Damage from Extreme Weather Increasing
Hurricane Irene is part of a worsening trend. Weather disasters have grown more frequent and more costly over the past 30 years in the U.S.,
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Contagion Spreads Truths about Bioterrorism
NEW YORK—Just as a true outbreak might, the new viral thriller Contagion , opening this weekend, begins unremarkably enough. A simple cough, heard against a black screen.This is no ordinary hack, of course...
Timeline Showcases Life of Scientific American Founder for Magazine's 166th Anniversary
Scientific American , the oldest continuously published magazine in the U.S., turns 166 years old on August 28, thanks in part to a New England man who decided to use the latest communications technology available in 1845, the printing press, to tell readers about more of the latest, and sometimes weirdest (or so it looks now), technology available—patents, inventions and other "curious works" in the fields of mechanics, chemistry, manufacturing, architecture and other arts and trades...
Map of Flood Risks and Hurricane Evacuation Zones Wakes Up NYC Residents [UPDATE]
As Hurricane Irene trundles toward the densely populated cities of the U.S. Northeast, residents and officials in municipalities large and small have been preparing for a full-force tropical cyclone...
Can Hurricanes Be Controlled?
Everyone likes to talk about the weather, and maybe someone could do something about it someday. From the dances and prayers of the past, we get to the weather-modification technology of the 24th century (at least, that's what I recall from an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation ).Controlling cyclones is an effort entirely different from, say, making it rain...
New Text Search Uncovers Disease Ties and Safety Data Hiding in Electronic Health Records
It doesn't take much imagination to think of ways in which all of the data being recorded into electronic health records (EHRs) could be used study diseases and map trends.
The Highlights (and Lowlights) of Apple's Steve Jobs Era
Apple has been on a decade-long roll starting with the its game-changing MP3 music player—the iPod— in November 2001 right through its monumental, if brief, climb earlier this month to become the most valuable U.S...
How to Prepare for a Hurricane in the U.S. Northeast
It's not that the central and northern portions of the east coast of North America never see hurricanes. It's just that we in the Northeast don't see them that often.
Eyewitness Testimony Loses Legal Ground in State Supreme Court
As science has long demonstrated, eyewitness accounts are frequently riddled with errors. Human memory in general is far from perfect—working less like a video camera than an ever-evolving collage, studies have shown.But in courtrooms across the country eyewitness testimony of alleged crimes have frequently been enough to convince juries to send defendants to jail—even without more reliable forms of evidence.Now, the courts seem to be finally catching up with the science...
Steve Jobs Resigns as Apple CEO
Apple Computer co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs has announced his resignation, according to a statement issued by the company.In the statement, Apple announced that Jobs, who co-founded Apple with Steve Wozniak in 1976, stepped down August 24 and will be replaced at Jobs's suggestion by chief operating officer Tim Cook."Steve's extraordinary vision and leadership saved Apple and guided it to its position as the world's most innovative and valuable technology company," Art Levinson of Apple's board of directors said in the statement...
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