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Image by ozgurmulazimoglu via Flickr The Earth has entered a new geological period in which human influence dominates the state of the planet, compounding uncertainty about the future. In 2000, as the green shoots of spring cracked through winter’s icy grip on the northern hemisphere, a letter from the Nobel laureate Paul Crutzen and his

The U.S. is graduating fewer and fewer scientists and engineers Editor’s note: The most valuable employees of any technology company are the engineers and scientists, which is why everyone in Silicon Valley does whatever they can to ensure the continuous supply to this talent pool. The size of the talent pool is ultimately determined by

Zelboraf changes the natural history of this disease   Researchers from UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, together with scientists from 12 other sites in the United States and Australia, report for the first time that a newly approved drug for patients with metastatic melanoma nearly doubles median survival times, a finding that will change the

A VENERABLE agency has turned to a new form of communication to find its annual batch of interns in a shift that underlines how Madison Avenue is seeking to change the way it reaches out to everyone, from consumers to potential employees. Campbell Mithun, an agency founded in Minneapolis in 1933 that is part of

A robot created by Washington State University scientists could help elderly people with dementia and other limitations live independently in their own homes. The Robot Activity Support System, or RAS, uses sensors embedded in a WSU smart home to determine where its residents are, what they are doing and when they need assistance with daily activities. It

California’s Renewable Auction Mechanism has delivered an average highest bid of US8.9c/kWh Bids for the ACT government’s innovative solar tender are due to be filed by the close of trade on Tuesday, with speculation mounting that there could be some jaw-dropping offers that could help reshape the future of energy generation in Australia. The ACT

Chevron will tap sunlight to help it get more oil out of the ground in California. The company will partner with BrightSource Energy

In Europe, people are more reserved regarding robots than they were five years ago. This is shown in a new study published by scientists from Linz and Würzburg. Robots performing in surgeries, robots in automobile production, and robots in caregiving. In some areas, the machines are already well-established, in others they are on the rise.

If you have sent email on Google or used Microsoft’s browser or databases, you have touched the technology handiwork of Adam Bosworth. Mr. Bosworth, a tall and grizzled but still trim 60-year-old, is a Johnny Appleseed of sorts in the tech industry, with a penchant for being intimately involved in the creation of generations of

Where the Printrbot differs is its ability to bring this product to the masses Since I was a small child, I’ve always wished that I had a machine that could produce anything I wanted at my command. Every once in a while, technology aligns with childhood wishes and you get magical products as a result.