Category: General Science
-
Knowing what we can’t know
It is interesting to think that there is something in nothing, or only were we perceive it to be. It is also interesting to think that we know that we’ll never be able to know about the edge of the universe because it is moving away from us at faster than the speed of light.…
-
The Third Replicator
New Scientist has an interesting article suggesting that beyond genes and memes, that information in computers, the “Ghost in the Machine” if you will is now a replicator. Pointing to the way that software is now able to act in an autonomous manner without the aid of a human, and often the I/O for one…
-
PS3 Supercomputing
Remember way back in 2003, when the PS2 was king? Back then a few folk got together and built a PS2 supercomputer. I don’t know if those systems went beyond a proof of concept, but there is now a PS3 cluster that has. The team has even been kind enough to put together a resource…
-
Waterloo to be Hawking’s “Second Research Home”
Earlier this year, the rumour mill was buzzing that Hawking would be heading to Canada to be part of the Perimeter Institute. Well today we found out more details behind that. According to Hawking: ”I am honoured to accept the first Distinguished Research Chair at the Perimeter Institute,” Prof. Hawking said in a statement released…
-
Name the next Rover
With Wall-E out there showing off the galaxy with the World Wide Telescope with MS, there is now another way that you can reach out and learn more about the world beyond our Blue Marble – NASA is offering the chance to name the next Rover for students in US K-12 schools.It would be cool…