with transmission line and underwater cable data superimposed over satellite images of cities illuminated at night
The images show silvery threads stretching around the dark globe that create a dramatic spider’s web showing the patterns of our global sprawl. (Pics)
Continue reading… “Man-mad world – diagrams show how technology has taken over Earth”
Come sail away.
In a series of upcoming technology demonstration missions, NASA is hoping to prove that giant solar sails are a practical way to explore the cosmos, even though warp drive engines and rocket powered spacecraft make for better movie fodder.
Starting in 2015, NASA will be launching a series of three experiment driven missions, including one that will confirm the feasibility of using solar sails as a viable means of cheap propulsion. The giant 125×125 foot sail is seven times as large as those previously flown in space, but will one day need to be considerably larger to shuttle astronauts around…
Continue reading… “NASA To unfurl the largest Solar Sail ever flown in space”
Biocomputers are one step closer to reality.
Scientists have successfully demonstrated that they can build some of the basic components for digital devices out of bacteria and DNA, which could pave the way for a new generation of biological computing devices, in research published October 18 in the journal Nature Communications…
Continue reading… “Computing building blocks created from bacteria and DNA”
Angry Birds are everywhere!
For nearly two years, the casual game market has belonged to Angry Birds. The megahit app has been downloaded over 400 million times and boasts 30 million daily active users.
For Rovio, the developers behind the juggernaut, the success of Angry Birds has led to movie deals, increased funding and rumors of IPO plans.
Continue reading… “How Angry Birds conquered casual gaming”
Does Facebook alter people’s brains?
How many “friends” do you have on Facebook? People with lots of friends on the social networking site have denser grey matter in certain regions of the brain, says a new study, raising the possibility that such sites may be altering people’s brains.
Continue reading… “The more Facebook friends you have, the bigger your brain”
Video screen time provides no educational benefits for children under age 2.
The American Academy of Pediatrics has warned that parents of infants and toddlers should limit the time their children spend in front of televisions, computers, self-described educational games and even grown-up shows playing in the background. Video screen time provides no educational benefits for children under age 2 and leaves less room for activities that do, like interacting with other people and playing, the group said.
Continue reading… “TV stunts babies’ development: American Academy of Pediatrics”
Heart failure hospitalizations have decreased nationally overall.
There was a remarkable 30% drop in hospital stays for heart failure in Medicare patients over a decade. It is the first such decline in the United States and forceful evidence that the nation is making headway in reducing the billion-dollar burden of a common condition.
Continue reading… “30% drop in hospital stays for heart failure, saving billions”
Bedbugs are a growing problem.
A bedbug is a wingless insect with a flat reddish body that infests dwellings and bedding and feeds on human blood. The common human bedbug of temperate regions, Cimex lectularis, is largely nocturnal, spending the day in crevices in walls and furniture and in bedding. Its bite causes irritation in many individuals, but it is not known to transmit diseases…
Continue reading… “World Bedbugs Registry Database map”
By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
Learn More about this exciting program.
