reddit/geek
RSA encryption has not been broken.
Your brain is a frackin' liar! (more nifty optical illusions from the folks at MIT)
Galactica: Sabotage
Lotus notes (literally) left on the desks at my university's library at 8 am
New technology turns your body into a touchscreen!
For her class project, she created a simple version of Super Mario Bros using an 8x8 LED matrix (one color), an Arduino Nano, two buttons for the input (forward and jump), and a piezo sensor hooked to a separate Arduino for the theme song. (video)
Olivia Wilde in Tron Legacy... -drool-
Dear Computer Wizard
1024-bit RSA encryption has been broken.
What makes you a geek?
OpenSSH 5.4 released
I think I need these.
Adam Savage's lifelong passion, let him share it with you.
How do i turn this off XP?
AT&T releases an Android phone... but locks down everything they don't like about it. Open source with AT&T's approval.
Good Artists Copy, Great Artists Steal
I know you've always wanted it, and it's coming!
What would you eat on this keyboard?
Tron, for us 80's kids it really inspired us to be the geeks we are now. The new trailer is out, check it plus even the original!
Geek Test: It's pretty long but covers oh so much. I got a 45.64489 Super Geek rating :/
I need phone unlocking know-how
Guy dancing to Wii music
MonoPrice.com possibly (probably) hacked... that charge on my card can't be a coincidence
I'm looking to buy a new Big Screen TV, anyone have any advice?
Reddit, why can't Windows have dual mice and cursors?
reddit/science
Porn: Good for us? Scientific examination of the subject has found that as the use of porn increases, the rate of sex crimes goes down.
LHC to shut down for a year by end of 2011 to address safety concerns after one of its directors admitted some mistakes were made in construction and will delay the machine reaching its full potential for two years.
MIT Scientists Discover a Way to Generate Electricity with Thermopower Waves in Carbon Nanotubes
Tablecloth and dishes trick - the BMW version : Dot Physics
If you demote a planet, expect to get hate mail. Even from 3rd graders (with pics)
" If scientists want people at least to try to understand their work, they should raise a full-scale revolt against the journals that publish them. It is no longer acceptable for the guardians of knowledge to behave like 19th-century gamekeepers, chasing the proles out of the grand estates."
I'm! Not! Dead yet!
Orbiting stars circle each other in minutes - perfect test-bed for detecting gravitational waves
The scientists are now to blame for what happens in Wall St! Scott Patterson in the Daily Show with Jon Stewart. [video]
Top home-school texts dismiss Darwin, evolution
How cannabis makes thoughts tumble: A study just published online in Psychiatry Research suggests that this effect may be due to the drug causing 'fast and loose' patterns of spreading activity in memory, something known as 'hyper-priming'
Scientists identify driving forces in human cell division
Last night I heard Nina Jablonski give a presentation on human skin at Stellenbosch University. Mind. Was. Blown. So here's her TED talk
The Unpersuadables - In fighting for science, we subscribe to a comforting illusion: that people can be swayed by the facts.
Scientists discover a way to efficiently turn carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide using visible light, like sunlight
Flu Shots in Children Can Help Community
No joke: Ancient eggshells good source of DNA
Gold Nanoparticles and Lasers Kill the Brain Parasite That Causes "Crazy Cat Lady" Syndrome
19,000-year-old emu egg DNA
I'm writing a paper how the legalization of Medical Marijuana will affect how we treat those with anxiety disorders. Any good sources that you can suggest?
Australian scientists have discovered that sharks and rays park themselves in reef "salons", where fish that would normally be their prey swarm all over them, removing dead and diseased tissue, mucus, scales
"When people are asked to trade their sacred values for values considered to be secular...they exhibit moral outrage, express anger and disgust, become increasingly inflexible in negotiations, and display an insensitivity to a strict cost-benefit analysis of the exchange."
Why chameleons are the only lizards that eat breakfast
What if there were a "Science Party" in your local politics. Would you vote for it? What platforms would you want to see?
There is no evidence acupuncture or Chinese herbal medicine increase the chance of getting pregnant through IVF, fertility experts say in new guidance.
reddit/technology
Google Maps Adds Bike Lane Option
Unlimited Detail Technology - GPU
American Association of Independent Music come out in favor of net neutrality
Draconian measure to counter copyright infringements - 21st Britain, bastion of liberty
How to recycle a plane [video]
Cisco announces new 322 Terabits per second router
Air Force gears up for hypersonic test flight.
Senate staff warned to stay away from Drudge Report because they're serving malware, again.
Veil Lifts Slightly on Apple’s Secret Plan to Control the Universe
Energy-recycling foot makes it easier for amputees to walk
"Instead of protecting small companies and projects, the patent system is giving large companies a tool they can use to go after them."
Google Buzz survey: Yeah, no one's using it
Hard drive evolution could hit XP users.
Wow, Submarine Aircraft Carriers.
Mobile phone allows boss to snoop
Google to digitize up to 1 million old books from Rome, Florence
Illegal file-sharing policy unfair, says BT CEO
New "Smart Meters" for Energy Use Put Privacy at Risk: Energy usage data, measured moment by moment, allows the reconstruction of a household's activities
Real-life Hurt Locker: how bomb-proof suits work
Amazing LEGO Creation
Researchers have produced a mobile phone that could be a boon for prying bosses wanting to keep tabs on the movements of their staff.
Sony's PlayStation 3 could be 3D ready as soon as this June, with reports suggesting a firmware update coinciding with the release of Sony's first 3D TV will enable the console to output in 3D
Behold the power of a proper backup: That giant puckering sound you heard was Sheriff Joe Arpaio's spinchter clenching after he found out the controversial emails he thought had been deleted were actually archived by a third-party vendor
Two new electricity innovations that I am completely unable to wrap my head around
Apple's Secret iPhone Developer Agreement Goes Public