Biological systems have caught the attention of computer scientists, who have been turning everything from RNA molecules to entire bacterial colonies into logic gates. ...

an anonymously submitted article says, "For the first time, scientists have found complex, multi-celled creatures living a mile and more below the planet’s surface, raising new possibilities about the spread of life on Earth and potential subsurface life on other planets ...

Stoobalou writes "NATO leaders have been warned that Wikileaks-loving 'hacktivist' collective Anonymous could pose a threat to member states' security, following recent attacks on the US Chamber of Commerce and defence contractor HBGary — and promise to 'persecute' its members." From ...

I’ve gone ahead and switched the internal blog commenting system back on. The forums will stick around in their current woefully ignored state (I’ll probably need them for something else eventually) but I haven’t had the time to integrate them ...

All Sanya Weathers stalkers please update your Foursquare apps: she’s no longer a Tera forum moderator. (Did you know she was a Tera forum moderator? Neither did they!) Apparently she has something new coming up involving hardcore PvP show tunes. (which. ...

Esther Schindler writes "Feeling a little overwhelmed by changing web standards and new browser choices? You aren't the only one. Mozilla is launching development tracks for the next two editions of its Firefox Web browser immediately, with hopes to push ...

"I just made $12 million while you were laughing at this picture." Modern Warfare 3 to ship with a subscription service called Call of Duty: Elite. Well, then. This is so industry-asploding money-printing what-were-movies-again big that some news sources you don’t expect ...

sciencehabit writes "Given the generally accepted idea of how Earth got its big moon — through a dramatic collision with a Mars-sized body that knocked a huge chunk of Earth loose — astronomers estimate that only 1% of all Earth-like ...

Welcome gaming bastards to another edition of G.R.O.W. This is NerdBastards weekly game release of the week list, where we give y’all a heads up on what has come out for the consoles and PC/Mac. We also cover downloadable titles ...

Hugh Pickens writes writes "The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that with tuition rising and a weak job market everyone seems to be debating the value of a college degree, but Anthony P. Carnevale, director of the Georgetown University Center ...

Panaflex writes "D-Wave systems announced general availability for it's 128 qubit adiabatic quantum machine just two weeks ago, and reports of it's first sale to Lockheed Martin have come out." The D-Wave Systems site has a rather informative collection of quantum ...

​It's been said that Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is the red-headed stepchild of the Trek franchise, and I'm pretty much inclined to agree with that assessment. During its initial run from 1993 to 1999, the series was constantly overshadowed ...

gabbo529 writes "Astronomers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) have created a map of the universe called the 2MASS Redshift Survey. The astronomers put in 10 laborious years in creating the map and it is what they call the ...

RagingMaxx writes "Is Australia finally ready to implement a video game rating system that allows for classification of adult games? Draft guidelines have been released by the federal government which allow 'virtually no restrictions on the treatment of themes,' and ...

Two researchers are developing an algorithm designed specifically to 'de-pixelize' 8-bit (and 16-bit) video game graphics in real-time into smoother, much more flowing ones. This. changes. everything. No, no it doesn't -- just the time I'll ...

Some research articles are a confusing compendium of calculations, a deluge of obscurely labelled diagrams, and conclusions that are carefully hidden. Yes, the journal ...

Guardian: Chinese labor camps using slave labor to farm for gold in WoW “Prison bosses made more money forcing inmates to play games than they do forcing people to do manual labour,” Liu told the Guardian. “There were 300 ...

Senator Al Franken (D-MN) has once again sent a letter (PDF) to Apple and Google, this time asking for a followup on ...

Today, May 25, is Geek Pride Day, so it's only fitting to look back on our pasts and reflect upon the experiences that turned ...

Oh, hi, I have a blog still. (I’d feel more guilty about neglecting it if someone didn’t invent the RSS feed.) Ryan Seabury, formerly of NetDevil and very small genitalia, found a really great way to hype his new social game ...

Although I was lucky enough to tour Brookhaven's RHIC accelerator during a period of scheduled downtime, my trips to the LHC and Fermilab both ...

We survived the Raptor invasion, and as a reward we get another episode of Mortal Kombat Legacy. This is the episode everyone has been whining and bitching about since the second episode of the series. When will we see Sub-Zero? ...

Hugh Pickens writes writes "Emily Singer reports in MIT Technology Review that a nightshirt embedded with fabric electronics can monitor user's breathing patterns while a small chip worn in a pocket of the shirt processes that data to determine the ...

After years of waiting, the final Harry Potter film is coming to theaters in only a month and a half!The advertising for the film, leading up to its release (which we all know will be huge), has been fairly low-key ...

Another day, another X-Men: First Class TV spot.Just three days ago I posted an article here about the sheer number of television spots (over ten!) being tossed out by Fox prior to the release of the movie on June 3rd. ...

It's not the alcohol, it's the testosterone: Weird Science has come across several indications that the drinking that goes on at sporting events ...

Andy Smith writes "Slashdot has already covered the super-injunctions furore in the UK, with one famous footballer going after an anonymous Twitter user who broke a court order and revealed his extra-marital affair. Now another footballer has asked the attorney ...

Hugh Pickens writes "A team of evolutionary scientists recently traveled to the heart of America, visiting rural schools and communities in Nebraska, Montana, and Virginia to share their excitement about science on the birthday of Charles Darwin, and were overwhelmed ...

An anonymous reader writes "Staff will routinely be bringing their own devices to work in five years time, according to IT industry experts in the UK. Some companies might already allow a few iPhones and iPads, but CIOs and businesses ...

Meredith Attwell Baker Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) chairs the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, a key investigative body of Congress. This afternoon, Issa ...

In advance of the Maker Faire in the SF Bay Area, we've asked Make Magazine, one of our YouTube Partners, to help celebrate the makers among us.Video sharing is a major catalyst for do-it-yourself enthusiasts of all stripes. Many of ...

Malware on the Mac: is it mostly hype or a real problem faced by real people? If you ask John Gruber, the answer might ...

​From Boston.com:At Wizards & Warriors day camp in Burlington, though, taking up foam swords and crossbows against a sea of troublesome villains - human and otherwise - is all in a day's work. And play.Thus, on a recent ...

At a press conference yesterday, Google announced that it was expanding its 1Gbps fiber-to-the-home testbed network. No longer limited to ...

When you are stuck in a hard situation, who do you turn to for guidance?Personally, I turn to Hawkeye from The Avengers comic books, but people have a lot of other choices: Religious icons, comedians, actors, and even characters on ...