The team which found that neutrinos may travel faster than light has carried out an improved version of their experiment - and confirmed the result. If confirmed by other experiments, the find could undermine one of the basic principles of modern physics. Critics of the first report in September ... Read more...
Perhaps no research finding has influenced education policy more, or been subject to greater misinterpretation, than our ranking on international mathematics and science tests. Previous critiques of international comparisons have focused largely on flaws in sampling and the limitations of test ... Read more...
In 1919 when the flu killed 40 million people there was this Doctor that visited the many farmers to see if he could help them combat the flu. Many of the farmers and their family had contracted it and many died. The doctor came upon this one farmer and to his surprise, everyone was very healthy.... Read more...
Google Instant is the (unholy) product of Google's infamous design process. Two days ago, Google unveiled Google Instant -- the company's newest solution to making googling even faster. The feature presents search results which appear even as you're still typing (for background, watch the sup... Read more...
A typical full-body scanner works by bouncing X-rays off an individual’s skin to produce an outline image of the person’s body; these images must then be studied by an operator who makes the call whether there is a potential explosive present or not; the operator’s subjective view makes the ... Read more...
Off the Villa Manifesto LP (tracklist after the jump.) In stores July 29th. Slum Village feat. Colin Munroe - Faster | Mediafire // < ![CDATA[ AudioPlayer.embed("audioplayer_1", {soundFile:"aHR0cDovL3VzZXJzaGFyZS5uZXQvP2RsaW5rPXp1dXY2b2F1ZW0zMw"}); // ]]> Props to OnSMASH (more&he... Read more...
People in the United States basically invented the Internet. So U.S. connections must be the fastest and cheapest in the world, right? Not so much. Broadband Internet speeds in the United States are only about one-fourth as fast as those in South Korea, the world leader, according to the Int... Read more...