Category Archives: Science and Technology

Oscar Mayer’s New Invention is the Stuff of Dreams

Just when we thought the human race had run out of things to invent, here comes Oscar Mayer. Yes, I am talking about the company that produces bits of meat to put in between bread slices. So, what are they …

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The Risks of Indoor and Outdoor Tanning and the Alternatives

With spring break just ending, and warm and sunny weather here, many people are grabbing their swimsuit and towels and heading to the nearest body of water. Not because it’s refreshing, but because they are going to try to get …

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Infrared Used As Renewable Energy Source

A team of Harvard physicists have been brainstorming a way to harness infrared radiation.  They’re trying to harness the heat Earth and Sun and converting it into a renewable power source (DC power).  With the advancements in nanotechnology and smaller …

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“The Internet Of Everything” The Next Big Step In Advertising Innovation

At South By South West, there are a huge number of sessions dedicated to marketing. With the presentation of new technologies, there also comes a need to market them to the public. The latest innovations are actually just everyday things …

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New Drug Test Can Detect Over 500 Drugs Using a Single Urine Sample

There has been a major advance in drug detecting technology as Uwe Christians turns over new leaves in mass spectrometry. Current urine sample tests can be misleading or simply wrong. Other tests take different types of samples, like blood, hair, …

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nuSTAR Telescope Explores Supernovas

Cassiopeia A, a star that is eight times the mass of our sun, exploded into a supernova some years ago. Scientists have been eager to explore the inner depths of the explosion but have not had the technology to do …

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Mysterious Polio-like Illness affects kids in California

      Most of them strike without warning. Some can even depilate you. While the others…let us just say that death will be knocking on your doorstep. Diseases. Whether they are a virus, bacteria, or a fungi – diseases can strike without
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Japanese Shimizu Corporation Proposes to Harness Solar Power from the Moon

Although collecting natural forms of energy such as solar, wind, and water are common on Earth, a Japanese company has introduced the idea of building solar power cells on the moon to provide clean energy to the earth. Shimizu Corporation …

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Europe’s PLATO Wants To Find Earth-like Planets

The European Space Agency will be launching a new mission called PLATO (Planetary Transits and Oscillations of Stars); the program is putting out 34 telescopes into space. The telescopes will be scanning millions of stars in search of habitable planets. …

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DDoS Attacks On The Rise!

On February 10th there was the biggest DDoS attack on the Internet. No one knows who was targeted. A DDoS attack is when a hacker sends so much traffic to a website or server that the server can’t handle …

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