Neil Gershenfeld | Foreign Affairs | 27 September 2012 The digital fabrication revolution. 3D printing is already here. Coming soon: Replication. "The aim is to not only produce the parts for a drone, for example, but build a complete vehicle that can fly right out of the printer" Comments M Cobb | Reproduction In Domestic Animals | 24 September 2012 Fascinating look back at the 1660s, and one of the most extraordinary of biological discoveries: How a baby came to be. This is the story of how scientists uncovered the role of sperm and egg in human reproduction (PDF) Comments Michael Idov | New Republic | 28 September 2012 Profile of Bidzina Ivanishvili, running for prime minister of Georgia. Said to be worth $6bn, or roughly half his country's GDP. "I don’t plan on staying in politics too long. Maybe two years? I’ll put a good team in place" Comments Conor Friedersdorf | Atlantic | 25 September 2012 Short, powerful account of what America's drone war does to people who live in Pakistan's tribal areas. "When children hear the drones, they get really scared, and they're always fearful that the drones are going to attack them" Comments Andrew Zimmerman Jones | Nature Of Reality | 24 September 2012 String theory is an elegant attempt at unifying quantum physics and general relativity. But so far it's been just that: A theory. With no way to prove it. But soon three fundamental parts of the theory may at last be put to the test Comments Ilya Naymushin | Atlantic | 25 September 2012 Forty-four photos of summer in and around Krasnoyarsk, third biggest city in Siberia. Beautiful landscape, for the most part. Rafting festival looks fun too Comments | 
No comments:
Post a Comment