Mar 05,2007
Apophis Now
Odds of dying in a plane crash: 1 in 5,051. Odds of dying in a car accident: 1 in 237. Odds that asteroid Apophis will strike Earth in 2036: 1...
Feb 04,2007
Open Access or Peer-Review?
Last spring, Senate busybody Joseph Lieberman and Sen. John Cornyn introduced the Federal Research Public Access Act of 2006. Most of us instinctively cringe over any suggestions Sen. Lieberman makes...
Nov 06,2006
Fear California’s Internet Tax
The girl gingerly picked up the two lighters and examined them. “Don’t you feel it?” he kidded her. “The histrocity?” She said, “What is histrocity?” “When a thing has history...
Oct 01,2006
Sotto Vox
The instantly likable Mena Trott, dressed in a Diane von Furstenberg-style retro-printed frock, looked more like she was about to unveil a collection of fashion accessories than what could be...
Aug 20,2006
News Radio Toyota
Tomorrow’s Technology Today reports are “brought to you by Toyota” — but so is the news itself. A good half of the Boston radio station WBZ’s technology news segments are...